Pacific Reset Continues for the Cook Islands and New Zealand
Pacific reset Continues Deputy Prime Minister Mark Brown was in Wellington this week speaking and attending a meeting on the Pacific Rest by the New Zealand Government. The Cook Islands is bordering on becoming a developed country but minister Brown said it’s still dependent on New Zealand aid. At this meeting Deputy Prime Minister of […]
World class capabilities in GCF Team
Minister Brown praises GCF Team “I am especially proud of the fact that our application process was done entirely in-house said Minister Brown speaking on the Green Climate Direct Funding approval for the Cook Islands. “Our small, but very talented team of Cook Islands professionals demonstrated that world class capability exists in our small but […]
Green Climate Funding Approved
Direct Green Climate Funding finally approved We are delighted at the news said Minister of Finance Mark Brown that the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board at its 21st Board Meeting in Bahrain this week has approved the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) as an accredited entity to the GCF. This means the Cook […]
Consultation Meetings on Seabed
Vaka Meetings set for Seabed discussion Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Minerals and Natural Resources Hon. Mark Brown is pleased to announce the particulars of the upcoming Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Sector Strategy Public Consultations. The public consultations continue on from the work of refreshing the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Sector Strategy, undertaken by […]
New Australian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands
New Australian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Australian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands His Excellency Mr Ewen McDonald presented his credentials and met with Acting Prime Minister Mark Brown and Minister of Health Rose Toki Brown in the Cabinet room today. Mr McDonald and Minister Mark Brown spoke of Green Climate Funding and […]
More Green Climate Funding
More Green Climate Funds access for the Cook Islands. Minister of Finance Mark Brown was invited to speak on two panels about climate financing especially from the Cook Islands context whilst attending the Green Climate Fund meeting in Korea. The Green Climate Fund board will consider our application for the accreditation of CI MFEM as a nationally […]
More Women in Leadership
Public Service Commissioner appoints three women to lead Ministries I am delighted said Prime Minister Puna, that at the conclusion of the recruiting process, that the Public Service Commissioner has appointed three women into leadership roles, and I congratulate the selection panel and the women appointed, for this momentous decision. Along with our National Sustainable […]
More for our Elderly
Looking after our Pa Metua The Internal Affairs Ministry funds have received a boost and some of that will be going towards retirement pension for the elderly. There is also the national policy on aging which will look at helping the elderly population. The government currently provides $250 a fortnight as welfare payments for those […]
More for our Children and Families
Child Benefit age Increased We can all as a country be confident that this budget also met the needs of our families and the young and vulnerable by increasing the qualifying age of the child benefit and as we passed this into legislation at near the end of our time in this current sitting said […]
Working together to fight suspicious fires.
Police Minister asks the Public for help We are pleased said Police Minister Mac Mokoroa at the work done by the Cook Islands Police to tackle a number of suspicious fires that have taken place in Rarotonga over the past six months . Commissioner of Police Maara Tetava also said he is pleased with the […]