St Joseph students delighted with fire station visit

Thursday October 04, 2018 Written by Rashneel Kumar Published in Education It was an exciting moment for more than 50 Early Childhood Education and Grade 1 students from St Joseph School when they visited the Cook Islands Fire Station at the Rarotonga International Airport yesterday. The children were accompanied by their teachers and parents on this tour.…

Crew returns to complete test of landing system

Thursday August 09, 2018 Written by Cameron Scott Published in Local A specialised calibration aircraft was expected to be back on the job testing Rarotonga International Airport’s new $2 million instrument landing system this week. Completion of the exercise, which began in late June, was hampered by bad weather and a lack of accommodation on Rarotonga for…

All go on airport runway

Monday May 28, 2018 Written by Shaun Bamber Published in Local There are “a whole lot of things” going on out on the Rarotonga International Airport runway right now says Airport Authority chief executive Joe Ngamata – and he’s not half wrong. As well as the $2 million new instrument landing system project that has been in…

Gang member refused entry

Friday June 08, 2018 Written by Published in Crime A patched member of the New Zealand-based Outlaw motorcycle gang with a list of serious convictions was refused entry into the Cook Islands at Rarotonga Airport last week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) has revealed. The individual was denied entry by Immigration Officers and returned…

Work continued on the new instrument landing system project at the lagoon end of the runway yesterday morning, in spite of the rain

New landing system project on schedule

Tuesday May 15, 2018 Written by Published in Local A $2 million project to install a new instrument landing system (ILS) project for both runways (east and west) at Rarotonga International Airport is running “pretty much” to schedule, despite the bad weather. An Airport Authority spokesman said yesterday that the new equipment was scheduled to be commissioned…

Senior airport staff attend aviation meeting

Monday January 29, 2018 Written by Rashneel Kumar Published in Local Two staff from the Airport Authority attended the Airports Council International (ACI) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) seminar in Fiji last week. Representing the Cook Islands at the seminar were Tony Wearing, director of operations, and Aitutaki Airport manager Mii Blenkarn Solomona. The inaugural…