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Maritime police intercepted a man travelling on a Zodiac inflatable boat as he was about to exit the entrance of Mooloolaba harbour on Wednesday morning. Police confirmed the vessel check was not triggered by a triple-0 call but refused to say whether police had increased patrols to stop interstate travellers in light of COVID-19.
A swimmer at a popular family beach has wrangled a rare sea snake after it washed up on shore. Kristen Jones said she was concerned for the welfare of fellow swimmers and that the animal would become a bird's breakfast when she used a long stick to relocate the snake.
Two Cook Islanders have recently been involved in a project that is using cutting edge technology to examine coral reefs around the world. Rarotonga-based Marine Scientist Dr Teina Rongo and research assistant James Kora of local environmental NGO Korero O Te 'Orau, have just spent three weeks working with researchers from Southern California-based Scripps Institute of Oceanography on their "100 Island Challenge".
That search led two edgy creative gurus to the shores of Rarotonga, as they sailed into port last week from Tahiti, on their 33-foot Yamaha sloop Pino. Novice skipper Devine Lu Linvega, 31, and partner Rekka Bellum, 32, are digital game designers from Montreal, Canada. And they are very different from your average sailors.
With a history of bankruptcy, failed rebuild attempts, and more lately of vandals and squatters, the ill-fated luxury five-star hotel has a chequered history - and what some say is a curse hanging over the property. After spotting figures amongst the buildings a couple of times while driving past, I decided to take a closer look to see who had recently checked in.
The Cook Islands is now the largest multi-use marine park in the world. Marae Moana - spanning a total ocean area of nearly two million square kilometres - became a reality on Tuesday. A massive feat for a country with only a tiny 237 square kilometre land area.
The Paradise Papers is the name given to the recent leak of over 13.4 million documents, some of them revealing corruption and impropriety within the global financial market.
One of the two men who drowned at Muri lagoon Wednesday morning has now been identified as US Republican State Representative for South Dakota, Craig Tieszen, 68. A source said Tieszen was attempting to help his brother-in-law, Brent Moline, 61, who had got into difficulties on the reef, when his kayak capsized.
Aristos (Arry) Georgiou, is living his dream of chasing the wind across the globe, traveling from one tropical island paradise to another. His life, however, started out like it does for most of us, conforming to society's norm of getting a job, finding a house and settling down into the monotony of modern life.
The boat has sailed, but retired Victorian policeman and Rarotongan local Rod Henderson is demanding answers about the disappearance of a woman that went missing from the yacht Zangano over 12 months ago, and is now presumed dead.