RATES SET TO INCREASE FROM 1 JULY

The Destitute and Infirmed Payment is set to increase from $165 a month to $200 a month from 1 July 2016 and the Old Age Pension rate for those aged 70 and over will increase from $650 a month to $660 a month. The Destitute and Infirmed Payment is a means tested payment targeting working age…

Economic Taskforce endorses Gender Project MOUs

Community groups who have been allocated funds from the Australian Aid Gender Equality Project, met today to present their proposed programmes and activities to the Economic Empowerment for Women Taskforce team. The funded agencies are the Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute, the Chamber of Commerce and the National Disability Council. The meeting was held at…

Disability workshop at PacINET 2014

Members of the Disability community gathered on 22-23September at the PacINET 2014 conference held at the Pukapuka Hostel.   The workshop was coordinated by Gunela Astbrink who is an international advocate for people with disabilities, especially in relation to their access to and use of the internet.  The workshop provided an introduction to policy development and advice on…