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Articles by Katrina Lintonbon
Water shortage: Every drop counts
Thursday 25 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Due to record increased water usage on Rarotonga, To Tatou Vai has put out a message urging residents to conserve water.
Turning on the taps
Thursday 25 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Economy
Authorities acknowledge they need to be as transparent as the water they plan to pipe into people’s homes in Rarotonga.
Speaker to decide this week on journalist ban
Thursday 25 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Politics
Parliament’s Speaker is to decide this week whether a Cook Islands News article was incorrect and unfair and if the newspaper’s political journalist will be barred from Parliament.
Uncertainty over water petition
Wednesday 24 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Politics
Te Vai Ora Maori members are hopeful their petition will be referred to a select committee despite majority voting against it in Parliament.
Your country wants you
Tuesday 23 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Football
Would you like to follow in the footsteps of Grover Harmon, Paavo Mustonen and Campbell Best and where a green, white and gold football jersey with pride?
Keeping tivaevae tradition alive
Saturday 20 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Weekend
In order to succeed in business, you have to think outside the square. Katrina Tanirau discovers how the Covid-19 pandemic has forced Ann and Kathrine Reid to adopt new ways of selling their tivaevae.
Cooks' economic hopes hang on tourists' return
Saturday 20 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Economy
BUDGET 2020/21: The Government is to begin borrowing from the Asian Development Bank to pay for Covid-19 stimulus package.
Grace period to get helmets
Friday 19 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Those who have been prevented from buying helmets because there aren’t enough in the country can now breathe a sigh of relief.
Keeping track of Covid
Friday 19 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Health
With no vaccine available for coronavirus, it’s vital Cook Islands remain vigilant as the country prepares to reopen to the outside world.
'Someone had stuffed up'
Wednesday 17 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Health
Cook Islands borders will still open for over 200 returning Cook Islanders and work permits holders this Friday despite two new Covid-19 cases in New Zealand.
Sr Elizabeth Browne-Russell: 'I have a dream…'
Wednesday 17 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Editorials
OPINION: There is a great movement taking place worldwide. Though the present focus of this movement is on “Black Lives Matter” in the wake of police brutality of an African-American man, the ripple effect speaks to me of a great shift in` human consciousness which even we in the Cook Islands cannot ignore or be divorced from.
Protests against mandatory helmets move to Parliament
Tuesday 16 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
For the past month, anti-helmet law protesters have run horn-tooting rallies through town. Yesterday, they took their bikes and their voices to Parliament.
Pages from the book of Marjorie Crocombe's life
Sunday 14 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Weekend
When she was in her 20s, Marjorie Crocombe was barred from Australia by its racist immigration policy. Now, as Cook Islands’ most venerated living author turns 90, she switches off the TV news coverage of BlackLivesMatter protests, and wonders how much has really changed. She talks with Katrina Tanirau.
Cooks campus should get say in USP crisis talks – Crocombe
Saturday 13 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Education
One of Cook Islands’ leading academics says there is no way students and staff are not impacted by the troubles taking place at the University of the South Pacific’s Suva campus.
Mona Jr's dad backs helmets
Saturday 13 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Four months after 14-year-old Mona Ioane Jr’s tragic road death, his father Mona Sr wants to save other families from that pain.
Pristine waters' lesson
Friday 12 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Environment
Australia High Commissioner says his nation can learn from Cook Islands’ care for ocean.
A ray of sunshine
Thursday 11 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Rarotonga family and friends yesterday bid farewell to tourism stalwart Sue Fletcher-Vea.
Local CI students avoid USP turmoil
Thursday 11 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Education
Cook Islands campus backs University of the South Pacific’s attempts to clean out alleged corruption and mismanagement at Fiji headquarters.
Ready to come home
Wednesday 10 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Economy
Two hundred returning Cook Islanders and work permit holders who have registered with Te Marae Ora as part of the fourth repatriation process will be given priority to purchase tickets for the Air New Zealand June 19 flight from Auckland.
Plea to NZ: 'We are family, family support each other'
Wednesday 10 June 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Economy
New Zealand Government’s travel ban serves as an effective blockade on the Cook Islands economy. Now business leaders are calling for the restrictions to be lifted.
