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Articles by Losirene Lacanivalu
Police concerned at young people flouting helmet law
Tuesday 19 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Teenagers think they can ‘get away with it.
A 'human right' to be bailed – defence
Tuesday 19 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
An alleged violent offender has been refused bail because of concerns at the risk he poses to the community.
Tourism operator was trying to 'calm down' senile mum
Tuesday 19 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A tourism operator has been refused police diversion for allegedly assaulting his elderly mother.
Jack-of-all-trades provides smart solution for hospital
Monday 18 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Stuart Henry is a jack-of-all-trades. The operator of Cruise Cook Islands is also a self-taught builder – and quite an innovator.
Oiling the wheels of learning
Saturday 16 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Education
Children learn how to sun-dry fruit and flowers for some entrancing results.
Feverish work to curb dengue
Saturday 16 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Health
The numbers of dengue cases have topped 300, but may now be beginning to drop off after intensive community clean-up and spraying efforts.
Cautious hopes for return of NZ, Aussie tourists
Friday 15 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Economy
Momentum is growing to include Cook Islands in a New Zealand-Australia travel bubble – but leaders are choosing their words carefully.
Teacher on life support
Friday 15 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Health
Health authorities are investigating the country’s first listeria infection in more than 10 years.
Motorists urged to take care on fast new roads
Thursday 14 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Road safety champions are hailing the public restraint and police enforcement that ensured last month had the fewest reported road accidents on record.
Police respond to lockdown violence
Wednesday 13 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
The United Nations says violence against women and girls has intensified since the outbreak of Covid-19.
Fijians to get passports in Wellington
Wednesday 13 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Fijian workers will be allowed to renew their passport at the Fijian Embassy in New Zealand – just not yet.
Support for science, tech and maths
Wednesday 13 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
The United States Embassy in New Zealand has announced its funding on small grants programme for science, technology, engineering and math support in Cook Islands.
'Keeping the world safe'
Tuesday 12 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Health
There will be no special celebration for Cook Islands nurses today, to mark International Nurses day. They are all working hard-out on Covid-19 prevention – and on standby in case it arrives.
Shampoo thief asked to please come clean
Tuesday 12 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A mother and her son return home to find muddy footprints on the mat – and some odd things missing.
Mother's Day goes local in a blooming accident!
Tuesday 12 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
When Cook Islanders around the world ordered flowers for their mums back home on Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Mangaia, some expected the roses and carnations that are traditional overseas.
Surviving the Covid-19 shockwaves
Monday 11 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Stephenie Jansen could have made her staff redundant, if there were no government assistance.
Nurturing the next generation of farmers
Monday 11 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Education
Apii Takitumu has built raised garden beds to incorporate agriculture learning into the school curriculum.
15yo pleads guilty to armed robbery
Monday 11 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A shopkeeper who was the victim in an armed robbery last month is still traumatised and undergoing counselling.
Life begins the day you start a garden – Chinese proverb
Saturday 9 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
There is a real excitement as Cook Islands communities dig and refresh their fruit and vege gardens – but also the hope that we may once more sell them to visitors and overseas.
Sick old man held 9 months in prison without conviction
Saturday 9 May 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
‘Sad reality’ that Cook Islands has no secure mental health facility, so ill people are thrown in cells.
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