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Articles by Melina Etches
Stool sample 'not quite necessary'
Wednesday 15 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Health
Chefs association wants food vendors to be educated and possibly certified in a graded system.
Thorp & Thorp do it again
Tuesday 14 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
The Thorp brothers have got the fishing year off to a weighty start by landing a massive 400kg marlin.
Police feel the burn
Tuesday 14 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Police patrol boat Te Kukupa officers Murray Wilson (left) and Apike Kata, with receptionist Susan Keu Arataura, cooked up a sausage sizzles and chicken mushroom rolls to kickstart the fundraising week for casualties of the Australian bushfires.
Local students get pleasing NCEA results
Tuesday 14 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education
Nearly 500 students’ hard work in the classroom pays off with good school results.
Miss Oceania: 'My mind was just a huge whirlwind'
Monday 13 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National
Tajiya Sahay is happy to be home to the sun and the beach, after two months away participating in the Miss World pageant in London.
Family gather for investiture at palace in Puaikura
Saturday 11 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Culture
Takave Manea has been invested with the Tamaiva Rangatira title at the Tinomana Ariki palace grounds, nominated by the Tamaiva kopu tangata.
Government to review poop tax
Saturday 11 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Health
Food stallholders reacted with expressions of colourful profanity at the new stool culture requirement required by health officials to get a food handling licence.
Auckland to Amuri
Friday 10 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Outer Islands
The island of Aitutaki supported its annual Koni Raoni fesitive season event with a massive fundraising effort.
Food workers must provide faeces sample
Friday 10 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Health
Fury at health department’s ‘pointless’ demand for sample – as well as a $120 fee.
Ships' safety issues reported too late for little Lapana
Thursday 9 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
New Zealand agency took two months to deliver report identifying safety deficiencies in Taio ships – and meanwhile, a little boy was lost overboard.
Local junior tennis players to compete in Auckland tourney
Tuesday 7 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Other Sports
Cook Islands tennis junior representatives will compete in the upcoming Regional Tier Two tournament of the Tennis Auckland Championships 2020.
Repairs to tugboat Toa get underway
Tuesday 7 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Engineers are working to fix the engine of the Toa, which overheated and broke down trying to rescue a fishing boat on the reef.
Keeping the old ways alive
Monday 6 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Outer Islands
The people of Mauke proudly keep their traditions alive, celebrating the festive season with its annual “rangokere” and “teretere” events hosted by the island’s villages.
Delays unavoidable: Ports manager
Monday 6 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
There’s nothing the Ports Authority could have done prevent the shipping delays that have affected Rarotonga over the last few weeks.
Two babies greet world on January 1
Sunday 5 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Two healthy babies entered the world at the Rarotonga hospital maternity ward on New Year’s Day.
From 'nothing' to 'something'
Sunday 5 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features
Nigel Hoeflich a former student of Tereora college (he quit after three years), was happy last month to take up an invitation by teachers to share his story, “of coming from nothing to something.” He spoke of his personal struggles of growing up, of being a rebellious kid, and the passing of his father, at a seminar for Year 9 students focused on ‘resilience’.
Welcoming 2020 in style
Friday 3 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National
Fireworks, countdowns, and celebrations took place Tuesday night around Rarotonga, as people bid farewell to 2019, and welcomed 2020 in style.
Honour humbles high-achieving 'son of the Pacific'
Friday 3 January 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National
Cook IslanderTeremoana Tauira says he is humbled to have been awarded the New Zealand Queens Service Medal (QSM), in the New Year’s Honours list, announced on Monday (CI time)
Countdown to big night out on Raro
Tuesday 31 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National
Fireworks, dance parties, great food – and something for the children too. It’s all go on the island tonight, as Rarotonga counts down from 2019 into the New Year.
Library receives consolidated law books
Monday 30 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Parliament has donated the ten volumes of “Consolidated laws of the Cook Islands” from 1965 to 1994 to the Cook Islands National Library – Te Runanga Puka. Acting Library manager Odile Urirau said the donation would help to support the core function of the national library.
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