Articles by Utopia Support

Offshore issues for Westpac

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Local

An interruption in Westpac services last Wednesday was due to a technical failure in an offshore office.

Car winner still 'can't believe it'

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Local

Local woman Tereapii Urlich drove away in her new car yesterday as the winner of a CITC competition.

Fed up with beach parties

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My family was awoken around 1.30am on Sunday (April 7) by red flashing lights coming from outside on the main road in Nikao where police officers were trying to clear a roadside brawl.

'We want to rise from our mistakes'

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am not surprised but disappointed at how quickly people judge others when they make mistakes.

Kata - April 9, 2013

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Sign-off needed for subsidy

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Politics

The government’s $3 million water tank initiative is still awaiting final approval from cabinet.

Mufti days raise $1K for youth

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Politics

A generous donation collected from Te Aponga Uira staff mufti days was handed over on Friday to a scheme to help youth.

Season begins for scholarship boys

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Rugby Union

Cook Islands scholarship students at Rangiora High School Jag Love, Makea Tupa, Travel Tuaputa and Davey Mato with the Rangiora High School 1st XV manager Kerry Sullivan after having been presented with their 1st XV blazers by the school principal Peggy Burrows.

Government's 'sinister, dark, sad side'

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Teuira Ka’s letter brings out a more sinister, dark and sad side of government,” a smoke signaller writes in response to Ka’s letter to the editor yesterday ‘CIP govt carnival must end’.

Koka Lagoon Cruises take it out again

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Environment

The sun broke through the clouds on Saturday afternoon to make for a great day on the water in Muri where 26 corporate oe vaka teams gathered for a day of team bonding and paddling with just a little bit of competitiveness.

Koka crew cruise to win!

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Environment

The hot guys and gals from Koka Lagoon Cruises, who successfully defended their 2012 corporate oe vaka title by taking out Saturday’s event, are pictured in their corner of Muri beach soaking up the sun and oe vaka thrills.

Winds pick up for Waka Tapu

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Local

Waka hourua Te Aurere and Ngahiraka mai Tawhiti are due to arrive in Rarotonga tomorrow afternoon.

CITC draws car giveaway

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Local

A lucky supermarket shopper won a new car on Saturday.

Disappointed at lack of consultation

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to correct items in Saturday’s article on the theft of information affecting the international financial services industry of the Cook Islands: 1.

CIP govt carnival must end

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The latest tax blitz before the tsunami of “structure melt-down” by this CIP government must be the beginning of the end for this political party.

A BTIB problem?

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I was reading the BTIB Business Gazette of August which says that ‘as per the directive by the Minister on 13 August to register Huanan Fishery Cook Islands Co Ltd as a foreign enterprise.’ Can you tell me if it’s the same minister that wants to buy a hotel at Ootu in Aitutaki? Some people of Araura enua say that they want the Kiwis to have it, but there seems to be a problem.

'We have to make a choice'

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Recently there has been a lot of debate concerning emigration and immigration in our country, but these two issues are a by-product of larger questions.

Salute to seniors

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As we age, we can be ignored, patronised, denied essential services, abused, forced and more often forgotten.

Bailing out from a silent war'

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The first thing that springs to mind about the tsunami of tax haven data leaks spilling out around the globe is that of all the countries named so far; British Virgin Islands, Isle of Man, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand and the Cook Islands, we the Cook Islands- have the highest level of exposure.

Trust industry in the spotlight

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Politics

The Cook Islands’ offshore finance industry is currently in the worldwide spotlight – and the fuss is not likely to die down quickly.