Articles by Utopia Support

Businesses affected by outage

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local

The island-wide power cut forced many businesses to come to a standstill yesterday.

Hibiscus offers Indian style

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local

Bringing the influence of Indian massage techniques to the Cook Islands is just a part of what the Hibiscus Massage and Beauty Salon currently has on offer.

Outage causes little economic loss

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local

Despite Rarotonga being without power yesterday morning, economic loss is estimated to be low.

Schools stay open

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local

Rarotonga schools did their best to cope with yesterday’s power cut.

Nukutere wins prize for peace

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

New Zealand high commissioner John Carter, Nukutere head boy Tiree Haworth, head girl Lucianne Vainerere and NZ deputy high commissioner Joanna Kempkers pose in front of the mural which has won Nukutere College first prize in an international competition to herald peace. --CS

Passion to promote culture

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to your article in yesterday’s CI News ‘Guilty plea by Cook Islands promoter’ naming Jacob Samson.

Kata - March 5, 2013

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Kata

Related article(s): Two faults cause blackout Emergency services prepared for outage Outage causes little economic loss

Telecom services unaffected

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Technology

Telecom’s generator took close to two hours to kick in when the power went out yesterday morning, but no services were affected.

Primary School tourney ready to roll

Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Football

The Cook Islands Football Association complex will once again be graced by the presence of future footballers from Primary Schools around Rarotonga as they battle for top honours and football silverware.

Counting tuna in the Pacific

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Environment

This article about the difficulty in counting Pacific tuna stocks was co-authored by Jenni Metcalfe, a PhD student and lecturer at the University of Queensland.

Water cistern quenches community's thirst

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Environment

A Tuvalu village has been gifted with a cistern that can hold 700,000 litres of water.

Guilty plea by CI promoter

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Local

Auckland based Cook Islander and promoter of Cook Islands culture Jacob Samson has pleaded guilty to charges brought by the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs regarding grant applications for pokie money.

National college raises flag

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands flag was hoisted at Tereora College on Friday afternoon – an event believed to be the first in the national college’s history.

Remarkable achievement

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Our 60s Plus group had a very special lunch provided by the ladies at Aquaponics in Titikaveka recently.

Pukapukan leaders

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Interesting article written by Amelia Borofsky on "Myths about Pukapuka" in CI News February 23.

Old friends

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Just a comment on the authorities at the airport and bus drivers.

Zero leadership qualities

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The quoted comments in your newspaper earlier this week concerning the MP for Matavera, Kiriau Turepu, who plans to stay in the background on an initiative to bring together all the various committees in the village under one umbrella typifies the kind of MP this constituency sadly has.

Road users still waiting

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, For more than 12 months now since I begged the government to do something to our road and we the road users are still waiting.

North on seabed board?

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Are people in the northern group too dumb to speak for themselves? I am totally mystified by the selection of members of the Seabed Advisory Board.

Kata - March 4, 2013

Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Kata