Articles by Utopia Support

MMR seeks more fishing days

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Environment

The marine resources ministry intends to expand the country’s purse seine industry by pushing out the number of days purse seiners can fish in the Cooks’ waters.

Purse seining agreement 'outdated'

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Environment

The current purse seining agreement the Cooks has with the United States is outdated and restrictive, says a regional fisheries director.

CITC walks the talk

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Local

Cook Islands Trading Corporation staff swapped their lunch for half an hour of pounding the pavement as they embraced a new work initiative to get healthy.

'Unlikely' boats sneaking in

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Local

Members of the public at a meeting on purse seining last week were concerned the fishing boats were illegally coming too close to shore and taking more than their fair share of the catch.

'Nu Tapu' tivaevae unveiled

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Local

Friends and family of the Muri-based WATSAN unit attended a special occasion last week when a custom-designed tivaevae was presented to the team at a ceremony on the shores of the lagoon.

Dictionaries for students

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Local

Rotary plan to gift an Usborne illustrated dictionary to every year 9 student in the country in 2013.

Fun bus noise nuisance

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Your front page article of last Saturday February 16, of another new fun bus to the pub crawl scene would have not made happy reading to many people in Rarotonga.

Avatea promotes leadership

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Avatea School prefects were told that not only do they carry the title during schools hours but all day, every day including weekends.

Kata - February 21, 2013

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Kata

Netball selections coming up

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Netball

Fitness tests and selection of players for the Cook Islands national netball squad will be held on March 9 both here on Rarotonga and in New Zealand.

Turtle project visits Atiu

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Outer Islands

The Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative’s Cook Islands Turtle Project (CITP), having just returned from a 6-week survey in Aitutaki, is off again, this time to conduct surveys on Atiu and Takutea.

Outer island bill supported

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Politics

Legislation which hands over the reins of power to outer island councils was passed in parliament yesterday after three afternoons of debate.

PM probed on top jobs

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Politics

The prime minister was questioned on the dismissals of senior public servants in parliament on Tuesday.

Panthers default on Sharks

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Rugby Union

The Aitutaki Sharks premier grade rugby league team have this week earned an easy two points after learning that the Tupapa Panthers will not be travelling to the outer island for their planned match.

House gets to the point

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

Matariki FM breakfast show host William ‘The Don’ Framhein had an interesting question for Finance Minister Mark Brown yesterday.

New SPC science director

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Technology

There has been a change of reins at the region’s geoscience and technology facility.

'Go and plant it'

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Your smoke signaller really lives as though they are from the dark ages, wouldn’t you agree? What is unbelievable about transport fuel costs, sweat and labour to make a maire ei? What else is there? There is no other expense on the producer’s part -- that is the truth.

Locals given priority?

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The carefully construed dribble from the country’s Public Service Commissioner in response to concerns raised about the recruitment of an expatriate to a position in the public service is most worrying.

Pothole problem

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Last week I saw a vehicle narrowly miss injuring a small child as it squeezed into the road entrance at Takitumu primary school then veered sharply to avoid a growing number of huge pot holes that have sprouted up due to last year’s heavy rains.

Fiji not suspended

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Please allow me to correct one point made in Monday’s press, ‘Fiji situation monitored by Cooks’.