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Ministers on power trips
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
“It’s true!” a smoke signaller writes. “Te Aponga charges for substations and cables at costs so high that in some cases, not all, it forces people to leave their ipukarea. But don’t count on the CEO responding with the truth – that he can’t manage to run the power station as a standalone entity, even if it’s a monopoly– because PM Henry Puna and his Finance Minister Mark Brown need every cent to maintain their overseas trips and big government budgets. Big budgets to produce more and more environmental or energy paper policies so they can handshake and be photographed with every global leader and hope that they remember them. What for? Because they will be left with not a single legacy in their own country worth remembering except the type that people would most like to forget, like sovereign debt and empty homes. Instead, CEO Apii Timoti will respond that costs are going up and Te Aponga is facing hardship. Anything other than the truth and he’ll be looking for a new job. But spare a thought for those who can’t leave. Those who have no choice. They would have to borrow more money to get that substation built so Puna and Brown get an overseas trip on an interest free loan to Te Aponga.”
Brown excited to choose advisors
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Technology
Telecommunications Minister Mark Brown is looking forward to sifting through the applications he has received from people wanting to be part of a new advisory committee.
Four students in Korea comp
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Technology
Four students from the Cook Islands have been chosen to participate in the Global IT Challenge for Youth in South Korea this week.
Floods will end soon
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Technology
Telecom Cook Islands has completed the construction work of a new telecommunications tower in Muri, but the area around the site floods badly each time it rains.
Sokattak score convincing win over Tupapa
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Football
In Saturday’s main Lotto Premier Men’s soccer round cup competition game, Nikao Sokattak defeated Tupapa Maraerenga by two goals to nil at Victoria Park.
Thanksgiving service for start of cyclone season
Saturday 27 October 2012 | Published in Church Talk
A combined thanksgiving prayer service to ask for sovereign protection over the coming cyclone season will be held this Sunday at the National Auditorium.
Our covenant to nourish
Saturday 27 October 2012 | Published in Church Talk
The Saviour taught Peter and His other Apostles and disciples why and how they were to nourish others.
No date for by-election
Saturday 27 October 2012 | Published in Politics
No by-election date has been set yet for the Tamarua electorate in Mangaia.
Swag it to Titikaveka
Saturday 27 October 2012 | Published in Rugby Union
The Titikaveka rugby field is the place to catch all the fast and furious rugby sevens action kicking off at 2pm today.
Top 2 clash
Saturday 27 October 2012 | Published in Football
The Tupapa-Maraerenga soccer club will today welcome Nikao Sokattak with the hosts eager to notch another win against the visitors after their win against them at the start of the season.
Miss Earth and Miss South Pacific, here we come!
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Environment
Exciting times are ahead for the Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association with two of the island’s pageant queens taking part in the Miss Earth and Miss South Pacific pageants.
Power charges repel people
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can Te Aponga Uira tell the reading public why they have a policy of making some new power users pay for a substation at the cost of $30,000, in order for these folk to get access to something most people take for granted – electricity – and TAU gets to own the substation afterwards? This is morally wrong on so many levels.
Toxic Turangi fire worries neighbours
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Politics
Plumes of toxic smoke enveloped Turangi on Tuesday afternoon when yet another fire ripped through the former recycling yard dubbed the Turangi dump.
Righting a wrong
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
A man phoned the newsroom yesterday to say: “Twenty five dollars reparation to his girlfriend after assaulting her? You’d hope he took her out for a pretty nice dinner plus buys her chocolates and flowers for a year to make up for that one. Don’t know about you, but $25 seems pretty stingy to me.”
Software upgrade causes glitch
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Technology
A software upgrade was behind a glitch that affected some landline phones throughout Rarotonga yesterday.
Rehearing not correct
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In reporting on our successful appeal to the Privy Council in Tuesday’s edition your reporter is in error when she declares that ours was an appeal for a rehearing and that the matter has been sent back to the Court of Appeal for that purpose.
Kata - October 24, 2012
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Kata
Ministry of Education looking for teachers October 24
Big golf weekend
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
The Aitutaki Golf Club will have a double celebration this long weekend when the club celebrates its 25th anniversary as well as the Air Rarotonga Aitutaki Open Golf Tournament starting today.
A coalition government on the cards
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
Waiting for surge “Well it’s good to hear that the ‘Film Raro’ challenge will provide millions of dollars worth of publicity for Cook Islands tourism but one wonders if that might or might not translate into increased tourist arrivals,” a smoke signaller writes after reading Monday’s page 7 article ‘Hollywood actors support film challenge’. “It’s been some weeks since we got ‘millions of dollars worth’ of publicity from having US Secretary of State Mrs Clinton’s dog and pony show dominate media around the world – can someone in the know tell us if we have yet seen the expected tidal wave of visitors from the Northern Hemisphere, or even a ripple in the water to indicate the wave is on the way?”
Soccer heats up
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Football
As the SAVA under 17 men’s football heads into round nine of the round cup competition, weekly matches have proven to be popular – drawing in crowds and loyal supporters every Wednesday to watch the games.
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