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3 Junior league tests against NZ
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in League
Cook Islands under 13 rugby league squad players are pumped and ready to take on their brothers from New Zealand in a three test series starting today. The test series is all part of developing Cook Islands league players here at home and overseas. Originally a Samoan team was to also be part of the […]
Tourism forum format refined
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands is gearing up for another forum – the Kia Orana Cook Islands Forum 2012, that is. Run by the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation, December’s forum is the tourism industry’s biggest opportunity to showcase itself to overseas holiday wholesalers. “In order to strengthen the Cook Islands presence and demand in key source markets, […]
Lyon still leads tourism industry council
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
Members of the Tourism Industry Council voted to keep the incumbent president at their recent annual general meeting. Stephen Lyon, proprietor of the Muri-based Pacific Divers, remains at the council’s helm. He will be supported by vice president Greg Stanaway , treasurer Jan Mellor, and secretary Sue Fletcher-Vea. The council functions as a watchdog in […]
Strategist wanted at Tourism
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
The Tourism Corporation is recruiting a chief executive – and a strategic management director to assist the new head honcho. The corporation has been without a chief executive since the end of July, after Carmel Beattie was fired by tourism’ board of directors largely due to differences in opinion over how the corporation should be […]
Women called to gender governance conference
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands National Council of Women is holding the second phase of its gender project this week. The gender and local governance meeting starts today and runs until Thursday at the Assembly of God church in Takuvaine. The three-day workshop starts at 8.45 and runs until 11.30 each morning, to allow participants to learn […]
Lack of national fire service discussed regionally
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
The worrying fact that the Cooks Islands does not have a national fire service was discussed at a regional conference on disaster reduction. The Cooks were represented in New Caledonia last week at the Pacific Platform for managers of national disasters and water sanitation by Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI) director Charles Carlson and fire […]
Carter helps troubled youth
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
New Zealand High Commissioner John Carter is trying to help the country’s troubled youth. His interest in the pressing matter was piqued by the “constant flow” of newspaper articles about the number of youth in the country that continually fall foul of the law, he has written in a letter to local businesses. “It does […]
O3b internet equipment on its way
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands is one step closer to faster internet as freshly-made telecommunications equipment left a United States factory bound for Rarotonga last week. The equipment, including satellite antennae, was loaded from the O3b factory last Wednesday into containers ready for shipping and then on to a big rig truck. Telecom expects to take delivery […]
CEOs defend cheap TV imports
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
Last week a smoke signaller wrote in concerned about two major Cook Islands businesses importing cheap televisions into the country for their staff and wondered whether VAT was being paid. The reader worried that both Te Aponga Uira and Telecom Cook Islands were importing cheap televisions into Rarotonga for their staff, which effectively undercut local […]
Teachers entice year 8's to Tereora
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
Last week Tereora College principal Bali Haque and other senior staff went to local primary schools to meet year 8 students, who are likely to attend the country’s biggest high school next year. College staff went to Avarua School on Monday, Nikao Maori School the next day, Avatea and Arorangi Schools on Wednesday, and Te […]
$35,000 media studies grant to Tereora
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
Tereora College’s media studies department has been awarded a $35,000 grant by Australian organisation PACMAS (Pacific Media Assistance Scheme). The first milestone payment has just been paid and the funds will go toward equipping media studies students with laptops and editing equipment. Phil Jones, head of media studies and senior dean at Tereora College, is […]
Cooks honour and salute elderly
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
Acknowledging the important role the elderly play in society was behind the Cook Islands’ inaugural reception to acknowledge Global Day for the Elderly yesterday. Held at the Te Atukura grounds, the function was held in beautiful sunlight and saw Prime Minister Henry Puna, internal affairs minister Mark Brown, NZ High Commissioner John Carter as well […]
Fun for all dressing up at Mauke school
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
Students at Mauke School joined in the fun across the Cook Islands, taking their turn to dress up at their favourite book character at the end of September. Students and teachers worked together to create costumes that matched their chosen character, a celebration which concluded the school’s term long Literacy Programme. The colourful students marched […]
WHO director in Cooks
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
The regional director of the World Health Organisation is currently in the Cook Islands, in order to sign a regional health agreement. This afternoon, director-general of WHO Western Pacific Region Dr Shin Young-soo will sign a country corporation strategy with Health Minister Nandi Glassie. This is a medium-term vision for technical cooperation between WHO and […]
Doctor reflects on successful Forum
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in National
The Pacific Leaders Forum is now only a happy memory for most Cook Islanders, with little thought given to all the work that took place behind the scenes to ensure it was a successful and safe event for all. One part of this was providing medical care, to cope with any potential scenario, to some […]
A right to know what happened
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
Responding to yesterday’s letter to the editor and response on page 10, a smoke signaller asks: “Did the financial secretary Richard Neves actually read any of the letter from William Framhein regarding the issue of unpaid taxes by CITC? All he does is outline the recommendations with regards to the new Customs Act and how […]
New manager for outer islands climate change
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Environment
Willie Tuivaga has just been appointed as the programme manager of the Strengthening the Resiliance of Island Communities to Climate Change initiative. Part of a team of four at the climate change division of the Office of the Prime Minister(OPM), Tuivaga started his new role three weeks ago. He didn’t have to move very far, […]
Vaka approaching
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands voyaging vaka Marumaru Atua is expected to arrive in her home port later today or early tomorrow. The vaka and crew have been heading in a south east direction towards Rarotonga and battling strong easterly winds on their final homeward journey. At 6 o’clock yesterday morning – Marumaru Atua’s crew were tacking towards […]
Bulk fuel deal likely
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Local
Government is planning to put out a tender for a contract to supply consolidated volumes of fuel to the Cook Islands. Consolidating volumes – lumping together fuels for Te Aponga Uira’s electricity generation and ground fuels for local consumption – would make bulk transport feasible. At present fuel arrives via tanktainers aboard Reef vessels, as […]
Vietnam veteran supports Bill Framhein
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Local
Local Rarotonga war veterans are sticking up for friend and fellow comrade Bill Framhein. Framhein currently receives the war disablement pension but is applying for the war veteran’s pension in New Zealand. In order to qualify for that assistance, the former soldier must live in New Zealand for five years after the age of 50. […]
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