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Touch tourney to unify all islands
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in National
The inaugural constitution touch tournament will be held on Monday at Victoria Park field in Tupapa from 9 o’clock. The competition was initiated by the Rakahanga Sports Association and coordinated by Tuhe Piho in association with the Cook Islands Touch Association. Piho recognised a need to run an inter island type sports competition during the […]
Editor's story in anthology
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in National
A travel story written by the editor of this newspaper has been included in a New Zealand travel anthology. John Woods’ feature story The Happy-Go-Lucky Highway has been included in travel anthology Home & Away, a new collection of 35 award-winning travel stories by well-known New Zealand writers. The Happy-Go-Lucky Highway was first published in […]
Rest the reward for performers
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in National
It is the middle of the afternoon during one of the Te Maeva Nui trade days. The sun is shining, the temperature is climbing and music has just finished beating from many island’s performers. Across the road at the hostel where the Aitutaki group is staying it is the lack of activity that is the […]
Prized yellow fin tuna landed
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in National
Mouths watered at the Avatiu harbour when fishing charter Marlin Queen docked with possibly one of the biggest yellow fin tuna caught in recent years. The tuna was too large to fit into the charter’s fish bin and took two men to lift on to the back of the pickup truck to be taken for […]
47 years on we celebrate
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in National
The ngatae flowers are in full bloom around Rarotonga’s mountain side, sign of flying fox season. Sign of celebrations, ours! My grandmother always said to me when I was growing up to ‘akatangata mai ana iakoe’. Translating into English is always a sad thing because I lose the richness of the advice being imparted and […]
CISNOC board 'should all resign'
Saturday 4 August 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
”That was a great decision by Cook Islands Tourism to fund our Olympic team’s uniforms,“ a smoke signaller says. ”Exposure to billions of people at very little cost! Hope these types of decisions continue now that the CEO has been ousted. Rumour is the Tourism board was unhappy with the expenditure.“
Refusing to forgive is a grievous sin
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Church Talk
There seems to be an undercurrent thick in scales of resentment, relentless, unforgiving, and vindictive of criticism developing around us. We are becoming increasingly absorbed by its captive and tantalising tentacles that falsely stimulate one’s better judgement. Eventually even numbing and desensitising to the point we become accepting of such behaviour as a thing of […]
Still hurting
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Party candidate Teariki Matenga says he is still hurting over the by-election results which resulted in his sister Selina Napa winning the Titikaveka seat. Despite withdrawing his petition challenging the election results, Matenga still believes if he had enough time to prepare his case he would have won. ”We had a case but […]
Electoral petition withdrawn
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Local
Chief Justice Tom Weston granted the withdrawal of the Titikaveka by-election petition in the High Court yesterday. On July 3 Cook Islands Party candidate Teariki Matenga lodged a petition arguing his sister and political rival Selina Napa won the Titikaveka seat falsely. He lodged 20 qualification objections and one corrupt practice objection, but withdrew the […]
Using alcohol just an excuse
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Local
Punanga Tauturu counsellor Rebeka Buchanan thinks enough is enough. She talked to CINews after yesterday’s High Court sitting, when two people were sentenced for assault after they had been drinking. Metuakore Browne and a man who received name suppression to protect his victim’s identity both pleaded guilty to assault and received six month suspended sentences, […]
Prison guard may face jail
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Local
A prison guard appeared in court yesterday for helping those he is meant to keep behind bars escape. Nia Peters appeared in front of justice of the peace Tauei Solomon at Thursday’s High Court session accused of two charges of permitting prisoners to escape to commit burglaries. He also faces a burglary charge as a […]
Puaikura princess
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Local
Miss Cook Islands and Puaikura dancer Teuira Napa was a vision on stage during the team’s sensual action song performance. and 12. 12080224 Related article(s): Mitiaro and Mauke show flair
Rocking at Rehab tonight
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Features
International musicians (from left) Pieter T (Pieter Tuhoro), DJ Peter Gunz (Peter Paplii) and Sammielz (Sam Leota Lu) will be rocking the Rehab nightclub tonight in their one-off island gig. The trio will drop some reggae, R&B, ‘old school’ tunes and as DJ Peter Gunz says, ”play and sing pretty much everything islanders love.“ Ten […]
Tangata ngakau tamanamanta
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia Orana e Tama, Te tatau nei au ma te marekakore i te manako o Norman George e tona au turuturu kia riro koia te arataki o taku party te Democratic Party. Kare ai nei ko teia Tangata, e mema aia no te Cook Islands Party, e kua tu aia I raro ake I te […]
'I'm a Demo'
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I will put my case to the public for the last time and will no longer respond to further comments. (a) There is no such law in existence as the law against party hopping. (b) The law being mistaken for it, section 105 of the 2007 Electoral Amendment Act covers 3 things: 1. […]
Araura retain sevens crown
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in National
Led by side-stepping backs Leo Roa and Owen Turuta and big forward Teremoana Paerau, Araura College retained the CIPS Under 15 College boys crown on Wednesday afternoon. The team won a passionate finals match 19-5 against first-timers Atiu College. Ahead at the break by 7-5, it was the Araura College’s two tries scored by Roa […]
Mitiaro and Mauke show flair
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in National
The annual Te Maeva Nui cultural competition showcases the strength of the Cook Islands culture and language but Wednesday night’s show highlighted the evolution of our vibrant culture. Enua Mitiaro started their ute performance on their feet dancing and generating a huge response from the crowd. The ute traditionally starts in a semi circle formation […]
Silence this man!
Friday 3 August 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
”Mike Tavioni makes too much sense – government should take immediate steps to silence this man,“ a smoke signaller writes tongue-in-cheek in response to the front page article ‘Sack board, not Beattie: Tavioni’. ”We really don’t need him reminding us that most of the dollars spent by tourists getting here, eating here and sleeping here […]
Unofficial tip causes a stink in Aroa
Thursday 2 August 2012 | Published in Environment
The emergence of a rubbish dump in the Murienua district is causing a stink amongst local residents. Boxes of soft drink are scattered amongst the burnt beer bottles and aluminium cans on a private property on the Aroa back road across from the horse training centre. Land owner Mau Raina said he had encountered such […]
5 apply for the SSS
Thursday 2 August 2012 | Published in Local
Inspector Tere Patia says police are the appropriate group to ask for help if there is a burglary, not a group of citizens tackling crime on their own accord. Motel manager Malcolm Laxton-Blinkhorn has stirred up talk on Rarotonga with his advertisement in the weekend CINews for a special security squad to help solve the […]
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