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Articles by Utopia Support
Lonely two months as an 'observer'
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in National
Adrift on a Taiwanese vessel (its facilities designed for crew of Taiwanese stature) with no English-speaking companion, local Corey Fisher lived a fairly solitary life for the better part of two months. He’s glad to be back on Rarotonga, but says he would do the whole thing over again. He was selected by the Ministry […]
Low rating for CI 'procurement'
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in National
A Public Expenditure and Financial Assessment (PEFA) conducted by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) in conjunction with AusAID has rated the Cook Islands’ procurement system lowly. Procurement is a term that denotes the government’s purchase of goods, works and services to implement public projects or provide services like infrastructure, health and education. […]
Local Samoans celebrate independence
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in National
The local Samoan community rose with the sun on Friday to celebrate 50 years of Samoa’s independence from New Zealand. Samoans and supporters convened at the home of Navy and Florence Epati in Matavera at 6.30am, ahead of a 7am flag-raising ceremony. The group re-convened after work at the Nikao golf club for a formal […]
Akirata to follow Royal's footsteps
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in National
As Rarotonga based dance troupe Akirata is busy preparing for their tour to Europe in August, veteran dance troupe manager Ingrid Caffery remembers a similar tour that took place over 20 years ago. The Royal Rarotongans, a dance group of 22 members, travelled to Europe in 1991 for eight weeks to perform at many of […]
$50,000 prize won by Rotorua Atiuan Millie Kautai
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in National
Rotorua based Atiu islander Millie Kautai will be packing her bags and travelling the world after being drawn the $50,000 winner of the Atiu hostel raffle. While the lucky winner wasn’t on the island to pick up her cheque, her family visiting from Kansas, Mary Kautai-Mateariki and her daughter Claire Boaza were more than happy […]
Bank expert sees scope for reform
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in National
Following his initial appraisal of Cook Islands banks, founding chief executive of Kiwibank Sam Knowles says that interest rates are high not because banks are aiming to turn a profit, but because the state of the economy and the structure of the local banking system are such that local banks have to account for additional […]
Rugby union warm up
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in Rugby Union
Two weeks of pre-season rugby will warm up players before the official start of the 2012 rugby union season on Saturday, June 23. Under 13, under 16 and under 19 grades from the six clubs across the island will take to the field this Saturday for the first weekend of pre-season rugby – in the […]
Must HOMs speak Maori?
Tuesday 5 June 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
A reader phoned the newsroom complaining that the recent heads of department advert stipulated that applicants MUST be fluent in Maori. The caller was worried that this would isolate good people like Richard Neves. Public Service Commissioner Russell Thomas responded that it was not a condition of application for the positions and he said fluent […]
Pa enua programmes
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Environment
Aitutaki vainetini are embroidering cloth bags for an art competition as part of its ‘Say YES to Reusable Bags’ campaign. Aitutaki is also keeping its annual tradition of a float parade around the island after a much smaller-scale beauty pageant contest called the Miss Ozone contest in support of the 25th anniversary of the Montreal […]
Distributing green materials
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Environment
NES are distributing Waste Education Handbooks and other resources (DVDs, posters and fact books) to all schools within the Cook Islands in time for Environment Week. This will be used to supplement classroom lessons on the environment, in particular regarding waste management. The Waste Education Handbooks are great for any group, including youth and community […]
Bag and sculpture comps for conservation
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Environment
The National Environment Service (NES) has organised two events on Rarotonga to celebrate Environment Week, and the NES pa enua offices have also developed their own programmes. NES encourages all Cook Islands residents to get involved and enter a sculpture of a sea creature made from recycled materials into a nationwide competition. Participants will be […]
Celebrate the environment
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Environment
Nikao Maori School students, Grade Seven and Eight, share more of their creative writing with us this week. Environment Week also begins today, so for the next two weeks the Kids Page will feature word puzzles with an environmental theme, supplied by the National Environment Service. The National Environment Service also has some T-shirts to […]
Local effort
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Environment
The Rarotonga Lagoon Conservation Trust, created and funded by Koka Lagoon Cruises, is embarking on a long-term reef restoration and revitalisation project within the Tikioki ra’ui. Koka has collected healthy corals, which are ready to be attached to the reef, where they can spawn and where snorkelers can ogle them. Marine biologist Tina Weier, who […]
Silt shuts sub
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Environment
Silt from the Avatiu Port dredging operation has covered the ocean floor from Avatiu to Tupapa, worrying tourist operators. Raro Reef Sub co-owner Sheryl John, who takes tourists out to the reefs in a semi-submarine she runs with husband Huw, says for the last couple of days the water visibility has been so bad they […]
Pension increases
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Local
The forthcoming Budget makes provision for an increase in the old-age pension for Cook Islands residents over 70. Minister of Finance Mark Brown yesterday announced the budgetary measure, which puts the pension up by $50 per month for this year. In subsequent years, he said, the government will phase in further increases in order to […]
Finance minister opens up the Budget
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Local
In an unprecedented effort to be more transparent about all things Budget, finance minister Mark Brown has devised a schedule according to which he will make one announcement per day before tabling the Budget on June 7. On Wednesday Brown released a general overview of the Capital Book, which earmarks funding for infrastructure and maintenance […]
New group confronts domestic violence
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Local
Domestic violence is too often kept a shameful secret – but a new group in Arorangi is sweeping domestic violence out into the open and making it the whole community’s problem. Ru Taki Vaine Tini – meaning women’s organisation in the community – is now running eight nights of workshops for people in their community […]
Competition promotes re-usable shopping bags
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Features
Cook Islands artists are supporting the NES and the Sustainable Land Management Project (SLM) in their campaign to promote re-usable shopping bags this year as part of the Taau Taku Tita Campaign. The NES in collaboration with The Art Studio have coordinated this event, and distributed 30 calico bags amongst local artists this month. The […]
I come to school happy
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Features
This week on Kids Page we feature more creative writing from Nikao Maori School. Grade Seven and Eight students write about their favourite sports teams and players. The younger students in Grades Four, Five and Six have been studying the concept of who they are as individuals. As part of this they created wonderful scarecrows, […]
The transit of Venus
Saturday 2 June 2012 | Published in Features
Former Cook Islands News publisher Phil Evans is a keen astronomer. The former maths teacher and advisor writes about the transit of Venus, which takes place next week. Next Tuesday – weather permitting – we will have the opportunity to see a rare astronomical event that will not occur again for another 105 years. Starting […]
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