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League world cup bid foiled
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in League
Plans to involve the Cook Islands international rugby league squad in a four nations competition against England, Wales and France have fallen through. Cook Islands Rugby League is now looking at other options for international matches to be held after the close of the NRL competition this year. Those plans may see the Cook Islands […]
Sharks back in the league
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in League
The Aitutaki Sharks have had their 2012 rugby league season brought back from the dead thanks to $40,000 secured from New Zealand Rugby League as compensation for the failed Kiwis-Kukis international test match. The funding has been officially confirmed by NZRL, which decided it would give to Cook Islands Rugby League in recompense for pulling […]
PR celebrations in Aitutaki
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
Eighteen people from Aitutaki and three from Rarotonga received their certificates of permanent residency at a special ceremony held in Aitutaki on Thursday. There were some tears and many more smiles shared between the people receiving the status and the people watching on, with about 80 onlookers crammed into the Aitutaki Game Fishing Club for […]
Empire market goes weekly
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
Riding on last week’s success, organisers of the Empire Theatre night market are planning to turn the event into a weekly affair. Originally they planned to run the market fortnightly, but the high turnout at the market’s initial Friday prompted them to reconsider. About 12 vendors showed up to the first market, their stalls decorated […]
Feeling the love at CITC
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
CITC is getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit. For the first time, it has recruited judges from outside the company to visit all CITC outlets and decide where the love in the air is most palpable. Divisions will be competing in three categories – flower arrangement, costume and love song performance. Each division will put […]
Trust donates to education
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
Cook Islands Trust believes in investing in the future of the Cook Islands and this week the company donated $2000 worth of toner cartridges to the Ministry of Education. Cook Islands Trust managing director Antony Will is pictured presenting the toners to Tekura Turitoa who collected the valuable resource on behalf of the Ministry of […]
Reminder to file annual returns
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
One hundred thirty-seven (137) incorporated societies have three months to file their annual returns so as to avoid being struck off the Companies Register. The ministry is advertising a reminder for societies to file their returns in Cook Islands News and has listed the societies which have not done so. That list includes such incorporated […]
Torn kites fly to Moeroa in Aitutaki
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
Moeroa Hansen has made a name for herself by being able to fix even the trickiest of repair jobs on kitesurfing kites, and it’s not just people in Aitutaki or the Cook Islands that are taking notice. Kites arrive to Hansen’s Vaitupa home from across the world. They are sent from Rarotonga, New Zealand and […]
82 chosen for holidays
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
A total of 82 volunteers from Christchurch will visit the Cook Islands over the next three months as part of the Heroes and Heroines initiative instigated by the Cook Islands government and coordinated by Tourism Cook Islands. Last year the Cook Islands government offered the mayor of Christchurch, Bob Parker, 50 heroes and heroines who […]
Meeting to discuss fishing
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
All fishermen are encouraged to attend a meeting this afternoon to discuss issues surrounding Fishing Aggregate Devices (FAD), and offer their input on a proposed set of rules governing fishing activity in the Cook Islands. Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) secretary Ben Ponia and the Fishing Aggregate Device (FAD) advisory committee he has appointed – […]
Te Kukupa makes missions to Nassau and Manihiki
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
After three weeks without electricity, the island of Nassau now has light thanks to a new power generator delivered to the island by police patrol boat Te Kukupa and her crew. Te Kukupa, with 10 crew and two mechanics from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning, departed Rarotonga for Nassau last Wednesday and arrived at […]
Reform not a repeat of 1996
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in National
The recent public service review report compiled by Asian Development Bank (ADB) consultants is not necessarily going to prompt massive job cuts. The Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) assures public servants that the report does not herald a repeat of 1996, when another ADB review resulted in the halving of the public service. […]
'No job losses' sure to be bunkum
Saturday 11 February 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Navy Epati should be promoted from Public Service Commissioner to head of the Prime Minister’s Office so that he can dictate everything,” a smoke signaller writes in response to yesterday’s lead CINews article ‘We are not in a crisis’. “His blather in Friday’s media statement about the Public Sector functional review is the sort of […]
Sunday radio ministry returns
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Church Talk
The Cook Islands Christian Church radio ministry has returned to the air waves. The first programme for 2012 began last Sunday with host aunty Nga Teao-Papatua. This year the popular show starts at the new time of 12.30pm. The radio ministry is broadcast on Radio Cook Islands and brings together church leaders within the CICC […]
Fundraiser for 8 boys going to Hong Kong
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Church Talk
To send eight local boys to Discipleship Training School in Hong Kong, Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is holding an island night fundraiser from 7pm today. Discipleship Training School (DTS) is a five-month programme during which students learn to know God and make him known. It is an intensive Christian training course involving 12 weeks […]
Ditching the crutches, standing upright
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Church Talk
I noticed Christmas and New Years’ messages were given prominence in the newspapers at the end of 2011. These addresses appeal to me as they enable our leaders to express what is happening around them and how a particular leader would like to see us responding. One that stood out for me this year was […]
18 new Aitutakians honoured
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Local
Yesterday was a special day, not just for 18 people at Aitutaki but for the island as a whole, according to mayor John Baxter. Aitutaki officially took in 18 new permanent residents at a special ceremony held on the island yesterday, all spouses of Cook Islanders or permanent residents of the Cook Islands. Some of […]
Ballet babes
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Local
Pirouettes, pointed toes, tutus and big cheesy grins were all the rage at the Celebration on the Rock church where a group of youngsters gathered for the Xpression Dance Studio ballet class this week. Even the boys were having a ball at the class tutored by Georgia Miles – a Royal Academy of Dance ballet […]
'We are not in a crisis'
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in Local
Public Service Commissioner Navy Epati yesterday officially released a copy of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Functional Review Report on the Public Sector. “The exercise to re-examine how we do business in the public sector should never come as a surprise to anyone, including the public service itself. This has to be the norm if […]
Celebrating Valentine's
Friday 10 February 2012 | Published in National
Chances are you either love Valentine’s Day or you hate it, but face it – you can’t ignore the hype. No matter how cheesy the holiday has become, it’s at the very least cause for celebration – whether that means dinner and fine wine at The Little Polynesian or drinks with the girls depends on […]
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