Articles by Utopia Support

Auraka e irinaki ua i te kavamani

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Ki te Etita Te ariki nei au ma te turu pakari i te manako ta te Minita Ngateitei Nandie Glassie e akakite ra i roto i te nuti pepa kia tutaki te kopu tangata i tetai tuanga o te patete o te au Maki e apaina ia nei ki Nutireni me kare mei te au […]

In trouble

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I can concur with Mr Tylors reading of the state of the Tuna Fishery on Rarotonga. My records show for the months of October, November and December 2010, I caught 1500kg of tuna, and for the same period last year 2011, only 30kg of tuna was caught. This clearly demonstrates there is something […]

Happy returnees!

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to submit a response to Mr Ron Heckmans letter that was published on Thursday 29 December 2011. Mr Heckman says that he and his wife have made three trips to the Cook Islands and that number three will be their last due to unscrupulous businesses, predatory practices and a fall […]

Threat to curb free press worrying

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It is a very worrying time for this country when we see a number of people justifiably criticising this government and cabinet ministers through your newspaper for lack of action and for one of these ministers to respond by threatening to curb the powers of free press. A case in point was Nandi […]

Kata - January 11, 2012

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Kata

Pacific Resort Aitutaki sponsors bins

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in National

Proceeds from Pacific Resort Aitutakis first annual community fundraising drive have been donated to the Aitutaki Conservation Trusts Sponsor A Bin campaign. The staff of Pacific Resort Aitutaki donated money raised toward the purchase of bins, and the Pacific Resort Hotel Group comprising Pacific Resort Rarotonga, Te Manava Villas and Pacific Resort Aitutaki sponsored the […]

Surplus still at tender

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in National

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) is still yet to accept a tender for surplus cyclone recovery material on Aitutaki. Tender submissions closed on December 2 last year. Rarotonga-based project manager Joe Akaruru says a tender is being considered by an appointed tender committee. The tender is still with the tender committee and we […]

Worlds worst population growth

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in National

The Cook Islands is expected to take ownership of an unwanted title this year and become the country with the worlds worst population growth. Currently, the Northern Mariana Islands is recorded as having the worst population growth rate in the world, according to statistics gathered in the United States. It sits at the bottom of […]

Mama still independent at 100!

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in National

Surrounded by four generations of family, Aitutakis Mama Caroline Daniel celebrated her 100th birthday this week. The communitys eldest resident and possibly the oldest living person in the Cook Islands turned 100 on January 9. Mama Caroline was born in Mangaia on January 9, 1912, to parents Vaine Tutai and John Cameron a Scotsman. She […]

Survey Nikao's pooey issue

Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals

A concerned resident writes to Public Health about the green Enviroflow septic system next to Tereora College: Now that the initiative has been taken for Muri to have its health and environment survey, wouldnt the next step be to have one in Tereora? This pooey issue in Nikao has been long ongoing; it also was […]

Koutu Nui behind marine park plan

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Environment

The countdown is on for the declaration of the establishment of the proposed Cook Islands Marine Park at the Pacific Forum leaders conference to be held in Rarotonga in August. This intention to do so by Prime Minister Henry Puna, on behalf of government and the people of the Cook Islands, has captured the imagination […]

Italian doco critical of environmental control

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Environment

Pukapuka is a wonderful island with wonderful people, but its waste management and environmental control is in urgent need of help, according to a European documentary maker. Pierfrancesco Armati, an Italian filmmaker who has been working throughout the Cook Islands, said Pukapukas environment and biodiversity was being harmed as the islands people shifted from traditional […]

TIS supports vehicle restrictions

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Environment

Rarotonga is already overrun with vehicles and government should implement a number of changes to alleviate the problem, according to the Te Ipukarea Society (TIS). Programme manager Jacqui Evans says the society made public its position on the issue in a submission on the Outcomes Report from the Infrastructure Sector Forum in August 2010. Its […]

Wanted man apprehended

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Local

Wanted man Kakino Kakino Junior is back in police custody after leading officers on a high-speed pursuit on Rarotongas roads yesterday afternoon. Cook Islands Police detectives chased Kakino from Arorangi to Nikao about 1.30pm yesterday, ending a two and a half week search for the wanted man. Kakino has evaded police since before Christmas, when […]

Bonny still a mystery

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Local

The yacht Bonny faces an undisclosed length of stay in the Avatiu harbour as police continue investigations into the circumstances surrounding its skippers disappearance. Harbour master Captain John Cornwell said Cook Islands Police had advised him that the vessel was still considered to be a crime scene. As such, they could not give a time […]

Looking beyond the market

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, This is not in direct response to Vaine Wichmans letter but Part 3 and a continuation of my critique of capitalism in indigenous societies. Restructuring adjustments in many countries have shown some improvement in financial performance, accountability and productivity depending on political will. On the other hand, there is evidence that poverty gaps […]

Ministers prayer

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As health minister, I live in a haze, playing my endless games, My kingdoms won, my will be done Well wasn’t I voted in. Give me this day my daily bread. As if I really cared, for my surgeons needs, Give me this day my own twisted way. Lead me not into political […]

Yellowfin tuna resource has collapsed

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The weather wasnt too bad for fishing over the Xmas period, mostly offshore on Avana side. However fishing was once again very disappointing. I went out seven times, each time for between one and two hours, and caught a total of six skipjack, none of them bigger than 2kg. So I pulled out […]

Kata - January 10, 2012

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Kata

Air New Zealand wins airline industry Oscars

Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in National

Air New Zealand has won Air Transport Worlds prestigious Airline of the Year award for the second time in three years. This is the first time in the nearly 40-year history of the awards that an airline has won the Airline of the Year twice in three years. Air New Zealand has won more Air […]