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ANZ reduces Pacific transfer fee
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
Sending money from Australia to the Pacific with ANZ will be cheaper over the Christmas period. The bank has dropped its fee for remitting money from Australia to the Pacific from AU$32 to $8 as part of its international money transfer Pacific campaign until January 31, 2012. The $8 fee will apply to all personal […]
PIAF closing up shop and re-locating to Suva
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
The Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation (PIAF) is re-locating to Suva and holding a function this Friday to farewell its home island. Established by Maire Bopp in 2003, PIAF was for years the only regional organisation headquartered in Rarotonga. After PIAF closes up shop, research officer Hilary Gormon will continue to conduct research locally but will […]
World AIDS Day in Mangaia
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
Mangaia observed World AIDS Day on Thursday by decorating buildings in red and encouraging people to think about AIDS, and unite in the global fight against it. World AIDS Day falls on December 1 each year and represents an opportunity for communities to support people living with HIV and commemorate those who have died from […]
Mongoose gets into holiday spirit
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
The Mongoose might feature in a Tagata Pasifika Christmas special to air on TV One on Christmas day. Ronnie Siulepas daughter Nikki is a presenter for Tagata Pasifika and putting together a Christmas special featuring Pacific people singing Christmas songs. Her criteria: All you need to do is up-load on You Tube a video of […]
Fresh packaging suggested for local accommodators
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands tourist accommodation owners should take inspiration from airlines in selling their properties, according to one wholesaler developer who packages deals for Virgin Australia. Dennis Basham, a developer with Blue Holidays, said accommodators in the Cook Islands would benefit individually and as a group from adopting a pricing programme similar to that prescribed by […]
Undiscovered marketing campaign to sell Cooks
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Australian advertising campaign isnt only making waves in Australia people in Fiji, Vanuatu and across the Pacific are taking notice, too. The Cook Islands has gone from having very little awareness among Australian tourists in May this year ago to establishing the beginnings of a brand name in what the Cook Islands […]
Forum to anchor Kia Orana Cook Islands
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
A two-day forum will act as the main anchor for the Kia Orana Cook Islands week-long event spread over this week. The forum, being held on Wednesday and Friday this week, will give the local tourism industry a chance to meet and question with experts from the Cook Islands main tourism markets from overseas. Cook […]
Titikaveka students honoured with trophies
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
Titikaveka College high achievers were the pride of Takitumu on Friday when the college held its end of year prizegiving. Merit certificates were the first to be handed out to those students who showed improved efforts in various subjects over the school year. Newly sponsored trophies were handed out to top junior, intermediate and senior […]
A proud day in the wild west
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
Leaders of the nation attended the end-of-year prize giving for Rarotongas smallest school Rutaki Primary yesterday. Cabinet ministers Tom Marsters and Teariki Heather were joined by Ministry of Education secretary Sharyn Paio and New Zealand High Commissioner John Carter as well as community and Tahitian pastors at the colourful and entertaining morning ceremony. Decked out […]
Growers consider paradigm shift on Mauke
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
Recently Teava Iro visited Mauke to expose us to a very different view of the oldest profession on earth, agriculture. His aim was to change the way we think, to cause a paradigm shift because mindset governs direction. Iro believes that climate change is natures response to human impact. Given time, if we dont correct […]
Vital Voices chosen from Cooks
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in National
Four Cook Islands women have been chosen to spearhead a Vital Voices initiative targeted at empowering women. Vital Voices Global Partnership is a global non-government organisation with an international staff of over 1000 partners, pro bono experts and leaders including senior government officials and corporate executives which have trained more than 10,000 women leaders from […]
Market Watch
Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals
The smoke signaller who sent in the snippet about the departure tax coupon mentioned last week on auction at trademe.co.nz, has sold for the princely sum of $3.50. He reports on the listing for auction of a popular Cook Islands souvenir: On TradeMe there was a $3 Cook Islands currency note in new condition with […]
More prizes on the way
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Local
Rarotongas schools will continue their prize-giving ways this week with the last of the schools launching into their end of year celebrations following a frantic Friday of festivities on the island. Rutaki Primary School kicks off this weeks prize giving ceremonies today, the school recognising its students efforts for 2011 from 9am at its school […]
Tourism events tantalising start
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Local
An Air Rarotonga plane carrying about 70 visitors and the dreams of the tourism industry left for Aitutaki this morning, marking the official beginning of the Cook Islands largest tourism forum. Tourism industry wholesalers and promoters from across the globe have been gathering at Rarotonga from Saturday. The largest group is coming from Australia for […]
Brown talks up global partnerships in Korea
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands finance minister Mark Brown says developing international partnerships are a necessity in the Pacific as countries in the region face new challenges and engage with new actors in their aspirations. Brown was speaking during a side event organised jointly by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the African Union agency, NEPAD, at […]
Nikao boys on the bubble
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Local
Nukumae Inatea and Michael Heather getting into the fun of Apii Nikao Maoris end of year celebrations on Friday, blowing off the schools main prize giving ceremony to head outside and blow some bubbles. It was a whopper day of school prize giving ceremonies on Friday where four primary schools and Titikaveka College honoured their […]
Inquiry needed into soccer boycott
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The move by Titikaveka Premier Mens team to boycott Tuesdays match against Tupapa is admirable and a first of its kind in the Cook Islands soccer competition. Usually if its in the interest of the game, its straight forward, but this does not appear to be, our island players at best of times […]
Dont blame BTIB for ill-timing
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter by Disgraced in the newspaper of Friday December 2, complaining about the recent Trade Days organized by BTIB during the Vaka Eiva. Disgraced and his family had caught the bus into town to arrive at the site where the Trade Days were held at midday to […]
Mauke centre fundraiser a sell-out
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
As the world remembers the disabled, Mauke took time on December 3 to celebrate everyones varying abilities and purpose, as their motto states akaepaepaanga i to tatou akakoroanga tuketuke. As has been said by a number of visiting educators, not disabled, but differently abled. A fundraiser began at 6.30am and was all over in a […]
School, business in award trade-off
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Trade Training Centre and Trader Dons have helped kick-start the toolsets of three of the centres best students for 2011 at its end of year function. The importance of consistency, effort and improvement was underlined at the centres prize giving and farewell on Friday as the top students from the centres three […]
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