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Korea, Cooks building relationship
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands and South Korea have taken a closer step towards officially opening formal diplomatic relations this week. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration Tom Marsters has met with First Secretary of the Republic of Korea Kyongsig Park this week. The pair discussed diplomatic connections and deep sea mining during […]
Uniforms out, sequins in at Nikao Maori School
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
Schools almost out at Apii Nikao Maori and school uniforms were out of fashion on Friday, at least for pre-schoolers. Sequins, tiaras, crowns and capes were all the rage for Apii Nikao Maoris youngest group during the schools colourful end of year prizegiving on Friday morning. The school farewelled the year with a swath of […]
Avatea School high achievers list
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
(year 1/room 14) 1st Troy Matutu, 2nd Tiare Williams, 3rd Daniela Toa, (year 2/room 16) 1st Akeliah Nena, 2nd Jane Chand, (year 2/room 17) 1st Tivaknoa Solomone, 2nd Heath Heather, 3rd Tiare Lusby, (year 3 junior special awards) Junior Sports Girl-Alma Ngametua, 1st Runner-up Sports Girl-Jordayn Matutu, 2nd Runner-up Sports Girl-Gemma Ngari, Junior Sports Boy-Taio […]
Brienna Solomon dux of Avatea
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
The Avatea School community gathered yesterday to honour the schools top achievers through its annual awards ceremony. Students who performed outstandingly in academics, sports and culture through the 2011 year were recognised for their achievements and presented with certificates, cash prizes and for special awards elaborately decorated trophies were awarded. The top award of Avatea […]
Little guys to get more from market: Brown
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
Micro businesses and grassroots ventures will be big winners from Punanga Nui Markets change in management, according to Minister Mark Brown. Brown, whose portfolio includes overseeing finance and economic management and the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB), said small-scale businesses would be given greater opportunities at the Punanga Nui Markets under BTIB. The board […]
50 boxes for Xmas
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Local
CITC is ordering five extra containers worth of stock bringing its tally this month to about 50 containers to accommodate Christmas shoppers. Most of the retail giants Christmas stock comprises food, including holiday sweets, and alcohol, toys and building materials. Christmas stock for CITC and other retailers arrives on one of the four cargo ships […]
Giving tree at Westpac
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Local
Its the season of giving and the Westpac Bank is right back into the spirit of it. The bank is running its giving tree project again this year. Bank staff Makiroa Mato (top) and Koti Iro are pictured by the giving tree inside the bank in Avarua. They encourage people to buy presents for those […]
Cooks pushing into Australia
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands tourism industry needs to keep up its advertising efforts in Australia if it wants to see more visitors coming from the country, according to the person in charge of Cook Islands Tourism Corporations Australian efforts. Australia general manager Kerryn Cook urged people to stick with the campaigns that began in earnest this […]
Have you got the H Factor?
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
A new talent quest will take place in Rarotonga next year, searching for the Cook Islands best idle singers who think they have the x-factor. The six-week singing competition dubbed The H Factor is now putting out a call to the Cook Islands potential superstars. With competition set to begin in earnest in February, organisers […]
Sisters sing of islands they adore
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
The Gosselin sisters are preparing to release their first-ever album. Each sister has her own repertoire of musical productions, but never before have the Gosselin girls collaborated to produce an album. The reason behind this project was that we had so many friends, family and supporters of our individual CDs asking us to do an […]
Expectations of Mauke
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
In this week’s Kids Page, Apii Te Uki Ou students share their experiences on Mauke when they visited the island for a school trip recently. We have extracted snippets from each of the short stories for today’s Kids Page. Thanks to teacher Jo Weir for providing the stories for today’s page. I experienced 3 caves […]
New boards in stock
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
Stand-up paddlers the world over agree that Naish is a leading brand, and its boards are now available in Rarotonga. Paka Worthington is the Cook Islands official Naish supplier, and is sourcing boards from Hawaii. While a few local outlets are hiring out stand-up boards, he is the first to import them for commercial sale. […]
Contest for tuna label
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
May the best tin-painter win. The Ministry of Education is inviting the students of the Cook Islands to design the Cook Islands Golden Tuna logo, which will be plastered on tins of canned Cook Islands tuna. Recently the government made an agreement with Taiwanese fishing company Yuh Yow whereby Cook Islands albacore will be canned […]
Prize winners promote healthy habits
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
Feed your children a healthy breakfast every morning that was the message the Atuatika family issued when they picked up their brand-new laptop as the winners of the recent CITC/Foodland Sanitarium promotion. Entering the CITC/Foodland promotion wasnt a difficult decision for the family who religiously eats Weetbix and soy milk for breakfast. The competition required […]
Amazing race a reward day
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
An amazing race competition is being organised for top achieving students at Imanuela Akatemia School, which will see them navigate Rarotonga to complete a list of tasks at various locations and businesses in the fastest time possible. On Tuesday December 6 a group of about 30 students, ranging in age from eight to 13 years, […]
BCI staff vote to support Creative Centre
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
The Creative Centre will take in a very welcome package of materials and goods to be used in its creations thanks to a donation from the Bank of the Cook Islands. Two BCI representatives stopped by the centre this week with a cheque in hand worth exactly $1331. Creative Centre manager Bob Kimiangatau said the […]
Christmas in the Park gets greener
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Features
People looking for some Christmas spirit will be able to get a double dose of jolly joy at the BCI Stadium on Wednesday, December 14. This years Christmas in the Park celebrations will be a little more green than green and red when the event takes on the theme of recycling. All the stalls, entertainment […]
What crap!
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, What a load of crap! I am referring to the visitor from the USA who attended the Vaka Eiva Trade Day Being a true-blue local and a stall vendor on the day, I sold food from 9am to 3pm, like all the other 15 stalls that were there. I take my hat off […]
Much ado about nothing
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In your online paper dated November 16, it shows you devoted a total of 15 articles to a young NZ man named Zac Guildford. Eight of the articles were placed in Top Stories. It is then repeated seven times in the General News section. Despite common knowledge that Zac is an All Black […]
Book characters come to life
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
Book characters came to life yesterday at St Josephs Catholic hall in Tutakimoa where students from the Catholic primary school celebrated the end of the school year with a book week themed concert. The colourful gathering also had a festive feel as students put on items and skits for their parents and the wider Catholic […]
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