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Here with a passion for fashion
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
Its not about reinventing the tivaivai just about making it more commercially flexible. NZ Institute of Fashion Technology managing director Kevin Smith said he wasnt keen on changing the ceremonial fabric of the Cook Islands, but did have a few suggestions on progressing manufacturing techniques.He suggested that people should find an alternative to cutting and […]
Aviation excites CI students
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
Just one Cook Islander is studying at the Nelson Aviation College at present but judging by the tertiary education providers success at yesterdays careers expo that is set to change. Husband and wife Giles and Katrina Witney run the college which qualifies students as commercial pilots in just two years. Both are pilots themselves. Their […]
History displayed
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
An exhibition of photos and stories on the history of Muri lagoon and beach will open at 4pm today at the Ngatangiia meeting house. Over the past few weeks, Muri residents have been sharing their stories and digging out old photos taken around the Muri area from as early as the 1930s for the exhibition. […]
Alcohol blamed for assault
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
The dreaded Jimmy is behind a mother daughter punch-up, for which 37-year-old Melanie Pare has admitted one charge of common assault, Justice of the Peace John Kenning says. Pare appeared before JP Kenning in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. She admitted slapping her 61-year-old mother three times across the face and head […]
Koutu Nui meeting
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
The Koutu Nui is combining its biannual conference and annual general meeting into a two-day function that began yesterday. The second half of the 37th biannual conference begins at 9am at the Ngatangiia Cook Islands Christian Church Sunday School building. The Koutu Nui members will be discussing things like traditional titles, immigration and permanent residency, […]
College pupils admit school crime
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
Two Tereora College students have admitted criminal charges relating to their breaking into and entering of the schools main office with intent to commit further crime. Ellis Solomona and Ammon Mitiau both appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice of the Peace John Kenning yesterday. Solomona faces two charges of breaking […]
Te Puni leaves Rarotonga
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
This is Linda Te Punis last day in the job as New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands. She is being replaced by former New Zealand minister of civil defence John Carter, having completed her post. Carters first day in the job is Monday August 1. Te Puni leaves the Cook Islands tomorrow. She […]
MMR pulled into case
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Marine Resources is being dragged into a civil court case involving a Taiwanese fishing firm. Yuh Yow Marine Ltd is seeking reimbursement of more than $300,000 from the Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company (NCIFC) which it claims to have paid for seven licences not granted by the ministry. The case came before […]
Celebration bigger and better
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Local
The Te Maeva Nui float parade is back this year. Any organisations interested in joining the 20 floats already confirmed for the float parade are encouraged to contact Cook Islands Tourism (CIT). CIT promises that Te Maeva Nui will be bigger and better this year. Te Maeva Nui is going to be bigger and better […]
Ministry to get own report card
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Local
For the first time, the Ministry of Education (MOE) isnt distributing the grades its the one being graded. The ministry is awaiting its report card, which grades each of its initiatives and programmes literacy, numeracy, early childhood education, careers education, NCEA, pa enua education, inclusive education, distance education and dual pathways among them. The ministry […]
No minor issue
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Further to the letter to the editor and article in Wednesday July 20s CI News highlighting the new income tax exemptions, it would appear that individuals (and companies) also get a tax break on interest earning overseas. Surely an unintended incentive to shift funds offshore and cause further liquidity problems here? No doubt […]
Court change well overdue
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor The change to the Land Agents Registration Act is more than welcome. Persons related to landowners should never have been barred from appearing in the land court which has always been known as a peoples court. Ngaoa Ranginui Land Court Services
When will the incompetence end?
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor The article in CI News 20 July regarding Bartercard (Bartercard not foreign enterprise) concludes: In the past few months New Zealand company representatives have spent time on Rarotonga soliciting business and signing new clients. That sure sounds like carrying on business in the Cook Islands to me. The article refers to BTIBs chief […]
Upgrade suspicious
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I smell a rat with the proposed upgrade of the Tereora field to cater for a one-off rugby league game. Usually teams from overseas visiting the islands are bound to put up with the conditions offering. But apparently some advance travelling league expert has deemed the Tereora field unplayable. Strewth, it has plenty […]
Fine-tuning Aitutaki netball
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Netball
Aitutaki netballers are enjoying their netball even more after a recent trip to the island by Netball Cook Islands development officer Luciana Matenga. Matenga spent a week on Aitutaki coaching netball to the islands talented players as part of a wider netball development programme for the outer islands. Over 200 kids, including boys, from the […]
Science and technology captivate
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Inspiring young local women to take up careers in science and technology was the aim of Tuesday nights Women in Science and Technology workshop hosted by the National Council of Women. Close to 40 female students from the outer islands and a handful from Rarotonga took part in the workshop where they spent time with […]
Boys challenged to test themselves
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
High-school boys from the outer islands converged on the USP centre at Tupapa for some inspiration this week the overriding message being that you can always change yourself if you want to. The Careers Expo taste-teaser Boy Zone night drew in every male student visiting Rarotonga from the outer islands on Tuesday night to hear […]
CINews work experience enjoyed
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Kia orana, this is Gardenia Moetaua from Mauke School and Stephanie Piiti from Mangaia School. We are here for a good purpose, which is the annual Careers Expo and three days of work experience. When we arrived we were really excited to start our work experience here at Cook Islands News. When we began working […]
Crew shocked by oceans state
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua is in the North Pacific, picking up plastic. From all seven vaka, blog reports are rolling in about the state of the ocean north of the equator, full of flotsam plastic, waste, netting. I have never seen anything like this in all my years on the ocean, captain Peia Patai […]
Rapper Tyree to perform tonight
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Big-name rapper Tyree is performing at Princess Anne Hall from 7pm tonight. Tyree, the lead singer-songwriter of acclaimed New Zealand hip-hop group Smashproof, performed at Rehab in March of last year. He and his partner, Cook Islander Kerry-Ann Kaumoana, came back to Rarotonga this week for a friends wedding and Tyree agreed to put on […]
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