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Customers smiling after food expo
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Hundreds of people made the most of yesterdays CITC supermarket food and liquor expo and judging by the smiles through the aisles, it was a hugely successful day. Tables of free food and liquor samples were set up in the aisles of the supermarket and after sampling the tasty morsels, customers had the opportunity to […]
Issues on the table for Parliament
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Child welfare, beer manufacture and bonefishing regulations are among the subjects of papers to be presented to parliament at its next sitting on July 1. A draft business paper of the parliamentary sitting has been circulated among members. It includes a welfare (child benefit) order for 2011 to be presented, as well as 12 papers […]
Sir Apenera remembered
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands News readers pay tribute to Sir Apenera Short. A giant among leaders Aloha to the Short ohana on the passing of Sir Apenera Short, a giant among leaders who with his quiet demeanor moved mountains. Joyce and our family send all our aloha and best wishes. Hardy Spoehr E Rama kaka kua ngaro […]
Public servants recognised
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands Workers Association (CIWA) president Anthony Turua is encouraging residents to acknowledge todays United Nations Public Services Day. Turua says the public service is a great social equaliser. We wish to reaffirm that public services are mandated to serve democracy and the public good. Investments in public services always benefit citizens without discrimination. Workers […]
Rescue boat taken for test spin
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Rarotonga Crash Fire Service officers spent yesterday afternoon taking their rescue boat for a test maintenance run to keep the boat in tip top condition when it is needed for a sea rescue. The three year old Rescue 5 boat is taken out for a test run once a month to keep the vessels twin […]
Work cuts cable
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
A power cable being cut is believed to be the cause of an electricity outage to the Cook Islands Trading Corporation main store in Avarua on Tuesday afternoon. Construction work is being undertaken near the building at present. The retail complex lost power shortly after 3pm and closed early at 4pm. Power has been restored. […]
Government in dark on details
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Deputy leader of the opposition Wilkie Rasmussen says the government was not privy to an agreement between the Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company (NCIFC) and a Taiwanese fishing firm, despite the issuing of licences for Yuh Yow Marine vessels. Rasmussen was the minister of marine resources at the time applications for licences were put to […]
Environment crusader dies
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Rarotonga has lost a crusader for the environment and skilled science teacher with this weeks death of Patua Rangatira Keri Herman. Herman died aged 50 on Tuesday afternoon at Rarotonga hospital. A funeral service was held yesterday (June 22) from 3.30pm at his family home in Pue, Tupapa. He was then buried in Matavera opposite […]
Budget report tabled
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
A report by the governments Budget Support Group has been completed and officially tabled in cabinet. At present the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management is in the final stages of preparing the governments budget for the next financial year, which is to be tabled in parliament during the next sitting on July 1. The […]
Big plans for vessel
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
Pacific Schooners Ltd has big plans for inter-island cargo and passenger vessel Tiare Taporo, which is on track to arrive in Rarotonga early next year. She will provide a regular inter-island cargo and passenger service. The 40m vessel can comfortably transport up to 300 tonnes of cargo. In her former life as a North Sea […]
Ground-breaking study in CI
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
A Gulfstream V (GV) in the midst of a 27-day landmark climate change study arrives on Rarotonga today. The aircraft outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment and a crew of 10 scientists from Harvard University and other prestigious research institutions is part of HIPPO, a study sponsored by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and National […]
Te Tikas funeral tomorrow
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reids body arrives on this afternoons flight from Auckland. The House of Ariki, Koutu Nui, Te Tika Mataiapo Komono/Pota Rangatira and Kautai Mataiapo will be at the airport to greet flight NZ46 around 4.15pm. Reverend Tereora Tereora of the Nikao CICC will host a prayer service at the Air NZ cargo […]
Scientists behind global warming rejection
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to Gordon Keys, published Tuesday, June 21 Climate change data is rock solid, the reference to my knowledge or lack thereof is irrelevant. I am not the advocate. The 18,000 scientists with the opposing view are. I enclose an article from which was emailed to me after my first letter was […]
What on earth is going on?
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The headline article in Saturdays Cook Islands News Taiwanese sue NCIFC concerned a Taiwanese fishing firm that is in the process of terminating its 12-year agreement with Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company and seeking to sue the local company. In the same article it was mentioned that a couple of months ago both […]
Festival highlights importance of culture
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
The Tereora College cultural festival was a big step towards finding the balance between sporting, academic and social studies at the school, according to its organisers. Tereora cultural organiser Vae Papatua said for what had started as a nervous day, last Fridays cultural festival ended even better than he hoped. The schools four houses performed […]
Drawing on proud history
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
New inter-island cargo and passenger vessel Tiare Taporo was named after one of the last ships to trade under sail in the South Pacific. The original Tiare Taporo which in Tahitian means lime blossom was built for A B Donald Ltd in 1913 by Charles Bayley Jr of Auckland. When old man Donald started his […]
New inter-island ship gets overhaul
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
Pacific Schooners Ltd the Rarotonga-based company that is outfitting Tiare Taporo as a passenger and trading schooner has commissioned additional work for the trawler-turned-trader, pushing her date of arrival back a few months but giving her captain and crew more time to plan for her delivery voyage and future operations. She is currently undergoing renovation […]
Sympathy and memories pour in
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
More tributes have been sent to Cook Island News mourning the death of Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid. Waiting for the rainbow A Dorice, de la part de toute la communaut franaise de son Enua. Vous aviez toujours manifest un grand intrt pour tout ce qui touchait la France et la Polynsie franaise, avec notre […]
Public talks on deep sea minerals
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
Members of the public will soon get the chance to hear the latest on advances in the push for deep sea mining in the Cook Islands. The office of Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minerals and Natural Resources, is planning a number of public seminars to help inform the community […]
Ceremony marks project milestone
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
A ceremony will be held tomorrow to mark the beginning of construction on the $27 million Avatiu Port upgrade. The government of the Cook Islands in conjunction with Cook Islands Ports Authority will host members of the Asian Development Bank Board and local dignitaries tomorrow at an 11am ceremony at the Avatiu Wharf. The Avatiu […]
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