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United Nations representative visits CI
Wednesday 8 June 2011 | Published in National
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Apia office director and South Pacific states representative Dr Visesio Pongi is in the Cook Islands this week. Pongi arrived in Rarotonga on Saturday and enjoyed a couple of relaxing days before official meetings with representatives of various local organisations and government departments. Yesterday Pongi met with […]
Eco-friendly toilet pondered
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Environment
June Hosking brought a model of her waterless toilet the Rotaloo to Lagoon Day for students to ponder. The Rotaloo uses no water, and stores its waste in a high-temperature tank, which breaks down waste and converts it into humus. Humus, or compost, is bacteria-free organic matter, which is full of nutrients and can be […]
Great artist remembered
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Local
Rarotongas art community has come together to celebrate the life of Jim Vivieaere, whose death last week left a void in the heart of many a Pacific artist. Artists, friends and relatives of the late Vivieaere a prominent Pacific artist and curator gathered to remember a man who left an indelible mark on the Polynesian […]
Queens Honour awarded
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Local
Mata Andrew Turua is the first of four Cook Islanders to receive their New Years Queens Honours at a special ceremony held at the Queens Representatives residence in Titikaveka. Turua was presented with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal for public service and his services to the community. Today, Queens Representative Sir Frederick […]
Drink message fails to get through to drivers
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Local
Police are worried the dont drink and drive message is still not getting through to some people who continue to drive after consuming alcohol. Over the weekend, police confiscated three vehicles from motorists who according to the weekly police report were not drunk but had consumed enough alcohol to be over the limit to drive. […]
Luxury trips boom
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Local
Despite the global recession there is money to be spent by the top crust of society and those people are being encouraged to spend it in the Cook Islands, a tourism industry function was told. Cook Islands Tourism Corporation staff members and contracted representatives from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, and […]
Pacific artist leaves indelible legacy
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Features
The local art community came together yesterday to celebrate the life of Jim Vivieaere, whose death last week left a void in the heart of many a Pacific artist. With artist Ani ONeill acting as master of ceremonies, the Rarotonga memorial service took place at the Peace Garden at Taputapuatea in Avarua. Artists, friends and […]
Good television needed
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, How boring it is to see nothing at all interesting on CITV. All through the day we see Australia network and after 11 pm we see Australia network again -wow. Whats the point of Computer Man paying for the same old advertisement with the same old special on a phone which is selling […]
A message we dont want to hear
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor The hermit crab article in Saturdays paper Ecosystems deserve some consideration was a thought provoking story. Even I, who knows the issues, dont want to hear that I need to think more broadly when I crave ariri, paua or eke! People just wont stop eating their traditional food especially when it is so […]
Searching the world for good coffee
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in National
New Zealands top green coffee importer John Burton supplies local roaster Neil Dearlove with coffee, and he visited Rarotonga to sample the fruits of his product and to celebrate his companys 25th anniversary. He last visited the Cook Islands in 1990, and remembers that at the time, local coffee which he described as harsh and […]
Acts passing breached constitution
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in National
The passing of the Appropriation and Validation Act 2010 breached the Cook Islands Constitution, an audit review has found. Further review of the corresponding over-expenditure by government ministries is warranted, according to audit director Paul Allsworth. He completed a review of the act and its passing by cabinet. There are sufficient doubts over the movements […]
Paralympic athletes story inspires
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in National
Paraplegic New Zealand athlete Rory McSweeney has been an inspiration to those he has encountered on holiday in Rarotonga with his partner Sophia. McSweeney was hit by a truck at the age of three and became a below-the-knee amputee. The 25-year-old is a personal trainer, plays golf and cricket, and has represented clubs in junior […]
Rugby union to begin with sevens
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Rugby Union
The CITC Rarotonga Club Rugby season will officially kick off next Saturday, June 11 with a one-day club sevens competition at Raemaru Park in Arorangi. Twenty-six rugby sevens teams in the under 13, 16, 19, open men and womens division are expected to take to the field for the pre-season sevens hit out from the […]
Were a car dumping ground
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals
While the world automotive industry re-tools for hybrids and electric drive trains, most every ship landing in the Cook Islands brings a load of petrol-guzzling monsters designed for cheap petrol and 100kph road speeds, a smoke signaller writes. We continue to be on the list of ignorant Third World countries that serve as the dumping […]
Kids take on Environment Week activities
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Environment
Protecting the environment has been the main mission for Rarotonga kids this week as hundreds of students took part in the various Environment Week activities, including visiting the two-day Lagoon Day in Ngatangiia. Earlier this week four schools took to the stage for the Environment Week performing arts competition. Many showed off their artistic and […]
Call for quarry work submissions
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Environment
The National Environment Service is inviting submissions on an application by Charlie Strickland Senior for quarry work and industrial development in Arorangi. Strickland Snr is applying for a project permit, as required by the Environment Act 2003. The work is to be undertaken on a section of land Tokerau Tapere in Arorangi. Anyone may make […]
Award nominees announced
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Local
Eleven local women have been nominated for the Business & Professional Womens Woman of the Year award ahead of the ceremony on Friday. The judges received nominations last Thursday, and the names can now be released. The nominees are: – Madeline Sword, Pacific Spring (Vaima) director – Julie Bateman, Western Union manager – Moana Hunter […]
Two ships due in next week
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Local
The Southern Express is due in on Monday, and New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Otago will clear the international berth before she arrives. Southern Express will be in Rarotonga on Monday before departing for Aitutaki. The Forum Pacific is expected to arrive from Australia on Wednesday. Both Esau and local shipping agents say that despite […]
Mission strengthens ties
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Local
The Maori culture group on board the HMNZS Otago performs at a Thursday night cocktail function. HMNZS Otago left Auckland on May 10, and arrived in Rarotonga this week, on the first deployment of a New Zealand offshore patrol vessel to the Pacific Islands. Full story and pictures, p 10.
Offenders face stiff sentences
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Local
Those convicted of cannabis-related offences can expect harsher sentences from now on, a judge has warned In the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday, Justice Hugh Williams said there is growing concern in the community about the prevalence of cannabis and associated crime, and gone are the days when convicted offenders receive lenience by […]
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