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Articles by Utopia Support
Watching arc welding is dangerous
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in National
A concerned smoke signaller writes about the $27 million Avatiu Harbour upgrade project: The ringside viewing area at the wharf works are great but does everyone know the danger of looking at arc welding in progress? Should there be warning signs so no one gets eye injury? SmokeSignals: Thats a very good point. Experts say […]
$2m water project officially complete
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in National
A $2 million upgrade of Maukes water supply has been blessed and officially handed over to the southern group islands community. Various Cook Islands government members and dignitaries travelled to Mauke last week for three days of ceremony for the project. Among them was Prime Minister Henry Puna, opposition leader Robert Wigmore, infrastructure minister Teariki […]
Airport equipment upgraded
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in National
Navigational equipment at the Rarotonga International Airport is getting a long-overdue upgrade. The Doppler VOR a navigational aid that operates in high frequency on the runway is heading into its third week of renovation. A team of engineers from Radiola Aerospace New Zealand is on Rarotonga installing the new version of Doppler VOR, and Airport […]
College commemorates Christian Brothers
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Nukutere College celebrated holy mass with the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate the Christian Brothers dedication and service to the school, diocese and to the wider community. The image, which is above the plaque, is of Mary the mother of Jesus known as Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Christian Brothers throughout the world have […]
Champion captain the ultimate warrior
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Local
Avatiu Eels captain Bilsy Gukisuva receives the premier rugby league grade championship trophy from prime minister Henry Puna (left) and rugby league president Charles Carlson after the Eels defeated the Panthers 20-12 in Saturdays grand final. It is the third year Gukisuva has led the Eels to the grand final and the second year in […]
Lagoon action vital
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Local
If Rarotonga wants to keep Muri lagoon healthy, it has to act fast, the ministry of marine resources has warned. Preliminary findings from a new survey of Muri lagoon reveals there is a small window of opportunity for action to keep the lagoon healthy. But that window wont stay open for much longer and it […]
Tourists accused of painting theft
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Local
A group of young Kiwi tourists has been accused of stealing a painting from the Cook Islands Library & Museum Society. In a letter to the editor, Curator Jean Mason said a group of Kiwis in their 20s turned up at the museum on Tuesday, just as it was about to close. Because they said […]
Slippery, smelly, steep slope
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Over the last few years we have been doing early morning fitness walks up hospital hill. In the past when we got about three-quarters of the way up we often used to walk through the delightful smell of raw sewage wafting down from the hospitals septic tanks. Now a large area of hillside […]
Kite-surfers, tread lightly
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have just returned from a week in Aitutaki – my fifth visit there. I spent two days on the beautiful lagoon. I visited Honeymoon Island and was extremely disturbed to see construction taking place on this island amongst the nesting ground of the Red-Tailed Tern. To hear that the kite-surfing championships, in […]
Some tourists we dont enjoy
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Much as we like having tourists visit our country, there is one kind of tourist we don’t enjoy having. They are usually young New Zealanders, in their 20s, who travel cheaply and usually as a group of six to eight. Seemingly they are enjoying themselves, until you get up close to them. You […]
Theft accused shocked and upset
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in National
Justice Hugh Williams has reserved his decision in the criminal case against a former Cook Islands police employee. Maryann Pirake (48), Air New Zealand customer service officer, of Nikao, denied one charge of theft as a servant when she appeared in the dock before Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua […]
Consultants monitor port work
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in National
Beca International Consultants Ltd have joined the Avatiu port development project to supervise McConnell Dowells construction. Resident engineer Gareth Clayton is working alongside local site engineer Ben Parakoti in a small temporary office at the Avatiu wharf adjacent to the Ministry of Transport building. Clayton arrived on Rarotonga with his family in March, and Parakoti […]
Police appeal against sentencing withdrawn
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in National
A police appeal against the sentencing of Arorangi man Travel Tangatapoto in May last year has been withdrawn from the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. Justice Hugh Williams was yesterday due to hear the appeal of a sentence handed down to Tangatapoto by Justice of the Peace Tangi Taoro on May 20, 2010. She […]
NZ tutors back to assess course
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in National
The drainlaying course at the Arorangi Trades Training Centre is into a new phase of theory, on the heels of a visit from a New Zealand-based tutor.Wintech tutor Pete Shields and ITO operations manager Craig Cochrane flew to Rarotonga this month to deliver new material and assess the students taking the two-year course. Every three […]
Minister rejects meddling rumours
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in National
Minister of tourism Teina Bishop this week rejected rumours that the government in any way influenced the decisions of Tata Crocombe and Iaveta Short to resign from their positions on the tourism board. Crocombe has also said his primary motivation for leaving the board was a desire to invest more time in his family and […]
Solar farms on wish list
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in National
The prime minister has reminded media that his government is serious about pursuing its renewable energy alternatives. Aboard this months Kwai voyage were two renewable energy officers, who went to scope Pukapuka for its potential to go solar. Pukapukans are well aware of the benefits of solar energy, having been the recipients of solar programmes […]
Marsters leads delegation to Korea
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in National
Deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs Hon Tom Marsters heads the Cook Islands delegation attending this weeks First Korea Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers Meeting in Seoul. Hosted by Korean minister of foreign affairs and trade Kim Sung-Hwan, the meeting will discuss possible future cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the Pacific Islands. […]
Closely watching the tap kick
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals
The CITV commentators of the premier rugby league final on Saturday night bagged the referee so much on his dangerous tackle rulings that they missed an obvious flaw in the application of the rules, a smoke signaller writes. All season the referees insisted that at the tap kick, the ball must leave the players hands […]
Village gets behind Environment Week
Saturday 28 May 2011 | Published in Environment
Titikaveka youth and sports groups will be out in force this Monday to clean the village of glass, plastics and aluminium cans as part of the Taau Taku Tita operation. The Titikaveka cleanup operation on Monday coincides with the start of Environment Week that runs until June 3. Titikaveka cleanup coordinator Selina Napa is encouraging […]
3 accidents in 2 days
Saturday 28 May 2011 | Published in Local
A child was taken to hospital after a hit and run accident on the back road at Takuvaine yesterday afternoon. Initial reports indicate two young children were on the road when one was hit by a vehicle about 2.30pm. It is not yet known whether the vehicle was a motorcycle or a car. Police commissioner […]
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