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Vaipae tere party visits Puaikura
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Features
Vaka Puaikura and the village of Vaipae on Aitutaki have a strong link that continues today. The two photos featured in today’s Memory Lane column feature a tere party from Aitutaki that travelled to Rarotonga in the 1960s to strengthen their links with their brothers and sisters in the Vaka Puaikura. The group were homed […]
Put a fallen kakaia back in the tree
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Features
Georgia Short knows from experience that putting a fallen kakaia, or white tern, back into the tree it came from might give it a chance to reunite with its family. Last year she found a kakaia in her driveway lying beneath a kuru tree and set it back on the branch from which it had […]
Top up electronically
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Features
Telecom Cook Islands (TCI) is now offering both an electronic mobile phone top up service – or ‘e top up’ – and a Kia Orana e-calling card service. TCI introduced ‘e top up’ in December, which allows prepaid customers to electronically load any value between $5 and $100 onto their mobile phones. It is a […]
Kokanet service on Manihiki
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Features
Telecom Cook Islands have installed two new cell sites in on the northern group island Manihiki. The installation of the cell sites comes after the success of installing and trialling a cell site set up in Mangaia late last year. Telecom implemented the cell site in preparation for the full solar eclipse which took place […]
'Not enough of us in arts'
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Features
Cook Islanders in New Zealand need to be far more assertive if they want to succeed in the arts and media industries there, says film school graduate and performing artist Henry Ah-Foo Taripo. Taripo, who graduated on Friday with a double diploma in film making majoring in screen directing, says many creative Cook Islanders living […]
From Haiti to Raro, volunteer Connie learns to 'overcome'
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Features
Global Volunteer Connie Xuereb has seen her share of heartache and desperation – the price of a job that leads her around the world, into devastated countries and poverty-level communities. Xuereb, who works for UNESCO as an educational consultant and foreign examiner, spent most of last year in Haiti, trying to make a difference in […]
Mauke chief marries in the tradition of Mauke weddings
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Features
When Kiwi teacher Ange Croft moved to Mauke in 2004 her friend said that she would fall in love with an island chief. And on Friday, January 28, Ange married her chief – Gregory Vainetutai Samuela Ariki, who was widowed 30 years ago. Ange came to Mauke in 2004 as a teacher. She recalls that […]
Island tractors: who's the boss?
Saturday 5 February 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals
The Chinese funded tractors for agricultural purposes landed in Mangaia on Wednesday and were cleared from the boat on Thursday – one for Oneroa, Ivirua and Tamarua. The Government apparently has given authority to the Member of Parliament of each constituency to decide who should manage their constituency tractors. A smoke signaller writes: “Tamarua representatives […]
Ask in faith and act
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Meaningful prayer requires both holy communication and consecrated work. I want to review three examples of asking in faith in meaningful prayer and discuss the lessons we can learn from each one of them. As we speak of prayer, I emphasise the word meaningful. Simply saying prayers is quite a different thing from engaging in […]
YWAM cleaning up
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Environment
Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Cook Islands is embarking on a mission to clean up Rarotonga whilst spreading the gospel, YWAM administrator Martha Ene said. YWAM staff has already started picking up rubbish and cleaning the beaches, and have submitted an application to National Environment Services (NES) for a permit to clear drainage ditches of […]
Parliament opening a mystery
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Local
Parliament is expecting prime minister Henry Puna to advise before the end of next week when parliament will sit, provided that all electoral petitions have been dealt with. At the time of going to print the Vaipae/Tautu petition was still being heard yesterday in Aitutaki. The Pukapuka petition has also to be dealt with. Clerk […]
No news
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Local
CINews was not aware of the outcome of the Aitutaki electoral petition hearing at press time. The two-day hearing was set to end yesterday, and sources on Aitutaki say that the Arutanga courthouse was overflowing with people. Chief Justice Tom Weston’s decision determines whether Cook Islands Party MP Mona Ioane Kake will retain the Vaipae-Tautu […]
PSC investigates over-expenditures
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Local
The office of the Public Service Commissioner (PSC) is in the process of investigating fund management and over-expenditures related to last year’s general elections. “Obviously we can’t comment on that until it (the investigation) is completed,” PSC Navy Epati said in an email. The electoral committee had initially requested $300,000, but $200,000 was appropriated in […]
2000 flu shots
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Local
Director of Community Health Services Dr Rangi Fariu has issued a release advising the general public of a forthcoming H1N1 vaccination at the Tupapa health clinic. He said that pregnant mothers, anyone with a chronic heart or lung condition including hypertension and asthma, and border control workers are at special risk and should take advantage […]
Parliament pleads for more funding
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Local
The country’s highest legislative authority is plagued with financial troubles and is struggling to make ends meet. Parliament may not be able to maintain operations to the end of the financial year if rescue doesn’t come in the proposed Supplementary Budget, says clerk Nga Valoa. Valoa has taken the matter up with Parliamentary Services minister […]
'It wasn't a divine message'
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is a response to Tutai Pere (February 2). Firstly, Christians do not have a hope that is of a general nature across the board. We have hope in our assurance of salvation through belief in Jesus Christ, who saved us from our sins and hell. This is our hope. There is no […]
'Avaiki' branding a fiasco
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Whilst there were many good points in the letter by ‘Watchful’ (CI News February 1) regarding the pearl industry and the CI Pearl Authority (CIPA), statements that millions of dollars have been poured into the pearl sector are rather misleading. Sure, millions of dollars have been poured into CIPA, BCI etc. supposedly to […]
All thanks to a dog named Honey
Friday 4 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Esther Honey Foundation extends its congratulations to the new CISPCA office holders. There can never be too many people willing to roll up their sleeves to work to improve the lives of island animals. As we welcome the new officers, EHF would also like to clear up any misunderstandings that might result […]
Dorrell lays out the facts
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Environment
Coastal Environmental International Ltd managing director Don Dorrell believes that before the community enters into a debate about the cultural, economic and environmental significance of the pa – fish traps – built on the reef, those on both sides of the fence should consider the facts. In recent months segments of the community have pointed […]
Govt wants more productivity from State Owned Enterprises
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Local
Government will soon be making significant policy shifts around state owned enterprises. Finance Minister Mark Brown says that government is looking at shifting the focus of state owned enterprises away from maximising revenue generation to increasing productivity. “This includes a better service delivery so that the benefits accrue to the wider economy, especially to the […]
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