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Hospital reviewing over-prescription
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Local
Director of clinical services Dr Zaw Myo Aung has confirmed that a hospital patient has been diagnosed with MRSA – the third case in 15 years. MRSA, or Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a bacterium that has developed resistance to certain antibiotics, including penicillin. The bug derives its name from its resistance to drugs that should […]
Sir Geoffrey for Speaker?
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Local
One of the country’s most experienced former politicians, Sir Geoffrey Henry, says he would accept the post of speaker of Parliament if invited to take it up by the government. Sir Geoffrey is being widely named as being the government’s choice to be the next speaker of Parliament. But the government is being coy about […]
Weetbix not fresh 3 out of 10 times
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is very annoying when paying top dollar for products only to find that the quality of the product time and time again is below the standard it should be. A good example is Weetbix at CITC foodstore. Although what we the consumer pays for this product is high, almost 99% of the […]
Land lawyer corrects Tupe Short
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am not wanting to get involved in the Pa Ariki title dispute. I merely wish to correct Tupe Short’s statement in your newspaper on 27 January 2011 that: Mere Pa, had no issues but adopted two feeding children – Maretu and Te Tia Nui [which is correct]… When Mere Pa died, the […]
Rugby league kicks off
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in League
The Takuvaine Warriors and Titikaveka Bulldogs under 19 grades will kick off the 2011 rugby league season today at the Takuvaine field. 2011 will see seven teams battle in the premier grade. The Takuvaine Warriors are fielding their first premier grade team in years and the ever threatening Aitutaki Sharks are back to bite any […]
Will tractors lift island output?
Thursday 3 February 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Does anyone really think new tractors are the missing link between land and productivity in the outer islands?” a smoke signaller asks following the donation of tractors courtesy of China. “Did anyone ask the outer islands what they needed before going begging? More things mean more maintenance and more costs; just paying for the freight […]
Arorangi jetty benefit highlighted
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Environment
Yesterday’s unfavourable sea conditions off Avarua provided an opportunity to highlight the benefit of the proposed alternative Arorangi cruise ship jetty. The Paul Gauguin cruise ship was unable to disembark its 350 passengers at the Avatiu harbour yesterday due to 20 knot northeasterly winds. Instead the ship’s captain was asked to sail the Paul Gauguin […]
Tower sacks manager
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Tower Insurance office, formerly run and managed by Mariia Pera-Maurangi, is currently under the management of senior staff from Tower in New Zealand. This action follows an internal audit that took place in December last year which resulted in two staff members being dismissed and the matter referred to Cook Islands Police. […]
CIP retains Tamarua seat
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Local
Chief Justice Tom Weston has rejected Democratic Party candidate Andy Matapo’s petition challenging the Mangaia election results. Cook Islands Party Member of Parliament Pukeiti Pukeiti – who won the Tamarua seat by just one vote – will represent Mangaia. Matapo – who brought his petition through lawyer Tina Browne – named Pukeiti as first respondent, […]
$1.5m Grow Fund stymied
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Local
A $1.5 million NZaid development fund intended for low interest rate on-lending to small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Cook Islands has been shelved, over six months after the New Zealand government approved it. During that six months the Grow Fund was never accessed as Cook Islands officials were working on changing the fund’s […]
Confessions of a happy traveller
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have heard with interest of stories of woe and foe of the new Air NZ baggage and seat airfares. I just have to say that a change is a good thing (in most circumstances), and this is one for good! I have heard people moaning and complaining about this new structure, but […]
Advice to govt
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was told the other day that the task force created by the CIP Government will not be paid any fees. I admire them for their pukuatu aroa ite tauturu. I challenge each and every CIP member in Parliament to contribute $500 each towards a fund only to pay for their travel (petrol […]
Left, buried, sealed a mystery
Wednesday 2 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Mr Editor, This is in answer to your Smoke Signaller or Ghost Writer of January 31. I still grieve to this day not only and so much over the sad and unfortunate loss of the 29 Pike River miners, and for their grieving families, but just the thought of the kind of torment that […]
400 paua killed as Mauke raui fails
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Environment
The mass killing of hundreds of young paua on Mauke island will lead to a review of the raui there. In 2008 a raui was put in place on the island from Patito to Anaio, a half kilometre stretch of lagoon which includes one of Mauke’s noted tourist attractions, a salt water swimming cave known […]
It's World Wetlands Day tomorrow
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Environment
Wednesday February 2 is World Wetlands Day. The day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar. The National Environment Services has dubbed 2011 the Year of the Wetlands and will throughout the year undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of […]
Peep, peep
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Local
Toward the end of last year, Sabine Janneck of the Dive Centre stumbled upon a baby white tern – a seabird of the gull and skimmer family – in her kitchen. She estimated he was about a week old and named him Peep. “I tried everything to get some information here on the island how […]
Sports may get facilities
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Local
Sport and Finance Minister Mark Brown is looking into giving sports codes the responsibility for maintaining and running their own facilities. Currently the Cook Islands Investments Corporation has responsibility for managing sports facilities like the BCI Stadium and the Telecom Sports Arena. But many sports codes have argued for years to have control of their […]
SPCA election ends 3-year 'hiatus'
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Society for Prevention Against Cruelty to Animals (CISPCA) proceeded with its scheduled meeting last Thursday, despite confusion over the date of its official AGM – for which two conflicting advertisements were placed last week in CINews. At Thursday’s meeting, members and potential members elected a new team of office-bearers – Eric Sijp […]
First sitting of parliament must wait
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Local
No date has been set for the first sitting of parliament as Prime Minister Henry Puna must wait for the outcome of the four electoral petitions. There is a ruling in the constitution which states that the sitting of parliament has to happen within 90 days of the election – making February 17 the last […]
Teen takes out Canberra classic
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Features
Emotions ran high as teenage Queensland amateur golfer Ashley Ona, who is of Cook Islands descent, held her nerve to upstage a strong field of professionals to win the Royal Canberra Ladies Classic at the weekend. Ona, the 2009 Australian girls’ amateur champion, burst into tears after completing a brilliant and pressure-packed up and down […]
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