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Articles by Utopia Support
Get real
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Get real Chief Censor! Police policing hard drives, flash drives….start in your own backyard. A quick DIY (Do It Yourself) exercise, turn on your computer then work out how many UNlicensed/registered programmes, music, movies etc do you have ? Say no more! As for destroying other people’s property (dvds), do you reimburse the […]
Does the pearl industry really have the potential?
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Since the establishment of the Pearl Authority a few years back, it is my guess that many millions of dollars have been poured into the pearl sector by government, with the NZ Government committing a further $3 million during its last bilateral meeting with government officials. What I would like to know is […]
Fish traps had true social value
Tuesday 1 February 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This letter endeavours to provide the recollection of one of the pioneers in the initial construction of the current Pa (fish traps) at Muri. Kopu (Turina) Motu Puia asserts that the construction of the Pa occurred either during 1964 or 1965. During the construction he availed his newly dugout vaka as a means […]
Nukutere prefects start 'discipleship'
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Nukutere College on Friday inducted 12 new school prefects who were described by Father Freddy Kaina as being like Jesus’ 12 disciples. The Catholic community gathered at St Joseph’s Cathedral for the special mass which not only saw the blessing and inauguration of the prefects but also the first mass for the new college students. […]
Saturday swim
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Local
Eager triathletes before their swim in Avarua harbour on Saturday. Results, page 10. 11013002
No changes in final counts
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Local
The final count of the outer islands elections is nearly complete. All final counts have been recorded apart from those from Penrhyn and Pukapuka. None of the results of mayoral or councillor elections have changed. There were 175 additional votes to add to the count in Aitutaki. Former mayor Tai Herman gained 77 votes bringing […]
Boost for online business
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Local
NZaid is providing $500,000 to create an online registration system for all Cook Islands businesses based on the one used in New Zealand. It will make it easier for businesses to get officially registered and begin work. “Making it easier for companies and individuals to access and register information will improve the business environment and […]
Visitor numbers up 1.6% in 2010
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Local
International visitor arrivals to the Cook Islands increased by 1.6 percent in 2010 compared to the previous year. Cook Islands Tourism has crunched the numbers to take out of the equation the number of Pacific Island visitors who came to the Cook Islands for the 2009 Pacific Mini Games – making the increase in numbers […]
Censor targets hard drives
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Local
Chief censor Alfred Morris is concerned that some people are now importing pirated movies on hard-drives and these are being copied on to DVDs for sale – and he’s exploring how to put a stop to it. “I am aware of hard-drives, flash-drives (being) brought into the country from overseas and people processing them into […]
We need to care more for our community
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to write in regards to a letter published 27 January by P Daniel, NZ. Maybe the sign should be written in Maori as well, but the Rutaki Mataiapo isn’t putting the blame solely on locals. Anyone could have vandalised the sign. To my knowledge, the sign was placed in the […]
Scientific reason to preserve 'pa's'
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Again, there appears to be a complete misunderstanding as to the purpose of my first letter on “pa’s” or fish trips. Because three concerned members of the Ngatangiia Community have decided to voice their opinions in terms of preserving the “pa’s” a sector of the community claiming to have the majority support of […]
Why pay for a surgery botch-up?
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This poor Fijian man was mistreated during surgery at the Rarotonga hospital – well it’s not the first time. About four or five years ago my cousin ended up inside a pig cage when it came loose from off a pickup truck. It was traumatising for him and the family but what made […]
Let's divide rubbish, again
Monday 31 January 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller writes to TXT188: “Seeing that having to separate everyone’s recyclables from the rubbish is slowing the poor rubbish collectors down, maybe they should offer an incentive to everyone: separate your own recyclables, otherwise the collectors won’t take it!” SmokeSignals: But isn’t it a shame that many people were already separating their rubbish […]
Apology for error
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Church Talk
Dear Editor, I would like to clarify my article in Churchtalk from yesterday. Whilst I was reading it this morning I notice a paragraph which I had forgotten to finish editing when I sent it through. It was all out of order and so looks like it was saying that I don’t buy into Jesus […]
George paves the way
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Local
Norman George has further paved the way for his predicted move to the Democratic Party. In a lengthy letter to the editor today, he says, “If I am to resign from the CIP, it will be with honour and dignity. I owe nothing to the CIP, the CIP owes me a lot but that is […]
CISNOC moving offices
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Local
The government has approved a request for the Cook Islands National Olympic Committee to move their operations from their current leaky offices in Maraerenga. CISNOC will be packing up and moving to the old home economics building in front of the BCI Stadium. The minister for both sport and finance Mark Brown said that government […]
Petition hearings start Jan 31
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Local
The Pukapuka election petition will be going ahead now a week later than planned. The hearing of all four election petitions begins on January 31, when Chief Justice Tom Weston travels to Mangaia to hear the Democratic Party’s petition over Tamarua. On February 1 he returns to Rarotonga to hear the Cook Islands Party’s petition […]
Nia's work recognised
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Features
In November 2010 Cook Islands artist Eruera Nia celebrated a remarkable achievement when the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra acquired two of his sculptural works – Akamata and Taputu – for their permanent national collection. The two sculptures, which were formerly located at the Taputapuatea palace grounds in Avarua, came to the attention […]
Ship captain charged in death
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Features
An Alaska man charged with manslaughter once captained a ship on the pilot that spawned the cable TV show “Deadliest Catch.” The Peninsula Clarion reports 59-year-old Clarence “Ole” Helgevold was the captain of the Arctic Dawn. That was the vessel featured in a 2004 three-part miniseries titled “America’s Deadliest Season.” The Clarion reports the show, […]
Eddilicious at Big Day Out
Saturday 29 January 2011 | Published in Features
Local DJ Eddie ‘Eddilicious’ Chambers returned to Rarotonga last weekend from DJing a set at the Big Day Out, one of Auckland’s biggest music festivals. Chambers was in Auckland on holiday when he got a call from a friend on the organising committee – she rang on Wednesday and asked him to DJ that Friday. […]
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