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Articles by Utopia Support
Price details to come
Wednesday 24 January 2018 | Published in Local
The cost of LPG and diesel has risen, but petrol prices will remain the same on Rarotonga and the outer islands, the Price Tribunal says.
NZ architects seek local inspiration
Wednesday 24 January 2018 | Published in Local
A New Zealand architecture firm with a Cook Islands connection is looking to incorporate local knowledge and design into their work on Rarotonga.
Theft saddens school head
Wednesday 24 January 2018 | Published in Local
The new principal of Apii Te Uki Ou, Mark Harris, says he is “disappointed” after thieves stole a stereo system used by pre-schoolers days before the start of the new academic year.
Cemetery restoration makes more progress
Wednesday 24 January 2018 | Published in Local
The restoration of Nikao Cemetery will continue this week with new signage set to be unveiled at the historic graveyard next to the RSA, opposite the airport.
Serious concerns over waste incinerator proposal
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I am writing to express my concern about the national waste incinerator that was proposed by Infrastructure Cook Islands.
Development critic gets a blast
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I was reminded the other day that I have not responded to the letter by John Cooper in CINews on December 23 headed “Chinese unlikely to like hotel plan”.
Powerful show has sad message
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Published in Art
Mangaia is one of the most beautiful islands in the Pacific, but its population is declining. This is the strong message behind Fe’ena Syme-Buchanan’s photographic exhibition at the Cook Islands National Museum which opened on Friday.
Rongomatane successor
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Published in Local
Nicholas Nicholls has been confirmed by the kopu ariki to succeed to the throne of Rongomatane.
Water disruptions ahead for Muri
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Published in Environment
A limited number of private and commercial properties in Muri can expect short periods of disrupted water supply this week as Te Mato Vai Stage 1 ring main commissioning works begin.
Are there sea snakes around Rarotonga?
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Published in Local
A picture of a mysterious sea creature in Rarotonga’s lagoon has sparked a lively online debate about sea snakes in the Cook Islands, but biologists say the photograph is almost certainly of an eel.
Norman whips up storm over Hagai
Tuesday 23 January 2018 | Published in Local
Norman George, the former deputy prime minister and Speaker of the Cook Islands Parliament, has aimed a furious broadside at the government and its whip, Toka Hagai, after it emerged that the state had paid $11,900 to cover Hagai’s rent in Rarotonga.
Tupapa Maraerenga wins first game
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in Football
The Tupapa Maraerenga premier men’s team have won their first match of the group stage in the Oceania Champions League Qualifiers, stunning Samoa’s champion football club Lupe Ole Soaga 1-0 on Saturday.
Good on you, Bill
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in Smoke Signals
Well done to Bill Doherty for repatriating your foreign worker for non-performance.
Where has the Muri road money gone?
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The main articles in Wednesday and Friday’s Cook Islands News made reference to an official government report, which is the recently released 2017/2018 Half-year Economic and Fiscal Update. It states:
Demos can't have it both ways
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Demo party leader Tina Browne talks about government’s “senseless spending” and [not considering] “options available to cut down expenses” (CI News 20 January).
Proposal to rename the kura
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
On the sad occasion of the passing of Ada Rongomatane Ariki, I would like to recall her lead role in bringing the kura, or Rimatara lorikeet, back to Atiu after an absence of more than 200 years.
Dear John – UN controversy does not scare me
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in Opinion
I ask my readers to bear with me. This column is not going to be the usual outpouring of my opinion and views, instead I write it more in the style of a Dear John letter. Remember the soldier in the trenches who got a letter from his girlfriend telling him the bad news that she had left him for another? Well, it will be something along those lines.
Celebrating Edward 'Papa Ed' Saul – a legend among us
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in Local
It was late in the afternoon when we started the climb up the mountains of Takitumu through a wide plateau of orange plantations.
Artist offers support for bereaved parents
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in Local
Four years ago, local artist Stormy Kara was forced to endure every parent’s worst nightmare when her baby son, Malachi Kara-Elisa, died during childbirth.
Holmes to lead from the back
Monday 22 January 2018 | Published in League
AFTER a sensational World Cup campaign, Cook Islander and Kangaroos star Valentine Holmes is taking more of a leadership role while learning from the many veteran forwards at the Cronulla Sharks.
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