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Articles by Utopia Support
Reform should include ministries and civil servants
Tuesday 2 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The current talk about electoral reform focuses on MPs and voting systems, mostly variants of the US and British system. It may be that with the Pacific culture, a more consensus-seeking system would suit the Cook Islands better. Transparency International, an NGO focusing on governance issues, reported that together with NZ and Sweden, […]
League kicking off
Tuesday 2 February 2010 | Published in League
Weather permitting, first league games this week THE COOK Islands rugby league season kicks off this weekend with the first game to be played on Friday between the Titikaveka Bulldogs and the Arorangi Bears. Six premier teams will battle it out over the next 13 weeks for rugby league supremacy. The lineup includes 2009 champions […]
Getting out of this political mess
Tuesday 2 February 2010 | Published in Smoke Signals
On the hot topic of political reform, a smoke signaller writes: “Why not pick a suitable number of seats and make them all national seats? Everyone has equal votes, the two parties can run their slate of candidates, and independents have an equal opportunity. We are no longer limited in choice. Even the political parties […]
3 win soccer scholarships in NZ
Tuesday 2 February 2010 | Published in Football
THE COOK Islands Football Association (CIFA) has selected three of the island’s elite football players for its scholarship programme. The scholarship programme is part of the as¬sociation’s ongoing development of elite football players in the country. The three players picked for this year’s foot¬ball scholarship are Opura Emile Mamanu, Terii Framhein and Clark Ngaau. Opura […]
Better integration needed for Pacific ecosystems
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Environment
Technical experts representing eight Pacific island countries last week endorsed an innovative approach to managing the environment which addresses natural resource management in the social, economic and political context. The forum held at the AOG Hall in Takuvaine considered the application of ecosystem-based management to address critical environmental issues which threaten delicate coastal and marine […]
New storm hits north
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Local
A tropical depression had Pukapuka, Nassau and Suwarrow on alert for a cyclone yesterday. By yesterday afternoon police had re-opened their emergency response operation centre – just days after the threat of cyclone Nisha passed – to monitor and update the Northern islands on tropical depression 07F. The Fiji Meteorological Service released the first bulletin […]
'Come clean'
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Party is stunned and alarmed at the latest revelations in the Toagate debacle. “The startling new allegation that the agreement with Toa Petroleum includes a guarantee of $1.2m profit for the next eight years is a scandalous burden that the taxpayer is expected to carry,” party leader Henry Puna said yesterday. “The […]
Wing man
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Local
Local kitesurfer Pauro Arnold just couldn’t wait to rig up and hit the high winds and choppy waves on Muri lagoon, with winds up to 28 knots making for a spectacular day of high speed action on Saturday.
Avoid messing round with a run-off for pm
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A smoke signaller writes: “Two of the proposed political reforms are about the election of the prime minister. One is that the PM should be voted for directly, the other that person coming top in the national MP election should be PM if he/she gets 50 percent of the vote. If not there’s a run-off. […]
Matariki FM wants better cyclone info
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Matariki FM agrees with your smoke signaller’s comment in the Cook Islands News of Friday January 29 that “we need standards and protocols for anyone on air at a time like this”, referring to the recent cyclone warnings. However, we suggest the signaller is unaware that at times of cyclone warnings or tsunami […]
Warning bells
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have been following the political turmoil of our fair island of late. The team in right now, excellent choice! But beware PM of who you surround yourself with. I’m no angel but these guys make me look like a choir boy. Surrounding yourself with the rich and successful won’t mean they will […]
Let's have a vote
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The time has come for Prime Minister Marurai to give the real people the opportunity to show their support for his decisive action in removing former DPM Maoate – who is an arrogant man. I am a voter in his electorate and do not wish to be included as ‘one of my people’ […]
A call for some political action
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Through all the political squabbling we see continual reference to the 1998 Commission of Political Review. That report showed clearly what the Cook Islands people wanted in detail, however the government of the time and subsequent governments ignored virtually all of its findings. So please explain, CIP and Demo executives, why can’t you […]
Papa Arapati would make it happen
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In the early 1970s, it came on the radio that the Premier would be making an important announcement in two days’ time. I remember that at 7:00 on the night, my parents and aunties and us kids all gathered around the radio to hear what it was about. He came on and said […]
Hoteliers told to pay
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In regards to this new tourism marketing group formed by Tata Crocombe and Greg Stanaway, both break the law in so many ways and we’re still listening to them. They’re both are not paying Saturday or Sunday penal rates and clearly they both expect their employees to work for minimum wage yet we’re […]
Tap Pryor comes 'out of closet'
Monday 1 February 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, You know better than anyone how many anonymous letters I have written to Cook Islands News in support of the Marurai Government of Five. Now I want to come out of the closet to say that the Five are about to kill the nodule opportunity. While boasting of a commitment to transparency, they […]
New plan for Sheraton property
Saturday 30 January 2010 | Published in Local
New developers are in the wings saying they want to develop the famous ‘Sheraton’ ruins in Vaimaanga. New Zealand based development company Mirage Group Ltd hopes to complete the construction of the ill-fated Sheraton – which amounts to a complex of derelict buildings on the ten-hectare Vaimaanga property owned by Takitumu paramount chief Pa Marie […]
Toa payments 'top secret'
Saturday 30 January 2010 | Published in Local
A new outcry and legal action are brewing over ‘top secret’ costs still not revealed in the Toagate scandal. Prime minister Jim Marurai continues to claim he does not know when and how the $1.75 million settlement that government made with fuel company Toa Petroleum is due to be paid. The details remain a secret […]
Musical will 'lift' the Cook Islands
Saturday 30 January 2010 | Published in Features
The musical production ‘Once, Upon a Reef’ will be shown at the TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre in Manukau City at the end of next month. Project manager Thomas Peyroux says progress on the production is “great” and rehearsals have picked up. “They are now all go and I am happy with that.” Peyroux says it […]
Voyaging thesis is Loretta's adventure
Saturday 30 January 2010 | Published in Features
Loretta Reynolds left school at age 16 to enter the world of graphic design. She worked for a succession of major advertising companies based in Auckland, Sydney and London before establishing her own graphics company in Parnell. Now, years later, she’s a successful local artist and one of five students pursuing a Master’s degree in […]
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