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Cook Islands Year of Biodiversity
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Environment
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for our lives. The world is invited to take action in 2010 to safeguard the variety of life on earth: biodiversity. Human activity is causing the diversity of life on Earth to be lost […]
Befriending Biodiversity
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Environment
Nod if you just read the word and wondered ‘what the heck is biodiversity?’ Now take a look around you, at your surroundings. Do you see trees outside your window? Are you fortunate enough to have a co-worker who is wearing a flower in her air? Have you got a great view of the ocean? […]
Lobby group supports PM
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Local
Aitutaki’s lobby group Te Kura O Te Au is backing prime minister Jim Marurai and his cabinet. Leader Taraota Tom says the people’s movement is fully supporting Maurai and his team “for their effect in leading this country toward the election”. Although the group was formed as a result of discontent over Sunday flights to […]
PM turns down invite to summit
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Local
Prime minister Jim Marurai has turned down an invitation to attend what has been touted as the first major gathering of world leaders following last month’s Copenhagen climate change conference. The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in New Delhi, India, will run from February 5 to 7under the theme ‘Beyond Copenhagen: new pathways to sustainable development’. […]
Crocombe charts new directions in tourism
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Local
Tourism board chairman Tata Crocombe is looking forward to the challenges of taking the industry in a new direction this year. Following news of a 7 percent increase in tourist arrivals last year – the first year the Cooks recorded more than 100,000 visitors – Crocombe says the number still has to be substantially increased […]
Tree climbers back to school
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Local
By 8 o’clock this morning, these young kids will be in their school uniforms and greeting their teachers. These youngsters were snapped on Saturday playing ‘monkey up a tree’ at the Takitumu school grounds where they said that they were bored and couldn’t wait for their Takitumu school to start. Climbing out the tree was […]
What if it's wrong?
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The comments by Iaveta Short in response to those of Guy Fawkes raises a couple of interesting points. First he says that government is a higher authority than parliament. Fair enough if that is his view. But I wonder, as a lawyer, what interpretation Mr Short would place on Article 13(1) of the […]
Time for a third party?
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, You can already see from their first reactions the gang of 19 are going to squabble, whine and protest against any change to their personal status through political reform and certain elements are still only interested in overturning the present cabinet. We can only wonder what they have to hide that pushes them […]
It's taken 4 years to 'embrace the future'
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s about time Jim Marurai was actually leading the country. Good on you Mr Prime Minister, it should have happened a long time ago. Welcome into the new year also is Smiley Heather, Apii Piho, Wilkie Rasmussen and the new deputy prime minister Robert Wigmore. We can see all the changes in only […]
Political paranoia
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I loved Kata’s cartoon Saturday of the public pulling a stubborn donkey-like parliament towards reform. It makes me wonder why politicians fear reform. One obvious reason is because several outer islanders fear losing their seats because several constituencies will be combined into one under any rational plan. It takes a true patriot to […]
Reduce MPs to 15
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The political reform proposal is headed in a positive direction but still fails to address the need to reduce the number of MPs which most people want. We had a population of 24,000 with 24 MPs, now (due in a large part to their mismanagement), we have a population of 14,000. We simply […]
Jobs for the boys?
Monday 25 January 2010 | Published in Smoke Signals
A signaller writes: “The DPM’s defence of the Seabed Minerals Commissioner’s qualifications required conveniently doesn’t extend to explaining why the applicant must have held appointed positions on local boards, held an elected office at some time (??), be a recognized leader (??), and have a background in commercial fishing or diving. Could there be a […]
Fly problem worries ministers
Saturday 23 January 2010 | Published in Environment
Two cabinet ministers are joining forces to come up with a new plan to tackle the fly problem at the Arorangi waste facility which has been blamed for the large number of them in the surrounding community. Health minister Apii Piho and minister of infrastructure and planning (MOIP) William ‘Smiley’ Heather are aware of the […]
Queensland Uni course comes to Raro
Saturday 23 January 2010 | Published in Environment
A two-week University of Queensland environmental management course is being held in Rarotonga from Monday until February 5. About 30 people from the region are here to take the annual course which looks at integrating contemporary and traditional coastal ecosystem management in the Pacific. This is the first time the course has been held in […]
Fishing fees slashed
Saturday 23 January 2010 | Published in Local
Licensing fees are going down to give the local fishing industry a hand up to help overcome the current slump its experiencing and decline in fish stocks in southern group waters. The revised licence fee structure means that vessels less than 20 metres which are based in Rarotonga or Aitutaki will now pay $2000 for […]
Makiuti ruled out
Saturday 23 January 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands high commissioner’s position in Wellington is still up in the air. Makiuti Tongia was approved by cabinet last year to take over from current high commissioner to New Zealand, Tepure Tapaitau. Prime minister Jim Marurai said foreign affairs minister Robert Wigmore is in discussion with secretary Mike Mitchell about the position. “It […]
CT scan machine gifted to hospital
Saturday 23 January 2010 | Published in Local
Rarotonga hospital may soon have its first CT scan machine – often described as a super x-ray machine – which could save many lives and reduce government’s spending on patient referrals to NZ. Health minister Apii Piho said the news that Waikato Hospital is willing to donate a machine it has had reconditioned has put […]
Evolving patterns
Saturday 23 January 2010 | Published in Features
Without any formal training, local artist Kay George has developed her own unique style of art which has seen her become a prominent figure in the regional art industry. Coming from an artistic family, Kay is a self-taught artist who in the 80s began painting on fabrics and selling her work at Sydney markets in […]
New direction
Saturday 23 January 2010 | Published in Features
Moving in new directions from their normal art making practices has been the aim behind the Master of Art and Design course being undertaken by six Cook Islands artists. The Master of Art and Design through AUT University, Auckland, in partnership with USP was offered to practising artists in the Cook Islands allowing them to […]
Direct election of PM is dumb
Saturday 23 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Like a great majority of the people of this country, I believe that some political reform is long overdue and good for the country. I suppose any changes to old structures and processes and how people do things so as to better reflect the rapidly changing times is healthy. However, I strongly oppose […]
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