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Articles by Utopia Support
4 soccer refs in training
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Football
Four local soccer referees are currently in New Zealand attending a refereeing course aimed at improving the all round skills of referees. Soccer referee committee members Robert Savage (referee development officer), Lai Gukisuva (chairman of the referee committee), Maara Kaukura (referee development officer) and Tutai Taurarii (fitness instructor) have all been selected to take part […]
Chicken pieces spill mystery
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Environment
The remains of chicken pieces, carrots, potatoes, cauliflower and pumpkin were scraped of the road at the Harley Street corner on Tuesday afternoon. Police, public health and the national environment service were alerted of the spill around 10am, before public health officials cleaned up the mess later that afternoon. It is understood that the equivalent […]
Dead animals found on foreshore
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Environment
First it was chicken pieces on the road at Nikao on Tuesday. Yesterday morning it was a couple of decaying dogs and a pig carcass discovered on the Matavera foreshore. National environment service compliance officer Keri Herman said they were alerted after a member of the public reported the discovery of the remains to public […]
6 arrests in police raids
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Local
Police arrested six men after a target operation this week on burglaries, theft and drug offending. An investigation which had been ongoing for the past couple of months culminated with a team of detectives executing search warrants on six homes on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. The men arrested ranged from ages 15 to 22 and […]
2 shipping companies merge
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Local
PDL (Pacific Direct Line) and PFL (Pacific Forum Line) have formed a joint venture company to provide shipping to the Cook Islands. The new venture sees the withdrawal of two vessels which will be replaced by the larger MV Forum Pacific. The withdrawn vessels are PDL’s Southern Phoenix, which will no longer operate the New […]
PM presses for reform
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Local
Prime minister Jim Marurai is taking steps to show he’s serious about a referendum on political reform. In a statement issued yesterday he said he wants the public to support him in pressing ahead with political change. The day after announcing he will put together a team to work on preparing the referendum, the PM […]
Roadside deliveries no problem for Raina
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Local
Babies who couldn’t wait for the ambulance to get to the hospital are among the highlights of 35 years of service to the Rarotonga Hospital for 64-year-old Raina Raina. The ambulance officer, who took on a supervisory role in 2008, recalls having to pull the ambulance over to the side of the road and deliver […]
Time ripe
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In an attempt to justify the formation of a Demo/CIP coalition ‘caretaker’ government, the president of the Demo Party Makuiti Tongia publicly stated that both parties would be “…putting aside our political differences…”. Can Tongia tell us what these differences are? In any healthy democracy, ideology is the fuel that drives political parties. […]
Fuel 'borrowing' stopped in Aitutaki
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Stunned Aitutakian, which appeared in your January 12 issue, I would like to correct the misinformation provided by the self proclaimed, “not very well educated” writer. In the past, the Aitutaki Power Supply (APS) or EPS Aitutaki, as it was known then, adopted a practice of seeking […]
Back off, let the PM lead
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is a message to the 19 MPs comprising of Demos and CIPs who are on the rampage to run down the prime minister Jim Marurai and his duly sworn cabinet ministers. Back off all of you, what ever you are planning against the PM. Here’s a word of wisdom for you lot. […]
Not sitting soon
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Local
Parliament is unlikely to sit until government is forced to table a budget in July, says prime minister Jim Marurai. The PM says the threat from the 19 MPs outside of cabinet to have him removed by a vote of no confidence when parliament sits is too great to consider calling a sitting. “The danger […]
PM promises referendum
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Local
Government now intends to ask every voter in the country if they want political reform through a referendum. Prime minister Jim Marurai has announced that a referendum on political reform will be launched sometime this year either before or at the election scheduled for September. Marurai said that cabinet, which met yesterday, has decided that […]
Happy to be back at 102
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Local
At 102 years old, Louie Grau has still got her wits about her, and she’s showing no signs of slowing down. Born in New Zealand in 1907, Louie came to the Cook Islands for the first time in the 1930s to be with her brothers. Walter was the Resident Commissioner for Atiu and Harry co-owned […]
Hoax protest?
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Local
Police security was set up outside the office of prime minister Jim Marurai following a rumour that a protest against the new cabinet would be staged yesterday morning. No protest actually took place, but Police Comissioner Maara Tetava decided to ‘err on the side of caution’ and deploy six officers as security. Just who was […]
Police admit failure, act on complaint
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing to record a major systems failure involving the Police. Yesterday morning (January 12), while on my routine morning walk to the Wigmore waterfall at 6:20am, I came across three young suspects trying to extract some metallic object from the Sheraton Hotel building site. There was loud metallic hammering, they were […]
We've got the people
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I note that the Minister of Finance advises that there may be no one available to hold the Financial Secretary reins. I realise he wasn’t around during the economic reform, but there are still a group of high calibre people on the island working and investing and willing to help whichever government if […]
Paradise no more
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Stealing from tourists and from the public at large is becoming a major embarrassment. The Cook Islands should be known as Thieves Paradise. Shame on you Cook Islanders who are doing this to our paradise! Stop tip-toeing around thieves and the police should be doing some positive intervention to stop this nonsense. As […]
Out with the old
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The rash decision by the Cook Islands Party to team up with the Democratic Party so a caretaker government can be formed with Sir Terepai Maoate as its prime minister, seems to have completely ignored the obvious failings of the former finance minister. Sadly, cobbling a caretaker government with the Demos until the […]
Netball gets ready
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Netball
The Cook Islands Netball Association is preparing for another busy year of netball. The local season is expected to begin in early March with details and dates of the season still being ironed out. Cook Islands will host the World Ranking Qualifiers in late May early June in a four nations series. The Cook Islands […]
Just get some work done
Wednesday 13 January 2010 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller lets rip with questions and advice on the current political situation: “Regarding the 19 CIP/Demo coalition. Since when has the CIP and Demo exec been given a mandate to run the country? Does Mac see a trip to Wellington slipping into the mist? Is a saving of 100K not worth having, Nandi? […]
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