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PFL finds new ship
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 14: Pacific Forum Line customers have received some good news. The shipping line has concluded negotiations and acquired a vessel, Komaiwai II, to transport cargo offloaded in Suva after a fire broke out on board the Forum Avarua last month. The Forum Avarua had to be towed to Fiji on the weekend of July […]
Two convicts plead guilty to escaping
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 14: The two prison inmates who escaped from jail for three days appeared in the Cook Islands High Court yesterday each charged with escaping from legal custody. Daniel Mare,17, and Roger Tauarea, 38, handed themselves in to authorities on Wednesday after fleeing from Arorangi Prison last Saturday night. The pair pleaded guilty to the […]
Super fund loses $3m
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 14: Parliamentary questions force DPM’s disclosure Finance minister Sir Terepai Maoate yesterday admitted that the national superannuation fund has lost around $3 million on investment. This was revealed after he was asked about the super fund in parliament yesterday. Opposition deputy leader Teina Bishop was first to raise the issue asking Sir Terepai during […]
When Raro eyes are smiling…
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 13: Local Irishman Paddy Lynch has been the Northern Ireland under 21 netball side’s ‘mascot’ while the team has been on Rarotonga. Wearing the traditional green of the Irish, Lynch met the team on their first day, and he supported the team when players and management visited Imanuela Akatemia last week (wearing his lucky […]
Super fund chair says no comment
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 13: Even the chair of the national superannuation fund is keeping tight-lipped on rumoured losses made by the fund in 2008. This week CINews asked the super fund office exactly what the status of the fund is now, following rumours that it has lost $3 million on investment. Super fund chair John Kenning says […]
DPM wants health portfolio back
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 13: Deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate reportedly started a scrap over portfolios in cabinet yesterday. It is understood the minister made it clear that he wants the ministry of health back in his portfolio. Prime minister Jim Marurai has reportedly objected to this mainly because the DPM now has at least a dozen […]
Escapees give themselves up
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 13: Jail break was a protest at poor conditions, they claim The two escaped prisoners voluntarily returned to custody yesterday – claiming their escape was a protest against prison conditions. Police and prison wardens have been searching for Roger Tauarea and Daniel Mare since their escape from Arorangi prison last Saturday night. Police said […]
The world's most exciting game
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 15: Rarotonga schools have been hit with netball fever as each cheer their adopted nation on at the World Youth Netball Championships. This week’s kid’s page shows their passion and love of the game. Netball is fun you Exercise a lot and Teams get better and better at it But it’s a bit of […]
KIDS PAGE - Rain doesn't stop parade for Aussies
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 15: Rain may have delayed the Australian under 21 netball side’s visit to host school St Joseph’s yesterday. But it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of pupils who walked with team members along St Joseph’s Road – to the sound of drums – to where they were given a traditional welcome at the school’s entrance. […]
PNG visits Nikao Maori School
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 15: Papua New Guinea took some time out of their bye day to visit their host school Nikao Maori yesterday morning. They may have been an hour late, but the children still enthusiastically lined up to provide a path for the team to move through the formal turou (welcome) in which the whole school […]
Arorangi school welcomes teams
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 15: I’m amazed! Let all the adults of the world step aside and let the children show how a welcome should be done. England and Fiji Under 21 teams for the WYNC were treated to a special welcoming by Arorangi School. The children were ready from 8.30am to receive their guests – they had […]
Share the moments!
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 15: When local composer Thomas Mereana-Ngauru composed his theme song for the Pacific Mini Games – there was very little going on about the event. “At the time I composed the song there really wasn’t much buzz about the games and I wanted to compose a song that would get people into the mood […]
Pacific must address gender equality to combat HIV
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 15: As indigenous peoples around the world contemplate how to strengthen efforts to tackle HIV in their communities, an HIV advocate in the Pacific believes that more emphasis should be put on addressing the gender dimension of the disease. Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) prevention officer Jovesa Saladoka says if efforts to curb […]
More magic than just a postcard
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Features
Saturday 15: Tired of sending the same old postcards to friends and relatives overseas? If so, check out the newest range of postcards by Mauke residents Andrew and June Hosking and Edna Torea-Allan under the Taeria (towards awareness of environmental responsibility and individual action) and Mauke Magic labels. The new postcards not only show the […]
Wednesday 19: Phonetic links
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Just a quick note with regard to the life long desire of all Maori to find the “Makea” title holder. The phonetics of the Maori language provide keys to family names and traditions. When we in our language know the oral tradition and importance of spacing in a personable way as well as […]
Wednesday 19: Let's get rid of them!
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate my Cook Islands people for standing up and giving it to Government et al for their arrogance in appointing some young highly qualified people to HOM jobs. You are true Cook Islanders. I agree entirely with you, these new HOMs are too young and too highly qualified and […]
Wednesday 19: Call for a prison's board
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In my letter of August 17 I indicated that I would write another article outlining a remedial measure to improve the prison service. The prison service is charged with the containment of offenders sentenced to terms of imprisonment as well as offenders awaiting trial. Basically these offenders who have committed offences against the […]
Wednesday 19: Highest paid should be last for a rise
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Probably like every other tax paying individual in this country, I am appalled and disgusted that the country’s financial secretary Sholan Ivaiti has the nerve to seek a 5% increase to his salary for ‘outstanding’ work which he believes he has achieved over the past year. At a time when the economy has […]
Tuesday 18: We were fleeced!
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Cooks’ prosperity is based on tourism – and rightly so. You have it all. Four of us from New Zealand spent a glorious last week of July in Rarotonga and Aitutaki. And here’s how to kill the goose and its golden eggs. Take tourists for a ride by charging them $55 departure […]
Tuesday 18: Snacks were to ease tension
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write to provide clarification about the escaped prisoners, as requested by a letter writer in yesterday’s newspaper. I was contacted by the police saying the escapees wanted to give themselves up. The escapees noted that they would only talk to me as the Secretary of Justice or their former legal adviser Tony […]
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