Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
The new manager for the Punanaga Nui Market was officially welcomed last week.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) launched its first strategic plan at the ICI head office in Arorangi yesterday.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Football
Team Wellington have got an early jump on their OFC Champions League rivals in Group B with a 4-1 win over Puaikura FC while Ba and host club Hienghène Sport battled to a 1-1 draw on Match Day one in Koné, New Caledonia.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller says that over the weekend he was overcome with a temptation that he reckons even Adam and Eve could not have resisted.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Every time you read the tragic story of the Smith family it breaks your heart because it seems so unfair to lose two children so tragically and unavoidably.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
Rain did not hamper the spirits of the graduates and their families as they managed to stay on until the end of the 2017 Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute graduation ceremony.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
The Creative Centre in Maraerenga has benefitted from the generosity of a local business, with Island Bike and Hire providing a small car for the use of the manager and staff.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
Infrastructure Cook Islands and Triad Petroleum have signed a contract to improve the road network from Takuvaine to Avatiu.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Weather
Emergency Management Cook Islands is happy with the initial results of a workshop last Friday in which government ministries began to work out their roles during national disasters. But EMCI director Charles Carlson says it is just the beginning. Carlson said the workshop should have taken place a long time ago. EMCI aims to strengthen Cook Islands resilience in the threat of disaster and climate change, in doing so, achieving sustainable livelihoods. Carlson said EMCI faced the problem that ministries weren’t sure of their role in the event of a disaster. “They would just pass the buck, throw their hands up and say that’s not our responsibility,” said Carlson.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
Discarded ship ropes and fishing nets floating around the waters of the northern islands are said to causing big problems for inter-island shipping services with three domestic ships crippled in just over 12 months.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Rugby Union
THE Chiefs have broken a three-year Super Rugby drought against the Highlanders, opening their 2017 campaign with an unlikely 24-15 victory.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
Term one at Saint Joseph School has been busy and the school is preparing for a number of upcoming events.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
A large number of guests attended a reception for New Zealand Foreign minister Murray McCully at Ngatipa, residence of New Zealand High Commissioner Peter Marshall and his wife Pamela, on Tuesday night.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Opinion
The hustle and bustle, is droned out only by the smooth velvet sounds of Jim Reeves: “Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone…”
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
Taking on the challenging role of data manager in the Offshore Fisheries Division, Marino Wichman has joined the Ministry of Marine Resources team this month.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
An online dictionary defines a “petrol head” as a person who is overly reliant on the use of their car, resisting any suggestion to use other means of transport.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
Rarotonga’s Vinyl Revival Club came into being as a happy accident says Ian Wheeldon, who co-founded the club with his partner Clare.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Environment
Now that there is a recycling option for tin food cans, Rarotonga Waste Facility staff have the unenviable task of pulling out cans from piles of unsorted general rubbish.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Local
Ministry of Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) staff have been busy working on the the launch of their first Strategic Plan 2016-2021, scheduled to take place on Monday at their head office in Arorangi.
Tuesday 28 February 2017 | Published in Weather
Thanks to the abundance of rain this summer, the water intakes on Rarotonga have been full for a lengthy time compared to previous years.
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