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New advisor visits MMR
Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Local
THE NEW Maritime Surveillance Advisor for the Cook Islands, Lieutenant Commander Kerry Driver, is on Rarotonga and has already touched base with the Ministry of Marine Resources.
Sixteen cruise ships scheduled to visit
Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Local
SIXTEEN cruise ships are expected to visit the Cook Islands this year with a total of 29 stopovers in the Cook Islands.
Weather brings out nuisance mosquitoes
Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Local
WHILE there are large numbers of mosquitoes about at present, there are no fears that the Cook Islands is in for problems with serious mosquito diseases.
Tax amnesty raises thorny issues
Thursday 12 January 2017 | Published in Local
GOVERNMENT’S surprise announcement of a tax debt write-off will allow repeat offenders and abusers of the system to benefit over those who do meet their tax obligations.
10 overseas teams for Kia Orana
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Football
THE COOK ISLANDS Football Association is three months away from launching its first Kia Orana Youth Football Festival on Rarotonga. The week-long event is set to take off from April 15 to 22 at the CIFA Complex in Matavera providing youth teams from all around the world a fun football and cultural experience here in the Cook Islands.
Ronaldo wins the Best award
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Football
Football’s annual celebration of its top performers entered a new era this Monday evening in Zurich, with the inaugural edition of The Best FIFA Football Awards. The winners of the prestigious individual awards as the best of the last 12 months are:
Pub crawl bus noise
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
CAN THE POLICE Commissioner tell us if it is legal to drive with extremely loud music playing from your vehicles as happening with these pub crawl buses? I feel sorry for those living next to the main road being subjected to this blaring music.
Maggie has education of life
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THANK YOU Joker for your views on “If I were an MP…”
Politicians should not accept tax amnesty
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THE EDITOR,
Ignore us, then we should ignore govt
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
ISN'T IT amazing how our government works.
Is 2017 going to be a better year for us?
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
DEAR EDITOR,
Big thanks to community from Christmas Box team
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Local
The 2016 CHRISTMAS Box initiative had a wonderful response from the Rarotongan community.
Runner-up spot for Cook Islands
Wednesday 11 January 2017 | Published in Local
COOK ISLANDS Representative to the World Supermodel South Pacific regional finals Tiare` Simonis was runner up at the event that was held in Pacific Harbour, Fiji, last week.
Jones wins prestigious rugby writers award
Tuesday 10 January 2017 | Published in Rugby Union
ENGLAND coach Eddie Jones has won the prestigious Rugby Union Writers' Club Pat Marshall Memorial Award as the sport's personality of the year for 2016.
Vaka-jumping offers fail to flush out any takers
Tuesday 10 January 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
WITH GOVERNMENT IN a precarious position given the equal numbers on either side of the House, strenuous attempts are apparently being made by the CIP government to persuade coalition opposition MPs to join the vaka-jumping club.
Fishing issue still leaves sticky questions
Tuesday 10 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THERE IS much talk on Facebook about tracking fishing vessels and MMR are on television telling us how the Cook Islands are the most managed fishing nation in the Pacific.
If I were an MP...
Tuesday 10 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I WERE to become a Member of Parliament, this is what I would aggressively pursue:
Yes, I do get it about the Bishop case
Tuesday 10 January 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I REFER to the letter by “You NI” on January 5 headed, “Things to remember about Bishop case”.
Hat and Hound' a real winner
Tuesday 10 January 2017 | Published in Local
The HAT and Hound event held at the Crown Beach Resort on New Year’s Eve was a resounding success, raising a good amount of money to support the Cook Islands Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
Families celebrate ancestral links
Tuesday 10 January 2017 | Published in Local
There was a huge crowd at the Anguna/Porori family reunion held on Rarotonga last week.
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