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CITTI students give back to college

Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Local

Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute (CITTI) students working under the Building Construction and Allied Trades (BCAT) skills programme donated picnic tables to Tereora College earlier this week.

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Old coins definitely not legal

Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Local

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Management’s Terry Piri has confirmed that the old Cook Islands coins are not to be used for trading purposes from today onwards.


Fitness guru Samson raises the bar

Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Local

For Tamaiti Samson, personal fitness training is not only a profession but a passion that began with his desire to become a rugby league player.

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Saturday is contest deadline

Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Local

THE Cook Islands Road Safety Council colouring competition will now close to this Saturday, says CI Road Safety Council vice-president Peka Fisher.


Price boom great news for local vanilla farmers

Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Local

THERE is good news for Cook Islands vanilla growers who are continuing their efforts to grow the crop successfully.

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Vehicle crashes still increasing

Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Local

Forty motor vehicle crashes have been reported on Rarotonga this year.

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Bike shop van makes mercy dash to hospital

Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Local

New Zealander Leighton Hunt has been competing in the Air New Zealand International Triathlon for 15 years running.

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Tenders called for Brychyard fix

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

The tender advertised by the government to build a retaining wall along the shoreline bordering the Brych Yard cemetery closed on Friday.


Red Cross 'vision' launched in style

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

Dressed in their finest island glamour wear, supporters of the Cook Islands Red Cross Society made it a night to remember at the society’s annual fundraiser on Saturday night.

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Watch this space

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

“To anyone who has lived in the Cook Islands long enough and has seen the two recent smoke signals challenging government to do something with the reclaimed land for “the new Constitution Park,” such as the foreshadowed skateboard park, there might, just might, be the suspicion that a friend of government is waiting in the wings with a sweetheart deal all sewn up for a long term lease of a couple of acres of absolute lagoon-front land,” a smoke signaller says.


PNG police commissioner's advice could he heeded here

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

After reading your recent story relating to the unusual reason given by Papua New Guinea’s police commissioner for the closure of the PNG National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate and the subsequent recommendation by the Deputy Chief Justice to reopen this office, that an excerpt from it needed to be reprinted.


Tongareva swears in new island council

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

Tongareva residents gathered last Friday morning to witness the swearing-in of the new island council.

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Traditional leaders 'way out of line'

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Opinion

I may be treading on eggshells here.


1966 departure to be remembered

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

A ceremony will be held at the cenotaph in Avarua on Wednesday to commemorate the historic departure of a group of Cook Islanders who left to join the New Zealand army in 1966.

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Bank backs acclaimed opera event

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

Motone’s iconic Opera in Rarotonga has much to celebrate this year with its seventh performance since 2010 anticipated to be the best yet.


Round Up still used here

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands is one of a number of Pacific island countries that continue to use the controversial herbicide glyphosate.


Entrepreneur puts motherhood first

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

Bernadette Soares is the founder and director of Brand Value Ltd – an intellectual property and strategic brand management company that tests New Zealand-made health and beauty brands before they are taken to the international market.

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Ship to sail from Norway

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

A new ship will be sailing in Cook Islands waters within the next few months.

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Opposition to veto water bill

Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Local

The Opposition coalition will not be supporting the Rarotonga Water Authority bill and will vote against it in Parliament.


Events suggest cabinet in chaos

Saturday 7 May 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

“The only explanation I can think of for cabinet ministers not reading and understanding important submissions like the EU Fisheries Agreement is their total negligence of public duty,” a smoke signaller says.


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