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PM joins CI community in Wellington for celebrations

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Local

With the formal conclusion of Te Maeva Nui celebrations, most cabinet members will be resuming regular schedules as part of their ministerial routines.

Papa Tom inaugurated as QR

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Local

Queen’s Representative Tom Marsters was formally inaugurated yesterday during a grand ceremony at the National Auditorium.

Marine park researchers return

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Local

Keep your eyes on the horizon in Raro this morning and you might spot the marine park research group returning from their expedition.

Inspirational idea, brilliant results

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Local

They say there are about 40,000 Cook Islanders living in Aotearoa.

Researchers monitor coral and fish

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Local

A marine biologist from a regional research centre has wrapped up a bi-annual survey of coral, fish and water quality on Rarotonga.

Policy only a half measure

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Hearty congratulations to those of ‘The Lost Tribe’ who will benefit from NZ’s intended policy change in regards to the portability of NZ superannuation to locals and expats living in the Cooks.

Time to accept licenced drivers

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In regards to the Cook Islands driver’s licensing, as an Australian living in the Brisbane metropolis with a population of about 2.5 million, I find it appalling that a small island nation with a smaller population than the suburb within which I reside does not recognize the validity of an Australian driver’s license.

Akameitakianga no Enuamanu

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Patipati enua ko Atiu, E enua te mea akaroa ka vai i’o, E vaine te mea akaroa ka vai i’o, Tamariki te mea akaroa ka vai i’o, Taku patupaepae ko manoa te mea akaroa ka vai i’o.

Another monopoly?

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My freight agent in Auckland advises that Matson Line, which operates the Olomana that serves both Raro and Aitutaki, has introduced another shipping service.

Forgotten

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My mother’s family settled in New Zealand in 1842, and my father’s family came to New Zealand in 1913, so I consider that I qualify to be called a New Zealand citizen.

Kata - August 10, 2013

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Kata

New Queen's rep honoured

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Politics

Tom Marsters was formally inaugurated as Queen’s Representative yesterday in a historic ceremony at the National Auditorium.

Eels and Dragons rumble

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Rugby Union

All rugby games today are crucial matches as teams jostle to be in the best position, being the top four, come the business end of the season.

Whitgift teach local lads a rugby lesson

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Rugby Union

On a wet and slippery Arorangi rugby field the touring Whitgift School from the UK handed out a rugby lesson in playing structured rugby to the Cook Islands resident XV squad.

Birthday presents for TCI customers

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Technology

Two lucky winners have received prizes from Telecom in celebration of the company’s 22nd birthday.

Memorial mass for Father Theobald

Friday 9 August 2013 | Published in Church Talk

The late Father Theobald Broekman who joyfully served the people of the Cook Islands for some 55 years and in particular the Cook Islands Catholic community in Auckland as their chaplain for 30 years was fondly remembered in Mangere, Auckland on Sunday August 4.

A reflection on civil society

Friday 9 August 2013 | Published in Church Talk

During the past week I have been very conscious as a religious leader of the civil society in which we live here in the Cook Islands.

Purse seine device found on Manuae

Friday 9 August 2013 | Published in Environment

A device from a large purse seine vessel that is not licenced to fish in the Cooks wound up on the shores of Manuae.

Research team surveys reefs

Friday 9 August 2013 | Published in Environment

The research team currently surveying some of the southern Cook Islands coral reefs polished up on their skills in Aitutaki early into the voyage.

EU describes purse seine fleet

Friday 9 August 2013 | Published in Local

An agreement being worked out between government and the European Union could see four purse seiners with a combined gross tonnage of 6500 tonnes fishing in the country’s waters.