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SPC resource mobilisation and service delivery
The Pacific Community (SPC) recently held its annual meeting in Pape’ete, where 25 member countries, including the Cook Islands, came together to discuss progress and set priorities for the future.
TAU appoints engineering professional
Barbara Elliston has been appointed as an engineering professional for Rarotonga’s power authority Te Aponga Uira (TAUU) by the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) Board of Directors.
St Joseph's celebrates book week
Children dressed as colourful book characters brought St Joseph’s School to life on Wednesday last week. Students were dressed up as range of book characters, with the older students choosing their favourite book character, and the younger students as different characters from the class’s favourite book. Grade One students took to the stage for their […]
364kg of rubbish in 4th roundup
The fourth event of the 2012 Rubbish Roundup saw the largest turnout to date. A huge group showed up from CITC sporting new, white team t-shirts, along with groups from BTIB, Bank of the Cook Islands, Ministry of Culture, National Environment Service, and even the crew of a yacht passing through Rarotonga. Miss Cook Islands […]
24 scholarships for CI students
The end of year exams are fast approaching for the country’s year 13 students, and while this might be enough to contend with for some, others may want to start thinking about options for future study. One such option is getting a scholarship to cover the cost of expensive tertiary study. The Ministry of Education […]
Nukutere receives Rotary support
New equipment arrived at Nukutere College last week, thanks to a donation from the Rotary Club of Rarotonga. Rotary President John McElhinney presented the school with a brand new data projector during their school assembly. Donna Nahu, Principal of Nukutere, says the resource is an excellent interactive teaching and learning tool. It will be used […]
Fishing for cash in Aitutaki
The 16th Gary Parlour Wahoo contest gets underway this weekend on Aitutaki as they look to improve on last year’s miserable catch. In what really is a community event, the weekend is spent tirelessly reeling in fish while by sunset, the Aitutaki Sportfishing Club becomes a haven for fishermen. Wahoo is clearly the fish of […]
New Te Tika Mataiapo invested
Working for the betterment of youth in Titikaveka is one way Katuke Kopa plans to use her newly invested title of Te Tika Mataiapo. Kopa was invested with the title at Te Pou Toru Marae in Titikaveka in front of proud family and friends in a beautiful traditional ceremony that went ahead without a single […]
Cabinet at home
Prime Minister Henry Puna will arrive back from a nine-day trip to New York City tomorrow. He was in the Big Apple to attend the 67th United Nations General Assembly, where he co-chaired a meeting alongside the secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. The prime minister also met with newly-appointed UN under secretary-general Gyan […]
Study on airport upgrades
Airport authority chief executive Joe Ngamata said the feasibility study looking into the outer islands airports will help shape the future of the country. A feasibility study into the future of the Aitutaki, Atiu, Mauke and Mangaia airports was given $206,000 in the 2012 budget, and will be awarded to one consultant or company based […]
Be strong, says police chief
Cook Islands Police remembered former colleagues at the country’s first National Police Remembrance Day. Police paraded after the Cook Islands flag was raised to half-mast just after 8 yesterday morning. Police Minister Teariki Heather then gave a speech in Maori, thanking past members of the force and acknowledging those police who have passed away. The […]
Island taxis going lime green?
The Taxi Association wants to forget recent squabbles involving the transportation community and move forward to become stronger. The Cook Islands Taxi Association called a meeting for its members yesterday morning at the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) offices. Pukapuka-Nassau Member of Parliament Tekii Lazaro was also invited, to clear up any confusion he […]
Exam build-up
Students across the Cook Island will be hard at work sitting their mock NCEA exams over the coming weeks. The first exams took place last week and will continue into this week for most students. While the exams are only mock exams, Nukutere College principal Donna Nahu and Tereora College principal Bali Haque both agree […]
Cannabis 'locked up' at police station
To those wondering what happened to the more than 60 cannabis plants confiscated by police on Wednesday – they are being kept strictly under lock and key at the central police station. In one of the Cooks’ biggest drugs busts in recent years, police raided a house in Panama on Wednesday, where they allegedly found […]
'Right to know' ripples worldwide
In an effort to raise awareness about the taxpayer’s right to knowledge and information, a worldwide network of freedom fighters yesterday celebrated International Right to Know Day. Media reports emerged from countries the world over about events and rallies staged to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the occasion. In Kathmandu, for example, over 300 activists, […]
School holiday sailing
There’ll be tons of activity at Rarotonga Sailing Club these school holidays. Two days of fun activities in each week of the school holidays have been planned for Tuesday and Wednesday next week and then again on Tuesday and Wednesday October 9-10 at Muri beach for kids. National sailor Junior Charlie has planned a programme […]
Divas in Raro make TV in NZ
TVNZ’s top rated daytime programme The Good Morning Show is coming to Rarotonga for Divas in Paradise. Motone Productions has been working with TVNZ to showcase not only its event, which features international funk hip hop star Ladi6, rising star Iva Lamkum who is hot off her appearance at the Singapore Grand Prix, best female […]
Gala day at Te Uki Ou today
Food and fun for all the family is on offer this afternoon at the Apii Te Uki Ou gala. All the fun you expect from a gala will be available including games with great prizes such as coconut shy and treasure hunt, and also a haunted house. There will be lots of different food available […]
Kata 'offensive' says Solomon Times
Solomon Islanders have taken to social media to express their feelings on the “offensive” cartoon in yesterday’s Cook Islands News. The CINews satirical cartoonist Kata, a.k.a. Tim Buchanan, drew a cartoon on Wednesday afternoon which neatly encapsulated the furore over the Duchess of Cambridge wearing a Cook Islands designed and made TAV dress to a […]
Too many whale watchers
NUKU’ALOFA – The president of a Tonga eco-tourism association is urging the government not to let commercialisation destroy the country’s whale-watching industry. The comment follows an announcement from the Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Labour that it has issued 24 licences, mainly to operators in the Vava’u group of islands, for this year’s June to […]
Five policemen facing charges
NUKU’Alofa – A total of five Tongan policemen have now been charged with the manslaughter of a New Zealand police officer who was fatally injured while in police custody last month. Three more policemen were arrested in connection with the death of Kali Fungavaka this week, including a supervising officer identified as Inspector Kelepi Hala’ufia, […]
Aitutaki's new sludge tanker arrives
Residents and businesses on Aitutaki are now able to undertake the messy job of desludging their septic tanks with the delivery of a new sludge tanker and tractor on the island this week. Minister for Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) Teariki Heather and Aitutaki MP Teina Bishop travelled to Aitutaki on Wednesday to complete the handover […]
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