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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.
Prison for probation breach
A well-known offender has been sentenced to three months in prison for flouting the rules of his probationary sentence. On November 23 last year Daniel Tonorio was sentenced to 12 months of probation with the first six months on community service, for committing four burglaries. One of the terms of his probation was a curfew […]
Call to clean up
The first event of Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative’s second annual Rubbish Roundup kicks off today. Telecom Cook Islands has signed on to sponsor today’s clean-up at Black Rock and Social Centre from midday, and encourages anyone interested and willing to lend a hand to come along and help out. Last year, volunteers collected over one […]
Teacher studies in NZ
Not all teachers were relaxing during the recent school holidays. Tereora College assistant principal Vae Papatua, spent the second week of the school holidays in New Zealand attending seminars run by the Global Connections Foundation. The foundation organises seminars around the world, to encourage school leaders to develop global consciousness and promote international co-operation in […]
Teachers trip to NZ
Expanding their knowledge and their horizons was all part of a recent overseas trip by a group of teachers from Papaaroa Adventist College. All seven teachers from the school travelled to New Zealand for two weeks last term, and spent time both in the classroom, and also attending an Adventist schools retreat in Waikanae. Teachers […]
British student teaches and writes
She went to Rakahanga with the intention of writing her Master’s thesis – but marine environmentalist student Gemma Galbraith has instead left the Cook Islands having written a children’s book. Galbraith left on Sunday for her native England but not before meeting with Ministry of Education representative Brendon Fiebig to discuss her newly-created educational resource, […]
Traffic lights for Tereora College
Tereora College’s traffic lights are back in action this year. But these ‘traffic lights’ are not standing outside the college gates – they are to indicate to year 11, 12 and 13 students and their parents where they stand academically. Each student has been assigned a colour – red, orange or green – based on […]
2013 an exciting year at Tereora
New learning centres, new courses and new computers are just part of what Tereora College has to offer students for 2013. The new options for students are all part of the school’s three-year strategic plan, says principal Bali Haque, which has highlighted three main goals for the school – to improve literacy, increase student motivation […]
Literacy volunteers busy in Rarotonga
While International Literacy Day may be celebrated only once a year, volunteers across Rarotonga are working to promote literacy every week. Much of the work on literacy goes unnoticed by many, but for many children it is the gateway to a love of reading and education. Part of this is the ongoing work by Sister […]
New programme to enhance Manihiki pearl farming
The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has joined forces with the Grand Observatoire du Pacifique Sud (GOPS) to enhance the Manihiki black pearl lagoon monitoring programme. Dr Serge Andrefout from the Institute of Research Development (IRD) in Noumea is in Rarotonga this week training local marine biologist Georgia Langdon. In-situ temperature sensors and pressure sensors […]
Free filling
Whether it’s helping fill back road access lanes, levelling holes on people’s properties or even using it to form the foundations of a house, the dredged material from Avatiu port is making its way back into the community. A significant amount of fill from the recently-completed dredging project has been stored at a site in […]
George Maggie is angry over lay-offs
The ‘action man’ George Maggie is angry – angry that five men lost their jobs recently from the the Cook Islands Investment Corporation without an explanation. The Tupapa member of parliament and assistant minister for CIIC is outraged that government workers have been laid off work despite both Prime Minister Henry Puna and minister of […]
Thoughts on island life
Rose Dunn is the wife of Dr John Dunn, an endoscopic surgeon who spends a week of his annual leave working at Rarotonga Hospital. Dr Dunn left the island last week but his wife is here until Sunday. In this penned memoir she describes just what she has been getting up to during her time […]
Campaign planned for suicide prevention
This year the Cook Islands’ approach to World Suicide Prevention Day will be triple-pronged. The combined Te Kainga, Te Marae Ora, and Internal Affairs suicide prevention awareness steering committee is pitching in to spread the word about suicide and galvanise people into combating it. Monday September 10 marks the 10-year anniversary of World Suicide Prevention […]
Thief 'lucky' to avoid a prison sentence
A local burglar with a criminal record stretching back to 2005 was “very lucky” to escape prison, said the chief justice in sentencing him. Putero Dean broke into the Blackrock store in April and stole beer and cigarettes, which were later recovered. He committed the burglary with Ngatapuna Rata, who was also sentenced on Friday. […]
Foreign students soak up culture
It was an action-packed week in Rarotonga for a lucky group of international students. The students from the United States are taking part in the International Exchange Students (IES) Abroad programme, where they have been studying at the Universities of Canterbury or Auckland in New Zealand. The 19 students are studying a wide range of […]
Remittances study makes claims
There is scant information available about how much of the Cook Islands’ income is comprised of remittances, or money sent here by Cook Islanders living and working overseas. Finance Minister Mark Brown has even told reporters the Cook Islands is a ‘negative remittance’ economy, the implication being that foreign workers from the Philippines and Fiji […]
CISNOC financials attacked
CISNOC’s troubled financial accounts were approved despite allegations of excessive spending, “stolen” money and questions around value-added tax (VAT). Triathlon representative Geoff Stoddard made the claim that money had been “stolen” at a tense annual general meeting. Seventy-two people were present for the meeting at the Takuvaine AOG Hall after the gathering had been deferred […]
Hugh buckles up for CISNOC role
With the conclusion of the Pacific Leaders Forum, new Cook Islands Sport and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) president Hugh Graham is stepping out of one driver’s seat and moving into another. Graham was the Niue delegation’s assigned driver and also helped with the Japanese representatives while they were in the country. Their departure on Sunday […]
Office change and rally call at OPSC
The Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) has moved “closer to the money upstairs” – into the office just below the New Zealand High Commission. That was the punch line, anyway, of a joke delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters at a ceremony held yesterday morning to mark the OPSC’s umpteenth move. Marsters […]
Cook Islands voice at world congress
The upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress will have a Cook Islands influence after a motion put forward by Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) was accepted to be presented at the global event. The congress is the largest single event on conservation in the world and will see, amongst other events, 176 submissions showcased in Jeju, South […]
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