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Police seek public cooperation for festive security
Cook Islands Police are launching a community policing initiative with volunteer support from each vaka in Rarotonga to enhance safety and security during the festive season.
Families navigate inflation, businesses stock up for festive season
As Christmas approaches, local families and businesses in Rarotonga are feeling the seasonal buzz. While the island’s shops are busy preparing for the influx of shoppers, families are making sure they have everything needed for the festive season.
3500 People treated
About 3500 people on Rarotonga received treatment for chlamydia through the government-organised mass treatment programme. The Ministry of Health dispensed the drug for free through its outpatient clinics on Rarotonga during the final two weeks of August. The programme, which is being run by the ministry with drugs supplied by the Secretariat of the Pacific […]
Kids sing for peace
Tereora Colleges Princess Anne Hall was buzzing with the energy of Rarotongas budding performing artists on Wednesday night. A number of as yet undiscovered talents took the stage at the Peace Song Quest. In the primary division, St Josephs students won first with Oh Peaceful Dove composed by Tupa Tupa whose Peace in the World […]
20 delegates asked for feedback on return
Cook Islands delegates to next weeks Pacific Leaders Forum in New Zealand are being asked to provide feedback to the general public on their return to Rarotonga. Cook Islands News has invited all delegates to share their experience with readers and accordingly newspaper space will be allocated to those who offer information about the sessions […]
CITC had significant financial advantage
An arrangement between the Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) and Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) has prevented government from receiving an estimated $1.2 million of taxation revenue over three years. CITC had an arrangement with MFEMs customs division which allowed it to separate contents and packaging on imported products supplied by Coca Cola […]
Price moratorium warranted
There is enough market competition and variety of product to warrant the revocation of a price order on general grocery and laundry goods, Price Tribunal chairman Terry Hagan says. This week the tribunal formally revoked a 2005 order setting maximum prices on such consumables, for a trial 12 month period. Hagan and fellow tribunal members […]
New CI noni juice sales to China
Next month 36,000 litres of Cook Islands noni juice will be shipped to China via New Zealand in the first of what is hoped will be a regular operation. The juice is being blended with fruit juice in China and sold as a beverage, which will be marketed with reference to the Cook Islands. It […]
Allsworth responds to Ivaiti vendetta
A report by the Public Expenditure Review Committee (PERC) states audit director Paul Allsworth has obtained more than $6176.75 to which he was not entitled. The report, executed following complaints about Allsworth by former financial secretary Sholan Ivaiti, is itself condemned by Allsworth, former finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen and lawyer Tim Arnold. They each say […]
Mataiapo title returns to Mama Ngametua
Mama Ngametua Enuake Kaota celebrated her 76th birthday yesterday with a peaceful, uncontested investiture ceremony at Marae Patai in Rutaki. She was invested with the Kaimarama Mataiapo title following the death of her late nephew Tuariki the former titleholder earlier this year. Taunga Tangianau Tuaputa cleared kuru trees to construct the 17 by 14 metre […]
Police claim breakthrough in their fight against theft
Cook Islands police say they have made good headway into reducing the incidents of theft and burglary on Rarotonga in the past fortnight. Detective inspector Areumu Ingaua of the police departments Criminal Investigation Branch said there had been a drop in the number of dishonesty offences, such as thefts and burglaries, during the last two […]
Pacific sports awards open for nomination
Nominations are now open to Cook Islanders for 10 award categories in the New Zealand Pacific Islands Sports Awards. The biennial awards were created to celebrate the sporting skills and leadership of Pacific island people from Polynesian, Micronesian and Melanesians living in New Zealand. Ten different awards are up for grabs to the New Zealand, […]
Potential killer swims offshore
The Cook Islands is home to different types of needlefish/longtom, a species known to have killed human beings in the past. Natural Heritage Trust director Gerald McCormack said needlefish had been blamed for two peoples deaths, but said they were mainly due to accident rather than a blood-thirsty temperament. The larger needlefishes can be attracted […]
Needlefish fish a poor mans marlin
Cook Islands angler Ria Emile has spent 20 years fishing off Rarotonga. Twice he has pulled in a needlefish, remembering both as fighting like they were mini marlin. The needlefish/longtom family has a reputation for being mean and those living in the sea off the Cook Islands are living up to that name. Emile said […]
Four needlefish varieties in the Cooks
Keeled needlefish The keeled needlefish is the one commonly seen in the lagoon swimming with the half-beaks. They grow to about 40 centimetres in total length. Their most distinctive feature is the long keels on each side of the tail-base. Local names include miro vaa-roroa and miromiro on Rarotonga; akuaku and kakukaku on the Makatea […]
Myna almost gone
Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust director Gerald McCormack is moderately confident that Enuamanu will be rid of the common myna by early next year. He has recruited three new bounty hunters locals with hunting and shooting experience to be part of the myna eradication programme. Dan OBrien, former manager of CITC Food Group, recently returned […]
Cricket awards 40 players and officials
Forty awards were handed out during the Cook Islands Cricket Associations award night on Friday, recognising the efforts of the players and supporters in the local fraternity. The accomplishments of players on the pitch went awarded on the night, the players with the most wickets and runs in the junior category, womens competitions and mens […]
Heavyweight hopes dashed
The medal hopes of local boxer Osolai Agai were squashed on Wednesday (NC time) when he was convincingly defeated by his New Caledonian opponent in the ring. The look on the faces of the boxer, his coach Tom Marsters and manager Taoro Brown said it all. Brown struggled to find the words to explain the […]
Thanks, Dad!
Fathers Day is a day that is set aside to thank the men in our lives to acknowledge the hard work they do as a parent every day and often without thanks. It begins in a time we cant even remember as adults; when we are carried in our fathers arms and grow a sense […]
Police commissioner at regional talks
Cook Islands Police commissioner Maara Tetava has travelled to the Federated States of Micronesia to help develop a Pacific-wide response to reduce transnational crime and increase cyber safety in the region. Tetava represented the Cook Islands at the 40th Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) annual conference in Pohnpei, the Federated States of Micronesias capital […]
Nukutere principal furious at court report
Nukutere College principal Donna Nahu is furious with the article printed in Cook Islands News on Saturday and the statements made by the justices of the peace regarding the expulsion of two students. She has asked for a right of reply, as this was not given prior to the article going to print. She says […]
Assault blamed on the Jimmy
A mother and daughter involved in an alcohol-fuelled birthday bash have reconciled, giving the daughter six months to prove she is not deserving of a criminal conviction for assault. Melanie Pare, a 37-year-old Ruatonga resident, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua for sentence last week, having previously admitted slapping her 61-year-old mother […]
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