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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.
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 […]
Qualify for Zumba
Zumba continues to grow in popularity throughout the Cook Islands and for the first time local class teachers are being given the opportunity to become officially licensed instructors on home turf. Top Australian instructor Maria Teresa Stone will be taking a Zumba Fitness Basic 1 training session at the Top Shape Fitness gymnasium in Rarotonga […]
Poor results in fishing comp
A disappointing catch did not stop Gary Parlour competitors from celebrating on Saturday night, when a final weigh-in and prizegiving was held at the Cook Islands Game Fishing Club at Kiikii. Over two days of competition, just 197.6kg of fish was caught one of the lowest catch rates per boat entered ever recorded in the […]
Peace in song and music
Rarotonga students are preparing to sing their hearts out at a Peace Song Quest tomorrow night. Students from all primary and secondary schools were invited to take part in a Peace Songquest, and about 16 groups and individuals have registered in a bid to win trophies and cash prizes. Tereora Colleges Princess Anne Hall will […]
Cabinet to decide on junket
Cabinet members are today expected to decide how many Cook Islanders will travel for the Pacific Leaders Forum in New Zealand, for how long, at what cost, and on whose dime. A proposed delegation to the early September forum, which this year coincides with the 2011 Rugby World Cup also being held in New Zealand, […]
Investigation extends
Police are investigating the movements of certain individuals in the hope of progressing their search for Aitutakis bank burglar. Public details on the burglary of Aitutakis Bank of the Cook Islands branch earlier this month are still vague. To date it has not been confirmed whether as much as $200,000 has been stolen, what security […]
Fire warning issued
The Rescue Fire Service has responded to 14 calls in the past 10 days. Deputy fire chief Willie Hagai says all pertained to rubbish fires that had spread uncontrollably in strong winds. He asks the public to consider wind speed and direction before lighting a rubbish heap on fire. Hagai adds that during this time […]
Finance minister to address Lowry Institute
Finance minister Mark Brown is preparing to speak at a conference prior to the 2011 Pacific Leaders Forum in Auckland. He has been invited by the Lowy Institute for International Policy to be part of a panel speaking on the topic of leadership within a financial management context. The institute is hosting the conference, at […]
Weekend sea swells like hurricane
Coastal areas and businesses from the southwest of Rarotonga to the islands east have been inundated with water from the rough seas experienced last week. Businesses from Vaimaanga to Muri experienced saturation and some damage from the irregularly high seas, which battered the area from late on Friday and through the weekend. Tata Crocombe, managing […]
Opposition MPs all voted against tax bill
Dear Editor, I wrote you last Friday correcting what I saw to be an error by your newspaper in reporting the Oppositions vote during the withholding tax second amendment Parliament sitting. I note that there was partial correction in yesterdays paper and thanks for that. However your correction article went on to say no opposition […]
Bronze follows heartbreak
Cook Islands oe vaka paddlers went from absolute heartbreak to elation in the span of just a few hours on day one of the Pacific Games outrigger canoeing competition. With only six competing womens teams registered for the oe vaka V6 1500m sprints there was not time for the Cook Islands squad to ease into […]
New basic account launched
Westpac Bank Cook Islands is targeting new customers with the launch of a transaction account called Choice Basic. Choice Basic has been designed to meet the needs of customers who have low transaction volumes and want a simple transaction fee structure. Choice Basic offers customers the protection of a bank account for their money, with […]
Airline not expected to fly here
While American Eagle Airlines has been granted approval by the US Department of Transportation to operate in the Pacific, it has not yet announced any plans to fly into and out of the Cook Islands. Cook Islands Tourism Corporation chief executive officer Carmel Beattie says she has no knowledge of whether the company actually intends […]
Exploratory fishing, yeah right
The naivety of our politicians is exceeded only by their inability to take remedial action once they find out that we have had, in my opinion, our pockets picked by offshore sharks, a smoke signaller writes. The Chinese company that has sweet-talked their way into a three year exploratory fishing expedition will have to make […]
Theyre back in support!
The Laughing Samoans cant get enough of Rarotonga. Pictured here, Miss South Pacific Cook Islands contender Uirangi Bishop, Miss Cook Islands 2009 Engara Gosselin, Laughing Samoans Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai and Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association president Clee Marsters march into Rarotonga yesterday ahead of this weekends show at the National Auditorium. Last here […]
Photo comp gets museums backing
Budding photographers will have the chance to get their work on the walls of the Cook Islands National Museum in the first photographic exhibition to be held at the complex. The Alliance Francaise de Rarotonga will judge the national leg of an international competition looking at the spirit and inspiration of women in the community. […]
Nation building and national parties
My sons under 13 rugby mates have been meeting after school behind our house. For the last three weeks theyve been building a tree house in the kuru tree. I enjoy watching all the construction work going on. When they started I watched them have a meeting to decide on the plan and design and […]
Pearls and beer in Showcase
Avaiki Black Pearls, Matutu Breweries and Cook Islands Tourism have been invited to represent the Cook Islands at the Pacific Showcase in Auckland early next month. Organised to coincide with the Pacific Islands Forum, the Pacific Showcase will bring together dozens of Pacific businesses, artists and performers for three days (September 6-9) at The Cloud, […]
JP gives students a second chance
Schools should not be so quick to turn away troubled youth, Justice of the Peace John Kenning says. He made the comment in relation to the sentencing of two 16-year-old boys who appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Wednesday. Ellis Solomona and Ammon Mitiau, both Tereora College students, have admitted their […]
Tax will hit the north more
Governments withholding tax is an unfair burden on Cook Islanders already struggling financially with the recession and relying heavily on every penny saved, deputy opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen says. In parliament on Tuesday evening Rasmussen criticised finance minister Mark Browns comments that government was forced to impose a new tax to balance its books. Rasmussen […]
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