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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.
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 […]
Im pleading bear with us
In an effort to deflect negativity about its controversial withholding tax, government is highlighting all it has done to the countrys benefit since gaining power in last Novembers election. Finance minister Mark Brown spoke in parliament on Tuesday evening, highlighting government achievements in the last nine months. His comments came in relation to a controversial […]
Filipino fun day at Muri
A family fun day and miniature Olympics is being held at Muri tomorrow as a celebration by Club Philippines Raro (CPR) of its inaugural foundation day anniversary. CPR president Henry Ereno says the day will comprise various sporting events and fun games for members and their Cook Islands friends. He expects a crowd of more […]
Banks not ready for new withholding tax
Governments new withholding tax will not be implemented until October as banks are struggling to re-code their computer systems in time for the initial September 1 deadline. Finance minister Mark Brown says regardless the tax will be backdated to September 1, so government estimates of how much revenue it is expected to generate in this […]
Family welfare group attends regional conference
The Cook Islands Family Welfare Association (CIFWA) continues to grow in strength and capacity and this financial year hopes to implement some new initiatives. CIFWA executive director Rongo File has recently returned from Kuala Lumpur where she represented the organisation at the annual International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Asia and Pacific conference. There she attended […]
Generator purchase under audit investigation
Audit director Paul Allsworth says a review is warranted to determine whether the previous Democratic government acted inappropriately by purchasing four oversize generators for Manihiki last year. Allsworths interest of the matter was sparked by comments made during a government media conference in Rarotonga this week. Prime Minister Henry Puna announced the government is purchasing […]
4 new generators for Manihiki
Manihiki is to have four new diesel generators, despite being in line for renewable energy infrastructure. Prime Minister Henry Puna detailed the purchase this week, citing $110,400 of a capital expenditure fund for outer island projects which will cover the cost of purchase and installation. Puna says the former Democratic government installed four generators on […]
Ministry closes wheelbarrow case
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has finished an investigation into reports of a man sleeping in a wheelbarrow, saying they are satisfied his living conditions are adequate and he is happy. Secretary Bredina Drollett said the investigation showed the man aged in his 80s was not using the wheelbarrow as a bed full-time, but to […]
Aitutaki produce brings new money
Aitutaki growers have dispatched a second container full of local fish and produce to New Zealand, where it will be distributed by and sold to Cook Islands communities. In an effort to tap into overseas markets, the growers of Aitutaki are exporting a container monthly, alternating between shipments of dry and frozen goods. Their most […]
60-plus makes 4
The 60-plus club celebrated its fourth year of existence yesterday with song singing and, of course, cake. About 40 men and women gathered at the Cafe Ariki for lunch and laughs in commemoration of the minor milestone. The day was organised with the true spirit of the club in mind to provide the chance for […]
McCully received waiver, not exemption
New Zealand foreign minister Murray McCully and his entourage were not made exempt from paying departure tax upon leaving the Cook Islands last month, says CIP Minister Teina Bishop. Instead, the 58-person delegation had received a waiver from paying the compulsory departure tax when it left the country on the Cook Islands leg of the […]
Outreach for teachers in New Zealand
As part of an effort to fill teacher vacancies in secondary schools, the ministry of education conducted a recruitment drive (reo kapikianga mei te ipukarea) in New Zealand last month. The need for qualified and experienced teachers and educational personnel to fill vacancies in secondary schools and in the ministry of education main office has […]
Forum Pacific vessel skips Raro
The Forum Pacific will be omitting Rarotonga from its upcoming voyage itinerary. Southern Express will instead be delivering her Rarotonga-bound cargo, and will arrive three days prior to Forum Pacifics scheduled date of arrival. Southern Express voyage 147 is expected to arrive in Auckland on September 1 and in Rarotonga nine days later. She should […]
Tsunami exercise drives upgrade
New tsunami signs will be erected around Rarotonga in the coming weeks in anticipation of a Pacific-wide tsunami response exercise to be held in November. The new roadside signs will provide directions to village tsunami safe zones right around the capital island. They will be put in place before the regional disaster response exercise Pacific […]
Atiu trust fund up for discussion
Atiu landowners whose assets were once bound up in the Enuamanu Lands Incorporation are meeting this afternoon to discuss the future of their trust fund. Teenui-Mapumai member of parliament Norman George estimates the dissolved incorporations trust fund contains about $100,000. He says the money has been sitting for over 30 years. George says stakeholders moved […]
New envoy wants to prove a point
New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands John Carter is spearheading a research project to determine exactly how mutually beneficial the relationship between Aotearoa and the Cook Islands is. Speaking at a luncheon of Cook Islands business professionals in Rarotonga yesterday, Carter said it is easy for New Zealanders to criticise the amount of […]
PM takes communications advice
Prime Minister Henry Puna is beginning to answer media demands for regular disclosure about his administration and has appointed a communications advisor to work in his office. New Zealand Maori journalist and media advisor Damiane Rikihana has been working at the Office of the Prime Minister for the last few weeks. She is a trained […]
PM meets Sarkozy, not Gadhafi
Members of parliament enjoyed a laugh at the expense of Prime Minister Henry Puna on Wednesday evening, when he was likened to controversial Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi. During a question and answer session within parliament, in Punas absence, independent MP Norman George asked where the prime minister was. Has he gone overseas to join Moamer […]
New police grads
The Cook Islands Police Service welcomed 10 new officers into its ranks last week. At a graduation ceremony attended by Prime Minister Henry Puna and wife Akaiti, the 10 recruits took the officers oath, officially embarking on their careers in law enforcement. For the young Cook Islanders, the ceremony marked the end of an 11-week […]
Harder returning to play in Raro
New Zealand R&B star Vince Harder says he is looking forward to returning to Rarotonga this December, after playing local nightclub Rehab on Friday night. Harder is booked to again perform in the Cook Islands before the year is out, this time as part of the fundraiser On The Rock Fest 2011 in December. The […]
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