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Rarotonga crime stats challenged

Cook Islands Police data shows no increasing crime trend, but the Opposition leader and a road safety advocate argue understaffing and passive policing conceal actual crime and safety issues in Rarotonga.

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Australian High Commission accepting applications for community grants

The Australian High Commission has announced the opening of the Australia – Cook Islands Community Grants Program.

Keeping score

By Vaine Wichman Development Economist My under-13-year-old son has been religiously keeping the scoreboard (thank you CINews/ANZ for the dropout scoreboard) since the kick off of the Rugby World Cup on September 9. During last weekends rugby quarterfinals, I observed the older viewers in our sitting room during the game intervals get up excitedly and […]

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From High Commission to MFEM

Peter Tierney is hoping to make more of a difference in his new role as the senior policy and research officer at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) aid management division. Tierney has spent two weeks in the post, for which he applied while working as the New Zealand Aid Programme development programme […]

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Teen takes swipe at govt travel

Those looking for a respite from politics didnt find it at the National Auditorium on Thursday night, the latest criticism of the governments travelling routine coming onstage from a 15-year-old in the Mire Tama competition. While others chose to talk about their dreams for life or mused about the beauty of their home island, Titikaveka […]

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Travel and Heiarii take out Mire Tama

Rarotonga crowned its newest king and queen this week, with Travel Kaukura and Heiarii Ioaba named as the winners of the first Mire Tama competition on Thursday night. The pair rose to the top of their categories Heiarii as the 2011 Maine Tiare and Travel as the 2011 Tama Aito among a crowd of 12 […]

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Why make the conversion to vegetable oil?

It is a green drivers dream: run your car on recycled vegetable oil. Some enterprising people on Rarotonga have discovered that restaurants are willing to give away their used cooking oil for free. Disposing of it any other way can be a costly exercise. Its no dream diesel cars can run on vegetable oil, swapping […]

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Waste oil gold for green company

One mans waste is another mans gold, and at Matutu Brewery waste oil is king of the recycling world. The brewery has been using unwanted and free waste oil to heat its vats for four years now. And although the system was more expensive to install than a conventional burner would have been, the high […]

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Cook Islands elected as vice-chair

The Cook Islands has been elected as the vice-chair for the Asia and Pacific region at the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. The position of chair is held by Iran. This was a bit unexpected, said Louisa Karika of the Cook Islands delegation. Our chair was nominated however […]

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Plenty planned for young entrepreneurs: BTIB

Entrepreneurs younger than 15 years old will have plenty of opportunities to take part in business opportunities run by the Business Trade Investment Board, says chief executive Terry Rangi. In a statement delivered to Cook Islands News yesterday Rangi said BTIB agreed that age is no barrier for business but said Wednesday nights youth market […]

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Lost Tribe persisting with plea for portability

New Zealands government is taking its sweet time considering whether to allow superannuation portability, but time is the one thing expatriate New Zealanders living in Rarotonga do not have. Les Priest and his Lost Tribe colleagues have been lobbying New Zealands government for more than 18 years hoping to prompt a legislation change which allows […]

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Govt to announce more statutory appointments

Government is planning to make further announcements about statutory appointments in coming weeks. Prime Minister Henry Puna says there will be an announcement about the police commissioners position next week following cabinets Tuesday meeting. At present Maara Tetava is police commissioner. Puna also says public service commissioner Navy Epati will stay in the job until […]

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Pukapuka shelter ahead of schedule

Work on thE Pukapuka Cyclone Management Centre is progressing ahead of schedule with the walls, mezzanine floor, office, kitchen, toilets and showers and foundation of the building completed. Structural steel to hold the buildings side and roof are expected to be installed in the coming fortnight, the materials reaching Pukapuka from Rarotonga this week. All […]

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Mobile phones arrive in Pukapuka

Pukapuka is preparing for mobile phone service. The mobile phone service for Pukapuka is set to become a reality, Telecom Cook Islands sales and marketing manager Damien Beddoes said. A team of five Telecom technicians from Rarotonga flew to Pukapuka on Thursday last week to prepare the islands site and mast. By Saturday the team […]

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Tenders in for first of road upgrades

Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) has begun the evaluation process of all tenders received for the first stage of its $10 million road improvements project. About 2.7 kilometres of road from Pokoinu Road in Nikao to the Aquarius Pacific Motel in Panama will be the first stretch of tarmac to undergo upgrades as part […]

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Raui legislation in the pipeline

The government has begun drafting legislation that would give legal backing to raui restrictions posted at Rarotonga and Aitutaki. At the moment, the traditional restrictions do not have any legal backing and rely on the compliance and respect of a community to its leaders. Introducing laws to back up raui pronouncements would mean traditional leaders […]

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Research proposals delve into pressing issues

As part of a two-week programme at USP, over 40 Cook Islands postgraduate students are developing research proposals that delve into some of the countrys most pressing issues. Led by AUT professor Tania Kaai and with support from professor John Moorfield and Masters student Tania Smith the workshop commenced on October 8 and will run […]

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Landmark wharf building going

After 50 years of being a feature of the Avatiu harbour precinct, the domed Marine Resources building at the wharf is almost at the end of its slow demolition. The old Maritime Trading Centre, which was erected about 1960 and was originally used as a boat shed, has been torn down piece by piece over […]

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Fiji Day celebrated by community

The Fiji national day of independence was celebrated on Rarotonga by the Cook Islands Fiji Community on Saturday October 8 at Te Atukura grounds. The first day of independence for Fiji was October 10, 1970, and the day is normally celebrated on October 10, however the Cook Islands Fiji community celebrated the day on October […]

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Open day at clinic

Esther Honey is open from 8am to 5pm on weekdays but veterinary staff members are available 24 hours a day in the event of an emergency. Gregg Young urges people not to hesitate in ringing the clinic on 22336 if they have any queries. Today at Esther Honey there will be an open day. From […]

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Age no barrier for business

Age is not important when it comes to entrepreneurship, it is all about ambition, persistence and staying positive, says Cook Islands businessman Steve Anderson. Andersons comments come after 12-year-old, self-professed entrepreneur Teherenui Koteka contacted Cook Islands News to share her disappointment in not being able to take part in this weeks Youth Night Market. The […]

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Kopu ariki wants Tepuka back

The kopu ariki of Ngati Makea have filed an application with the high court in an effort to have land that was gifted by their ancestor Makea to the London Missionary Society (LMS) returned to them. The Tepuka section in Nikao, the family says, was given via vesting order to the LMS as a piece […]

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