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Police testify in rape, burglary trial
Police officers who responded to the burglary and rape crime scenes of February 21 last year testified in a jury trial at the High Court in Rarotonga yesterday.
New tariffs cause a splash: Free water allocation for residents, businesses face higher costs
Residential users will receive 50,000 litres of water per month free under the final water tariff structure announced by To Tatou Vai and commencing October 1, 2024.
Nono field day looks at industry's future
Cook Islands Noni Marketing manager Teava Iro says today’s field day for nono growers will discuss the viability and future of the organic noni industry. He says the meeting is part of the company’s organic certification requirements. “We have to do a field day to educate or update them on what’s needed and what the […]
Storytelling course open
CI News reported in Saturday’s paper that a storytelling course at USP in early November was full, but USP director Rod Dixon confirmed on Monday that only 11 people have registered, and USP is still accepting registration to fill the remaining nine spots. The two-day course opens on November 5 and will be administerd by […]
Call to acknowledge British flag raising
Descendants of Makea Takau Ariki are hoping today’s (October 27) anniversary of the hoisting of the British flag in the Cook Islands will be publicly acknowledged in future years. On October 27, 1888, the British flag was hoisted in Rarotonga by Captain Edmund Bourke who arrived on the HMS Hyacinth to declare the Cook Islands […]
BTIB asks for feedback on foreign investment policy
How much foreign investment should the Cook Islands have? The Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) wants public feedback on what rules should be in place for foreign investment. The agency has called two public meetings – the first to be held today from 6.30-8pm at the Ngatangiia clubhouse in Muri. Tomorrow night BTIB will stage […]
Arorangi hosts colourful Nuku
A colourful and jubilant Nuku Gospel Day commemoration in Arorangi brightened what was a grey old day yesterday. The six CICC Ekalesia across Rarotonga gathered at the Raemaru Sports Park for the annual gospel pageant celebrating the arrival of Christianity to the Cook Islands. The day’s programme was prepared and hosted by the Arorangi CICC […]
Psychiatrist trains staff
Malaysian psychiatrist Dr Deva is giving frontline staff training on mental illness for the next three weeks. “There is no psychiatrist here, only a mental health nurse, so there is a lack of basic mental health services,” said Dr Deva. “It’s a small place but there are lots of problems.” The only mental health nurse […]
Big demand for chiropractor
Visiting chiropractor Dr Mac Rastkar saw and treated 60 people in just two-and-a-half days. There were another 50 people on the waiting list for an appointment. Rastkar had to stop adding to the list after two days as it could have grown to as many as 200 people. One man even flew in from Aitutaki […]
80% men with health problems
Men’s health coordinator Rangi Aitu says that 80 per cent of the men over 40 who have attended the men’s health clinic have had a health problem. The main problems they have picked up are obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. “These men have problems which need to be taken care of right now […]
Henderson takes on new roles
Acting Financial Secretary soon to take up ADB job in Manila Acting Financial Secretary Garth Henderson will take on a new role next year with the Asian Development Bank and hopes to bring back what he learns to help with the country’s development. Henderson, 47, is taking up a three year appointment with the ADB […]
Rutaki papa hits employee at supermarket
A 77-year-old Rutaki papa accidentally drove his vehicle into an employee at Wigmore’s Superstore in Vaiimaanga on Saturday morning. The papa told police that the early morning glare obstructed his vision and he didn’t see the employee as he pulled into the store. The employee suffered minor injuries and was taken to Rarotonga Hospital for […]
CIP hits back at Rasmussen
The Cook Islands Party says deputy leader of the Democratic Party Wilkie Rasmussen’s ‘rantings’ and statement that ‘CIP spin is pointless’ shows how out of touch he really is. “Every time there is a criticism directed at government, or should we say his style of leadership, he takes it upon himself to act as the […]
A man with a positive conviction
Cook Islands Party candidate for Tupapa-Maraerenga George Maggie Angene says he knows people still shudder at the thought of his previous negative lifestyle – something which he is reminded of everyday. “I take those reminders seriously because I take the view ‘if you commit the crime, you do the time!’,” he said. “I believe I […]
Philatelic request in
The application to open an onshore philatelic bureau was received by Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) last Friday. The deal has been delayed by a request to have time to attend other matters from the previous owners, Jim and Greta Little. But BTIB has now reported that the application for the US investors to […]
Two couples targeted
Two tourist couples were robbed this week. Both had locked their belongings in the seat of a hired motorbike, and returned after snorkelling to find that everything was gone. One couple was snorkelling at Muri and came back to discover that they had been robbed of $600, a black digital camera, two Dutch passports, an […]
New mental health policy
The Cook Islands’ first ever mental health policy is being drafted by the ministry of health. Dr Rangi Fariu, the director of community health services, said that something is being put together within the ministry at the moment. Next week he will be working with visiting psychiatrist Dr Deva to get the first draft completed […]
RSA pool comp today
The RSA in Nikao will today host the PULSE pairs pool competition open to any men’s and women’s pool pairs players. If you haven’t registered and paid of fee of $5, you can still do so before the tournament breaks into action at 2pm. Last week, the annual singles pool competition was run at the […]
Raffle, party postponed
The drawing of the Team Cook Islands raffle is running on Delhi time. The drawing of the raffle has been postponed for the second time and will now be drawn on Saturday October 30 – the same date for the team’s wrap up kaikai. The raffle was meant to be drawn the weekend before the […]
Songs and poems from Numeracy Week
By Tekura Ben of Grade 6 On the stem there was a branch a finest stem I ever did see. The branch was on stem and the stem was on the root and the green grass grew all around, around, around and the green grass grew all around On the branch there was a leaf […]
ENT specialist coming
Staff at Rarotonga Hospital are calling for anyone with a problem with their ears, nose or throat to book an appointment now. An ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist will be running a clinic at the hospital from November 15 -19. To get an appointment, you need to be referred to the clinic by Dr […]
CIP not in baby bonus bidding war
Cook Islands Party leader Henry Puna says their intention was never to start a bidding war over the party’s $1000 baby bonus pledge. He recently commented that if elected to govern, the party would up their baby bonus to $1500, if that was the wish of the people – a statement he now says was […]
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