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New tourism venture set to boost Atiu’s appeal
Cook Islands Tourism is reviewing an exciting new tourism experience that is set to launch in Atiu soon.
Cook Islands host visits by diplomatic envoys for Czech Republic, Portugal
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) welcomes to the Cook Islands diplomatic envoys from the Portuguese Republic, Ambassador António Albuquerque de Vilhena Moniz, and the Czech Republic, Ambassador Jana Tyrer.
Criticism accepted
Health secretary Tupou Faireka says he respects the right of critics to voice opinions against ministry policy. Faireka’s comments are in response to a report by Cook Islands News of complaints lodged with the Ombudsman office alleging discrimination and unlawful deprivation of medical treatment by health. This is in relation to health policy covering alcohol […]
Trade deficit grows
The country’s balance of trade deficit for the September 2010 quarter was $105.6 million – marking a $10.5 million deterioration since the June 2010 quarter and a $30.9 million deterioration as compared to September 2009. The Cook Islands Statistics Office bulletin for the September 2010 quarter puts the deterioration down to a continuous increase in […]
Gross turnover down from previous year
The Cook Islands Statistics Office quarterly bulletin for September 2010 shows that gross turnover during that period was $149.6 million for all industries – an increase of 12.7% compared to the June 2010 quarter and a decrease of 2.3% compared to the September 2009 quarter. The wholesale and retail trade industry declared a $55.8 million […]
Winning water and sanitation poems
In this week’s Kids Page we feature the top three poems from the recent water and sanitation competition for schools in Vaka Takitumu. A two-week competition by the European Union Muri Water and Sanitation Project in partnership with the Muri Environment Care group and Government included poetry, poster and essay contests with special emphasis on […]
Mangaia honours its student leaders
Mangaia School’s 27 new school leaders, including this year’s prefects, have been honoured at a special school assembly. The school’s 2011 primary prefects are Angela Whyte, Dawn Teio, and Metuavaine Atariki. Secondary prefects are Stephanie Piiti, Grace Matapo, Tequila Daniel, Arumetua Parima, Terrence Ngametua, and Stormmel Ruatoe. Stephanie Piiti has been chosen as head prefect. […]
Numero tai no te – mural revealed today
Those curious to see what is behind the black plastic hanging over part of the CITC supermarket can do so today, at the official unveiling of a new locally-themed mural. CITC food general manager Dan O’Brien says the photo mural has been 12 months in the making. “That wall was unsightly and boring so we […]
Lending books again
This week children at Araura primary school and college were once again able to borrow library books and take them home to read. Ministry of Education literacy adviser Kathy George has been in Aitutaki for the past two weeks setting up an automated library for the school. Helping her cataloguing, colour coding and entering on […]
High hopes and heartened: Tim Arnold
By Tim Arnold From a political reform perspective, it is very early days. Only with Henry Puna’s confirmation as Prime Minister, by Parliament last week, have we moved past the “provisional government” of the past 90 days or so. Early signs are encouraging. As Prime Minister, Henry Puna has dealt swiftly and decisively with the […]
Airfare increases push up CPI
An increase in the prices of overseas airfares meant that for between the June quarter of 2010 and the September quarter of 2010, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) number for transport jumped by 2.5%. The CPI number for the September quarter of last year was up by 0.6% over the previous quarter and had increased […]
Sexual health manuals highly rated
A series of training manuals on adolescent reproductive health was presented to the Ministry of Education by the Cook Islands Family Welfare Association (CIFWA) to distribute to schools across the Cook Islands. The manuals, which come in a set of 14 separate booklets, are the brainchild of CIFWA youth division member Matamaru Tereapii. The young […]
High-rise rescue training
Rarotonga and Aitutaki fire fighters are in the midst of a senior training programme, which yesterday saw a person rescued from a four-storey building at the international airport. Fire Service chief Nga Jessie says four fire fighters from Rarotonga and one from Aitutaki will complete the three-week training programme next week. Another five Rarotonga fire […]
Familiar faces back on staff
Cook Islands News welcomes back some familiar faces this month. Well-known local journalist Florence Syme-Buchanan joins the newsroom as senior journalist in what will be her third stint with the newspaper. Florence started here as a cadet reporter as a 16-year-old straight out of school, and then went on to study journalism at the Auckland […]
Maternity leave still a priority
Prime Minister Henry Puna said on Friday afternoon that government is still committed to its manifesto promise to introduce paid maternity leave for every working mother in the Cook Islands. “Sadly the current situation has been and is that only mothers working in the public service get paid maternity leave for six weeks and yet […]
Families get together to cope
Cook Islanders living in the hardest-hit areas of Christchurch are in contact with others nearby, and are receiving help from the New Zealand Army. Hornby resident Sharon Maea says those in the eastern suburbs of the city, close to where the earthquake was centred, are being dished out food and other essential supplies by soldiers. […]
Christchurch couple worry about home
Gavin and Ruia McDermott are having a harder time enjoying their Rarotonga honeymoon than most. The Christchurch couple will celebrate their first wedding anniversary on Saturday, but they can’t help worrying about friends and family struggling in earthquake-ravaged Canterbury. Both were in the city when the earthquake struck on Tuesday NZT – Ruia at their […]
'Too many chiefs, not enough indians'
A problem of too many chiefs and not enough indians has been resolved, thanks to two years of staff restructuring at the Ministry of Culture, says secretary Sonny Williams. Williams, who was secretary from 2000 to 2006, returned to the role in 2009 after a brief stint in the private sector. He says upon his […]
Fisheries protection squad trained
A new compliance unit has been established within the Ministry of Marine Resources to target breaches of regulation in conjunction with the police department’s Te Kukupa staff. MMR secretary Ben Ponia says the need for a specially-trained compliance unit within the ministry became apparent in June last year, during the process of forming a bonefish […]
MMR cautious about park trust
The Ministry of Marine Resources believes management and licensing of Cook Islands offshore fisheries is best left to a government statutory body, rather than a Marine Park Trust. “We would have to be careful about handing this responsibility over to a trust assuming it is a small board of people, what their qualifications are, and […]
Visitors up
Total visitor arrivals for the September 2010 quarter increased by 34.8% from the June 2010 quarter. During the September quarter, there were 33,514 visitors to the Cook Islands – more than the 31,319 tourists during the September 2009 quarter. Kiwis were the biggest nationality to the Cook Islands during the September 2010 quarter with 71% […]
'Political interference' in appointment
When the former Cook Islands Investment Corporation board hired John Tini to be chief executive of a government corporation with assets valued at $170 million, it failed to observe principles of good governance. Transparency was also lacking, states the recently tabled Audit report which reviews the selection and appointment of Tini in June 2007. It […]
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