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.
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.
To get back into the ‘island swing’ – returning visitors for the Round Rarotonga Road Race gathered at Monday night’s weekly Hash House Harriers run. Runners were welcomed back by Hash Master Andy ‘Slacker’ Olah including long time RRRR competitors Gabrielle Robertson and John Calcott from New Zealand. Robertson has made the RRRR an annual […]
Serena Hunter, Hamish Weir, Rebecca Washbourn, Sue Baker and Fiona Pekepo are all running the Round Rarotonga Road Race for the same cause – Te Vearua Community Rehabilitation Service. “My sister asked me to put up a fundraising page for Te Vaerua so that is giving a purpose to the pain and will help me […]
Local nurse Mark Case is practising what he preaches and running his way to better health. Something he encourages local men to do. Case is the lead nurse at the weekly men’s health clinic where he encourages local men to have regular health checks and to take up exercise for a healthier lifestyle. And the […]
The 33rd annual Round Rarotonga Road race will be held this Saturday morning with one of the largest fields of international runners taking to the start line – 92 all up. This longstanding annual event is the centrepiece of Rarotonga’s ‘week of running’. The week of events will get underway on Thursday evening with the […]
Reigning champions not taking part – a chance for newcomers New faces and names are expected to take out this year’s 33rd Round Rarotonga Road Race with 2009 winners Colin Earwaker of New Zealand and local girl Kelly Pick not entered. This leaves the field wide open for any one of the 100-plus runners to […]
FUN RUN & REGISTRATIONS The first event of the week of running gets away at 5pm with a full briefing of the week’s programme held at Edgewater Resort, Umu Hut . The 5km Fun Run will start and end at the Umu Hut. Race packs and last minute registrations will be available immediately after the […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned the Pacific is facing an epidemic of lifestyle diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory disease, all of which are linked to common risk factors such as an unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use and alcohol abuse. More than 2.4 million people in the region […]
A recent visit from a group of experts from Auckland could help improve health according to the Ministry of Health. Three specialists in monitoring and evaluation from the Pacific Health team at the University of Auckland have recently left the island. They were helping the ministry find out if their work to improve public health […]
The Esther Honey Foundation has some cute and cuddly feline and canine friends for anyone looking for a new addition to the family. The animal clinic in Nikao has animals young, old, large and palm sized needing a loving home and affectionate family to belong to. Director of the animal clinic Gregg Young is also […]
Articles have appeared in three Australian newspapers praising the Cook Islands after four Australian journalists flew in on first direct Sydney-Rarotonga Air NZ flight in July. Their trip was sponsored by the tourism industry in an attempt to raise awareness of the Cook Islands. Newcastle, a city 160 km north of Sydney with a population […]
The Cook Islands Party plans to declare this Friday the policies it will pursue if elected to govern the nation. The release of the party’s electoral manifesto will coincide with the day parliament is dissolved by the Queen’s Representative. From this date onward the present government goes into caretaker mode until the final results of […]
Te Kura O Te Au says it will makes its official announcement of all it candidates for the General Election just after Parliament is dissolved. Parliament is due to be dissolved this week. Over the last few months the self-described political movement, has released its manifesto. “This is our Corner Stone Commitment and our point […]
Independent candidate hopes to get young people’s opinions Tupapa-Maraerenga Independent candidate Tim Arnold is hoping young Cook Islanders will share their views with him and other election candidates. Arnold says while he is standing for political upgrade he wants young voters to come along to the meeting he’s holding on Thursday and talk about issues […]
Kia Moana opens its doors this week. Agnes Armstrong and her husband Tony have been selling fresh fish out of the wooden fisherman’s market at the start of Punanga Nui market for the last 18 months. But the success of their business means that they can now expand and have moved into a bigger shop […]
Around the world, millions of people are today celebrating peace, not as a utopian and unattainable ideal, but as a real and achievable goal. Today is International Day of Peace, a holiday established by the United Nations in 1981 and observed by people in every corner of the globe. It’s a day to recognise the […]
“I te mea e te vai nei te AU i roto i teia nei ao Te vai katoa nei te Au i roto i te iti tangata I te mea e te vai nei te AU i roto i te iti tangata Te vai katoa nei te AU i roto i te taoni I te […]
Professor says island struck by small, nasty wave in April Professor James Goff, director of the Natural Hazards Research Laboratory and Australian Tsunami Research Centre, has been studying and chasing tsunamis all over the world for years – it’s fair to say he knows a tsunami when he sees one. Goff visited Mangaia this week […]
Demitra Tavioni-Neophitou has been representing the Cook Islands at the World Expo in Shanghai in the Miss Expo 2010 competition. She has won her heat and is now through to the finals, which was due to take place today. Fellow delegate to the expo, Elmond Numanga said: “Under the guidance of Kura Taruia-Enua, Demitra has […]
Debate on reform moved on from the first forum organised by the Group for Political Change (GPC) when the second forum was held last week. Talk went from reducing seat numbers at the first forum to a fairer and more cost-effective representation for all at last Wednesday’s meeting. Discussion at last week’s forum focused on […]
Agriculture secretary Anthony Brown says the issue of crop theft is one of food security. He says the ministry is aware of complaints that some people are now selling stolen produce. Brown didn’t address the question of what might be done about it other than to say perhaps security cameras could be installed. Upper Tupapa […]
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