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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.
Car park needs more use
The Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) is encouraging Saturday morning market-goers to use the additional car park behind the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) building in town. The car park has been open for the past two weeks, but last weekend it was under-utilised even as drivers double-parked their cars on the main road. […]
Committee turns down request
A request for close to $10,000 to purchase tools and equipment forwarded to the Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal committee by the country’s Aid Management division has been turned down. The ACA believes this cost should be covered by Aid Management with cyclone recovery funds received from NZAid and other international donors. “Millions in financial aid have […]
Water tanks for Aitutaki
The Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal committee (ACA) has received numerous requests from sporting organisations, private individuals and businesses for money to assist with recovery – but the committee has turned down these requests for hand-outs saying it’s sticking to its original policy. Chairman George Williamson says at the outset of the nationwide appeal it was decided […]
Peace quotes
“If there is to be peace in the world There must be peace in the nation If there is to be peace in the nations There must be peace in the cities If there is to be peace in the cities There must be peace between neighbours If there is to be peace between neighbours […]
George flip-flops on reform
Norman George has hit out at Lynnsay Francis and the Group for Political Change. “Lynssay Francis has been saying publicly that the majority of the people want change – that is bulldrops”, he said. “She has not spoken to the people – she has no standing in the community. All she does is push her […]
Phone 'scam' causes concern
Locals in the tourism industry are reporting concern that they could be the target of a phone scam. A concerned accommodation owner said they received two calls in two days from someone who sounded “Indian” asking for their credit card details so they could charge them US$199 to be listed on a rental accommodation website […]
Allsworth supports views on proposal
Director of Audit Paul Allsworth says he supports Finance Minister Wilkie Rasmussen’s view that the investment fund proposal put to Cabinet by the ‘Al Atas Group’ is probably a scam. He says he strongly supports government doing due diligence checks on individuals and their companies before they are allowed to meet with cabinet. Members of […]
Stop, go hazard
The problem of too many cars on the road has been a major talking point of late. Police maintain that they’re doing their best with the resources they have, controlling traffic in town for an hour in the mornings. On the Tupapa side of town, traffic is meant to flow in one direction – those […]
Cooks enters tax info agreement
The financial services industry welcomed the signing of a tax information agreement between the Cook Islands and France yesterday as a step towards further cementing its legitimacy. Minister of Finance Wilkie Rasmussen announced he was very pleased with the country’s 12th tax information exchange agreement – the benchmark set by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation […]
Nomination fee causes concern
Candidate-hopeful Mann Short is refusing to pay what he considers a prohibitive $500 nomination fee for the new run-off set to be held September 29. Yesterday Short was due to meet with Ngatangiia MP Sir Terepai Maoate’s committee to discuss the aspects of the run-off that he wants changed. The excessive nomination fee is seen […]
More peace
To celebrate International Peace Day, which falls on September 21 – next Tuesday – peace ambassadors from schools around the island have summarised their thoughts on what peace means to them and how best to encourage people to act peacefully. Peace ambassadors are chosen on the basis of their capacity to promote peace at school. […]
Arbitrator hired for PMG dispute
Pacific Mini Games Ltd’s Lawyer Tim Arnold has said that he has found someone to take charge of the dispute over the per diems money from the Pacific Mini Games (PMG). Arnold has recruited an arbitrator who will be able to make a final decision on who gets the money – which should prevent the […]
Garden for peace and pleasure
Volunteers have been working hard, in rain and shine, for the past couple of weeks to get Rarotonga’s Peace Garden ready for International Peace Day next Tuesday. They’ve installed a new sign, paved a new path and cleaned up the area, which Pan Pacific and Southeast Asian Women’s Association (PPSEAWA) member and peace activist Paddy […]
Arnold shares his future vision
Independent takes his message for change to people of Tupapa Political campaigner Tim Arnold hammered home his message at Tuesday night’s public meeting at the Aotearoa Centre. The lawyer turned reformer repeatedly stated his message: “No one in the tribe will be forgotten – no one will be left out”. The quote came from the […]
Tahitian miracle survivor Tavae dies
French Polynesian fisherman Tauaea ‘Tavae’ Raioaoa, who in 2002 washed up in Aitutaki after surviving five months drifting at sea, passed away last week at the age of 64 after a long battle with cancer. He was laid to rest in Faa’a with a ceremony attended by French Polynesia President Gaston Tong Sang, French Polynesia […]
Police say traffic feedback positive
Police say they have received a flood of positive feedback around their recent efforts to direct Rarotonga’s town traffic in the mornings. “People believe it’s made the flow a lot easier,” inspector John Hosking, who organised the traffic directing scheme, said. “Before that, it was just chaos.” Police undertook to direct traffic when it started […]
Matysik joins cousin Little's law firm
Charles Little PC, Barristers & Solicitors has changed its name to Little & Matysik PC, Cook Islands Lawyers, signalling lawyer Heinz Matysik’s decision to come aboard as a 50/50 partner in the firm. Matysik, Charles Little’s second cousin on the Strickland side, has been employed as a solicitor at the firm since June of last […]
Grants for social support schemes
ADB and Japan extend funds to vulnerable Pacific groups The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan are extending grants totalling $3 million for a cash-for-work scheme and other pilot social support programmes for vulnerable groups in the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and Tonga. The Social Protection of the Vulnerable in the Pacific […]
Celebrate the right to know
September 28 will mark the eighth International Right to Know Day, a day that was established by access to information advocates from around the globe. It was first celebrated on September 28, 2003, and its aim is to raise awareness of every individual’s right of access to government-held information, the right to know how elected […]
GPC expects good crowd
The second people’s forum for change is being held tonight at the Pukapuka hostel from 7pm. The Group for Political Change (GPC) have said that the meeting will be going ahead even in the face of the current fuel shortage. “We are confident that we will have a good crowd, and we have already invited […]
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