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.
Community Service is an important chapter in the book of India Lambeth’s life. Much of the world will take time out to celebrate International Literacy Day tomorrow. But India shares her passion for literacy on a weekly basis. Every Tuesday, the teen helps younger students with reading, vocabulary, and maths at The Reading Centre in […]
Coinciding with World Literacy Day is ‘Books for Cooks’, an initiative driven by CITC pharmacist Shannon Saunders’s mother Ann and her pupils at St. Cuthbert’s College in Auckland. ‘Books for Cooks’ is a project whereby St Cuthbert’s librarians and students are making an effort to donate useful, practical books to the Cook Islands. Ann, a […]
PPSEAWA (Pan-Pacific South East Asian Women’s Association) is doing its part to raise awareness of International Literacy Day scheduled for tomorrow. Several activities are planned in honour of the day, which recognises that reading and writing play key roles in personal and community development. The organisation will deliver Pepe Packs to the maternity ward at […]
This week is Maori Culture Week for students of Takitumu Primary School in Matavera. The students will be immersed in all things Maori and cultural from learning Maori speeches and cultural performances to visiting the museum and visiting various maraes. The students will have a pre-prepared programme every day and will be receiving some expert […]
A memorandum which alleges many Democratic Party supporters have been pressured into signing a petition supporting sitting MP Sir Terepai Maoate has been handed to the central executive committee by the group supporting Mann Short. Short won the recent candidate run-off in Ngatangiia. Short’s memo claims: “…we agree with the (CINews) report that members of […]
Punua Marsters has thrown his hat into the ring as an independent candidate on Aitutaki. The island builder said he has made the decision to stand for the Vaipae-Vaipeka-Tautu seat because he feels that if you are going to get change, you are going to have to make that happen from the inside. The seat […]
On its last visit to Rarotonga the vessel Forum Pacific recently answered a distress call 233kms west of Niue and found the upturned 17-metre catamaran Anna, with one American and one New Zealand crewman on board. Both sailors were rescued safely after an anxious wait of 14 hours, and the Forum Pacific continued her voyage […]
Rarotonga’s new Men’s Health Clinic opens its doors at Tupapa Outpatient Clinic tomorrow (Tuesday). The clinic will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4.30pm – 6.30pm – specially timed so men can drop in after work. It will be running for two months and will be staffed entirely by male receptionists, nurses and doctors […]
Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) is warning against mining in the Cook Islands whale sanctuary. “It is acknowledged by everyone looking into seabed mining that the technology to mine is at least 10 years away,” the environmental NGO said in a media release. “We believe mining technology that will avoid environmental impacts is much, much further […]
Police have found one of four motorbikes stolen at the weekend. One Kawasaki motorbike was stolen, stripped for parts and found abandoned in Arorangi. The owner of a red Yamaha Crypton motorbike discovered his bike was stolen from where he parked it at Michigan Motors after he finished work on Friday night. The description of […]
The Paul Williams trial continued in the High Court yesterday but was cut short because remaining crown witnesses will not be available to give evidence until Monday. Justice Hugh Williams and 12 jurors this week heard evidence from police, eyewitnesses and friends of Duncan Barrowman who were with him on the night of his death […]
Rarotonga residents and locals were checking on family and friends in Christchurch and keeping track of the news following the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit west of the city early yesterday morning. NZ declared a state of emergency in response to the disaster. The National Crisis Management Centre (NCMC) information was the earthquake was of […]
A stolen Apple Mac laptop computer was returned to Telecom Cook Islands this week in return for a $1000 cash reward. Telecom officials won’t comment about the safe return of the computer – it seems in not wanting to be associated with the advertised reward. The reward was offered for the laptop’s return on a […]
Recent police reports have sparked anxiety amongst parents of Tereora College students, a few of whom have in past weeks been caught smoking cannabis, verbally abusing teachers and circulating indecent photos. But principal Teaea Parima and the Parent Teacher Association assure the community that they are doing what they can to tighten disciplinary measures at […]
Celebrate your father tomorrow – it’s Father’s Day. If you’re looking to do something special for dad, a number of businesses and restaurants are putting on special Father’s Day functions and specials. Edgewater is offering an Asian barbecue buffet. Lunch includes honey-roasted spare ribs, wok-fried seafood and vegetables, grilled tuna steak, beef and chicken kebabs, […]
Dr Linda Crowl is taking care of the publishing arrangements for a book in honour of the late Papa Ron Crocombe, and is still taking submissions from those who worked with or knew Crocombe. The book is a festschrift, which is a German word that means ‘writing to celebrate’. It will incorporate the papers presented […]
The Rotaract Club of Rarotonga is donating dictionaries to every primary school in the Cook Islands. Rotaract ordered 50kg of dictionaries from New Zealand and at least two will be distributed to each primary school on Rarotonga as well as those on outer islands. CITC and its export agent in New Zealand, Samex, sponsored the […]
A gathering of Pacific women living in New Zealand will take place on Rarotonga in September. PACIFICA, the Pacific allied women’s council for inspired faith in ideals concerning all, will be holding its 32nd conference in Rarotonga. Twenty-seven members of the group will be staying in the Te Arau Au Mauke Hostel for the conference […]
Police report this week that burglaries in August of this year were down 50 per cent from August of last year. This August, police attended to 12 burglaries – seven of which were reported from Vaka Takitumu – whereas in August of 2009, police responded to 33 burglaries. “It appears that one year later the […]
Representatives from all 11 branches of Cook Islands Red Cross – five from the southern group and six from the north – are this week on Rarotonga learning how to take proper inventory of their emergency relief supply stocks. They’re attending a four-day logistics and management conference sponsored by Australia Red Cross and facilitated by […]
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