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Counterfeit $50 notes circulating in Rarotonga, warns local banks
Businesses and the public are being warned to remain vigilant after counterfeit notes have been found circulating in Rarotonga.
Parliament Select Committee recommends withdrawal of controversial Cryptocurrency Bill
The special select committee looking into the Tainted Cryptocurrency Recovery Bill 2023 has recommended that the controversial Bill be withdrawn from Parliament.
Trauma training for hospital staff
More than 20 frontline staff at Rarotonga Hospital have been trained how to manage seriously injured patients. Dr Mary Tuke, the hospital anaesthetist, is leading on the project to make sure that every patient who is injured is treated in the same systematic way. Last week’s workshop at the hospital was on Primary Trauma Care […]
Nikao Primary students get creative
Classroom doors flung open again this week as Cook Islands children returned to school refreshed after their two weeks holiday. At Nikao Primary School – grade two students have been writing about themselves and their friends plus mastering self portraits and drawings of their best friends. Meanwhile room 4 students have been learning all about […]
Amazing adventures CI style
British television producer Russ Malkin is giving Rarotonga a chapter in a travel book he’s in the process of writing. Malkin has been around the world and back – across the Panama Canal, through Eastern Russia, around Angkor Wat on a motorbike and into the Mayan caves. Malkin, whose name has become synonymous with ‘adventure’, […]
Sir Terepai accused of dodging
Ngatangiia MP Sir Terepai Maoate was put on the spot several times to answer questions relating to his alleged conflict of interest in the $30,000 soft loan received by his Aitutaki business during Parliament this week. On Thursday Sir Terepai was accused of evading a question when he first launched into accusing Opposition MP Norman […]
Was loan a 'reward' ?
Opposition MP Norman George has asked whether a $30,000 business support loan granted to “convicted thief” Junior Areai was a reward for being the Crown’s star witness in the corruption case brought against him. During Parliament on Thursday, George asked former finance minister and attorney general Sir Terepai Maoate if the loan granted to Areai […]
Women's health
The 11th Pacific women’s health conference in Noumea, New Caledonia, is planned for August 16-20. The conference, which happens every three years, brings together senior decision makers from all walks of life. According to a press release, the aim is to “develop strategies for accelerating progress towards achieving gender equality and full realisation of women’s […]
Election dates
The Electoral Office is already working on tentative dates for nominations and voting leading up to the November 17 general election. Prime Minister Jim Marurai has also announced that government has decided to dissolve parliament on September 24. According to tentative dates advance and postal voting could start as early as October 18. The main […]
ANZ regional CEO visits
The newly-appointed chief executive of southeast Pacific operations at ANZ was on the island this week to formally introduce himself to bank personnel. Shane Freeman will be taking over from incumbent southeast Pacific chief executive Gayle Stapleton, who accompanied him to Rarotonga earlier this week. Stapleton knows Rarotonga, as from 2003 to 2006, she served […]
Unity needed for Budget
Minister says national spirit needed to pave way forward National unity in the aftermath of Cyclone Pat was sparked by a ‘flame of inspiration’ that is also needed to pass the 2010-11 Budget says Finance Minister Wilkie Rasmussen. He has encouraged MPs to agree to a way forward once Parliament passes the $186.4 million budget. […]
Academic papers honour Crocombe
A number of academics presented their papers in honour of the late Professor Ron Crocombe at a festschrift yesterday. Professor Peter Larmour of Australian National University talked about Crocombe’s research into the problem of corruption throughout the Pacific. “Ron was a pioneer in the study of corruption in the region, and he paid increasing attention […]
Remembering a remarkable man
Once in a while remarkable people walk into our lives and they never leave – even when they die. Those were the words of Pacific author and academic Professor Albert Wendt talking at yesterday’s festschrift for Professor Ron Crocombe. Wendt first got to know Papa Ron, as he was fondly known, and his wife Marjorie […]
Clarke steps down as chairman
Trevor Clarke has stepped down as chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) board, a position he has held since it was established in 2003. During this time he has overseen significant change in the financial regulatory environment and was an influential figure in the establishment of the financial services industry in the Cook Islands […]
New Pacific media body formed
Cook Islands News managing editor John Woods has been elected an executive of a new Pacific media body. The Pacific Media Association (PacMA) was formed in Apia, Samoa, at a meeting of media representatives from around the Pacific region. In attendance were media operators from Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands and Hawai‘i. Representatives from Vanuatu, Fiji […]
New vehicles for police
Australian Federal Police have gifted two brand-new pick-up trucks to the Cook Islands police force. As part of the Pacific Police Development Programme, commissioners of police forces across the Pacific have the opportunity to request assistance when they need it. Police commissioner Maara Tetava noted that a vehicle shortage was impeding police officers’ abilities to […]
Graffiti raising its ugly head
The unsightly problem of graffiti has been on the increase in recent times. Though graffiti has been plaguing Rarotonga for years, people are starting to get fed up especially after some recent attacks. A tourist staying at a Tikioki accommodation reported to police last week that his rental car had been spray-painted with the word […]
H1N1 awareness remains high
The World Health Organisation (WHO) this week downgraded the H1N1 Influenza A (formerly swine flu) from a pandemic saying that the virus has run its course. However, here in the Cook Islands, the Ministry of Health will maintain its H1N1 awareness and prevention campaign. For the past six or so months, health nurses have been […]
Polynesian art book launched at meeting
The already-extensive collection of Polynesian art and culture books on sale at the Pacific Arts Association (PAA) symposium this week expanded on Tuesday. ‘Polynesia: The Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art’ went public yesterday at a mid-morning book launch. A thick, glossy hardcover, it details, illustrates and explains every Polynesian artefact in Honolulu-based couple Mark and […]
Staircase show a big hit
Following Janet Lilo’s exhibit at the Beachcomber Contemporary Art gallery on Tuesday night, Pacific Arts Association (PAA) symposium participants walked next door to Staircase, where the Pacific Sisters had organised a show. The show started rolling just after 9pm, and a number of artists and poets took the stage before guests seated at dinner tables […]
An inspired collection
On Monday night, The Art Studio in Arorangi was packed with people, who had come to see Samoan artist Nanette Lela’ulu’s collection of works inspired by her three-month residency on Rarotonga. Lela’ulu was Creative New Zealand’s artist-in-residence in 2006 and painted beautiful portraits of such recognised people as Joan Gragg, Shona Pitt, Paddy Walker and […]
BTIB chair defends loans
The Business Trade Investment Board did not consider business support loans granted to two politicians to be a conflict of interest, according to its chairman James Beer. Last week government tabled the Audit Office special review into the loans which alleged that former finance minister Sir Terepai Maoate and former associate minister Terepai Maoate Jnr […]
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