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Police seek public cooperation for festive security
Cook Islands Police are launching a community policing initiative with volunteer support from each vaka in Rarotonga to enhance safety and security during the festive season.
Families navigate inflation, businesses stock up for festive season
As Christmas approaches, local families and businesses in Rarotonga are feeling the seasonal buzz. While the island’s shops are busy preparing for the influx of shoppers, families are making sure they have everything needed for the festive season.
It's a week of special days
Reading, rehabilitation and recovery are this week’s buzzwords, as the world observes Literacy Day, Physiotherapy Day and Suicide Prevention Awareness Day. Local non-government organisations are working to generate support and awareness for the above causes. Tomorrow is World Physiotherapy Day, which honours physiotherapists and what they do to improve the health and well-being of people […]
'Maori week' at Takitumu
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 […]
Short v. Maoate row continues
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 […]
Marsters stands as independent
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 […]
Ship rescues yacht
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 […]
Men's clinic opens
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 […]
Warning against mining in whale sanctuary
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 […]
4 motorbikes stolen at weekend
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 […]
Earthquake watch
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 […]
Laptop recovered
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 […]
Tereora College confronts crime
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 […]
Saluting our dads on Father's Day
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, […]
Festschrift book in progress
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 gift of words
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 […]
Pacific women to meet
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 […]
Burglaries down on last year
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 […]
Fatal injuries described during trial
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 […]
Red Cross trains for disasters
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 […]
Anderson re-elected
Steve Anderson was re-elected for a third year as president of the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce at the business organisation’s AGM last Wednesday. The chamber says its AGM also endorsed its stance on political reform, confirming that it is not a political organisation and won’t comment on party politics or political reform. “However, the […]
Big plans for roads
Infrastructure minister William Heather says current roadworks around Rarotonga are part of government’s normal outputs and not a plot to sway voters at election time. However, with only a small budget for roadworks each year, Heather is keen to see a new US$10 million road and water project start soon. The funding would be provided […]
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