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Rarotonga crime stats challenged

Cook Islands Police data shows no increasing crime trend, but the Opposition leader and a road safety advocate argue understaffing and passive policing conceal actual crime and safety issues in Rarotonga.

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Australian High Commission accepting applications for community grants

The Australian High Commission has announced the opening of the Australia – Cook Islands Community Grants Program.

Sir Terepai launches campaign

Independent candidate for Ngatangiia, Sir Terepai Maoate, will officially launch his campaign this evening which calls for voters to ‘act now, for tomorrow’. The former leader of the Democratic Party is focusing his campaign on both community and national commitments. Sir Terepai has been the electorate’s MP for 27 years and is pledging to follow […]

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Investment hope for Treddlecat

Rarotonga inventor and boat designer Ken Kingsbury is hoping his fourth and fastest Treddlecat will attract investment needed to establish a manufacturing facility on the island. Kingsbury – who had his pedal-driven Treddlecat boats provisionally patented in New Zealand – said his latest creation was an improvement on those already in use at Muri. The […]

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YWAM camp takes off

Yesterday was the last day for the Youth with a Mission’s (YWAM) space themed camp. Though the ‘truth seekers and the search of Outer Space’ camp only ran for three days the camp was a success with 25-27 kids participating. They clearly made the most of it with smiles plastered from ear to ear. Held […]

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Health, zumba at NWC conference

Issues relating to women’s health were discussed during yesterday’s session of the seventh National Women’s Conference being held at Sinai Hall in Rarotonga this week. Following a zumba fitness class in the morning, conference attendees sat down to talk about the different health issues experienced by women of all ages, and whether they were being […]

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Island night

Te Korero Maori dance troupe is hosting an island night fundraiser on Saturday, October 23 at the Golf Club. Tickets are $40 each, the price of which includes a buffet meal and a dance performance by Te Korero Maori with a live band. Andre Tapena will be performing with guest artists Uirangi Bishop, Mere Darling, […]

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Faithful flock to listen

Hundreds of Cook Islands church-goers made the most of an international perspective this week, attending up to eight sessions with Auckland-based pastors Paul and Maree de Jong during the Assemblies of God conference in Takuvaine. The LIFE church founders and senior pastors were invited to speak at this year’s conference, for what was their first […]

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PSC wades in over hospital job

The Public Service Commissioner’s (PSC) office has stepped in to the debate over the rewriting of the Head of Hospital Services role. The contract held by the current Head of Hospital Services runs out in December, and the job description for the post has been rewritten by secretary of health Tupou Faireka. The new job […]

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Rumours are 'campaign fever'

CIP Atiu MP Nandi Glassie says ‘election campaign fever’ may have started the rumours that he is planning to defect from the party. He has flatly denied rumour that he is planning to ditch the party by withdrawing and changing his nomination before the close of candidate registrations on Friday. Glassie says there have been […]

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Matheson's new ambassador

New Zealand’s next Ambassador to Italy will be career diplomat and Cook Islander Dr Trevor Matheson. Dr Matheson is the son of Margaret Mamatua Vahua Matheson of Inave, Arorangi – who is set to celebrate her 80th birthday on October 28 – and the younger brother of former Secretary of Education, Ken Matheson. Dr Matheson […]

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First stamps arrive

This year’s first new stamps have arrived on Rarotonga and were being cleared by customs yesterday. The stamps are being supplied for free to the Post Office by the new owners of the US company that has been given the rights to print and sell Cook Islands stamps – Philatelic Collectors Inc. Jules Maher, chief […]

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Learn from Rarotonga

Manihiki womens council president Mama Faiterau Makira believes young women from outer islands can learn a lot from those in Rarotonga. The northern group island community leader is taking part in this week’s seventh National Women’s Conference being held at Sinai Hall. She travelled to Rarotonga with two other Manihiki women, partly to expose them […]

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Take more leadership roles

Cook Islands women need to continue involving themselves in leadership roles throughout society, a delegation of community representatives was told yesterday. Women, and men, from across the Cook Islands have gathered in Rarotonga for the seventh National Women’s Conference being held at Sinai Hall this week. Cook Islands National Council of Women acting president Frances […]

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Excessive noise continues

Police received three excessive noise complaints at the weekend, and two people were caught driving under the influence of alcohol. A driver crashed into a hedge in Nikao, and witnesses suspect that he was also under the influence, but police say he fled the scene. Another driver hit a stray dog and fell off her […]

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Heart of Tupapa to reopen

After months of hard work and thousands of dollars, Tupapa-Maraerenga is ready to celebrate its newly-refurbished Tupapa Nui-o-Au meeting house. Tomorrow marks the grand re-opening of the village meeting house that has been under construction since February of this year. The 100-year-old building has been refurbished and renovated – it now features new tile floors, […]

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Booklet of broken promises

The Group for Political Change’s (GPC) next move is to publish a booklet which will detail the promises on reform made and then broken by MPs, and what the MPs said in response to the findings of the Commission of Political Review. The 1998 report ‘Reforming the Political System of the Cook Islands’ was commissioned […]

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CIP goes online

The Cook Islands Party’s new website will be online this week featuring its full manifesto and a range of interactive sections. CIP media coordinator William Numanga says they wanted to create an online community that will promote the party and its policies to Cook Islanders here and abroad. “It’s not just to promote information, but […]

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Women's record set

In the Western League of the Edgewater Women’s competition Telecom High Performance player and Arorangi 1 captain Diana Tamaiva was putting on a show for spectators as she smashed a record high score (77 runs) – ably assisted by teammate Margret Dean (45 not out). Leanne Brown was also in good form for Arorangi as […]

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Pre-election report

The Ministry of Finance released the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal Update report which it was required to make public yesterday. The document provides the general public with information on the state of the economy and government’s financial position. The report should now be available on the MFEM website (www.mfem.gov.ck) and hard copies were being printed […]

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Scouts prepare for jamboree

Cook Islands boy scouts honed their skills at a two-day training camp in Avarua during the weekend, in preparation for the 19th New Zealand scout jamboree in December. 12 scouts aged between 11 and 15 years took part in the camp at St Joseph’s School, where they practiced pitching tents, marching, cooking, and tying knots. […]

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TAU grant for sirens

Tsunami warning sirens are set to be installed throughout the Cook Islands in coming months, following a $200,000 grant from state-owned power company Te Aponga Uira O Tumutevarovaro to Emergency Management Cook Islands yesterday. The grant was a suggestion made to Te Aponga by government last year, after the tsunami which affected parts of Western […]

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