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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.
Trio examines island biodiversity
Three Master’s degree students from England recently returned from a five-week stint studying biodiversity in the outer islands. Two of them – Rachael Heptonstall and Hannah Stephenson – were on Atiu, staying with the Porio family in Mapumai. Kimberley Jennings, whose background is in biology, did her research on Aitutaki. All three tertiary students will […]
$40,000 raised at St Joseph's
By the start of the 2011 school year, new entrants at St Joseph’s Primary School will have a new preschool block to have fun learning in. The Catholic school held a gala day on Friday and raised $40,000 for the renovation of the preschool block. The gala day included loads of fun kids’ games and […]
Boy a big hit
The Aotearoa Society, Rarotonga recently held their premiere fundraiser of the top selling New Zealand movie Boy. It was a huge success with a sellout audience, 200 hangi plates sold and even Minties for the premiere ticket holders. The Empire Theatre also had a great weekend screening the movie and the foyer, decked out in […]
Drugs protected from tsunami
The new World Health Organisation (WHO) representative to the region, Dr Yang Pbaoing, has agreed to fund the moving of all pharmacy supplies to the hospital from the Public Health Clinic in Tupapa. The move will be going ahead in the coming months to protect all drugs from damage if the island is hit by […]
Corrections
In yesterday’s CI News an article about the cellular coverage in Mangaia said the trial cost $100,000. In fact the value of the equipment is just under $100,000 and the equipment was lent to Telecom Cook Islands on a trial. Meanwhile, in Saturday’s paper two captions, under the photos of Noorangi Mataiapo Moeroa Kaveao and […]
Paddlers head to Tahiti Aito
The islands’ top paddlers are pumped and ready to represent the country at the Tahiti Aito next Friday and Saturday. The Cook Islands Aito team of five paddlers – Emilene Taulu, Serena Hunter, Vaea Melvin, Fletcher Melvin and Reuben Dearlove, will line up against 600 of the worlds best paddlers in the prestigious oe vaka […]
Animals looking for good homes
The Esther Honey animal clinic in Nikao is looking for good homes for some of the animals they have been sheltering. They have a ginger cat by the name of Orlando who will be perfect for a family having trouble with rats – he’s a superb rat catcher! Kaching is an older cat looking for […]
Public urged to help fight crime
Police are cracking down on speeding motorists and are asking the public to help them fight this crime by reporting incidents to the headquarters in Avarua or to vaka constables. The people of Arorangi have for a long time had to put up with their main road being used as a speedway track by careless […]
CIP Tumu invites potential candidates
The coming general election will be a test whether the two main political parties – the Democratic Party and the CIP – are able to hold the confidence of their supporters. The emerging Cook Islands Party Tumu issued its first press release yesterday, saying the time is ripe for a third major party after having […]
Mangaia craftspeople enjoy boom
Craftspeople in Mangaia upped the ante this past weekend to cater to the hundreds of tourists that travelled there for the eclipse. Local jewellery and local crafts were wildly popular with the eclipse-chasers, who cleaned out market stalls and local shops that most of the time don’t get such great numbers of tourists. Lyn Martin, […]
H1N1 swine flu vaccinations continuing
Public Health is continuing to vaccinate the population against swine flu. The Secretary of Health Tupou Faireka said that by vaccinating health care staff and school children, 10 per cent of the population has already been protected against Swine Flu. Yesterday a group of four health professionals, one IT technician and one admin person left […]
Solicitor general criticised
Solicitor general Tingika Elikana played a “pivotal and controversial” role in the Toagate scandal according to the recently released Audit report on Government’s attempts to nationalise the fuel industry. Although the report states that Elikana played a “limited” role in the overall fuel strategy, he was responsible for reviewing the heads of agreement document, which […]
Watch your valuables, police urge
The compartment under a motorbike seat is not a safe to store your valuables. One couple learnt this lesson the hard way at the weekend when they returned from a stroll along Ngatangiia beach to find their blue Ipod, silver wristwatch and red shoulder bag stolen from their motorbike storage compartment. Police are urging both […]
Telecom boosts cell service
The weekend influx of more than 400 tourists to Mangaia was the impetus for Telecom to provide the island with temporary cellphone coverage. Telecom sent a crew to install cell towers on Thursday last week, and by Friday night they had successfully set up towers at the airport and in Oneroa village. TCI Information Systems […]
Avarua school gala raises $30,000
Avarua School’s food festival and gala was a huge success last Friday July 9, according to principal Gelling Jack. They had aimed to make around $20,000 but the quantities of food donated and consumed by parents and the local community left Jack confident that the amount raised would exceed $30,000. The umu goat was ready […]
A little help from our Tahiti friends
Air Raro will be busy this weekend shuttling hundreds of international eclipse watchers to Mangaia, while its own Saab 340 is still in New Zealand undergoing a major overhaul. To ensure that all goes smoothly, the airline chartered an ATR42-500 from neighbouring Air Tahiti to assist with inter-island passenger traffic over the coming week. The […]
Poetry helps boys speak
Students on the Te Rakei Toa programme were the stars of the show at the auditorium on Thursday night. Each of the 11-14 year old boys on the programme learned, understood, and recited a poem in English or Maori. They were then filmed reciting their poem for the DVD ‘Voices along the Wayside’, copies of […]
Pa Ariki Palace planned
Plans to build an official residence for Takitumu paramount chief Pa Ariki have been revived, but no details are available at this stage how the project will be financed. Some of Pa Ariki’s sub-chiefs met yesterday morning on the two-acre section off the main road in Turangi that has long been designated as the site […]
Cheap Aussie holidays
A cheap Australian holiday package has been launched for Cook Islands residents. In an effort to ensure the success of the new direct Sydney flight, Island Hopper has packaged a deal for those who want to visit Australia. The tour operator approached Air New Zealand and was able to secure a “reasonably attractive airfare”. Retail […]
Audit report reveals 'clear financial mismanagement'
The newly-released Toagate audit report points to serious financial mismanagement on government’s part and reveals that key decision makers did not cost the proposed nationalisation strategy properly. Government attempted to nationalise the fuel industry in order to mitigate and control rising fuel costs, but the plan ended as an “enormously expensive failure with no benefit […]
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