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Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
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Everyone is a winner, says Culture
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Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
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National
Read, read, read
To be a writer, you need to read, read, read, says children’s book author Karen McMillan, who recently wrote Elastic Island Adventures: Rarotonga.
RMD ‘system error’ annoys taxpayer
A businessman in Rarotonga is annoyed with the Cook Islands tax department for a taxation blunder they’re calling a ‘system error’.
Still time for eye test
The annual eye clinic, currently in the country, gives Cook Islanders eye care which optometrist John Veale says is as good as anywhere in the world. The team are here for another week and offer prescriptions for glasses as well as surgery for cataracts and laser treatment for eye disease caused by diabetes. Veale said […]
Young stands to inspire youth
Grant Young is planning to stand as an independent candidate in Titikaveka in this year’s general elections. Young will face off against Deputy Prime Minister Robert Wigmore and CIP candidate ex-police superintendant Taivero Isamaela. Young said that people like Robert Wigmore and Sir Terepai Maoate never go to the people and ask what they want. […]
Mataiti praises Te Vaerua's rehabilitation service
Up until three years ago I was very fit, walked across the island on a regular basis and taught young people how to survive in the outdoors. I worked as a senior instructor for the Cook Islands Outdoor Challenge, formerly known as the Cook Islands Outward Bound. I was also a member for the Search […]
Sneak peek
Representatives of the tourism industry will get a sneak peek at the new Te Vara Nui Cultural Village this weekend. Tomorrow, over 150 people employed by the local tourism industry will take the village’s inaugural tour, followed by an umukai and a performance by dancers on a stage in the centre of a lake inlaid […]
ANZ launches new home loan package deal
A new home loan package has been launched by ANZ bank. “Making your home with ANZ hasn’t been easier or cheaper,” says David Dennis, chief executive of ANZ Cook Islands. “We are slashing our rates and covering some of the initial costs required for a new home buyer, someone refinancing their home loan or renovating […]
Political study of Raro
A fifth-year Masters student at the University of Otago, Luke MacLean-McMahon, is studying political campaigning trends in small countries. MacLean-McMahon will spend a month conducting research here on Rarotonga and arrives on June 22. He is interested in whether small countries like the Cook Islands are following political campaigning trends set by the United States […]
CI message given on mercury poisoning
Cook Islands environmentalist Imogen Ingram is currently at negotiations in Stockholm for a global treaty to restrict or eliminate mercury in order to protect human health and the environment. Ingram, from the Island Sustainability Alliance CI Inc, is there with government representatives from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu. She reports international agreement was reached […]
Countdown to Te Aito
The countdown is on for Te Aito, the inaugural long-distance rudderless canoe race that will determine which local paddlers are eligible to compete at Aito Tahiti in July. Sponsored by Air Raro and Raro Fried Chicken, the race is touted to become an annual event. Te Aito Tama for junior paddlers, sponsored by Pacific Resort, […]
Cross-country enjoys muddy run
The third race of the cross-country series got underway on time with seven males, four females and that dog ‘Rusty’ last Thursday. It had rained during the week, so we finally got at least one muddy patch to dirty those dusty shoes and those Persil white fours. After a reconnaissance first lap, the speedsters lifted […]
Careers Expo shows kids options
The 2010 Careers Expo will be held on Thursday, July 22 for Rarotonga and southern group islands school students. The expo aims to expand students understanding of the huge variety of careers available when they leave school. The expo not only showcases the different careers in both the private and public sectors, it also provides […]
Te Vaerua seeks support to help them assist others
Te Vaerua Community Rehabilitation Service is here to ‘help individuals to help themselves’ to regain their independence, or improve their quality of lives by assisting them to regain their skills towards participating in everyday activities again that includes work, leisure, community involvement. Currently people would generally need to go to New Zealand to obtain rehabilitation […]
Waring apologises for NZ's stance
New Zealand academic Marylin Waring has apologised publicly for New Zealand’s refusal to sign up to a global convention on the basic rights of domestic workers which could improve the situation of many Cook Islands women in NZ. She stated that around 20,000 home-based care workers live in NZ and the overwhelming majority of these […]
Turepu selected for Matavera
The Cook Islands Party (CIP) has selected Kiriau Turepu as their candidate to contest elections in Matavera from two nominees. More than 350 financial members of the CIP turned out to cast their votes to determine the candidate. Turepu won with 218 votes to Vaitoti Tupa’s 132. Both candidates had signed declarations that whoever won […]
Forum to discuss women in politics
Today and tomorrow a fourm is being held at Crown Beach Resort aimed at finding out how to involve women in political decision making, and how more women can be encouraged to go into politics. Representatives from politics, the religious advisory council, the youth council and many other areas of business and government have been […]
Volunteers help renovate Vaimaanga hall
The Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in Vaimaanga has been undergoing a major make-over this week. Forty-nine Jehovah’s Witnesses from all over New Zealand flew in last week to volunteer their time to renovate and refurbish the hall alongside members of the local congregation. In six days, a team of 60 people replaced the building’s roof, […]
Funds raised for Aitutaki golf
The Rarotonga Golf Club and sister club Aitutaki Golf Club held a joint fundraising effort three weeks ago in aid of the Aitutaki Golf Club house infrastructure which was badly damaged after Cyclone Pat in February. The fundraising effort managed to raise $6800 with a shortfall of $3200 to their expected target of $10,000, however, […]
Air NZ gives track first class upgrade
A team from Air New Zealand’s Green Team are working in Rarotonga for the first time. Twenty-five volunteers are spending five days working to make the cross-island track safer for walkers and to protect the biodiversity along the route. The team are working to cut back overgrown parts of the track, get rid of dangers […]
Walking for a cause on Mauke
Queen’s Birthday morning was cool, overcast and still. Just perfect for Mauke’s Seventh Day Adventist Walkathon. The morning began at 6am with a prayer at the SDA church in Kimiangatau, followed by a small band of keen walkers heading off in a clockwise direction taking the coastal road, approximately 18km around Mauke. Three hours later […]
Vincent Ingram as I remember him
Lively, cheeky, snappy, wicked with a school boy sense of mischievous fun. He was a very bright scholar and classy lawyer. He prepared for his cases with laborious thoroughness. He paid attention to detail and would spend hours getting to the finer points of the law. On the political side of things, he was fun […]
Police crackdown on traffic offences
Police issued 152 minor offence notices to motorists in May. Failure to pay a fine at the police headquarters for an offence citation will result in the recipient appearing in court. Eighty-three vehicles have been found to have expired warrants of fitness and 28 vehicles were still without annual license vehicle registration. Nineteen drivers have […]
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