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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.

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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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 […]

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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 […]

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Rua stands down

Rakahanga’s Piho Rua is retiring from politics after six years as the northern group island’s independent MP. Rua has been in Auckland for several months for medical reasons and expects to return to Rarotonga before the November election, but says he is no longer interested in being an MP once his term expires. CI News […]

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Already on the campaign trail

Potential politicians are already campaigning for the November election and both major parties are working on confirming candidates for all 24 seats in parliament. The ruling Democratic Party has yet to announce candidates for Atutaki’s Arenikau-Nikaupara constituency and Pukapuka, and is in the process of confirming its Ngatangiia candidate. Meeting are due to take place […]

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BTIB database goes electronic

The Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) has built a new electronic database, which ensures quick access to information about every foreign investor in the Cook Islands. The database replaces a slower manual system, which required BTIB to retrieve files manually and one-by-one. Going electronic means that the board can isolate data or catalogue it into […]

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Police catch beach thieves

A special investigation team set up by police to combat the growing numbers of thefts from visitors has paid off as police have arrested two male youths who stole from tourists this week. Police report that there has been a spike in reported thefts of propertty from underneath the seats of motorcycles, from cars and […]

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Eyewitnesses tell story of fateful night

Eyewitnesses – including four Golden Oldies rugby players who were with teammate Duncan Barrowman on the night of his death at Tupapa last year – gave evidence in the Paul Williams trial yesterday. Prosecutors Kim Saunders and Catherine Evans and defence counsel Norman George spent the day trying to establish what happened that night in […]

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Aitutaki school relocates

Students of the Aitutaki Seventh Day Adventist School are thriving in their temporary classrooms at the former Amuri Primary School in the village of Amuri. The original school located in Vaipeka was completely destroyed by Cyclone Pat in February and since then the school’s 91 students ranging from the ages of 3 to 10 haven’t […]

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Minister overseas

Finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen left the country on an unannounced personal trip to Sydney on Sunday and is not due back until September 14. It is understood Rasmussen is visiting a sick relative before attending the Pacific Forum Technical Assistance Center (PFTAC) Pacific Islands Conference in Vanuatu on September 9-10. A Pacific Islands Financial Management […]

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PM with son

Prime Minister Jim Marurai is due to accompany his son Jason Marurai back to Rarotonga today from Auckland after heading there on Tuesday. Jason Marurai, 38, has been recovering from injuries that saw him sent to NZ for emergency medical treatment in mid-July after a motorbike crash in Tupapa. The PM briefly visited his son […]

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SPECIAL AITUTAKI CYCLONE RECOVERY REPORT: Reconstruction drags on

Recovery work will run into new cyclone season It is now highly unlikely that all the homes on Aitutaki will be rebuilt before the start of the next cyclone season. With just two months to go before the official start of cyclone season at the beginning of November, the latest progress report on rebuilding shows […]

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Fatty corned beef draws complaint

The high-fat content canned corned beef is one of the Pacific’s favourite foods but local woman Iva Eitiare says enough is enough. The television ad says a ‘party’s not a party’ without it, but the Maraerenga resident says she will not buy Palm Corned Beef again after opening two cans of ‘pure fat’. She says […]

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Building materials donated to Aitutaki

Mona Ioane made a quick trip to Aitutaki last week to deliver six containers of building materials which were donated by Cook Islanders in New Zealand. Ioane, the secretary of the Aitutaki community on Rarotonga, said he went over to present it to the island on behalf of the Aitutaki Enua Society in Auckland which […]

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