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National
Ribbons of Hope Ball Moves to Tamarind House
Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation is delighted to announce that the Ribbons of Hope: Early Detection Ball will now be held at the picturesque Tamarind House on Saturday, November 30.
Nukutere College celebrates achievements
Nukutere College held its highly anticipated annual prizegiving ceremony yesterday celebrating the academic, cultural, and sporting achievements of its students.
Landowners, do the right thing
“The certifiable idiocy of the players to the $10 million disaster aside, the landowners of the Toa fuel farm have our future in their hands,” a smoke signaller writes.” The lease expires in just under two years and there are grounds to cancel it now – indeed the landowners have filed a notice to that […]
Porter responds to Toa judgement
Apex director says situation arose from ‘vigorous’ negotiation Apex director Brett Porter issued a statement yesterday clarifying that the Toa debacle stemmed not from “corruption or improper behaviour” but from a business transaction that involved careful and “vigorous” negotiation. Porter says he was waiting for Justice Weston to deliver a judgement before coming forward with […]
No Iehova te enua e tona ki katoa
Kia Orana tatou katoatoa i te aroa Poria/atupaka o te Atua Inangaro au i te tataraara ki te iti tangata o te Basileia no te akapouanga moni i runga i te tauturu matou tei piritia ke Manuae Enua. Ka akameitaki uatu rai matou i te Atua Ngateitei no tona Aroa, takingameitaki tei akakou ia matou […]
Aitutaki hosts oe vaka
Lagoon sees exciting business house regatta paddling action The beautiful Aitutaki lagoon was again the venue for another exciting Business House Oe Vaka Regatta this past weekend. The first regatta was held at Akitua Island on Anzac weekend and this was part of a series of three regattas leading up to the Queen’s Birthday weekend […]
More support for mental health
The extension of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre,Te Kainga O Pa Taunga, means a big increase in support on offer for people with mental health problems. The new room was built in just three months and means that the centre can expand the stress management programme, as well as launch a psychosocial rehab service […]
Rubbish dumping angers Papa Tekeu
Pue resident Tekeu Framhein is livid that people continue to dump their household rubbish on his family’s vacant land. Papa Tekeu, who lives next to the department of internal affairs at the start of Pue, was disgusted to find someone had dumped rubbish on his aunt’s land. And this is not the first time this […]
Cabinet continues to blame Maoate
Finger firmly pointed at Sir Terepai by Cook Islands Government Cabinet is continuing to point the finger at Sir Terepai Maoate in the Toa case, which after Weston’s judgement has become a disastrous liability for the taxpayers of this country. Attorney General Wilkie Rasmussen, who appeared on behalf of the government of the Cook Islands […]
Sir Terepai calls for PM to resign
Democratic Party Leader Sir Tarepai Maoate now joins the clamour of voices calling for the Prime Minister’s resignation and speaks candidly about how he believes he has been treated by the current cabinet. He was fired from the post of Minister of Finance by Jim Marurai last December following public outcry over the Toa scandal. […]
Morris apologises for rescue mission
Amid suggestions that the boat the Gypsy Trader was not fit for sea travel and prompted an unnecessary and expensive search and rescue mission, Pastor Alfred Morris has issued an apology to the people of the Cook Islands for any inconvenience that he and his crew might have caused. Crew member Morris also thanked police, […]
Ruling binds government to Toa settlement
Chief Justice Tom Weston delivered a judgement to the Cook Islands high court yesterday declaring Apex Agencies Limited the victor in a case that has become a major embarrassment for government. The ruling binds government to a settlement it made with Toa last December, which has the potential to suck $10 million from public coffers. […]
Girl Guides meet in Raro
This week the Cook Islands is hosting the Girl Guides Pacific Strategy Meeting. Running from today until Saturday, this is the second meeting of its kind with the first held in Brisbane last year. The meeting will involve 40 Pacific island representatives, 26 of who will be flying in from five Pacific island nations. The […]
USP Award honorary doctorate to Marjorie Crocombe
The University of the South Pacific Council at its 70th meeting in Honiara earlier this month has awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) to the Cook Islands’ Marjorie Tuainekore Crocombe. She has received numerous awards for long-standing and outstanding service to the communities in the Pacific, particularly the Cook Islands, and to […]
Parade honours former police chief
Police conducted a ceremony yesterday for William Prentice, a former Cook Islands chief of police who is on the island for a holiday. Prentice served as the commissioner of the Cook Islands police force in the 1960s, and has returned for a break with his family. Commissioner Maara Tetava welcomed Prentice ‘home’ in an opening […]
Candlelight ceremony honours AIDS victims
The theme for this year’s ceremony was Many Lights for Human Rights. The ceremony was held in over 100 countries this year including Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati and the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands candlelight was sponsored by Red Cross and the HIV, STI and TB Committee and held at the PIAF (Pacific Islands AIDS […]
Manuae rescue mission 'not cheap'
Royal New Zealand Air Force squadron leader Kavae Tamariki says that it’s “frustrating” for his team when they are called to rescue people who endanger themselves by failing to observe safety regulations. “We do not make judgement calls on SAR (Search & Rescue missions), however it can be frustrating when the individuals being rescued do […]
Urgent need for Aust promoter
Sydney-based Wayne Borland is being employed for just three months as a consultant in the role of director of strategic development. Cook Islands Tourism identified an urgent need to employ someone on the ground in Sydney to oversee the launch of the Sydney-Rarotonga direct service. A press release from Cook Islands Tourism states that Borland […]
Health meeting on
Pacific Islands’ ministers of health are currently in Geneva for the first planning meeting of the Healthy Islands Forum. Organised by the World Health Organization (WHO), the meeting is taking place before WHO’s World Health Assembly and will involve all the Pacific Island Health Ministers and senior officials. The Healthy Islands Forum planning meeting will […]
No crashes or burglaries
A weekend free of motor vehicle crashes and burglaries was welcomed by police. Police also made special mention of rugby league grand finals spectators who were well behaved. However, four people were caught in contempt of court for breaching their curfew, which was imposed as a condition of bail. Two curfew violators were caught when […]
Red Cross details Aitutaki costs
The Cook Islands Red Cross recently issued a budget summary detailing the funds collected for and spent on Aitutaki in the wake of Cyclone Pat, the storm that devastated the island in early February. The majority of funding was allocated toward the purchase of relief supplies – among them, tarpaulins, ropes, building materials, shelter tool […]
Vaka voyagers at anchor in Papeete
The vaka voyaging fleet of Hine Moana (Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu crew), Uto Ni Yalo (Fiji), Te Matau a Maui (Aotearoa), Faafaite (Tahiti) and the Cook Islands vaka Marumaru are currently anchored in Papeete after a short journey from Moorea. The vaka crews are expected to sail to Raiatea on May 19 where the fleet […]
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