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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.

Public meeting backs run-off

Wednesday’s well attended meeting of Ngatangiia Democratic party supporters is indicative of the groundswell of discontent in the village over the May nomination process of sitting MP Sir Terepai Maoate as candidate. The three candidate hopefuls – Iaveta Short, Stephen Peyroux and Mann Short – who called the meeting to confirm dates and the process […]

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Petrol shortage resolved

Triad Pacific Petroleum’s retail fuel outlets should now have fuel after several were out of petrol earlier this week. The company was anxiously awaiting the arrival of new stock on the cargo ship Southern Express which arrived three days later than scheduled on Tuesday evening. Triad’s competitor Toa Petroleum even supplied some fuel to get […]

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RNZAF stops over

One of the Royal New Zealand Airforce’s two Boeing 757 aircraft made a brief stopover at Rarotonga Airport yesterday. The New Zealand High Commission told CI News the No.40 Squadron plane which landed shortly after 2pm was stopping over for just over an hour as it headed back to NZ from a ‘routine mission’ in […]

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Early paintings on display

The Cook Islands National Museum is hosting a painting exhibit that closes tomorrow. Curated by Mahiriki Tangaroa, ‘50 Years of Painting’ focuses on early modern painting in the Cook Islands and features the work of both visiting and local artists. The exhibit includes the work of Charlie McPhee, who visited Rarotonga in 1953 – his […]

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Schoolboys take on UK side

The Takuvaine Happy Valley will be the place to catch action packed schoolboy rugby when visiting UK team Epsom Schools take on a local under 16 and under 19 squad. Epsom Schools are no stranger to Rarotonga and were last on a rugby tour to the island in 2006. The visiting team provides another opportunity […]

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Rotary study tour a blast

Every year the Rotary Club of Rarotonga sponsors a local young person to represent the country at the Rota Pacific Study tour in New Zealand. This year 22-year-old Maru Mariri was fortunate enough to be chosen for the three week experience and she had a blast! To be eligible for the youth event you must […]

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Land ownership review

Conference addresses issue of absentee landowners At last week’s Festschrift for Professor Ron Crocombe, former secretary of culture Makiuti Tongia presented a paper he wrote together with Prof Crocombe and Tepoave Araitia that addresses some important issues around land ownership. The paper provides a brief history of land tenure laws in the Cook Islands and […]

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Political system 'seriously deficient'

Dr Jon Jonassen, Cook Islander and professor of political science at BYU in Hawaii, delivered a paper at last week’s Festschrift for Professor Ron Crocombe that’s particularly interesting in the months leading up to the elections. The paper explores problems plaguing the Cook Islands – both internally and externally generated problems – and suggests a […]

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Two at women's meet

Local women Ruth Pokura and Vaine Wichman are in New Caledonia this week attending the 11th Triennial Conference for Pacific Women on behalf of the Cook Islands. The meeting, a major forum held every three years will be hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) at its headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia from […]

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Check details on rolls

As general elections draw nearer, the electoral committee is asking members of the public to check that their personal details on the electoral rolls are accurate. The electoral rolls are available for public viewing at the Ministry of Justice, Statistics Office, Post Office and other stores around the island. It is compulsory to register on […]

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CI success in China

Cook Islands National Day was a success at the World Expo in Shanghai, despite 45 degree heat. Deputy Prime Minister Robert Wigmore and his delegation were met at the Expo Centre by China’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Niu Dun, for the raising of the Cook Islands flag and the singing of the Cook Islands National […]

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Run-off confusion reigns

Rows continue over the legitimacy of the candidate selection process Rows over candidate run-offs have led political commentators to point out that systems, parties and people are all responsible for failing to make the process fair and democratic. There have been disputes over Democratic Party candidates in Manihiki, Ngatangiia and Tupapa, while both Cook Islands […]

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Refs prepare for season

Cook Islands Football’s referee coordinator Lai Gukisuva, together with Development Officer Robert Savage, have been preparing our local referees for the Rarotonga football season. Training sessions have been conducted for the last three weeks to improve the performance of refereeing for the domestic competition. The numbers of referees have increased slightly to that of last […]

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Fitness focus for netballers

Rarotonga based national netballers Luciana Matenga, Curly George and Nana Manuela have been grinding it out alongside the national under 19 rugby team and their world class fitness trainer Keith Roberts. The local trio are gunning for a spot in the final national team which is due to be announced at the end of the […]

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CITC hands out prizes

CITC reiterated its ‘we care’ slogan on Monday when the company handed out some awesome prizes to winners of their recent promotions. At the Oasis 24 hour store in Nikao, grandfather Okirua Teokoitu clutched his little lucky charm one-year-old granddaughter Alicy Tiare Daniel as he received the family’s brand new Panasonic microwave. Teokoitu says that […]

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Tourism's NZ roadshow ends

Cook Islands Tourism’s (CIT) three-week ‘Focus’ Cook Islands trade roadshow in New Zealand has finished. The team who went to New Zealand saw around 400 agents in 13 locations. The roadshow was timed to coincide with Flight Centre events around the country so that attendees could put in an appearance at the Flight Centre events […]

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Earthquake alert

Police and meteorological services have reported an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 that hit just south of the Mariana Islands. (The Marianas are located south of Japan and north of Papua New Guinea. The southernmost island in the chain is Guam.) Though history reflects that an earthquake of this intensity at this spot will not generate […]

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Disabled education discussed

The Pacific’s premiere meet on gender equality is reporting that access to primary and secondary education has improved over the last 15 years, but disabled children are not making it to school and staying there. The reasons why, and what to do about it, are stepped out in a major Pacific review on the 11th […]

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Celebrating former Tereora teacher

Noelene Raffills of Auckland taught at Tereora for two years in the early 1970s, and swears that the experience utterly changed her life. “Rarotonga has a very special place in my heart,” she said. “I can’t believe it was only two years I was here and it impacted me so deeply.” She was back on […]

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Munro castigates NZ

A leading Aotearoa Maori personality, Piripi Munro, has castigated New Zealand for failing to congratulate the Cook Islands on its 45th anniversary of self-governance. Munro was the former equerry to the late Ariki Vaine Dame Te Atairangikaahu of New Zealand who was recognised as the ariki vaine nui (queen) of all Aotearoa Maori. He said […]

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