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Aitutaki reigns supreme in boxing
Aitutaki emerged as the top performer in the Cook Islands Games 2024 boxing events, securing the highest number of medals and demonstrating their dominance across multiple categories before the final set of bouts held last night at the National Auditorium.
Minister Toki-Brown heads to Philippines for WHO meeting
Minister for Health Vainetutai Rose Toki-Brown is on her way to Philippines to chair the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for the Western Pacific meeting next week.
HeliRaro back with new chopper
HeliRaro will resume its operations next week after a month long wait for its new Robinson R44 chopper to arrive from New Zealand. The chopper was ‘landed’ at Avatiu Harbour by ship on Monday perched on a 40 foot flat rack. The chopper will be flown by new pilot Aaron Wafer as company co-owner Brian […]
Resell only option: Telecom
Telecom Cook Islands is open to others selling its products on its behalf but remains closed to licensing other operators. TCI chief executive officer Jules Maher says they have the authority to allow others to resell its products and services but not to grant licences to others to operate as separate telecommunications providers. He says […]
Harriers go green for St Pat
If things seem to have a green tinge today – it’s because it’s St Patricks Day. The local Hash House Harriers family held a special St Patricks Day run for their weekly meet on Monday with members wearing their best green outfits to the occasion. The hash trail through Arorangi on Monday was marked with […]
Better eyesight, one woman's vision
As a part of her third volunteer stint at Takitumu School, Global Volunteer Susan Koralik is – literally – helping local kids to look to the future. She came back for her second volunteer stint last year to find that a little girl she remembered, who she described as “bright and as sophisticated as you […]
Taxis and buses the answer
Public transport such as buses and taxis are a sure way to get home safe after a night out on the town “/> To cut down on drunk driving, buses, taxis and Dial-a-Driver are available as means of transport on Friday and Saturday nights. AAA Kia Orana Taxis, based at The Rarotongan Beach Resort and […]
Last day for public views on welfare payments
Destitute and infirm benefits, paid out to hundreds of people each year, are among the payments being reviewed under the social welfare system and the call for public submissions closes today. The review began last month when the ministry of internal affairs began asking for public views on the system and the payments made under […]
PM dumped by Demos
Prime minister Jim Marurai has been dumped from the Democratic Party but he’s not about to lose any sleep over it. “I’m fed up with them. I don’t care,” said Marurai yesterday. Demo Party president Makiuti Tongia wrote to Marurai last Wednesday to inform him that the party executive and central committee agreed his membership […]
Delayed texting explained
Telecom Cook Islands has had reports that some customers are experiencing delays receiving texts messages on their mobile phones. “We acknowledge that this is an ongoing problem and we want to explain what we are doing about it, and how customers can help,” TCI sales and marketing manager Mark Boyd said yesterday in a media […]
Manuia opens in NYC
Last night marked the beginning of a two-month-long art exhibit at the American Indian Community House in New York that will feature work by local artists Mahiriki Tangaroa, Mike Tavioni, Jerome Shedden and Kay George. The exhibition, titled Manuia, Stereotypical banality, cultural dimensionality & the key to contemporary pacific art is an effort to confront […]
Weekend crime
Police responded to a number of calls at the weekend but fortunately there were not as many motor vehicle crashes as the previous weekend. At 2.48 on Friday, Ngatangiia residents reported theft of a digital camera and a string guitar. They said the articles had been missing for ten days but that they hadn’t reported […]
First local HIV test counsellors certified
Four health workers received their certificates of competence in HIV test counselling on Friday. Last April they and four others currently in the outer islands took part in an intensive 10-day training course run by Pacific Counselling and Social Services and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. The Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and […]
Meitaki atupaka Pukapuka!
The small Pukapuka community on Rarotonga has given $5330 to the Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal (ACA) – a gesture that’s been described as a “tremendous effort” by the committee. Pukapuka community spokesman Makirere Poila says they know only too well the devastating effects of cyclones and wanted to give a significant amount to help. “This donation […]
Top Shape changes hands in 21st year
Top Shape Gym in Taputapuatea this week celebrated 21 years of keeping Cook Islanders in shape and introduced a new management team to carry on the health and fitness work started by the gym’s founders. Founders of the gym Mann and Sisi Short held a joint birthday and handover ceremony at the Staircase Restaurant and […]
Ministers at odds over aid options
Cabinet ministers are at odds in opinion over government accepting more Chinese aid. Last week infrastructure minister William ‘Smiley’ Heather took a proposal to ask China to fund the construction of 200 houses in Aitutaki to cabinet but it was quickly shot down by finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen and deputy prime minister Robert Wigmore. It’s […]
56 youth ambassadors represent Cooks
Empowering youth through sports in order to give back to the community is one of the aims of the first Pacific Youth and Sports Conference to be staged in Manukau, Auckland, next week. A group of 56 youth from the Cook Islands under the banner of Cook Islands Youth Ambassadors will be taking part in […]
2 recyclers solve waste problem
Local residents and businesses have stepped in to reinforce Rarotonga’s recycling programme with recycling services of their own. If you’re looking to dispose of toxic waste or bulky metal appliances, drop them at the Big Orange Shop in Matavera, and if you’ve got inoperative electronics, discard them at IT Technology on the back road at […]
Habitat offers to build 72 new homes
A proposal from Habitat For Humanity New Zealand to build 72 new homes in Aitutaki in partnership with Lockwood NZ has been put to government. Finance minister and recovery coordinator Wilkie Rasmussen says Habitat representatives made an offer to cabinet on Wednesday and the proposal will go back to the ministers next Tuesday for possible […]
11 composers in Te Mire Atu
Te Mire Atu 2010 composers competition night has been brought forward to Thursday March 25 instead of the original date of March 31. The date for the annual composers competition was originally changed due to most of the songwriters getting behind the Aitutaki cyclone relief effort. The new change is to allow for the competition’s […]
We must stop alcohol abuse
Dear Editor, The tragic “out-of-control drink driving” accident that caused the death of a young, gifted Cook Islander who had so much promise and potential for the future once again highlights our culture of alcohol abuse. Visit some homes on Rarotonga on any Sunday afternoon and you will see groups of Cook Islanders happily drinking […]
Police chief calls on community
Stopping drinking and driving is a shared responsibility Dear Editor, In regards to ‘Very concerned parents’ letter to the editor, I would like to take the opportunity to respond to the points raised. It both saddens and appalls me that our people continue to drink and drive and cause the deaths and maiming of themselves, […]
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