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Cousins bring cool treats
Tiki Ice Cream Café, the new ice cream shop located near the airport in Nikao, is offering a refreshing addition to the area’s food scene.
Government partners with communities to improve safety shelters
Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) in collaboration with Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI), a division in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), has announced the commencement of the Rarotonga Safety Shelter Programme (RSSP).
Graham gets blunt 'come home' message
Manukau Mayor Len Brown has fired a broadside at Councillor Hugh Graham telling him to come back from the Cook Islands and finish his term on council. But Graham has fired back saying he was surprised and disappointed that Brown has taken this approach as he was aware and agreed to the absence. Graham said […]
Carr says Government should have left Toa alone
One of this country’s most senior public accountants says the Toa fiasco was yet another case of the Government getting involved in something it shouldn’t have. Mike Carr from KPMG said the case saw the Government getting involved in matters best left for the private sector, and leaving the financial mess to be funded by […]
Agriculture awards open
Nominations are being called for from the Cook Islands for people who have made an outstanding contribution in the agriculture and forestry sector. The Facilitating Agricultural Commodity Trade (FACT) project, which is implemented by the land resources division of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), will present awards to five outstanding Pacific persons. This […]
Are Pa Metua calls all senior citizens
Are Pa Metua numbers are dwindling, and board of trustees member Pauline Napa encourages senior citizens to come around to the centre in Nikao for socialising and a hot meal. From 9am to 3pm on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the centre opens to accommodate elderly people who gather to read, play cards, watch videos and […]
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 […]
Canine census on island dogs
Esther Honey Foundation (EHF) clinic director Gregg Young says volunteers are again out in the community conduction a census, counting the number of island dogs. EHF has de-sexed more than 5595 dogs since establishing the clinic in 1995 and the purpose of the census is to confirm that the percentage of Rarotonga dogs sterilised remains […]
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 […]
CIP demands election date
Henry Puna, leader of the opposition Cook Islands Party is demanding a date for the election so that the people can issue their own judgement on the party which oversaw one of the country’s biggest ever political scandals. In a statement yesterday Puna said the court decision in Toa Petroleum’s favour is a huge disappointment […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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