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National
Select committee to table interim report on Constitutional Amendment Bills
The Constitutional Review Special Select Committee will table its Interim Report on its consultation work on the three Constitutional Amendment Bills already completed in Rarotonga (Te-Au-O-Tonga, Puaikura and Takitumu), Aitutaki, Mangaia and Nga-Pu-Toru.
Report on Crypto Bill not Parliament ready: Ama
The chair of the select committee consulting about the Tainted Cryptocurrency Recovery Bill 2023 has revealed that the final report is on hold and needs to be reviewed again.
PM to release legal opinion
Prime minister Jim Marurai says he will soon release the six-page legal opinion received from NZ constitutional lawyer Dr Alex Frame that will prove that his cabinet is abiding by the Constitution. The legal opinion was prompted by the now rejected petition by 19 MPs to the Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin to call parliament […]
Cyclone story was mistaken
Last week’s report on a cyclone in the Cook Islands was wrong, the Fiji Meteorological Service confirms. Director Rajendra Prasad said the Fiji Broadcasting Corporation Limited (FBCL) website misquoted him as saying a tropical cyclone had developed in the southern Cooks. The mistaken report was picked up by internet search engine Google in their alerts […]
Office request denied
Former deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate, who was sacked over the $2 million Toagate scandal just before Christmas, had his request for an MP office and car turned down this week. Prime minister Jim Marurai has confirmed that the request was made during his meeting with the Ngatangiia MP and leader of the Democratic […]
Family law up for discussion
Punanga Tauturu will hold a family law consultation in mid-February. The NGO established a fund for non-molestation orders late last year and legal representative Kairangi Samuela says the organisation receive a large number of inquiries from women seeking the orders. PTI are holding the consultation as part of the effort to streamline what is happening […]
Visitors hit 100,000-plus
Last year was the first time visitor numbers exceeded 100,000 – a growth of 7 percent over 2008 arrivals. Cook Islands Tourism chief executive officer John Dean has welcomed the official numbers for the year to December 2009. According to the monthly Statistics office bulletin for December, the 2009 year saw a total of 101,110 […]
Visitor numbers up 7%
The bi-annual Cook Islands tourism industry forum will begin next week on a high note following news of a 7 percent increase in visitor numbers in 2009. The country is bucking the regional trend for recording losses in visitor numbers and the forum will cover marketing plans that aim to help continue the upward growth […]
'Country in constitutional crisis'
The nation is in the middle of an unusual and abnormal ‘breakdown’ of government says opposition MP Norman George. He’s calling the new cabinet a five-headed monster that is only surviving through a loophole in the Constitution. Last week the MP publicly revealed the plans by the 19 MPs outside of cabinet to petition the […]
People in place
Senior constable Taruia Ringiao will be making sure all is well in his neighbourhood. The Takitumu resident has been appointed the Vaka Ngatangiia constable in a reshuffle of community officers. Ringiao replaces constable Tungane Lockington who will be serving in the Te Au o Tonga area while constable Allan Rua remains with the Puiakura vaka. […]
Chopper me up
It was up and away for Hoani Gibson when dad Brett suggested a HeliRaro chopper ride. It was the younger Gibson’s first ride in a helicopter. The 10-year-old Avatea school student said she was a bit nervous at first, but by the end of the ride she couldn’t chose a favourite part. “My favourite thing […]
PM – finance still main concern
A proposal to purchase $174,000 worth of new government cars and office computers was turned down by cabinet yesterday in the face of growing concern over finances. Prime minister Jim Marurai said he and cabinet turned down the proposal to spend capital expenditure funds because they have placed a freeze on new spending pending the […]
New minister sets up office
Cabinet minister Apii Piho was one of the first to move into his new ministerial office yesterday. While other ministers are taking their time to move, amid office asset auditing and renovations, Piho was keen to get down to work in his office behind Public Health. Piho says while he’s kept on CEO Ken Buchanan, […]
Political situation distracting: businessman
Businessman James Beer is coy about commenting on the political situation as it stands now and what impact it may have on the country. But he is quick to point out that the situation has been brought about not entirely but mostly by the events of the proposed TOA fuel farm purchase. “I don’t want […]
High interest in Maori language class
Due to public demand and high levels of interest, the ministry of education has begun a Maori language course with the first class held yesterday. The language classes will run every day for the next two weeks between 12 and 1pm. Gail Townsend of the ministry of education says that the department was inundated with […]
Pineapple holiday
Cornelius Tioni (left) from Auckland, New Zealand, and Joneth Elisaia from Sydney, Australia, sell pineapples from the back of a pick-up at Vaima’anga. The boys said they are enjoying their stay on Rarotonga and they have been tasked with selling the pineapples from the family plantation this week. 10011123
Former resident passes away
Former Cook Islands resident Ruth Harnish (pictured) will be laid to rest this week in Perth after passing away peacefully in her sleep on January 6 at the age of 90. Ruth and her late husband Bob lived in Rarotonga in the 60s and 70s where they started the United Island Traders and Tradewinds retail […]
Growers take on climate communications
Improving communication on climate information to growers is one of the aims of a three-day workshop currently being held at the Kent Hall in Titikaveka. Meteorological service director Arona Ngari says that getting climate data information to growers is important, especially as the country is in the middle of a weak El Nino phase. The […]
10-year-old rider in motorcycle accident
A 10-year-old driving a motorcycle failed to stop and collided into another motorcyclist on Friday. Police said the boy was driving along the back road of Atupa towards Avatiu when he failed to stop at the intersection He crashed into another motorcyclist and was transported to hospital but was later discharged. Other motor vehicle crashes […]
Ministers on the move to new offices
Cabinet ministers will be moving into their new offices from today with the former ministers and some of their staff having to vacate the premises by yesterday. Many of the staff members at the offices of the three former ministers who resigned last month were waiting to hear if the new ministers would continue to […]
Hashers ring in 2010 in toga
Local Hash House Harriers began their 2010 running season in style – in toga, that is. Close to 50 harriers and their hoffsprings gathered at the Punanga Nui market on Monday January 4 for run number 1514 and the first of the 2010 season. And in true hash form, the annual toga run was celebrated […]
Scotts give chooks away
Residents of Muri and Ngatangiia were invited to a New Year’s free-for-all last Friday at Scotts Farm. Owner John Scott offered 10 chickens per person to the first 40 people to call into the farm, following a pre-Christmas promotion which saw the former laying hens offered up at two dollars a piece. The 2000 live […]
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