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Cook Islands voyagers share skills, strengthen ties in Hawai’i
Cook Islands Voyaging Society crew members are visiting Hawai’i to enhance, teach and explore their navigational skills and seafaring techniques, as well as to strengthen ties with the Polynesian voyaging community.
Crown Law Office on track for record number of lawyers
The Crown Law Office is on course to have its highest number of lawyers ever, a significant improvement from just five lawyers in August last year.
Telecom's pledge branded a facade by would-be competitor
Telecom’s pledge to deliver better service has been branded a facade by Mervin Communications director William Framhein. “It’s all very well for Anthony Briscoe of Telecom New Zealand to say Telecom Cook Islands is of like-mind with the government and the people who want telecommunications that are good value, great service and quality second to […]
TCI aims to improve services to businesses
Telecom wants to tailor solutions to the needs of businesses as it attempts to improve its overall services further, says chief executive Jules Maher. At a cocktail function held on Tuesday for TCI’s key clients, Maher said the company is hoping to better understand the specific needs of businesses. “We need to find out what […]
Beacons out in Penrhyn and Aitutaki
Beacons used by Air Rarotonga pilots to direct landings were recently damaged in strong winds on Penrhyn and Aitutaki. Air Raro managing director Ewan Smith said that the beacon building on Penrhyn was destroyed and that without it, flights were unable to travel northward. A Tuesday flight to Manihiki was delayed until Thursday so as […]
Herman to run for CIP
Former works secretary Atatoa Herman has been nominated as the Cook Islands Party candidate for Ngatangiia for the upcoming general elections. Herman’s nomination was confirmed at a meeting of the Ngatangiia CIP membership. Herman joins several other candidates who have been announced by the CIP recently. The candidates are Nandi Glassie for Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua, Norman George […]
NZ to help with Pacific shipping
Shipping services to the Cook Islands could be improved if New Zealand expands its initial proposal to build a ship for a Samoa-Tokelau service. Foreign affairs minister Robert Wigmore was in Wellington last week where he met with his NZ counterpart Murray McCully to discuss shipping issues. McCully requested the meeting which foreign affairs secretary […]
Officials coordinate immigration policy
Immigration officials from the Pacific region met yesterday at the Muri Beach Club for the 13th annual Pacific Immigration Directors’ Conference. The meeting was the first of the year, and will be followed by another in July and a final conference in October. A Cook Islands delegate represented Polynesia, delegates from Papua New Guinea and […]
Team to design plans for waste treatment overhaul
Government and independent groups are engaged in discussions about how to manage a $1 million NZAID donation toward an overhaul of waste management systems on Rarotonga and Aitutaki. ANZDEC Limited is contracting a team to design plans for the project that team member Geoff Mavromatis suspects will span up to ten years. At present, septic […]
ADB suports budgets
Most Pacific economies are stuck at zero growth but cash-strapped governments are now being provided some budget support from the Asian Development Bank, said vice-president Larry Greenwood. Speaking at a press conference after the second day of talks at the UN Pacific conference on the human face of the global economic crisis (GEC) in Vanuatu, […]
Drunk drivers and burglars in action
Kids’ clothes and toys, a pick-up truck and tools were among items stolen over the weekend in four separate burglaries reported to Rarotonga police. A cheeky burglar broke into a Pokoinu home by climbing a mango tree and gaining access through a window. The home owner reported that toys were stolen from their home which […]
CITC is giving away a car
Take advantage of CITC’s ‘silver smile’ promotion and you could be laughing down the road in a new silver car. The new CITC promotion, which started yesterday and ends on April 10, is all part of the company showing that they care for the community. “The hurricane season is always a worrying time for everyone […]
Special interest courses overcrowded at Tereora
Tereora College is experiencing an unusually high enrolment of 659 this year but has managed to accommodate students in what principal Teaea Parima calls the core areas of learning. Parima said that mathematics, English, science and social science courses are not filled to maximum capacity and are open to students who meet the pre-requisite requirements. […]
Former bank governor promotes access to credit for micro enterprise
A former governor of the Central Bank of Solomon Islands, focused on aid dependency and widening income gaps in the Pacific in his presentation at this week’s regional conference on the global economic crisis in Vanuatu. Anthony Hughes, took part in the session on inclusive economic growth and social policies on Thursday. “All Pacific countries […]
Pacific urged to create concrete outcomes
On the final day of a regional conference on the global economic crisis, Fiji’s Wellington Sevens win was cited as an example of how the Pacific can rise to its economic development challenges. University of the South Pacific vice chancellor Rajesh Chandra said the Pacific’s strength in sport could serve as a lesson for tackling […]
No health cuts: Faireka
The national health budget cannot be allowed to suffer further cuts this year says health secretary Tupou Faireka. He is currently head of the eight-member Cook Islands delegation attending the Pacific conference on the global economic crisis (GEC) in Vanuatu this week. Many countries have heard and are repeating that critical social services such as […]
Human face of crisis captured in essay
Twenty-two year old Solomon Islander June Atomea won the Human Face story competition in the lead up to this week’s Pacific Conference on the Human Face of the Global Economic Crisis. On Wednesday evening she received her prize from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) administrator Helen Clark in Port Vila, Vanuatu where the conference wraps […]
Family law consultation cancelled
Christine Forster, the UNDP representative scheduled to present at yesterday morning’s family law consultation, had just given a speech about legal separation of man and wife when minister of justice Apii Piho issued an emergency evacuation warning. The consultation drew 26 participants – from police, the ministry of justice, Punanga Tauturu, crown law and the […]
Te Au O Tonga to undergo refurbishment
The Aitutaki members of the Cook Islands Voyaging Society are about to start the refurbishment of vaka Te Au O Tonga which sailed to the outer island last month. Voyaging society member and Aitutaki businessman Mike Henry reports that they’ve already purchased fibreglass, new decking (Solomon hard wood) for the reburbishment project. This month the […]
Crown law welcomes back senior counsel
As the crown law office bids a temporary farewell to counsel Martha Henry, who for the next nine months will be studying in Sydney, it welcomes returning senior crown counsel Catherine Evans. Evans worked for crown law in 2005 and for family reasons returned to her hometown in New Zealand. But her connection to the […]
Family law reform consultations begin today
If the weather permits, the ministry of internal affairs and Punanga Tauturu will kick off a series of lectures and workshops that will explore civil law reform this morning. The consultation will cover areas such as marriage, dissolution of marriage, childcare, child and spousal support, property division after marriage or relationship breakdown, domestic violence and […]
Pacific youth look at economic crisis impact
Eight Pacific islands youth delegates will attend the UN Pacific Conference on The Human Face of the Global Economic Crisis currently being held in Vanuatu. Earlier this week the youth delegates joined eight Vanuatu youth advocates for a pre-conference for youth leading up to the ‘GEC’ conference. The youth conference was hosted by UNICEF – […]
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