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Tangata rejoins Halifax Panthers
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Rugby league, Sports
Cook Islands international Adam Tangata has re-joined Halifax Panthers side playing in the second-tier rugby league competition in the UK.
Our soaring spirit of service in Covid times
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion
It’s often the little things that can have the most meaningful impact – stopping in to check on your elderly neighbour, dropping off some fruit for your child’s teammates at sports practice, or making up the difference when the person in front of you at the supermarket is short of change, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown.
Innocent until proven guilty
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, You published an article yesterday (Monday, April 19, 2021) saying that the Ministry of Finance Audit Office blamed a young woman named Kanea Turama for the loss of $7700 from electricity sales on Tongareva (Penrhyn) Island.
Schools culture festival starts tonight
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Culture
After weeks of rehearsals and late nights to complete costumes, the Rarotonga schools culture festival kicks off tonight at the National Sports Arena in Nikao.
Aitutaki and Manuae surveys to aid marine management
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Environment
A Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) team has recently returned from their two-and-a-half-week expedition to Manuae and Aitutaki.
Youth, aged and disabilities projects get NZ support
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in National
Fourteen local organisations have received support from the New Zealand High Commission Fund.
Guilty plea for careless driving and excess blood alcohol
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Crime
In the High Court yesterday Marie Teranea Mataurarii Woonton’s charge of careless driving causing injury was downgraded to careless driving.
Foreign interest for local properties
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Economy
The future of real estate in the Cook Islands is looking to be more promising than ever, with overseas investors showing a high interest especially in the light of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Pacific groups seek UK support to halt deep sea mining
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Environment
The Cook Islands environmental group Te Ipukarea Society has joined groups from across the Pacific asking the British government to support calls for a moratorium on deep sea mining.
$274k market sealing: No budget, tender or contract
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Local
The Audit Office has revealed the Punanga Nui Market allowed a contractor to start work without a signed contract, calling the practice “alarming and disturbing”.
Human error leads to crane topple
Tuesday 20 April 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Human error by the driver of a crane owned by Cook Islands General Transport (CIGT) caused the heavy industrial machine to topple over on Saturday afternoon at Avatiu Port.
RUTA MAVE: Giving ourselves a hand up
Monday 19 April 2021 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
There is a new sheriff in town. Carl Hunter, as the new Public Service Commissioner, has brought to light two cases of interest that previously may have been swept under the carpet. What will it mean for the Government if ministers and heads of ministry are made accountable?
Aitutaki’s Mouarii Café – ‘This is my dream, this is me’
Monday 19 April 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Go Local
A year on from the onset of Covid-19, there remain a selection of cafés on Aitutaki that serve fresh delicious meals at affordable prices, so there are no excuses not to eat out when you visit the island.
Driver arrested and charged
Monday 19 April 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Crime
The weekend got off to a smashing start when a car ploughed into the front of an Arorangi bar, early Saturday morning.
$50 fine for driving while disqualified
Monday 19 April 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Crime
Noah Davey was convicted and fined $50 in the High Court on Thursday for driving while disqualified.
Guilty pleas for theft and conspiring to defraud
Monday 19 April 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Crime
Daniel Nooenua Thompson and Ngariki-E-Tini Thompson both entered a guilty plea of conspiring to defraud and theft as a servant when they appeared in the High Court in Avarua on Thursday.
$7.7k of Penrhyn’s power money wasn’t banked, says Audit Office
Monday 19 April 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Outer Islands
A third of all the receipts from electricity sales on Penrhyn were not banked at all and the rest were banked late.
Working together to keep us Covid-safe
Monday 19 April 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Health
The Cook Islands Red Cross Society has signed an important memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Cook Islands Ministry of Health as both organisations face the fresh challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic brings to the country.
Former power boss takes over water as Longman ‘steps down’
Monday 19 April 2021 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Just over a year in the job, the head of the local water authority has stepped down for health reasons.
Training our rising rugby union stars
Saturday 17 April 2021 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Rugby Union, Sports
Year nine students of Tereora College played their final ‘Quick Rip’ competitive games yesterday at the BCI Stadium.
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