Crime
Mentally ill man taken from prison to airport
Saturday 7 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Noah Taio has been released from custody and put on a plance to New Zealand for a mental health examination.
Church attacker 'insane'
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A young man accused of wounding a woman in church has pleaded not guilty on grounds of insanity.
Father alleges police assault
Thursday 5 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Crime
A young dad claims he was assaulted by an officer who locked him up behind bars.
Patrol boat visit coincides with arrival of navy chief
Wednesday 4 September 2019 | Published in Crime
French navy in Rarotonga on four-day goodwill visit and locals are invited onboard
Police gun training
Tuesday 3 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Police officers will be undergoing intense firearms training at the Police Firing Range in Nikao today.
Heroes try in vain to save man
Tuesday 3 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Witnesses have expressed concern about how long it took emergency services to get to a car crash in which a man died this weekend.
Two teens charged but thefts still rising
Monday 2 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Police believe they have made a breakthrough in solving a series of beachside smash-and-grabs thefts that created all the wrong headlines for Rarotonga.
Calls for health care – not prison
Saturday 31 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A young man who faces seven court charges has been remanded in custody amid fears his head injury might drive him to commit further crimes.
Father's Day in custody for dad
Friday 30 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Defence counsel Mark Short has withdrawn a number of times from handling a young father’s court matter.
Rasmussen to handle couples case
Friday 30 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Young Teametua Araipu was all smiles yesterday as Justice of Peace John Whitta granted her bail.
Prison: No place for the sick
Friday 30 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A mentally ill man held for months in “appalling conditions” in a maximum security cell at Arorangi prison is to finally go home today.
Young woman bailed to boyfriend's home, not parents' house
Monday 26 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Not new to the court system, nor the court room, young Teametua Araipu has been remanded in custody to appear again later this week.
Avana arson 'out of character'
Monday 26 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Millionaire’s mansion land development row heads for court injunction and criminal hearing.
Boyfriend to confirm place of stay for Araipu
Saturday 24 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Not new to the court system, nor the court room, young Teametua Araipu has been remanded in custody for another week. Her lawyer Wilkie Rasmussen asked the court to bail her under the condition that she would stay with her boyfriend and not her parents.
Assault charge is dropped after cash donation
Friday 23 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A brawl outside the On The Rock nightclub in Avarua saw five men charged with assault, and one suffering face injuries.
Danger driving: teens flee police
Thursday 22 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A teenage was arrested on Monday night for dangerous driving and failing to stop on demand.
Police recruits are all at sea
Wednesday 21 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Cook Islands Police recruits boarded the HMNZS Otago then jumped onto the islands’ patrol vessel Te Kukupa 10 miles off Rarotonga.
Spate of fires sparks arson concern
Tuesday 20 August 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Crime
Investigators have not ruled out arson as the cause of a fire that gutted a three-bedroom house in Vaimaanga.
Don't judge 'P' addicts
Monday 19 August 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Methamphetamine or “P” addicts are not coming forward, because they are being judged, says New Zealand’s P Pull movement.
Lucky escape from house fire
Monday 19 August 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Crime
A woman escaped serious injury in a house fire on the backroad in Vaimaanga on Friday evening.
