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Sightseers warned not to approach seal
Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Marine resources has warned sightseers not to get close to a fur seal sighted on the coast in Nikao last week.
Heather to leaders' summit
Monday 27 June 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Deputy prime minister Teariki Heather is taking over from Prime Minister Henry Puna at the Polynesian Leaders Group meeting in Tahiti this week.
Chicken and chops help school
Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Local
Apii Nikao last week received cartons of chickens and chops worth $200 from the Mongoose Rugby Club to help with their Golf Ambrose fundraiser. Apii Nikao teacher Temarangi Nicholls said the school would be “forever grateful” for the timely donation they had received.
Bonding exercise helps ECE centres
Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Local
A group of Early Childhood Education (ECE) teachers spent last week on Rarotonga on a bonding exercise under the New Zealand based Educational Leadership Project (ELP).
Road safety still a concern, say police
Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Local
Road safety continues to be a concern for the Cook Islands Police Service.
Spring ball will be loads of fun
Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Local
A SERVICE club that works towards helping the less fortunate and help to bring peace to the community has stepped in to assist less fortunate kids.
KEW leave generous gift for Takamoa
Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Local
THE PROJECT management company that has been supervising stage one of the Te Mato Vai project, has made a generous donation to the Takamoa Theological College, on the eve of the company’s departure from Rarotonga.
More humpback whales sighted
Monday 27 June 2016 | Published in Local
SEVERAL humpback whales were spotted to the northeast of Rarotonga this week.
Quiz night for Miss Cook Islands
Friday 24 June 2016 | Published in Local
Quiz nights – it seems – are all the rage these days; with many community groups using them to raise funds. Almost every week there is a notice or invitation to a quiz night for one form of community group or other.
Noeline notches up a first for Cook Islands
Friday 24 June 2016 | Published in Local
NOELINE Browne is finally getting to reap what she has sown over the past few years after becoming the first Cook Islander student to complete the University of the South Pacific’s Bachelor of Laws degree on-line courses, undertaken fully at the Cook Islands campus.
Brown to sign seabed minerals agreements
Friday 24 June 2016 | Published in Local
THE MINISTER for Finance Mark Brown is expected to be in New York this week attending a United Nations meeting where he is to sign important agreements for seabed minerals.
It's all go for Apii Nikao rebuild
Friday 24 June 2016 | Published in Local
REPRESENTATIVES of the governments of Cook Islands and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) officially signed the implementation agreement for the Apii Nikao rebuild project on Wednesday this week.
Prime Minister addresses nation
Friday 24 June 2016 | Published in Local
I SPEAK to you today with the assurances and confidence of government that the events of last Monday are well and truly behind us.
Delaying tactics dismay landowners
Friday 24 June 2016 | Published in Local
TWO PROMINENT landowners in the Kauare Road area of Teimurimotia say they’re dismayed that there are people going around trying to delay work on the completion of the laying of the new water main pipeline down Iro road.
Police investigate boat 'hit and run'
Friday 24 June 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
A “HIT and run” incident out at sea has been under police investigation after a report was filed to them by an elderly fisherman more than a week ago.
They're officially Kiwis!
Thursday 23 June 2016 | Published in Local
IT WAS a big moment for 11 Cook Islands residents when they received their New Zealand citizenship from the New Zealand High Commissioner Nick Hurley earlier this week.
Tourism targets Japanese market
Thursday 23 June 2016 | Published in Local
Teumere Koteka-Heather and Daniel Fisher have been selected to participate in a tourism and marketing programme with a specific focus on the Japanese market.
Chiropractic students kept busy
Thursday 23 June 2016 | Published in Local
RAROTONGA’S cool and drizzly weather has failed to deter members of the public from taking advantage of an offer of free chiropractic treatment.
Lawyer admitted to bar
Thursday 23 June 2016 | Published in Local
Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) legal and policy officer Varanisese Bulabalavu was admitted to the Bar of the Cook Islands High Court as a barrister and solicitor on May 30.
Dark mornings continue
Thursday 23 June 2016 | Published in Local
If YOU’VE been getting fed up with having to get out of bed in the dark, the news isn’t good, because the sun won’t be rising until around 7am every morning from now till August.
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