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Opposition staff keep their jobs
Saturday 30 April 2016 | Published in Local
All staff previously employed under former leader William (Smiley) Heather have retained their positions in a “reshuffled” parliamentary opposition office, says acting chief executive George Turia.
Meeting rules prove unpopular
Saturday 30 April 2016 | Published in Local
Being told they couldn’t talk about the anti-purse seining petition, protest marches or the judicial review did not sit well with many people who attended a public meeting yesterday.
Ridge to Reef gives pupils food for thought
Friday 29 April 2016 | Published in Local
The proposed Ridge to Reef project has been keeping a lot of visiting southern islands school students on their toes with many interesting topics covered during a week-long workshop they have been attending on Rarotonga.
Chef to feature in NZ documentary
Friday 29 April 2016 | Published in Local
A crew from New Zealand’s Maori Television visited Rarotonga last week to make a short documentary film on Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute tutor Sam Timoko.
Messages encourage audience
Friday 29 April 2016 | Published in Local
A presentation from Cook Islands women employed in special sectors has boosted the confidence of a group of young women.
Queen's honour for Anzac Day speaker
Friday 29 April 2016 | Published in Local
The guest speaker for this year’s Anzac Day services on Rarotonga didn’t tell anyone when he was here, but he went back to Auckland on Tuesday and straight into a ceremony at Government House the next day, where he was presented with one of New Zealand’s highest honours.
Blue label means water stations are safe
Friday 29 April 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
If you get your water supplies from public water station, use only the stations that have blue labels on them.
Students rewarded for efforts
Thursday 28 April 2016 | Published in Local
Eighteen students from schools all around the Cook Islands attended the New Zealand High Commission’s WW100 Speech and Anzac essay competition prizegiving ceremony yesterday.
Tautu villagers join in Operation Namu
Thursday 28 April 2016 | Published in Local
Tautu village yesterday joined in with the Aitutaki council’s island-wide clean-up project, called, like the similar Rarotonga project, Operation Namu.
Students have chance to try working life
Thursday 28 April 2016 | Published in Local
Thirty three students from outer island schools are having a busy week on the annual work experience programme in Rarotonga.
Champagne fundraiser for Red Cross projects
Thursday 28 April 2016 | Published in Local
Dust off your dancing shoes for the Cook Islands Red Cross Island Glamour themed champagne fundraiser to be staged on May 7 at the luxurious Nautilus Resort in Muri.
Fixes aim to improve internet service
Thursday 28 April 2016 | Published in Local
In the aftermath of extended internet outages in December and mid-March, an O3B engineer has been in the Cook Islands for two weeks implementing a number of “fixes” intended to improve the service provided to Bluesky.
Juniors set for big night
Thursday 28 April 2016 | Published in Local
The 2016 Dancer of the Year kicked off with lot of fanfare last week with the masters and expatriates and tonight it will be the little ones strutting their stuff on the stage.
No action yet on alleged theft
Thursday 28 April 2016 | Published in Local
There have been no police referrals, at least not yet, for the public servant suspended for allegedly stealing from the Ministry of Cultural Development (MOCD), says Public Service Commissioner Russell Thomas.
Dancers show off their best moves...
Wednesday 27 April 2016 | Published in Local
A huge crowd turned up at The Islander Hotel last Friday to witness the first event in the 2016 national Dancer of the Year competition, the Masters and the Experts Golden Oldies category.
Telling tales about climate resilience
Wednesday 27 April 2016 | Published in Local
Agriculture Cook Islands has embarked on a project called the CTA Youth Leading Learning in Climate Resilient Value Chain, coordinated by the Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community (POETCom) under the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
Essay and speech winners chosen
Wednesday 27 April 2016 | Published in Local
Results of the New Zealand High Commission’s WW100 speech and Anzac essay competitions have been announced.
New website launched with a celebration
Wednesday 27 April 2016 | Published in Local
Representatives of a number of the island’s leading businesses and government organisations attended the launch of legal firm Little & Matysik’s new website last Thursday evening.
Strong sales mean extra print run for book
Wednesday 27 April 2016 | Published in Local
Strong sales of Cook Islands Art and Architecture mean there will soon be another print run of the popular new book, says USP Cook Islands director Rod Dixon.
Youth trained to assess disaster damage
Wednesday 27 April 2016 | Published in Local
Senior students from Rarotonga high schools have been trained to be skilled assessors and distributors in an event of a natural disaster like a cyclone.
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