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New regulations promote safety at sea
Tuesday 7 April 2015 | Published in Local
New maritime safety laws are set to be rolled out soon, and Marine Resources say the new laws will help ensure the safety of local fishermen.
Beach Day Out great start to weekend
Tuesday 7 April 2015 | Published in Local
Beach Day Out has once again proved to be a raging success, with more than 1,200 punters kicking off the Easter weekend in style on Friday.
Passion for environment drive behind new venture
Tuesday 7 April 2015 | Published in Local
Rarotonga husband and wife team Matt and Luana Scowcroft have always been passionate about environmental conservation.
Cook Islands tipped as place to go
Tuesday 7 April 2015 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands is making waves as one of the world’s ‘hot spots’ to visit in 2015.
Chance to learn craft
Tuesday 7 April 2015 | Published in Local
A rare chance to learn the art of weaving tapakau or kikau mats will be available later this month.
Easter event helps two good causes
Tuesday 7 April 2015 | Published in Local
After a successful Easter fundraising event, Rotaract Rarotonga president Pauline Dean, and fellow Rotaract members and supporters, presented cheques to representatives of Te Vaerua Rehabilitation Centre and the 100th Anzac anniversary celebrations at The Islander Hotel last Thursday.
Community support evident at culture show
Sunday 5 April 2015 | Published in Local
It’s been all hands on deck for school communities right across the island. Together, they pulled off two spectacular nights of cultural shows performed by school students.
Tei mua tamariki Apii Nikao!
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
Tamariki Apii Nikao filled the National Auditorium with colour and joy for the first of the two day Primary Schools culture festival held on Tuesday night.
Tamariki lead the way in year of celebration
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
A month or more of dance practices for Rarotonga students resulted in an explosion of colour and song at the National Auditorium on Tuesday for the first of two nights of the schools cultural festival.
Expat engineer gives free time to helping others
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
While most people book tropical getaways for their holidays, Japanese expatriate Hideki Date prefers to volunteer his time and skills where they are needed. During his annual leave recently, Date returned to his homeland where he spent two weeks helping out at the tsunami-ravaged area of Fukushima which has also been closed off due to high risks from nuclear radiation. Following a major earthquake in 2011 that generated a 15-metre tsunami, causing widespread destruction and death, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors were also damaged, causing a nuclear disaster in the area. Four years on and not much has changed in the area reports Date, who has returned home annually to volunteer since the 2011 tsunami. Although originally from Tokyo, Date says he feels compelled to help out his fellow countrymen. “I like to do volunteer work and I have the skills to help and it also helps me with my skills too,” says Date, an engineer. In Fukushima, he helped dismantle abandoned homes in areas where families have left since the tsunami and nuclear fallout. Date says the area was monitored and declared safe to work in without the risk of getting radiation poisoning. He says there are still a lot of damaged homes and businesses that have not been touched since the tsunami ripped through the area in 2011. In fact, Date came across vehicles still stuck in the sides of buildings and giant piles of debris left behind by the waves. He says the destruction left behind by the tsunami is still a sad sight. However, working with a Catholic volunteer group has meant that he can help in some small way to return the still salt-burned area back to a habitable place for the people who once called the area home.
Raro Kiwis walk 100kms for fundraiser
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands were represented by Peter Heays and Len Edwards in a 100km challenge to raise money for Oxfam in Taupo, New Zealand last Saturday.
Young lawyer starts study in New York
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
A young Cook Islands lawyer who works with the Seabed Minerals Authority (SBM) this week began a legal study award from the United Nations, in New York City.
Hotmix donation bonus for Nikao
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Local
Residents of Nikao have benefitted from the donation by Triad Pacific Petroleum of leftover hot mix from recent road sealing works in Avarua.
India helps out with community projects
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Local
Cook Islands community groups signed on the dotted line yesterday to get their piece of more than $150,000 of the latest round of the India Grant Fund.
Hunters rewarded with fun, chocolate
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Local
True to their word, come rain or shine, Rotaract Rarotonga members were ready and waiting as teams made their way to the starting point of the Rotaract Easter Scavenger Hunt on Saturday morning.
New leaders for pageant association
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Local
Miss Cook Islands pageant supporters can expect to see new levels of prestige and professionalism in the event, with a new executive committee elected to steer event operations through to 2016.
Students race clock in tyre-changing contest
Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute hosted what is believed to be the first ever tyre-changing competition in Rarotonga last Thursday.
Maritime sector thrown a lifesaver
Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Local
The New Zealand Aid Programme yesterday entered into a new partnership with the Cook Islands Government to provide $450,000 for maritime safety initiatives in the Cook Islands.
Rain fails to dampen Easter hunt fun
Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Local
It was like a scene from a Disney movie on Saturday as 14 teams (pictured above) raced around Avarua with a Rotaract Club member in tow, on the hunt for their Easter eggs.
Celebrating sporting success
Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Local
Newly-appointed Minister of Sports Albert Nicholas spent Sunday night celebrating the success of local athletes at the annual sports awards.
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