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Interest in insurance
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
Tower Insurance general manager Jay Areora says there has been a noticeable increase in fire insurance inquiries as a result of two major fires over the last two weeks.
50 attending parliamentary conference
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
A regional conference is being held in the Cook Islands later this month, interrupting Parliament’s scheduled sitting by two weeks.
NZ's newest citizens honoured today
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
Four people from the Pacific Islands are to be publicly recognised for gaining New Zealand citizenship in a ceremony at Ngatipa this morning.
Man guilty of Westpac theft
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
A jury found Leelesh Chandar to be guilty of theft by conversion of $1020 yesterday afternoon after a five-day long trial.
Cheers for chairs
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
Timberland Limited has received some support from ANZ in the form of six chairs to help with its temporary office.
Melbourne Cup interest rises
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
One of the Cook Islands’ biggest horse racing enthusiasts believes interest in the Melbourne Cup is growing every year.
A far cry from utopia
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
This is a new weekly column by journalist-at-large Rachel Reeves. After three years as a staff reporter, Reeves is travelling and pursuing studies and research for a book. She will be covering a broad range of material – political issues at home, viewpoints of Cook Islanders overseas who’ve also got Raro on the mind, together her own musings and reflections. I’m just over five feet tall. My brother is 10 years my junior and has legs the length of me. People who pose for photos with me have to bend at the knees or risk looking like behemoths. At university I got a side job driving a bakery truck but I couldn’t reach its pedals, so every day I would earn my keep by shifting gears from my perch atop a precarious pile of textbooks.
Teuira for Miss Earth
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Local
Touring schools, panting murals and planting trees have been part of Miss Cook Islands Teuira Napa’s Miss Earth campaign in Manila, Philippines, this week.
Businessmen hope to rise again
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Local
Two business owners who lost plant and stock with a combined value of over $500,000 in Sunday night’s fire are vowing to rebuild their businesses.
Te Aponga CEO responds to power complaint
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Local
The chief executive of Te Aponga Uira has responded to a reader who complained about new electricity users having to pay for a power substation in their area.
Fire ravages 2 businesses
Tuesday 6 November 2012 | Published in Local
Two more prominent Rarotonga businesses were devastated by fire on Sunday night.
Tickled pink with Zumba fundraiser
Monday 5 November 2012 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation (CIBCF) is ecstatic after receiving a cheque for $2505 from HSBC raised from Wednesday’s Zumba party.
Wicked fun, tricks and treats for Halloween
Monday 5 November 2012 | Published in Local
Children of all ages were transformed into fairies, fang-faced Draculas and all sorts of other scary costumes as Halloween festivities reigned last week.
Teachers' excellence recognised in awards
Monday 5 November 2012 | Published in Local
Rewarding teachers for the great work that they do every day is all part of the Cook Islands Teaching Awards.
New teachers for new year
Monday 5 November 2012 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Education has finished its teacher recruitment for 2013, managing to bring back six Cook Islanders who had been teaching overseas.
Writer to writer Don Silk, author
Saturday 3 November 2012 | Published in Local
This tribute was contributed by New Zealander Graeme Lay, a writer, editor and friend of Don Silk. Lay has spent over 20 years visiting and writing about the Cooks, including two young adult fiction books centred around One-Foot Island. He also wrote the text to Ewan Smith’s coffee table book The Cook Islands.
Fire insurance assessments ongoing
Saturday 3 November 2012 | Published in Local
The ongoing investigation into last Thursday’s blaze in Arorangi by Tower Insurance will have no deadline pressure.
Kids 'adorable'
Saturday 3 November 2012 | Published in Local
A fresh group of Global Volunteers has returned to the shores of Rarotonga over the past few weeks.
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