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Schools adopt Forum countries
Monday 2 July 2012 | Published in Local
Pacific leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga later this year can expect a big, warm welcome of Cook Islands proportions from Cook Islands children. On Friday, the Forum organising committee launched its ‘Adopt-A-Country’ initiative, which pairs each school on Rarotonga with a country being represented at the August Forum. A delegate from each […]
Burglary dominates youth court
Saturday 30 June 2012 | Published in Local
Ten juveniles were in court on a number of serious charges yesterday. Justice of the peace John Kenning presided over the Youth Court, which the media and public cannot attend. Six of the young people faced burglary charges and one was charged with assaulting a female. There was one case of dangerous driving. Other charges […]
Helmets or not?
Saturday 30 June 2012 | Published in Local
Three fatal road accidents in the last two weeks have again raised concerns about drink driving and the laws allowing motorcyclists to not wear helmets. The three young men who lost their lives were all riding scooters, and all had been drinking and speeding. The question people are asking is: would wearing a helmet have […]
Avarua dredging denied
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Local
Ports Authority general manager Bim Tou denies claims that the Avarua harbour will be dredged in the next few days. An anonymous source is concerned about possible dredging after learning a boat is surveying the area. The source is concerned at the potentially serious loss of coral and sand near Trader Jacks as a result […]
Three road deaths in two weeks
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Local
The man who was in critical condition after crashing his motorcycle while drunk early Saturday morning has sadly passed away. Abraham Amaru Pau, aged 30, of Takuvaine, was pronounced dead at Rarotonga Hospital at 12.20pm yesterday. He had serious head injuries from crashing his motorcycle into a tree at around 5.30am on Saturday in Panama, […]
Punanga Nui changes hands
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Agriculture re-assumes control of the Punanga Nui market from July 1. Two years ago government yanked the market from the ministry’s control and handed the reigns to the Cook Islands Investment Incorporation and then, recently, to the Business Trade and Investment Board. Now the market’s management is coming full-circle. Business Trade and […]
Big black Boeing 777-300 draws spectators to the airport
Friday 29 June 2012 | Published in Local
The Nikao seawall and back road was packed with spectators to catch a glimpse of the arrival of Air New Zealand’s newest Boeing 777-300ER, the world’s largest commercially operated aircraft, painted all black. The aircraft’s all black paint job is overlaid with a design featuring New Zealand’s distinctive silver fern that extends across the rear […]
Reef Shipping jumps gun
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Local
Transport minister Tom Marsters wishes to clarify that no second licence has yet been issued to Reef Shipping or the local Tai Moana shipping consortium to operate the Southern Reef. This is despite Reef Shipping comments to CINews and a notice to their international clients saying they had been granted the licence. However, the minister […]
Carter for mayor?
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Local
New Zealand High Commissioner John Carter says he is yet to decide whether he will contest New Zealand’s Far North mayoralty. Speculation has been rife in the Far North that Carter, who has been high commissioner in the Cooks since August last year, is planning to run for mayor in the 2013 local government elections. […]
Kite kids at play in Aitutaki
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Local
Orewa-based Naish kite instructor Dean Bradfield playing around in between the freestyle and racing heats of Aitutaki’s kitesurfing competition. Yesterday some Aitutaki schoolkids got to jump in a water taxi to Maina Iti to experience an action-packed day of kitesurfing and spectating, and some had the added thrill of jumping on riders’ boards. The kitesurfing […]
'Aunty Sel' MP
Thursday 28 June 2012 | Published in Local
The people of Titikaveka have chosen their new political representative to be Selina Napa of the Democratic Party. Napa beat her brother Teariki Matenga of the Cook Islands party by a slim margin of 14 votes in the Titikaveka by-election. She received 297 votes, Matenga received 283, and Teava Iro, an Independent candidate, received 104. […]
New shipping consortium
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Local
Reef Shipping has issued a notice to its international client base advising that it will be introducing MV Southern Reef into the Cook Islands trade under a licence registered to an entity called Tai Moana. The shipping company’s notice, which has been widely circulated via email, calls Tai Moana a ”consortium of Cook Islands importers“. […]
Man brazenly enters bedroom
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Local
A home in Titikaveka was broken into on Monday night while a mother and her children slept and her husband was in the lounge. The brazen break-in happened around 11.30pm, when a man entered Tikioki resident Hoana Matapo’s bedroom while she was in bed with her three young children. The bedroom is accessed from a […]
3 new HOMs in appointments
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Local
Three new chief executives have been appointed to lead government ministries and departments. All other incumbent heads of ministry (HOMs) are to be re-appointed. Cabinet has approved recommendations by a selection panel for the heads of ministry positions. Prime Minister and Minister of the Public Service Henry Puna and his Cabinet over the weekend considered […]
Sailor farewelled
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Local
Members of HMNZS Otago carry Able Seaman Combat Specialist William Paratini Delamere’s coffin on to the Hercules waiting to take him home to NZ from Rarotonga yesterday. 12062504 / 5
Adjourned
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Local
Parliament has adjourned sine die. Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters moved a motion at the conclusion of yesterday’s sitting – the eleventh since the Budget was tabled in Parliament on June 7 – to adjourn until after September. He praised translator Bobby Turua, who picked up most of the interpreting work during this lengthy sitting, […]
All sold out!
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Local
Night market stall keeper Geoff Bergin declares he’s all sold out of curries and stir fry at the popular winter fest night market last Wednesday. The market was run by Tereora College students who took part in the Business Trade and Investment Board’s young entrepreneurs programme – they sold products they had developed over the […]
Finance minister talks depopulation
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Local
Finance minister Mark Brown has said the Cook Islands must focus on improving its knowledge economy in order to increase opportunities for local people. Speaking during a live radio interview with Matariki FM, Brown addressed the country’s biggest problem – depopulation – which he said is prevalent around the region. ”Depopulation is occurring right around […]
Road death
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Local
A young man was killed in a tragic accident last Saturday at the entrance of Rarotonga Airport. Kulani Takai, aged 22 and from Tutakimoa, was involved in a motor vehicle crash at the airport entrance on the Juhi side just after 1am. He sustained serious injuries and died in hospital a few days later. Two […]
$3m more in tourism support
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Local
A grant of $3 million has been provided to the Cook Islands tourism sector under the New Zealand/Australia Harmonised Aid Programme in a continued effort to sustainably increase income generated by the industry. The Cook Islands attracted a record 112,446 visitors in 2011, an impressive feat when considering that many tourism industries are struggling to […]
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