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Burglary photo gives police clues
Monday 9 July 2012 | Published in Local
Police have been analysing a photo of a man carrying out a burglary at a Titikaveka resort last week, but have not yet arrested anyone over the incident. The photo, gained from a security camera at the resort, was published in CINews on Friday June 29. Inspector Tere Patia of the Cook Islands Police says […]
Rarotonga near full capacity
Monday 9 July 2012 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands tourism season is beginning its peak, and the tourism corporation says numbers are very high already. The tourist peak season in the Cooks is July to September, coinciding with the Southern Hemisphere’s winter. July last year saw tourist numbers at an all-time high for any month, with 13,619 visitors to the Cooks. […]
Burglaries up 50 percent this month
Monday 9 July 2012 | Published in Local
Burglaries in Rarotonga seem to be on the rise, with statistics showing home break-ins are up almost fifty percent since last month. There were 37 homes broken into around the island in June and 25 broken into in May. According to police, 37 is the second highest figure ever. In March this year 38 homes […]
No support for artists?
Saturday 7 July 2012 | Published in Local
As an artist who has exhibited internationally and attended the Festival of Pacific Arts many times, Ani O’Neill feels very strongly about the lack of representation of the Cook Islands at the current festival. ”Where is our support of our own people at the biggest Pacific arts festival?“ she asks. O’Neill, an art teacher who […]
Akararangianga o te Ui Ariki
Saturday 7 July 2012 | Published in Local
The mana of the traditional Ui Ariki of the Cook Islands was honoured at yesterday’s inaugural Ra o te Ui Ariki at Atupare Marae in Kavera. Over 1000 people gathered at the Ui Ariki compound for the special occasion which centred on showing respect to the traditional leaders of the Cook Islands. Each ariki received […]
New shipping company licensed
Saturday 7 July 2012 | Published in Local
Newly-incorporated local company Tai Moana Ltd has obtained government’s second shipping licence. Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters, whose portfolio includes shipping, yesterday formally granted Tai Moana a licence to operate Southern Reef on the Cook Islands circuit – from New Zealand via Papeete to Rarotonga, and vice versa. ”Government now looks forward, along with all […]
Prison for girl aged seventeen
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Local
A teenage girl has been sent to prison for committing five burglaries. Seventeen-year-old Witamahame Metuakore was sentenced by three justices of the peace – John Kenning, John Whitta and Georgina Keenan-Williams – in the High Court yesterday. Two of the burglaries committed were on the same house in Arorangi on June 27 and 29, which […]
Demos call for commerce commission
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Local
The opposition believes the best way to regulate the price of imports is not to hand out another shipping licence but to re-instate the dormant commerce commission. Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen says his party wants to be proactive about making the Cook Islands an easier place to do business, ”rather than sitting and tapping our […]
'Stupid' not to attend arts festival
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Arts Council is exceedingly disappointed that no Cook Islands contingent is representing the country at Honiara’s Festival of Pacific Arts. Chairman Mike Tavioni says it is ”stupid“ that the Cook Islands failed to send a delegation, and believes there was ”no bloody excuse“ for it. The Ministry of Cultural Development has said […]
By-election protest
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Party candidate Teariki Matenga has filed a petition protesting the win of his sister and political rival Selina Napa. Napa was named member of parliament for Titikaveka after a by-election, which landed her with 297 votes to Matenga’s 283. Independent candidate Teava Iro polled 104 votes. At 4pm on Tuesday, Matenga filed a […]
Arts festival 'cut'
Tuesday 3 July 2012 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Voyaging Society is attending the Festival of Pacific Arts in the Solomon Islands, but due to budgetary constraints the Ministry of Cultural Development will not be sending any other delegation to Honiara. Secretary for culture Sonny Williams confirmed this week that the vaka voyagers will be the only contingent representing the Cook […]
Police deny 999 fault
Tuesday 3 July 2012 | Published in Local
Police are denying there is anything wrong with the 999 emergency line, despite members of the public having to go to the aid of two stranded kayakers last week after emergency calls failed. Whitesands Beach Villas owner Don Beer said on Sunday June 24 a guest came and told him two American kayakers were having […]
$5m for climate change projects
Tuesday 3 July 2012 | Published in Local
Five million dollars has been invested into a programme to help the Pa Enua build resilience to climate change and reduce disaster risk. The programme, which will be rolled out over five years, is called Strengthening the Resilience of our Islands and our Communities to Climate Change (SRIC-CC), or akamatutu’anga i te iti tangata no […]
Blood donors are superheroes!
Tuesday 3 July 2012 | Published in Local
In support of Red Cross and their blood donor campaign – Tereora College students dressed in red last week. The national college went one step further by creating this photo of a drop of blood – giving blood means giving life. World Blood Donor Day was this year celebrated globally on June 14 with events […]
Kite champ
Monday 2 July 2012 | Published in Local
Manureva Cook Islands 2012 winner Olly Brunton with his prizes and trophy after taking out the one-day kitesurfing competition on Maina Iti island in Aitutaki last Wednesday. The prizegiving of the second annual Manureva competition was held on Friday night in front of a large crowd of Aitutaki islanders who made it out to Arutanga […]
Howard humbled
Monday 2 July 2012 | Published in Local
New secretary of the Ministry of Transport Ned Howard won’t be changing his golfing habits as a result of his new job. Howard was formally announced as the new secretary at a civil function at Prime Minister Henry Puna’s office last Wednesday and was humbled by the appointment. Formerly the director for marine for 13 […]
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 […]
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