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Mike Pero opens shop in Raro
Thursday 5 January 2012 | Published in Local
Prominent Cook Islander Mike Pero is in Rarotonga launching his New Zealand-based enterprise locally. Pero, well known for his mortgage and finance company which has expanded into real estate, has lent his brand name to the Rarotonga firm Cook Islands Real Estate (CIRE). Essentially the firm remains operating as it has done, but with the […]
Skipper missing
Wednesday 4 January 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police patrol boat Te Kukupa was deployed yesterday afternoon to answer a distress call from the skipper of the yacht Bonny. The vessels owner contacted local authorities at around 9.14am yesterday to report that he was 20 nautical miles south of Rarotonga and he was experiencing breathing problems. Cook Islands Police Commissioner Maara […]
4 arrests, 3 crashes, 10 burglaries
Wednesday 4 January 2012 | Published in Local
Police arrested four people over the New Years weekend for alcohol related motor accidents and assaults. Police are especially concerned at the rising number of burglaries plaguing the island. Inspector John Strickland says police received 10 reports of breaking and entering between Friday afternoon and Tuesday. This is of great concern to police as this […]
Happy new year!
Wednesday 4 January 2012 | Published in Local
Returning Cook Islander David and his friend Sarah from Australia got right into the New Years celebration at Muri beach in matching sparkly 2012 glasses. The duo were among hundreds of locals and visitors at the popular beach to ring in the new year and watch the fantastic fireworks from the lagoon.
Police renew call to felon
Wednesday 4 January 2012 | Published in Local
Police are reissuing calls for wanted man Kakino Kakino Junior to turn himself in and end the nearly two-week manhunt. Cook Islands police have been sounding their appeal through Kakinos friends and families in Rarotonga, as well as through media. Inspector John Strickland said police had been visiting a list of Kakinos known associates, asking […]
New Zealand MP returns to his roots
Saturday 31 December 2011 | Published in Local
Ngaro is the first Cook Islander to be elected as a MP in New Zealand and has travelled home to the Cook Islands this week with his family for a holiday. He will spend a few days in Aitutaki where his parents live next week before returning to Rarotonga and departing for New Zealand on […]
No mercy
Saturday 31 December 2011 | Published in Local
After a shocking start to their Christmas blitz, Cook Islands police are asking for better community cooperation in making the New Year holiday break a safe one. Inspector John Strickland said police were appalled with the crime statistics recorded in the first half of the festive season safety campaign and he hoped the second half […]
Queen honours 3 Cook Islanders
Saturday 31 December 2011 | Published in Local
Pauline Margaret Rakera Taripo is at the top of the 2012 Queens New Year Honours list for the Cook Islands, which was announced today. Taripo known locally as Makea Karika Margaret Ariki has been made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) the second highest rank in the Most […]
Tupapa resident house-bound by rain
Friday 30 December 2011 | Published in Local
In 54 years of living in Rarotonga, Papa Jeff Griffiths has never seen a flood this bad. The 76-year-old Tupapa resident is completely house-bound unable to step beyond his front and back door. Living on Karekare Alley, Papa Jeff has been watching the rain turn his property into a lake. Steps to his porch are […]
Youth drowns at waterfall
Friday 30 December 2011 | Published in Local
A Cook Islands youth has drowned after becoming trapped under water at Wigmores Waterfall on Wednesday. Sixteen-year-old Aumata Aumata was swimming at the Titikaveka waterfall with a friend about 5.30pm on Wednesday when a heavy gush of water flowed down the waterfall and trapped him, Cook Islands police said. The youth was stuck under water […]
Christmas baby came early
Thursday 29 December 2011 | Published in Local
Christmas was extra special this year for Carl and Pua Hunter who welcomed their baby boy into the world on the afternoon of Christmas day the only baby born at the Rarotonga hospital on the day. The yet to named baby boy was due today, though Pua said that after her first three boys she […]
Predictions unchanged
Thursday 29 December 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands cyclone predictions for the current season have not changed despite the current adverse weather, according to Cook Islands Meteorological Service senior forecaster Maara Vaiimene. One or two cyclones are expected to affect the Cook Islands southern group during the current season, which officially extends to April. Climate and weather forecasting organisations across […]
Cyclone-like weather batters Raro
Thursday 29 December 2011 | Published in Local
Rarotonga was battered by high winds and heavy rain early yesterday morning from a weather front that brought in conditions similar to a tropical cyclone, Cook Islands Meteorological Service reports. Wind gusts of about 90km/h battered areas of Rarotonga while more than 60mm of rain fell on Rarotonga between 8am on Tuesday and 2pm yesterday. […]
Kakino Kakino wanted
Wednesday 28 December 2011 | Published in Local
Local police are on the hunt for known felon Kakino Kakino (above) who has become a wanted man after failing to meet his bail curfew before the Christmas weekend. Police have been unable to locate Kakino who they would like to talk to in relation to a rash of burglaries on the island over the […]
Christmas crime wave
Wednesday 28 December 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police have had a frustrating festive weekend with high numbers of incidents ranging from domestic abuse to burglaries and motor accidents. In total five people were arrested. Eight domestic disputes were attended to by police between Thursday December 22 and yesterday. Detective Inspector Areumu Ingaua says the majority of domestic disputes attended to […]
Two financial organisations to merge
Saturday 24 December 2011 | Published in Local
The Financial Supervisory Commission and the Financial Intelligence Unit will merge next financial year under Cook Islands government plans to streamline its public sector and become more cost effective. The two regulatory bodies will share office space at the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) site from next year, with the five staff currently working at the […]
Puna stops Aitutaki hydrogen plant
Saturday 24 December 2011 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Henry Puna has stopped plans to establish a hydrogen plant on Aitutaki for electricity generation. Cook Islands News has received a copy of a letter from Puna addressed to the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) director general Kandeh Yumkella in Austria. The letter, dated December 22, declines an invitation from the UNIDO […]
Santa delivers goodies by ute
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Local
Santa is coming in the back of a ute this week for up to 100 Rarotonga families who have begun taking deliveries from under the Giving Tree. Ministry of Internal Affairs staff have already started distributing presents collected through the Westpac Banks scheme, meaning 109 of the communitys neediest children will not go wanting this […]
A sunny Christmas...
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Local
Its looking like it will be a sunny Christmas. The Cook Islands Meteorological Services says the weather is expected to be mostly fine from today until Christmas, though early next week the forecast is for rain. A high-pressure system is currently located east of the southern Cooks and will be sending east to northeast winds […]
Education and NHRD merge
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Local
No jobs will be lost when the Ministry of Education and the Department of National Human Resources Development merge in July next year, staff have been assured. The two government agencies will merge their work and responsibilities from the next financial year. Their amalgamation comes as part of the Cook Islands governments streamlining of the […]
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