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NCEA results improving
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Education has released preliminary NCEA results from the November examinations. Final confirmed results will be released when they become available. We are delighted with the overall achievement which reinforces that the strategies that have been implemented by our ministry and the schools over the past several years are starting to reap real […]
New teachers arrive
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Local
Fifteen New Zealand teachers and their families have arrived in the Cook Islands to take up posts at schools across Rarotonga and on Aitutaki. The new teachers and their families are pictured here in the new Ministry of Education base in Nikao where they had an orientation day. The teachers will spend the weekend house […]
Pageant date earmarked
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Local
The Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association (MCIPA) has set a tentative date for this years Miss Cook Islands pageant. The pageants finale is scheduled for June 7. The date was postponed to allow the current titleholder, Engara Gosselin, to do her three months probation at her new job as Pure Fiji Australias assistant general manager […]
Results will be released next week
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Local
Results of a census and health inspections in regard to Scotts chicken farm in Muri should be publicly released next week. For years the stench of Scotts Farm has offended locals and tourists alike and in the last month the issue has come to a head with the Ministry of Healths involvement. Dr Rangi Fariu […]
This is a case of a missing person
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police are working in contact with New Zealand Police and Interpol as they continue their investigations into the case of missing skipper and wanted man. Inspector John Strickland yesterday said police had made contact with his next of kin and were waiting for them to make their way to the Cook Islands. Strickland […]
Stay hydrated
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in Local
Rarotonga has been experiencing a hot spell this week, but Cook Islands Meteorological Services director Arona Ngari says temperatures are normal for the summer period. Temperatures this week have been averaging about 29 or 30 degrees. Its up there, but I think whats getting people thinking its over 30 is the humidity, which has been […]
Consumer price index statistics out
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in Local
The latest Cook Islands Consumer Price Index (CPI) statistics have been released publicly, posted on the internet through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) and its statistics division. CPI relates to the cost of living and inflation. It is an indicator or measure of price change. The latest CPI figures released are for […]
74 spouses granted PR
Thursday 19 January 2012 | Published in Local
Cabinet has approved the granting of permanent residency (PR) status to 74 spouses of Cook Islanders and permanent residents. At a meeting in Rarotonga yesterday cabinet approved a list of the 74 applicants, who have all been married to Cook Islanders or those with PR for at least five years. They are now being notified […]
Police chase and arrest teenage girl
Thursday 19 January 2012 | Published in Local
A teenage motorcyclist reached speeds of up to 90km/hr during a police pursuit through Rarotongas west this week. A 17-year-old female was arrested on Monday afternoon and charged following the pursuit. She spent the night in police custody and was charged with dangerous driving. Cook Islands police detective inspector Areumu Ingaua said police were considering […]
Killer whale of a time!
Thursday 19 January 2012 | Published in Local
Proud aunty Josephine Turepu sent in this gorgeous photo of her two-year-old niece Taleya Gukisuva having a Killer Whale of a time at the Rarotongan celebrating her brother Zechariahs fifth birthday with family. This photo is one of a number of stunning images sent in to Cook Islands News in our Memories of summer photo […]
Hot dogs put sun to use
Wednesday 18 January 2012 | Published in Local
The Esther Honey Foundation will be able to spend less time worrying about its power bills and more time helping animals in need following and thanks to a new donation. A new 10-panel solar system has been installed at the foundations Rarotonga clinic with its costs and installation all covered through donations. Mary Smith, a […]
Dead or alive?
Wednesday 18 January 2012 | Published in Local
A friend of the missing skipper and wanted man said he does not believe he is still alive and has dismissed ideas that he had faked his death. The skipper who is wanted in New Zealand on 26 charges including four of rape, has been the subject of a missing persons investigation since disappearing in […]
Major noni deal sours
Wednesday 18 January 2012 | Published in Local
A deal in which tens of thousands of litres of Cook Islands noni juice would be shipped to China for sale has gone sour leaving local growers searching for alternate buyers. Last year Pure Pacifika a New Zealand-based company with subsidiaries in the Cook Islands, Niue and Samoa announced it would purchase Cook Islands noni […]
Last words of a wanted man
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Local
Missing skipper and wanted man showed no sign that he planned to take his own life in his final log taken at Rarotonga. Cook Islands News has been given a copy of his final log entry recorded at Rarotonga, written and sent to a friend two days before he disappeared in calm waters after complaining […]
Tennis time!
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Local
Rarotonga children returned to the courts yesterday for the start of the tennis holiday programme with wide grins and energy to burn. The courts in Nikao were chock-a-block with energetic children learning to play tennis and improving their tennis skills. The programme will run every day from 9 to 10am for beginners and from 10am […]
Follow up for PR applications today
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Local
Spouses seeking permanent residency (PR) in the Cook Islands are urged to check the status of their applications today before a final list is considered by cabinet tomorrow. In December last year during a parliamentary session Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters who holds the portfolio of foreign affairs and immigration raised the issue of residents […]
Supplementary budget discussions next month
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Local
Parliament is set to sit for the first time this year in mid February. Wednesday, February 15 is rumoured to be the start date, although parliament clerk Nga Valoa says that has not yet been confirmed. Governments supplementary budget is likely to be the most important agenda item for members of parliament in the upcoming […]
Chilling out
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Local
6-month old Georden Marsters soaks up the sun while taking a little dip, his first, in the beautiful Kauare lagoon in Titikaveka with his family. This photo was sent in by Geordens proud mum Tuanga Connal for the Cook Islands News Summer Photo Competition now in its third week. All readers have to do be […]
$106,000 helps with Atiu hostel construction
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Local
Thanks to a $106,000 donation, the Atiu community has been able to hire four labourers to work full-time on the Atiu Nui Maruarua III hostel in Maraerenga. The money was donated by the now-dissolved Enuamanu Lands Society Incorporated, the stakeholders of which met last year in Atiu and in Rarotonga to collectively decide how to […]
Numa makes his mark
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Local
Artist Numa Mackenzie departs on a six-month voyage aboard Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua tonight. Before flying out hes making his mark on Rarotonga with the permission of Kevin and Frances Cook, he tagged a larger-than-life tiki on the bus stop near Super Brown in Tupapa yesterday. And this morning hell be at Fresh Local, […]
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