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TAU refutes surge claim
Thursday 1 December 2011 | Published in Local
Computer system problems and failures since last weeks island-wide power cut are causing consternation. Since Thursdays island-wide power cut on Rarotonga, computer parts suppliers have had a bolt in demand for new batteries and power packs. They say it shows there was a surge in the power grid, but Te Aponga Uira says it has […]
CISNOC accounts hit by meltdown
Thursday 1 December 2011 | Published in Local
Members of the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) will have to wait a little longer for an updated financial report of the organisation. In early November new CISNOC treasurer Dan OBrien promised members he would give them a breakdown of the organisations fiscal status by the end of the month. But fate […]
Uirangis ready to go
Thursday 1 December 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands’Miss South Pacific contestant Uirangi Bishop with supporters Miss South Pacific 2010 Joyana Meyer and Edgewater Resort and Spa general manager Chris McGeown giving her a final farewell
Driver granted bail
Wednesday 30 November 2011 | Published in Local
The man arrested and charged in relation to 60-year-old Pauline Ateras death on Sunday morning has appeared in the Cook Islands High Court. He is Christopher Castillo, a 39-year-old Te Vara Nui Village worker and Muri resident. Castillo, who has not entered a plea to the single charge he faces of manslaughter, has instructed local […]
Airport emergency test today
Wednesday 30 November 2011 | Published in Local
An annual emergency exercise will be held at Rarotonga Airport at 8.30am. It is designed to test the response and effectiveness of relevant agencies in processing victims and survivors in response to an international aircraft accident at the airport. This exercise will look at two main issues effective control and processing of passengers after the […]
Regional NGO relocating to Fiji
Wednesday 30 November 2011 | Published in Local
The Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation (PIAF) is closing its Rarotonga headquarters and relocating to Suva due to funding constraints. This is a direct result from funding constraints set on a small regional organisation like PIAF, chief executive Maire Bopp said. A small wind-up ceremony is scheduled for December 8. Research officer Hilary Gormon will continue […]
Cycleway plans in the pipeline
Wednesday 30 November 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands government has plans to introduce a series of cycle ways and footpaths to Rarotonga and the outer islands, but not in the short term. Budgetary documents released in the 2011-12 financial year detail medium- and long-term goals to have a string of cycle ways and walking tracks constructed on Rarotonga as part […]
Driver faces manslaughter charge
Tuesday 29 November 2011 | Published in Local
A man will face manslaughter charges over the death of a cyclist at Matavera on Sunday morning, Cook Islands Police said. Triathlete Pauline Atera died on Sunday morning after allegedly being struck by a car at about 9.30am while cycling on the main road at Matavera. Police yesterday said Atera, who was affectionately known as […]
Horror weekend on roads police
Tuesday 29 November 2011 | Published in Local
A horror weekend on the roads culminated in the death of a cyclist on Sunday. Cook Islands Police were busy from Friday afternoon onwards. Police recorded a number of road incidents over the weekend, the worst being the death of a female cyclist who was hit by a car at Matavera about 9.30am on Sunday. […]
New course
Tuesday 29 November 2011 | Published in Local
No longer do aspiring hairdressers have to leave the Cook Islands to get a taste of life in the salon. With funding from the New Zealand Aid Programme administered by the Department of National Human Resources Development (HRD), Kim Davis of Pacific Village Salon is planning to run a six-week introductory haircutting and cosmetics course […]
State of tourism discussed
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Local
The first of a series of informational meetings on the state of the tourism industry will be held this week, bringing the Cook Islands Tourism Corporations global marketing push to the breakfast table. The corporations first meeting in the so-called Global Marketing Breakfast Update series will be held on Tuesday at Tamarind House. The meeting […]
Meeting to extend neighbourhood watch
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Local
Having proven itself as an effective tool to cut crime, the Ngatangiia Neighbourhood Watch initiative is likely to continue. It started as a trial, but organiser Sisi Short says it has been hugely successful, and that during night patrols there has been no crime in her village. She wants to keep it going. We all […]
Cyber crime targeted
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Local
A police programme aimed at combating cyber crime will be launched this week with a training seminar. The Cook Islands police have taken a strategic approach to reduce the risk of crime over the internet by adopting the Cyber Safety Pacifica programme, trialled elsewhere in the region including Niue. Internet use throughout the Pacific varies, […]
Oversight to blame for power cut
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Local
A procedural oversight is to blame for Te Aponga Uiras Rarotonga-wide power cut on Thursday afternoon, chief executive Apii Timoti says. In a press release issued by TAU yesterday, Timoti says the procedural oversight occurred during a cleaning process on one of the companys fuel day tanks. This procedure has since been strengthened by the […]
Ministry performance has improved
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Local
Government ministries are performing better than in previous financial years, the Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) has discovered. Earlier this month OPSC submitted an information paper to cabinet on the annual performance review of heads of ministries (HOMs) for the financial period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. OPSC is mandated […]
We can all do something to help
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Local
Today, White Ribbon Day, marks the beginning of 16 days of activities to ensure that we continue to strive for a society with zero balance to any form of violence against women and their children. Violence against our women takes many forms: physical, sexual, psychological and economic. It is estimated that over 50% of our […]
Prime minister meets US president
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Henry Puna is one of a dozen Pacific leaders to have met United States President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Hawaii earlier this month. The US played host to an APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders meeting held in Honolulu, while Pacific leaders including Puna were simultaneously in Hawaii […]
Police introduce changes to justice system
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police are introducing two restorative justice schemes to better deal with people facing minor offences. The diversion and pre-charge warning schemes will be reviewed in six months, before a decision is made about implementing them permanently. Targeted are first-time offenders, facing charges which carry maximum penalties of less than six or 12 months […]
Power outage on Rarotonga
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Local
Te Aponga Uira O Tumutevarovaro (TAU) is apologising for a Rarotonga-wide electricity cut yesterday afternoon, triggered by the tripping of two large engines at the power station. TAU said the tripping of the engines forced too much loading onto the other remaining engines running at the time, and they too tripped. Pinpointing the reason or […]
Half our water leaking
Thursday 24 November 2011 | Published in Local
About half of Rarotongas public water supply is leaking into the ground through a 60-year-old reticulation scheme under the islands roads. Finance minister Mark Brown mentioned the current water problem yesterday in explaining efforts by government to improve Rarotongas water storage and supply infrastructure. He says there are plans for the storage capacity of water […]
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