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Confusion continues
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Local
More meetings are to be held between those involved in a $670,000 upgrade of the Rarotonga hospitals septic system. There is still confusion about whether the necessary permits were obtained for the upgrade as well as whether processes required by legislation were followed. Last week a meeting was held at the Ministry of Health following […]
Dad proud of family flight
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Local
Flying is a family business for the Willis clan. Air Rarotonga pilot captain Sean Willis was beaming with pride on Friday morning after he and his children first officer Stephen Willis and head flight attendant Frances Willis ran a return flight to Aitutaki. Captain Sean Willis has been flying for Air Rarotonga since 1986 and […]
Too soon to find new NZ envoy
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Local
Acting Prime Minister Tom Marsters says it is too soon to appoint a new high commissioner to New Zealand following the death of Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid (above). Marsters said cabinet would decide on Te Tikas replacement under the same process that led to her appointment, but that the process was only just beginning. […]
Cook Islands stakes high seas claim
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands government is set to officially take claim of more than 400,000-square-kilometres of continental shelf on its northern border in September this year. Deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Marsters said on Friday that the government expected the Cook Islands would officially sign a deal to extend its ocean sovereignty […]
ADB supports renewables
Saturday 25 June 2011 | Published in Local
Te Aponga Uira O Tumutevarovaro chief executive Apii Timoti says the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has finance opportunities for renewable energy projects which could be useful to the Cook Islands. Members of the ADB board of governors spent yesterday afternoon with senior Te Aponga Uira staff including Timoti. Following a round table discussion about the […]
Seabed exploration by 2013
Saturday 25 June 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands government is aiming to begin issuing deep sea mining exploration licences by 2013, deputy prime minister Tom Marsters said yesterday. Marsters, the Minister for Minerals and Natural Resources, told Cook Islands News he expected the Cook Islands would be in a suitable position to begin offering licences in about 18 months. He […]
Ash grounds passengers
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in Local
Volcanic ash spewing from a Chilean volcano has again put travellers plans into disarray at Rarotonga International Airport. Pacific Blue flights into and out of Rarotonga have been cancelled until Sunday as the ash cloud settles over New Zealand airspace. Flight numbers DJ162, scheduled to leave Rarotonga at 1.15am, and DJ163, scheduled to depart Auckland […]
Govt wont be rushed on mining
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in Local
The Office of the Minister of Minerals and Natural Resources says it is serious about developing a deep sea mining sector within the Cook Islands without rushing the process. Ministerial advisor Paul Lynch wrote to Cook Islands News yesterday following the front page story detailing a multi-million dollar plan to explore the potential for seabed […]
Crowd testament to Te Tikas influence
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in Local
Hundreds of Cook Islanders flocked to Titikaveka CICC yesterday to pay their respects to the late Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid, who passed away suddenly last week. The church was overflowing with people who Te Tika Mataiapo touched in some way or another people stood on the lawns outside the chapel, occupied chairs arranged underneath […]
Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid comes home
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Local
Dozens turned up to the Air New Zealand cargo hangar yesterday to meet Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reids casket. Wrapped in a korowai, the casket arrived on NZ46 in the late afternoon to be greeted by throngs of people dressed in black and white and bearing eis for their sister and friend, the late Te […]
ANZ mortgage agreement kept secret
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Local
An agreement has been reached between the ANZ bank Cook Islands branch and a Rarotonga couple over a $95,000 loan for a house which was never built. Details about the agreement, formalised this week, cannot be disclosed publicly due to a confidentiality agreement. Tangi and Nooroa Samuel, who have come to an agreement with the […]
$25m seabed mining offer
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Local
Canadian banking group Endeavour Financial has made a fresh, $25 million offer to the Cook Islands government for an exploratory licence for manganese nodule mining. But the company appears to have been largely ignored by the government in its latest attempts to obtain a licence. Cook Islands News was told by a source close to […]
Budget report tabled
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
A report by the governments Budget Support Group has been completed and officially tabled in cabinet. At present the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management is in the final stages of preparing the governments budget for the next financial year, which is to be tabled in parliament during the next sitting on July 1. The […]
Big plans for vessel
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
Pacific Schooners Ltd has big plans for inter-island cargo and passenger vessel Tiare Taporo, which is on track to arrive in Rarotonga early next year. She will provide a regular inter-island cargo and passenger service. The 40m vessel can comfortably transport up to 300 tonnes of cargo. In her former life as a North Sea […]
Ground-breaking study in CI
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
A Gulfstream V (GV) in the midst of a 27-day landmark climate change study arrives on Rarotonga today. The aircraft outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment and a crew of 10 scientists from Harvard University and other prestigious research institutions is part of HIPPO, a study sponsored by the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and National […]
Te Tikas funeral tomorrow
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reids body arrives on this afternoons flight from Auckland. The House of Ariki, Koutu Nui, Te Tika Mataiapo Komono/Pota Rangatira and Kautai Mataiapo will be at the airport to greet flight NZ46 around 4.15pm. Reverend Tereora Tereora of the Nikao CICC will host a prayer service at the Air NZ cargo […]
Police once again urge vigilance
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police are again reminding people to be vigilant in locking up and keeping an eye on personal properties to deter opportunist theft and burglaries, after another five over the weekend. Three burglaries and two thefts were reported to police at the weekend. A visiting couple returned to their Matavera accommodation to find their […]
NCIFC in court in July
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Local
A civil court case between the Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company (NCIFC) and a Taiwanese fishing firm is scheduled to be heard for the first time before a Justice of the Peace on July 15. Acting for Taiwanese company Yuh Yow Marine Ltd and Chen Jin Tyan, local lawyer Lavenia Rokoika says she plans to […]
Plans to stop illegal fishers
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Local
From July 1 a pocket of high seas bordered by the exclusive economic zones of the Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Kiribati will be closely monitored for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The patch of high seas, called the Eastern High Seas Pocket (EHSP), is a corridor to the Cook Islands exclusive economic zone (EEZ) […]
Staring down the barrel
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Local
Dont try this at home . . . Royal New Zealand Air Force corporal Tamati Anaru inspects an unloaded Cook Islands Police issue .223 rifle at the Avarua police station yesterday. Anaru is in the Cook Islands for two weeks during a firearm amnesty, cleaning and safety-checking small arms. It takes him between 10 and […]
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