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No reckless spending: CIP
Monday 11 October 2010 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Party leader Henry Puna promises that if elected to govern the party he will hold any minister, politician or other public servant, personally accountable for any public moneys lost or misused under their management. The pledge comes at a time when the Democratic Party government has incurred an ongoing multi-million dollar loss to […]
Top job criteria changed
Monday 11 October 2010 | Published in Local
New hospital post requirements mean incumbent can’t apply The post of Director of Hospital Services is being advertised and the job description rewritten so it rules out the incumbent. The advertisement says that the post holder has to be a registered medical officer – a doctor or a nurse. This means that the current post-holder, […]
Election about shared dreams: CIP
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Party leader Henry Puna says next month’s election is not about the party or about winning government. He said the election must instead be about the nation and what the people can do together, not just for themselves, but for posterity. “This election must be about our shared dreams, about our hopes, about […]
Fisherman swims ashore
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Local
Tupapa fisherman Dick Marsters is assessing damage to his $22,000 boat after its hull was punctured yesterday morning, forcing him to swim ashore as it filled with water. Marsters was about 150m out at sea from the reef directly in front of Matavera about 5.10am when he hit “something hard”. After receiving no reply on […]
Govt assesses cargo concerns
Friday 8 October 2010 | Published in Local
Taio Shipping is asking northern group islands residents to be patient as its cargo vessel the Te Kou Maru II remains stranded on Mauke’s reef and looks set to stay there. Meanwhile, government ministers are assessing options of assistance, to ensure essential supplies are provided to outer islands. Attempts to re-float and tow the stranded […]
Naked prowler alert
Friday 8 October 2010 | Published in Local
Vaimaanga woman wakes up to find strange man in bedroom A Vaimaanga resident was left traumatised after a naked man appeared in her bedroom early on Monday morning. The woman, who does not want to be named, said she woke up just after 1am to find an unknown man sitting on her bed. Her two […]
Mental health awareness
Friday 8 October 2010 | Published in Local
Local mental health charity, Te Kainga, is asking churches to preach messages of support and understanding for people with mental health problems for World Mental Health Day this Sunday. “We are asking churches, pastors and ministers to give messages asking people to show more support and understanding for people with mental illness to help reduce […]
CIP policies
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Party will officially launch its manifesto tomorrow. Party leader Henry Puna and some of members of the candidate line-up will announce the party’s main policies it will take up if elected to govern. The party is contesting all 24 seats at the November 17 election. The CIP was last in power from […]
Stranded ship still stuck
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Local
Taio Shipping’s Te Kou Maru II may be a permanent fixture on the Mauke reef. Rough seas have pushed the stranded vessel about 30ft closer towards land since it bellied out on the reef, off the west coast of the island, about 8pm on Monday. Efforts to determine the extent of damage were thwarted yesterday […]
Sir Terepai independent
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Local
Maoate makes decision to stand alone in General Election Sir Terepai Maoate has decided to stand as an independent candidate in the November 17 election. A press release was issued yesterday saying that after a long political battle with the Democratic Party, and losing the Ngatangiia run-off held on September 29 to Mann Short, the […]
Demo campaign kicks off
Wednesday 6 October 2010 | Published in Local
The Democratic Party will kick off its national election campaign this week in vaka Takitumu – in the heart of leader Robert Wigmore’s electorate of Titikaveka. Tomorrow evening’s event at Enua Manea Hall is the first of vaka-centred launches to promote the party’s candidates and some of their key election pledges. The Takitumu candidates – […]
DPM defends $750,000 Toa payment
Wednesday 6 October 2010 | Published in Local
Deputy Prime Minister Robert Wigmore is defending Cabinet’s decision to pay out $750,000 to Toa Petroleum as the first installment of its eight year $1.2 million profit guarantee agreement. He said the decision was made in order to avoid further litigation from Toa. On Monday Finance Minister Wilkie Rasmussen criticised the decision made in his […]
Ship on Mauke reef
Wednesday 6 October 2010 | Published in Local
The Taio Shipping owned vessel MV Te Kou Maru II ran on to the reef off the west coast of Mauke at around 8pm on Monday. As of press time last night, the ship was still stuck on the reef, and Maukeans were working together to offload valuable cargo, fuel and timber in particular. The […]
Teei set to serve
Tuesday 5 October 2010 | Published in Local
Sole tennis player Brittany Teei will take to the courts for the first time this morning in the women’s singles competition at the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Teei is scheduled to play against a Maldives opponent and hopes to rise up the ranks of the competition where the ultimate goal will be achieving a ranking. Although […]
36 applications for sports funds
Tuesday 5 October 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) has had 36 applications for All Sports funding. For the past two years, money given to CISNOC to distribute to sports codes has not been sent out to codes in the way government instructed. The government gave CISNOC $160,000 in 2008-09 and $60,000 in 2009-10 to […]
Toa payment fires minister
Tuesday 5 October 2010 | Published in Local
Minister of Finance unhappy that $750,000 advanced to Toa The Minister of Finance is back in the country and unhappy with the decision made in his absence by Cabinet to advance $750,000 to Toa Petroleum Limited. Wilkie Rasmussen has just returned from Brussels where he signed the revised Cotonu Agreement and reinforced the membership of […]
Tepaki sues 7 for $66 million
Monday 4 October 2010 | Published in Local
Arorangi developer Tepaki (Tim) Tepaki is seeking over $66 million in damages. Tepaki last week filed a statement of claim against Rarotonga Resorts Management Limited, New Zealand hotel operators Robin and Kim Eggleton, Arorangi hotel operator Anne Boys, accountant Michael Innes Jones, New Zealand financier Strategic Finance Limited and loans manager David Somerfield. Tepaki is […]
Games begin!
Monday 4 October 2010 | Published in Local
The national lawn bowls team will roll into action today as the triples and pairs teams begin their Commonwealth Games campaign. Bowls is the only Team Cook Islands code competing today (Monday India time) with their competition starting at midday. Lawn bowls will run right through the two weeks of the games. On Tuesday – […]
Fight on says George
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Local
Norman George isn’t expecting Sir Terepai Maoate to cross the floor to join the CIP. The MP for Atiu is convinced that it is more likely that Sir Terepai will run as an independent. George commented: “Firstly commiserations and cheer up old boy, to him from me. I know that my friend is a fighter, […]
Big burglary haul
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Local
A Tikioki home was burgled on Tuesday night of more than 7000 Euro (nearly 13,000 NZD) in electronic equipment. Among the stolen properties were a Sony laptop, four iPhones, a Sony digital camera, a Casio digicam, a flash drive and three memory chips. If you’ve been offered any of the above at a discounted price, […]
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