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No need for panic: Vaile
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in Local
Triad says there is enough fuel to last until weekend Triad Pacific Petroleum’s Chris Vaile claims unless people give in to panic buying there will be enough petrol on the island to last until the ship arrives this weekend. Vaile has issued a fiery response to Toa director Brett Porter’s claim the island will run […]
Norman George challenges GPC
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in Local
Atiu MP for Teenui-Mapumai Norman George has publicly declined the invitation to take part in this week’s People’s Forum for Change called by political reform advocates. George continues to ridicule GPC and Mou Piri with the offensive intimation that ‘a woman’s place is in the home’. The self-described Atiu Warrior issued a press statement saying […]
Financial crisis at CISNOC
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in Local
Sports minister worried by staff numbers and money management The Cook Island Sports National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) last week revealed it’s in dire financial straits by asking government for an advance on its quarterly funding. The move has indicated to Minister of Sport Apii Piho that the organisation is in serious financial difficulties. CISNOC receives […]
New service
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Local
A new shipping service may soon get the go-ahead if transport minister William Heather has his way. Picton Castle skipper Daniel Moreland and two local business partners are proposing a new service for the Cook Islands using a converted deep sea fishing trawler (as pictured above). Transport minister William Heather says Pacific Schooners Ltd’s proposal […]
Toa warns fuel shortage
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Local
Fuel distributor Toa Petroleum is warning Rarotonga’s petrol pumps may run dry before the next ship arrives in a week’s time. The Toa facility ran out of fuel yesterday but its competitor, Triad Pacific Petroleum, insists it still has enough fuel in storage to last the week. Retailers of Toa’s fuel are expected to run […]
National run-off?
Saturday 4 September 2010 | Published in Local
Sir Terepai’s suggestion: ‘A national day of elimination’ Embattled Ngatangiia MP Sir Terepai Maoate is proposing a ‘national day of elimination’ to clean up the candidate selection process in all Democratic Party. It’s his answer to the stand-off that has developed in his electorate. In a statement released by his Ngatangiia committee late yesterday, Sir […]
Wigmore responds to threat
Friday 3 September 2010 | Published in Local
Democratic Party leader Robert Wigmore has issued a veiled warning in response to the threat against the party made by Aitutaki MP Terepai Maoate Jnr this week. Maoate has threatened to cross the floor if his father is not confirmed as the Ngatangiia candidate. “With regard to the issue with the Democratic candidate in the […]
Going to arbitration
Friday 3 September 2010 | Published in Local
A legal row is brewing over the PMG per diems money. Vaine Teokotai’s efforts to resolve the dispute over $300,000 of per diems money from the Pacific Mini Games (PMG), which is being allegedly held by the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC), have been thwarted. Both the head of Pacific Mini Games […]
Shapeshifter after-party
Friday 3 September 2010 | Published in Local
Following a sold-out show at Club Raro last night, Shapeshifter will be at Rehab from 10pm tonight – Tiki Taane will perform an acoustic set and Shapeshifter’s lead vocalist P-Digsss will be on the DJ tables. Tickets are $7 from 88FM, Deli-licious in Muri, Rehab and Summerfield Systems at Cooks Corner today, and $10 at […]
Mirage demand ring road
Thursday 2 September 2010 | Published in Local
Auckland-based developers Mirage Group Ltd are reportedly pressuring government to complete the ring road around the old Sheraton which could cost in excess of $1 million. Infrastructure minister William Heather confirmed yesterday that Mirage representatives have approached members of cabinet to engage in talks about the ring or loop road. About four years ago government […]
Clashing continues
Thursday 2 September 2010 | Published in Local
Mann Short’s Tuesday night meeting with Ngatangiia MP Sir Terepai Maoate failed to result in a resolution on who will be the Demo candidate for the elections. “It got nowhere. We went to the meeting expecting something to happen – maybe for him to step down. There was nothing new – they still insisted that […]
Test for candidates
Thursday 2 September 2010 | Published in Local
Election candidates will be put to the test over their commitment to political reform if they accept an invitation to take part in a national forum next week. The Group for Political Change in collaboration with Mou Piri is planning a series of public forums and issued a press release yesterday about the first in […]
Maoate threatens walkout
Thursday 2 September 2010 | Published in Local
Aitutaki MP Terepai Maoate Jnr has threatened that he will stand by his father Sir Terepai Maoate and walk out of the Democratic Party if the debacle over the Ngatangiia candidate is not sorted out. Speaking to the CI News on Aitutaki on Tuesday, Maoate Jnr said the Demos will lose both he and his […]
Philatelic bureau 'for sale'
Wednesday 1 September 2010 | Published in Local
An American buyer is reported to be buying the Cook Islands Philatelic Bureau. However, the deal does not seem to be clearly understood by many parties, including Government. Solicitor general Tingika Elikana yesterday confirmed that the buyer is being represented by lawyer Tim Arnold and that an agreement of sorts has already been signed. But […]
Booze and smokes for sale
Wednesday 1 September 2010 | Published in Local
Spirits, wine, beer, cigarettes and tobacco confiscated by customs officers are currently for sale by tender from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM). The goods were confiscated from passengers that exceeded their alcohol and tobacco allowance – travellers are only allowed to carry 200 cigarettes, two litres of liquor or four litres of […]
Sir Terepai meets rival
Wednesday 1 September 2010 | Published in Local
Even the location of this week’s meeting between Ngatangiia MP Sir Terepai Maoate and run-off ‘candidate’ Mann Short was a closely guarded secret as the Democratic Party controversy continues over who will be candidate. The meeting was due to take place under the cover of darkness last night at around 10 o’clock at the Hospitality […]
Aitutakians speak up
Wednesday 1 September 2010 | Published in Local
Aitutakians themselves claim they are not ones to speak out of turn but a number spoken to by CI News journalists Martin Tiffany and Matariki yesterday certainly had a lot to say. Just talking to random people on the island about the cyclone rebuild effort produced some interesting results. Many were critical about the slow […]
Williams trial on
Tuesday 31 August 2010 | Published in Local
This week, Justice Hugh Williams and 12 jurors will begin hearing the Paul Williams trial. Williams is facing charges of manslaughter, dangerous driving causing death and driving with excess breath alcohol. All charges – to which Williams has pleaded not guilty – were laid in July of last year. The 31-year-old was charged with manslaughter […]
Actor eyes Raro series
Tuesday 31 August 2010 | Published in Local
Screen actor Billy ‘Ollie’ Campbell is making a film, but this time he’s not the star. Campbell is sailing through the South Pacific aboard Picton Castle, re-tracing a voyage he did with the same tall ship a few years ago. For ten days he’s been on Rarotonga, a place he feels is “far more my […]
Minerals taskforce set up
Tuesday 31 August 2010 | Published in Local
New body to provide advice on national seabed minerals policy A Seabed Minerals Policy Taskforce has been set up by government to provide advice on the national seabed minerals policy and guidelines on the set up of the Seabed Minerals Authority. The taskforce, headed by Marine Resources Secretary Ben Ponia, was appointed about two months […]
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