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Polishing up acts
Tuesday 27 July 2010 | Published in Local
Cultural teams are now polishing up their acts for the annual Te Maeva Nui cultural celebrations which will begin with an opening ceremony on Saturday, July 31. This year’s constitution celebration will include five competing cultural teams spiced up with items by local schools and visiting teams. Outer island teams will not be joining this […]
Texting driver caused accident
Tuesday 27 July 2010 | Published in Local
Ngatangiia beach residents were the victims of a string of thefts over the weekend with eight properties in the Takitumu area broken into by thieves. Cellphones and cash were the main items stolen from the beach homes and rental properties. In total, police dealt with 42 incidents from Friday to Sunday which included the eight […]
Woo-hoo for Clifton!
Saturday 24 July 2010 | Published in Local
Tereora College student Clifton Tokoara was asking his teacher to use his laptop to download some photos when it was announced that he had won the Careers Expo Rotary laptop competition. “Woo-hoo!” was all that Clifton could manage after the news sunk in. “I can’t believe it,” added the year 13 student. And even before […]
The fun of finding a career
Friday 23 July 2010 | Published in Local
Local nurses joined students at the Computer Man booth to try their luck at winning a prize during yesterday’s annual Careers Expo. 10072219
Beer stalled
Friday 23 July 2010 | Published in Local
Nearly two weeks after the run off, James Beer has still not been confirmed as a candidate in Murienua. The puna committee is not convinced that Beer is actually a financial member of the party. The hold up is not related to the complaint raised and then withdrawn by Angeline Tuara, which was about people […]
LA flight's future in jeopardy
Friday 23 July 2010 | Published in Local
Declining numbers of passengers on the direct Los Angeles flight are spurring Cook Islands Tourism to step up its North American marketing. At Wednesday night’s meeting of tourism industry operators, board member Ewan Smith informed the audience of about 100 of the steady decline in passenger numbers on the weekly flight from Los Angeles to […]
Wong will not be prosecuted
Friday 23 July 2010 | Published in Local
Police commissioner Maara Tetava announced yesterday that Chris Wong will not be prosecuted criminally. Wong resigned as chief executive of Cook Island Tourism in 2007, following the release of an audit report that accused him of misusing public funds, and has since been under investigation. The report charged that from 2001 to 2007, Wong charged […]
Party Tumu vows to grow stronger
Thursday 22 July 2010 | Published in Local
Former CIP MP Albert Nicholas is vowing his controversial new party will grow stronger despite having to change its name just two weeks after it was formed. The party is now called the Party Tumu following the court decision to ban anyone other than the Cook Islands Party from using its name. Yesterday CI News […]
Sea life declining
Thursday 22 July 2010 | Published in Local
Dorothy Solomona, acting director of pearls at the Ministry of Marine Resources, told the National Environment Forum yesterday that the reduction in clam numbers in our lagoons was an example of the reduction in life in our waters. Solomona said that there had been a continual, rapid decline in numbers of paua since the early […]
Seabed mining taskforce mooted
Thursday 22 July 2010 | Published in Local
Cabinet has approved putting together a taskforce from government agencies and the private sector to create a seabed mining policy. A seabed minerals commissioner, who has yet to be named, will be appointed to head the seabed mining authority advisory board. The advisory board will be tasked with creating a timetable and mapping out what […]
Mining moves
Wednesday 21 July 2010 | Published in Local
Cabinet has agreed to a two-speed approach to a new seabed mineral regime, according to Trevor Pitt, advisor to Prime Minister Jim Marurai One side of the approach will involve looking at putting infrastructure in place for mining. Pitt said that this would continue at a slow and steady pace. But a more fast track […]
PM leaves to be at son's side
Wednesday 21 July 2010 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Jim Marurai was due to fly out last night to be with his son who is in a serious condition in hospital in Auckland. Jason Marurai, 38, was flown to New Zealand for emergency medical care on Monday morning. Police reported that Marurai was found unconscious early Sunday morning on the road in […]
All go for Expo
Wednesday 21 July 2010 | Published in Local
Enuamanu College, Atiu students are in Rarotonga for tomorrow’s Careers Expo and are keen to learn about jobs and careers they can get into that will help their people back home. Check out the special 12-page Expo supplement in today’s Cook Islands News. 10071907
CIP to confirm candidates soon
Wednesday 21 July 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Party has just five of the 24 parliamentary seats to confirm election candidates for in its bid to prepare early for this year’s general election. The CIP is moving swiftly to complete its candidate selections and candidates for the remaining punas of Ivirua, Pukapuka, Mitiaro, Manihiki, Rakahanga, should soon be formally confirmed […]
Parliament called to sit
Wednesday 21 July 2010 | Published in Local
Much anticipated Budget set to be tabled at next week’s sitting Parliament will sit next Thursday for tabling of the national Budget. Prime Minister Jim Marurai issued notice to the Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin yesterday of the July 29 sitting at which government hopes to table the much anticipated Budget prepared under the new […]
'No confidence' stalls Parliament
Tuesday 20 July 2010 | Published in Local
Any chance of Parliament sitting this week was lost last Friday, but it is understood Prime Minister Jim Marurai may still call Parliament before the end of the month. It seems fear of a vote of no confidence being moved against Marurai may be the reason he has held off on giving the seven day […]
CIP Tumu dead
Tuesday 20 July 2010 | Published in Local
CIP defector MP Albert Nicholas says he will rename his new political party after the High Court issued an order banning him from using ‘Cook Islands Party Tumu’. The judgement issued Friday says no one is allowed to use the party name again, except for reporting the proceeding. Justice Colin Nicholson heard the application for […]
Minister says loans improper
Tuesday 20 July 2010 | Published in Local
Finance Minister and Attorney General Wilkie Rasmussen says he believes it is highly improper for politicians to receive loans or grants from financial assistant schemes. The minister was commenting on the recently completed audit report which found that Former Finance Minister Sir Terepai Maoate and associate minister Terepai Maoate Jnr directly benefited from a total […]
PM's son flown to NZ
Tuesday 20 July 2010 | Published in Local
The son of Prime Minister Jim Marurai was flown to New Zealand yesterday in a serious condition after coming off his motorbike early on Sunday morning. Jason Marurai, 38, was found at 12.25am on Sunday unconscious on the main road in front of Super Brown supermarket at Kiikii. Police refused to name him yesterday but […]
Top Te Aito effort
Monday 19 July 2010 | Published in Local
Te Aito Cook Islands team (from left) Vaea Melvin, Emilene Taulu, Reuben Dearlove, Fletcher Melvin and Serena Hunter proudly represented the Cook Islands at the prestigious oe vaka festival Te Aito Tahiti. It was a great day for the team in the Tahitian surf and sun on Saturday.
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