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$200,000 prison renovations finished
Monday 26 April 2010 | Published in Local
Government officials, justice staff and honoured guests celebrated the renovation of the Arorangi prison at a ceremony on Friday. After ten inmates escaped from custody last year, government and Cook Islands Investment Corporation decided to re-vamp the facility and allocated $200,000 to the project. It was the first time since 1953 that the prison had […]
Wigmore confirms as candidate
Monday 26 April 2010 | Published in Local
Deputy prime minister and Titikaveka MP Robert Wigmore (above) is hoping to be re-elected for a second consecutive term in parliament – as a Demo Party MP – at this year’s election. Despite the Democratic Party split and the question of whether Wigmore is still a member of the party, given prime minister Jim Marurai’s […]
Sun on the horizon
Saturday 24 April 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands can expect some sunshine after the weekend. The country has been experiencing above average rainfall over the past few days due to the South Pacific Convergence Zone passing over the islands. The convergence zone is a reverse-oriented monsoon trough which is a band of low-level convergence made up of clouds and rain. […]
Tourist trap
Saturday 24 April 2010 | Published in Local
Four young men appeared in court yesterday after executing a plan to steal a tourist’s handbag off her shoulder. On Wednesday night, they stopped to talk to a group of women on the side of the road, and in the process grabbed a handbag from one of them. Esaki Fimone pleaded guilty to having stolen […]
Toagate a soap opera at the expense of taxpayers
Saturday 24 April 2010 | Published in Local
The gloomy fiasco of Toagate is becoming a soap opera at the expense of every tax payer in the country, says Cook Islands Workers’ Association (CIWA) president Anthony Turua. “The whole judiciary and constitutional system of our country is becoming a cricket match of 20/20 to the extent that every civilian of our country is […]
Fox to speak at dawn service
Friday 23 April 2010 | Published in Local
This year’s Anzac Day dawn service guest speaker will be Derek Fox. Fox is a veteran New Zealand broadcaster, commentator, publisher, journalist and a Maori Party candidate in several elections. His father, Dudu Fox, served in the 28th Maori Battalion. Fox was the mayor of Wairoa from 1995 to 2001 and is of Ngati Kahungunu […]
What about Sydney marketing?
Friday 23 April 2010 | Published in Local
The outspoken critic of Cook Islands Tourism board chair Tata Crocombe says the most important issue right now is a lack of marketing and promotion of the new direct Sydney flight to Rarotonga. Christopher de Doby, a director and part owner of Unique Tourism Collection, which was terminated yesterday as the Cook Islands Australian marketing […]
Judgment reserved
Friday 23 April 2010 | Published in Local
Judgment has been reserved on the high profile Apex Agencies case heard before the court this week. Yesterday Justice Tom Weston reserved his judgment indicating that it will likely be issued in the second week of May. The court has been asked to determine whether government must honour the full settlement agreement it made with […]
Board sacks Aussie agents
Friday 23 April 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Tourism board yesterday sacked its Australian marketing agents because of harsh criticism of board chairman Tata Crocombe by a director of the agency. The board announced yesterday it has terminated the sales and marketing contract with Australia’s Unique Tourism Collection (UTC) following a scathing critique of chairman Tata Crocombe by an owner […]
Flu season on the way
Thursday 22 April 2010 | Published in Local
The recent rains are a reminder that the country is heading into a new season a busy season for health clinics and pharmacies. CITC pharmacist Shannon Saunders says she’s noticed an increase in the number of prescriptions rolling in for coughs and common colds. “We’re definitely heading into that time of year,” Saunders said. Saunders […]
Medicine mix up causes scare
Thursday 22 April 2010 | Published in Local
The very different medicines Lyndsay Francis was given for her granddaughter’s throat infection – on the left the Cervmol ear drops which was labelled and dispensed from the Tupapa ministry of health pharmacy as the Nystatin oral drops at right. “/> Local woman Lyndsay Francis got a scare this week after the Tupapa ministry of […]
Toa 'guarantee' under scrutiny
Thursday 22 April 2010 | Published in Local
Submissions in the Toa Petroleum (Apex Agencies) case against government are expected to wrap up today following a full day of technical arguments in the court yesterday. The focus of the case is whether the court should order government to honour the second part of the out of court settlement agreement government made with Toa […]
Tuaine on her CIT years
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Local
CI Tourism director of marketing Glenda Tuaine says her five years at the corporation have been years of great enjoyment and professional development. In a letter to the editor, Tuaine outlines what she believes CI Tourism has achieved during her time there. Tuaine resigned last month, also quitting the role of acting chief executive, and […]
Lyon quits council to voice concerns
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Local
Tourism industry member Steve Lyon (pictured right) resigned as vice president of the Tourism Industry Council this week to be able to speak out on concern with the board of CI Tourism. “The industry council does a really good job and it deliberates and provides a balanced perspective. My view is only one end of […]
Tourism board set to respond
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Local
The CI Tourism board has indicated it will issue a press release in response to recent criticism from Australian travel industry representative Christopher de Doby. De Doby sent his scathing comments to the Cook Islands tourism industry last week, saying tourism board chairman Tata Crocombe had created a path of destruction over the past few […]
Critic stands by his words
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Local
The outspoken Australian travel industry person causing grief in Cook Islands tourism has come forward with his credentials. Christopher de Doby is a 61-year-old French Australian who owns and operates a string of tourist properties and travel companies, and who serves as an international advisor to France’s Minister of Tourism. De Doby last Friday published […]
Cooks to be promoted at World Expo
Tuesday 20 April 2010 | Published in Local
A team of four Cook Islanders are heading to Shanghai, China this month to promote tourism, trade and foreign investment over the next six months at the 2010 World Expo. The Expo runs from May 1 to October 31 and is the largest event of its kind in history. About 75 million visitors are expected […]
Carr gets to grips with Government finances
Tuesday 20 April 2010 | Published in Local
Kevin Carr is back. The newly appointed acting financial secretary aims to get a grip on the state of government finances and to start using a financial model as soon as it is created to help with problems, such as budget deficits. He takes up his position after the government allowed former financial secretary Sholan […]
Police search for young offenders
Monday 19 April 2010 | Published in Local
Police were yesterday still searching for two young offenders after they were found to have breached their probation conditions. Senior Sergeant Ngatamariki Pouao said that during a routine check on Saturday night, police found that three young offenders had not obeyed their curfew. One offender was tracked down while the other two are still at […]
Toa 'bombshell' before the court
Monday 19 April 2010 | Published in Local
Apex director claims settlement payment vital to avoid going into receivership Apex Agencies director Brett Porter claimed in an affidavit to the court last month that the fuel distributor may have gone into receivership if government did not honour its multi-million out of court settlement by the end of March. In February government informed Apex […]
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