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Catholics remember Jesus' final hours
Saturday 3 April 2010 | Published in Local
The story of Jesus carrying his cross to Calvary to be crucified was retold on Good Friday as the Avarua Catholic congregation gathered at St Joseph’s Cathedral for the Stations of the Cross service. Wet conditions saw the service held in the Cathedral with the symbolic cross of Jesus carried around the church to each […]
Tourism wants more money
Saturday 3 April 2010 | Published in Local
Government has been asked to double the tourism marketing budget for 2010-11 – bringing it to around $4-5 million, about the same as the current CI Tourism total annual budget. The tourism board presented its submission to the budget committee to cabinet on Tuesday, outlining its vision for the industry. The board recommends government double […]
Te Puna land case drags on
Saturday 3 April 2010 | Published in Local
Te Puna, one of the longest-running and most controversial land court cases of this century, isn’t over yet. Last week, lawyer Ross Holmes, who represented what Judge Kenneth Hingston dubbed the ‘Akearangi claimants’, filed a 45-page appeal and applied for a re-hearing. Earlier this month, Hingston ruled in favour of Tere Carr, who represented what […]
NZ wage hike has no effect here
Thursday 1 April 2010 | Published in Local
Anthony Turua, president of Cook Islands Workers’ Association, says it’s again time for government to consider making some cost-of-living adjustments. This week New Zealand’s minimum wage has increased by $0.25 – from $12.50 to $12.75 – which means anyone working a 40-hour week earns $510 before taxes. The wage hike, however, has no bearing on […]
Easter rark up
Thursday 1 April 2010 | Published in Local
The Demo government is being dealt a hard Easter message – to step down if it is not prepared to govern as a full party. Today’s CI News Churchtalk contribution by Bishop Tutai Pere dishes out this hard line to government and the country. “Some are condoning the overthrowing of a democracy in our country […]
Demo D-Day!
Thursday 1 April 2010 | Published in Local
D-Day came for the four Democratic Party members of cabinet yesterday as they faced the ultimatum to resign from their ministerial posts or face expulsion from the party. Meetings of the two Democratic Party factions were reportedly going on late into the day as the ministers waited to hear news of any action being taken […]
Eggelton's exit from party causes a stir
Wednesday 31 March 2010 | Published in Local
Karla Eggelton has left the Democratic Party executive to support her mother’s cabinet appointment this month. Already speculation is growing about the move and Karla’s chances at being appointed the new CI Tourism CEO. Questions are also being asked about whether her mother Cassey Eggelton will get the tourism portfolio as had been tipped just […]
Japanese group befriends Cooks
Wednesday 31 March 2010 | Published in Local
A group of 15 Japanese students arrived in Rarotonga at the weekend and will be performing a series of culture shows this week. They call themselves the Friends of the World Association and they’re here to teach locals about Japanese culture through song, dance and judo. The group hails from Shikoku, an island in Japan […]
Govt urged to release details of Toa settlement
Wednesday 31 March 2010 | Published in Local
CIP leader Henry Puna has asked government to confirm it has made the $1.75 million settlement payment to Toa Petroleum as ordered by the courts. He says now that it is the end of March – the month touted as the deadline for payment as ordered by the court – government should provide answers. “Can […]
Blitzing drunks
Tuesday 30 March 2010 | Published in Local
Police reported yesterday that drunk driving is still their biggest problem. On Friday night, police staged an operation around the island to target drivers under the influence and ended up detaining ten drivers. On Saturday, a 19-year-old girl was stopped on the main road outside Nikao Beach Video and found to be driving over the […]
Judge who toppled Henry government dies
Tuesday 30 March 2010 | Published in Local
Sir Gaven Donne, the Cook Islands first Queen’s Representative, former chief justice and the man whose decision on the 1978 ‘fly-in voters’ case toppled Sir Albert Henry’s government, has died, aged 95. Sir Gaven passed away at Otaramarae, near Rotorua, on Sunday. He had been chief justice in the Cook Islands when the furore erupted […]
News team changes
Tuesday 30 March 2010 | Published in Local
THE Cook Islands News is pleased to announce two senior appointments in its editorial ranks. Reporter Helen Greig has been promoted to Senior Journalist following the recent resignation of Moana Moeka’a while Martin Tiffany joined the newspaper yesterday as News Editor. Greig, 29, has been reporting with Cook Islands News for seven years and covers […]
Internet society draws interest
Tuesday 30 March 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Internet Society held its first meeting recently and will gather again soon. Founder Maureen Hilyard said that the inaugural meeting was “very successful”. She said she’s continued to receive calls from people who are interested in joining the society but weren’t able to make it. The internet society was formed to address […]
Eggelton steps up for Earth Hour
Monday 29 March 2010 | Published in Local
Cassey Eggelton, the country’s newest cabinet minister with the environment portfolio, did not mince her words and meant business when she launched Earth Hour on Saturday night at Takitumu School on Rarotonga. “We are custodians of our natural environment, from the hills down to the valleys, from the ridges to the reefs – every one […]
Tourism board agrees to meet industry
Saturday 27 March 2010 | Published in Local
The tourism board has agreed to meet with tourism industry members to explain the strategies it is developing, following concern expressed by the industry council on Wednesday. Board chairman Tata Crocombe confirmed his board had met with the executive of the CI tourism industry council yesterday to go over some of the concerns. The tourism […]
Travel's musical dream fulfilled
Saturday 27 March 2010 | Published in Local
Travel Moeara’s dream of becoming a song writer has become a reality after the former television presenter won the 2010 Mire Atu composers competition on Thursday night. But the humble Mangaian is crediting singer Andrew George and backup singers Teata Nga and Elizabeth Pitomaki for their outstanding performance of his song ‘E ‘uri to aro […]
Lights out at the Eel swamp
Friday 26 March 2010 | Published in Local
Ever seen the swamp by candle light? Tomorrow the Avatiu Sports Club – in support of the Earth Hour initiative – will be turning out its lights, piling the drinks from the bar fridge into a chilli bin and partying under the stars. The club will be hosting an ‘earth happy hour’ at the Avatiu […]
New minister meets the staff
Friday 26 March 2010 | Published in Local
Newly appointed environment minister Cassey Eggelton told staff at the National Environment Service yesterday that she was a minister who liked to work. “And if we all collectively work together, we can make things better,” she said. In her second day on the job, the minister made an informal visit to the environment office in […]
No comment by tourism executives
Friday 26 March 2010 | Published in Local
CI Tourism NZ office manager Chris Ingram says he prefers not to comment on the reasons for his resignation last Friday other than to say it was regrettable and that he remains committed to the people of the Cook Islands. Questions remain over what the industry has labelled ‘interference’ in the running of the corporation […]
Budget blowout 'exaggerated'
Friday 26 March 2010 | Published in Local
Finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen has issued an assurance to the public that government will produce a realistic and responsible budget for 2010-11. “The government is well aware that 2010 is an election year but it will take actions that will strengthen the economy, limit the expenses of the country and maintain its tax base while […]
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