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Fresh approach by ANZ sales team
Tuesday 23 February 2010 | Published in Local
Fresh air sparks fresh ideas – that’s the idea behind outdoors meetings by the ANZ Bank marketing and service department. The team is pictured during their open air meeting last Thursday morning. Team leader Christian Mani (front right) says that the department holds a meeting at the picnic tables across the road from the bank […]
Mitchell confirmed
Tuesday 23 February 2010 | Published in Local
Mike Mitchell’s nomination as Cook Islands High Commissioner to New Zealand has been accepted as of yesterday by the NZ government. Foreign affairs and immigration minister Robert Wigmore announced that Mitchell will take up the new post in Wellington from mid-March. His new appointment is for one year.
PM on the fence
Tuesday 23 February 2010 | Published in Local
Prime minister and telecommunications minister Jim Marurai says government’s intention to open the telecommunications market remains unchanged but it is considering the alternative – keeping the Telecom monopoly. Judging by Marurai’s statements on Friday, he’s more and more swayed toward seeing if a better service can be created with the status quo. “I’ve seen their […]
Tropical depression downgraded
Tuesday 23 February 2010 | Published in Local
A feeling of relief rippled around the Cook Islands yesterday after special weather bulletins were cancelled for a tropical depression in the north. At 2am on Monday, special weather bulletins for tropical depression 11F were cancelled. At 8am yesterday the depression was downgraded to a tropical disturbance. Earlier on Sunday afternoon, the island of Penrhyn […]
Penrhyn reports damage from tropical depression
Tuesday 23 February 2010 | Published in Local
A government delegation is due to head to Penrhyn today to assess reported damage from tropical depression 11F to homes and government buildings on Sunday night. Cabinet approved an Air Rarotonga charter flight worth $19,720 to take finance minister and Penrhyn MP Wilkie Rasmussen and three officials to the island to carry out an initial […]
Rebuild starts
Monday 22 February 2010 | Published in Local
Wilkie Rasmussen, minister responsible for the national cyclone relief efforts for Aitutaki, says government is committed to the reconstruction of buildings and infrastructure on the island. Options being weighed up include whether to provide kitset homes or build basic homes from scratch. Rasmussen says government is also considering how it will fund the reconstruction estimated […]
New alert
Monday 22 February 2010 | Published in Local
A tropical depression 45 nautical miles from the northern group island of Penrhyn caused flooding in low lying areas yesterday and some roof damage caused by strong winds. Police commissioner Maara Tetava activated the Police Operations Emergency Centre at 11 o’clock on Saturday morning to monitor tropical depression 11F sitting in the Cook Islands northern […]
QR reappointed
Saturday 20 February 2010 | Published in Local
Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin has been reappointed for another three-year term following a cabinet decision on Thursday. His reappointment has come after months of speculation about the post and after allegations by the Opposition Party that Sir Frederick ignored last month’s petition by MPs for parliament to sit because he did not want to […]
Mitchell up for diplomatic post
Saturday 20 February 2010 | Published in Local
Foreign Affairs secretary Mike Mitchell is set to become the new Cook Islands high commissioner to New Zealand after being nominated by cabinet this month. Now the ‘receiving State’ (NZ) must agree to the nomination before an appointment can be finalised. Prime minister Jim Marurai said yesterday that if all goes to plan, Mitchell will […]
Conference to celebrate Papa Ron
Friday 19 February 2010 | Published in Local
The life and work of the renowned Cook Islands scholar, Professor Ron Crocombe, will be celebrated at a conference in August. The Festschrift for Ron Crocombe conference is being coordinated by the Cook Islands Research Association in association with the Library & Museum Society and University of the South Pacific Cook Islands campus. Papers for […]
Fatal motor vehicle accident
Friday 19 February 2010 | Published in Local
A man died at Rutaki just before 5 pm on Wednesday evening after falling from his motorcycle. The man, who had been drinking, fell off his motorbike on the main road and died of severe head injuries. Police suspect he suffered a fractured skull and internal bleeding. Police commissioner Maara Tetava cited speed and intoxication […]
Missing boat found
Friday 19 February 2010 | Published in Local
A major search and rescue mission was averted in the northern group last weekend after a missing boat was found. On Saturday, police received a report that a boat headed for Rakahanga, which departed from Manihiki at 9am, had gone missing. The trip was meant to last two or three hours and by 7pm the […]
League gate money goes to appeal fund
Friday 19 February 2010 | Published in Local
Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal committee chairman George George was thrilled to be given $658 in gate takings from rugby league matches hosted by the Takuvaine-Tutakimoa Warriors Rugby League Club. The money was raised from the gate takings at last Saturday’s league games at the Happy Valley grounds. Warriors president Mark Brown was very happy with the […]
Carr to act as Finsec
Friday 19 February 2010 | Published in Local
Financial secretary Sholan Ivaiti’s contract ends next week. “/> Former financial secretary Kevin Carr will be acting Finsec. “/> Former financial secretary Kevin Carr will return to his old job when current secretary Sholan Ivaiti’s contract comes to an end next week. Carr, who held the position from 1998 until Ivaiti’s appointment two years ago, […]
Telecom pledges to deliver better service
Thursday 18 February 2010 | Published in Local
Telecom Cook Islands has publicly pledged to become the number one Telco in the South Pacific, admitting it has ‘lost sight of the ball’ over the past decade. This undertaking comes just months after government recommitted to plans to open the telecommunications industry to competition. Telecom New Zealand general manager international, Anthony Briscoe, says Telecom […]
Taio tries again
Thursday 18 February 2010 | Published in Local
A Taio Shipping vessel that was unable to offload its cargo at Pukapuka and Nassau returned to Rarotonga on Monday. Josh Taio of Taio Shipping said that because of dangerous swell conditions and strong winds, the ship was unable to approach either island. “The trip to Pukapuka is usually 12 days but this ship was […]
CI News responds
Wednesday 17 February 2010 | Published in Local
Cook Islands News is donating a portion of its earnings and space on its website to the Aitutaki cause. “We’re going to dedicate 50 cents per copy of the newspapers sold for one week – that’s six editions – as the company contribution to a particular cause of need that we haven’t yet decided on,” […]
Five MBA students win scholarships
Wednesday 17 February 2010 | Published in Local
Five MBA students have had a windfall. Diane Puna, Nga Puna, Anne Herman, Alex Henry and Ngatuaine Maui have received Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation (CFTC) awards, as part of the Professional Development Programme for the Pacific 2010. The awards, which are merit-based, were issued by the Commonwealth Secretariat and will help recipients to pay […]
Man critical
Wednesday 17 February 2010 | Published in Local
A 34-year-old Takuvaine man was transported to New Zealand after sustaining serious injuries in a motor vehicle accident in the early hours of last Friday morning. The man was drunk and driving on the wrong side of a roundabout when he lost control of his motorbike. He suffered from a fractured skull and police reports […]
Election on track
Wednesday 17 February 2010 | Published in Local
Preparations for this year’s general elections are on track, says justice secretary Mark Short. Short says a submission has been prepared for cabinet and it is expected that the budget asked for will be around $200,000, which was similar to what was appropriated for the 2006 elections. However, Short says what he would like to […]
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