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Market to open on ANZAC Day
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 21: The Punanga Nui market will open this Saturday, despite it being ANZAC Day. ANZAC Day is deemed a public holiday however secretary of internal affairs Tamarii Tutangata says that there is no rule against stores opening on the day. Punanga Nui market manager Elmah McBirney confirmed that the market place will be open […]
Sir Geoffrey new CISNOC head
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 16: Former prime minister Sir Geoffrey Henry said that he agonised over the decision to stand against Tiki Matapo at the Cook Islands Sports & National Olympic Committee annual general meeting on Tuesday night. “Tiki and I are good mates from way back,” said Sir Geoffrey after being voted in as the new president. […]
DPM defends UN trip for continental shelf claim
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 21: Cabinet asked for $12,000 for entertainment and gifts Deputy prime minister Sir Terepai has defended the spending of the reported $30,000 for his delegation to undertake the country’s extension to its continental shelf claim handover in New York. Growing criticism of the meeting at the United Nations headquarters last week includes concern that […]
Fuel order for Raro
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Monday 20: The latest fuel price order for Triad Pacific applies to all islands except Aitutaki. The order which appeared in last Saturday’s paper mistakenly inserted Aitutaki instead of Rarotonga in the advertisement. The maximum retail petrol price for Triad in Rarotonga is set to go up seven cents to $2.14 a litre as of […]
Health appeals for return of waste bin
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Monday 20: The ministry of health is appealing for the return of a yellow bio-medical waste bin taken from outside the hospital maternity ward this month. The ministry’s maintenance manager Craig Miller says the bright yellow wheelie bin is an expensive one of a kind medical bin and has a code written on the side […]
CICC assembly gets underway
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Monday 20: The Cook Islands Christian Church 28th general assembly got underway yesterday morning with the opening ceremony at the Nikao CICC church, ‘Kanaana’. The ministers, observers and visitors were welcomed through a guard of honour set up by representatives from the uniformed organisations on Rarotonga. Yesterday’s sermon was delivered by the organisation’s president, Rev. […]
Cooks should benefit from Fiji situation
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Monday 20: New Zealand media reported last week that travel agents say Kiwis are still planning to visit Fiji and Thailand despite unrest in both countries. Both countries are on the NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s travel advisory risk list, with Fiji at “some risk” and Thailand at “high risk”. Cook Islands Tourism […]
Opinion on MP with speaker
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 18: Parliament’s speaker Mapu Taia was to have received a legal opinion on the status of Pukapuka-Nassau’s MP. Clerk of parliament Nga Valoa said that he received the opinion from the crown law office on Thursday afternoon, and was due to pass it on to the speaker who was due in Rarotonga yesterday. Valoa […]
Dialogue urged
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 15: Deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate says a group of Pacific leaders must be assembled soon to meet Fiji’s military ruler Commodore Frank Bainimarama. He says that group should not include New Zealand and Australia because both countries have taken the wrong approach, and Commodore Bainimarama feels cornered by bullying. – Pacnews
Assault, burglaries, thefts, accidents at Easter
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 15: Police are investigating a report of a man allegedly assaulting his children in Tikioki on Friday night. A woman had said she witnessed the man on the side of the main road “beating” his two small children which included a boy around the age of five. The woman reported to police that he […]
Two teens admit to robbery
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 15: Two teenagers pleaded guilty on Saturday to the armed robbery of Raviz Indian restaurant. The two 15-year-olds appeared in the Cook Islands High Court before Chief Justice David Williams. Their names are unable to be printed as the matter has fallen under the jurisdiction of the Children’s Court. One defendant pleaded guilty to […]
Work halts at airport
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 15: Work on the airport terminal has almost ground to a halt, with materials not making it on the last voyage of the Southern Express. Airport authority chief executive Joe Ngamata says most of the steel needed for starting on the foundation has not arrived, along with pre-cast moulds, which are needed for the […]
Dengue cases up to 170
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 15: Rarotonga has now had 170 reported cases of suspected dengue fever over the last three weeks. In a statement released by Ministry of Health on Monday, 13 people have been admitted to hospital showing symptoms of the mosquito-borne disease with results expected to be received from Australia this week confirming the presence of […]
Oasis still restaffing
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 14: CITC Food Group has received a positive response from those applying for jobs at the Oasis Energy Centre. “Several positions have been filled with several others pending final interviews/selection,” says CITC general manager Gaye Whitta. “We have received good response to our advertising from a good calibre of applicants.” Up to 15 staff […]
Electoral rolls update underway
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 14: The Cook Islands electoral roll is currently in the process of being updated, with an eye on whether voter numbers have decreased or not. When the roll was first updated last year, following the September 2006 general elections, there was a total 10,025 registered electors on the roll. There were 10,181 on the […]
Pukapuka MP status to be determined
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 14: A legal opinion on the status of the member of parliament for Pukapuka-Nassau is expected any day now. The opposition Cook Islands Party want to have the seat declared vacant under the ‘anti-vaka jumping’ legislation, after the Pukapuka-Nassau MP Vai Peua supported government on an issue of confidence last year. Solicitor general Tingika […]
Atiu man dies in seawall accident
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 14: An Atiu man died after falling from his motorcycle along the seawall on Saturday night. Tumaru Iona, believed to be in his late 30s, suffered head injuries when the accident happened between 9pm and 10pm. There was speculation that another vehicle may have been involved. Pastor Tutai Pere arrived at the scene around […]
Teenage charged over Raviz robbery
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 11: A 15-year-old will appear in court today (Saturday) in connection with the armed burglary of Raviz Indian restaurant early on Wednesday morning. Police Commissioner Pat Tasker told Cook Islands News yesterday the defendant was “located” on Thursday and led police to the firearm which was in a building on a back road that […]
Chinese investors show interest
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 11: Two Chinese businessmen caught the interest of locals last month when they began asking about investment opportunities here. The businessmen reportedly came to Rarotonga for the first time to purchase local black pearls. According to Manihiki MP and pearl farmer Apii Piho, the men said they were based in Papua New Guinea where […]
Easter celebrations
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 11: Easter ritual in Avarua More than 100 Catholic worshippers walked through the Avatiu township yesterday as they re-enacted the final moments before Jesus Christ was crucified. The death and resurrection of Christ is one of the most significant dates on the Christian calendar celebrated over the Easter weekend. Worshippers gathered at the Avatiu […]