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Atiu urged to treat machines carefully
Sunday 5 April 2015 | Published in Outer Islands
Heavy rain last Wednesday on Atiu didn’t deter community leaders from attending a special handover of heavy machinery for the island.
Community support evident at culture show
Sunday 5 April 2015 | Published in Local
It’s been all hands on deck for school communities right across the island. Together, they pulled off two spectacular nights of cultural shows performed by school students.
PM will keep flights promise
Sunday 5 April 2015 | Published in Politics
The Prime Minister says he will deliver on his Vaipae-Tautu election promise of a long-awaited referendum on Sunday flights to Aitutaki.
Underage drivers spark warning
Sunday 5 April 2015 | Published in Crime
Don’t be an egg over the Easter break.
Australian VIP's visit a first
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Politics
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop made a historic stop in the Cook Islands on Tuesday, becoming the first Australian Foreign Minister to visit Rarotonga.
Huge win for CIP in Vaipae-Tautu
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Politics
In a landslide victory Mona Ioane has won the Vaipae-Tautu by-election, finally cementing the Cook Islands Party as the government, almost seven months after last year’s General Election.
Tei mua tamariki Apii Nikao!
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
Tamariki Apii Nikao filled the National Auditorium with colour and joy for the first of the two day Primary Schools culture festival held on Tuesday night.
Tamariki lead the way in year of celebration
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
A month or more of dance practices for Rarotonga students resulted in an explosion of colour and song at the National Auditorium on Tuesday for the first of two nights of the schools cultural festival.
Assault accused remanded in custody
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Crime
A total of 11 people charged with assault appeared before the High Court and Justice of the Peace John Kenning on Thursday March 26.
No comment on MP's case
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Crime
Police are progressing with the investigation into Mona Ioane, the newly-elected Member of Parliament for Vaipae-Tautu and will make a public statement at the ‘appropriate time’.
Expat engineer gives free time to helping others
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
While most people book tropical getaways for their holidays, Japanese expatriate Hideki Date prefers to volunteer his time and skills where they are needed. During his annual leave recently, Date returned to his homeland where he spent two weeks helping out at the tsunami-ravaged area of Fukushima which has also been closed off due to high risks from nuclear radiation. Following a major earthquake in 2011 that generated a 15-metre tsunami, causing widespread destruction and death, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors were also damaged, causing a nuclear disaster in the area. Four years on and not much has changed in the area reports Date, who has returned home annually to volunteer since the 2011 tsunami. Although originally from Tokyo, Date says he feels compelled to help out his fellow countrymen. “I like to do volunteer work and I have the skills to help and it also helps me with my skills too,” says Date, an engineer. In Fukushima, he helped dismantle abandoned homes in areas where families have left since the tsunami and nuclear fallout. Date says the area was monitored and declared safe to work in without the risk of getting radiation poisoning. He says there are still a lot of damaged homes and businesses that have not been touched since the tsunami ripped through the area in 2011. In fact, Date came across vehicles still stuck in the sides of buildings and giant piles of debris left behind by the waves. He says the destruction left behind by the tsunami is still a sad sight. However, working with a Catholic volunteer group has meant that he can help in some small way to return the still salt-burned area back to a habitable place for the people who once called the area home.
By-election result 'predictable'
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Politics
Lawyer and former MP Norman George says the result of Tuesday’s Vaipae-Tautu by-election was ‘predictable’.
Raro Kiwis walk 100kms for fundraiser
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands were represented by Peter Heays and Len Edwards in a 100km challenge to raise money for Oxfam in Taupo, New Zealand last Saturday.
Young lawyer starts study in New York
Thursday 2 April 2015 | Published in Local
A young Cook Islands lawyer who works with the Seabed Minerals Authority (SBM) this week began a legal study award from the United Nations, in New York City.
Hotmix donation bonus for Nikao
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Local
Residents of Nikao have benefitted from the donation by Triad Pacific Petroleum of leftover hot mix from recent road sealing works in Avarua.
India helps out with community projects
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Local
Cook Islands community groups signed on the dotted line yesterday to get their piece of more than $150,000 of the latest round of the India Grant Fund.
Hunters rewarded with fun, chocolate
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Local
True to their word, come rain or shine, Rotaract Rarotonga members were ready and waiting as teams made their way to the starting point of the Rotaract Easter Scavenger Hunt on Saturday morning.
New leaders for pageant association
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Local
Miss Cook Islands pageant supporters can expect to see new levels of prestige and professionalism in the event, with a new executive committee elected to steer event operations through to 2016.
PM seeks aid with Te Maeva Nui transport
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Politics
Prime Minister Henry Puna has reached out to French Polynesia, New Zealand, and Samoa for help with transport of people from the Pa Enua to Rarotonga for this year’s Te Maeva Nui celebrations.
Huge tuna could be record for Aitutaki
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Outer Islands
After a long delay the tuna fishing season is finally underway at Aitutaki.
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