National
Garden event for Women's Day
Wednesday 6 March 2013 | Published in Health
A colourful mix of demonstrations in agriculture, horticulture, and floriculture practices will be held to celebrate International Women’s Day.
Temporary committee re-elected
Wednesday 6 March 2013 | Published in Politics
A temporary committee charged with looking after the concerns of Matavera residents was re-elected at a meeting in the community last Thursday.
Law Society keeps training a priority
Wednesday 6 March 2013 | Published in Politics
The organisation which represents lawyers in the Cooks aims to make sure lawyers are kept up to date with the newest litigation practices.
Businesses affected by outage
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local
The island-wide power cut forced many businesses to come to a standstill yesterday.
Hibiscus offers Indian style
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local
Bringing the influence of Indian massage techniques to the Cook Islands is just a part of what the Hibiscus Massage and Beauty Salon currently has on offer.
Outage causes little economic loss
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local
Despite Rarotonga being without power yesterday morning, economic loss is estimated to be low.
Schools stay open
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local
Rarotonga schools did their best to cope with yesterday’s power cut.
Emergency services prepared for outage
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Health
Emergency services were well prepared for the island-wide power outage.
Telecom services unaffected
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Technology
Telecom’s generator took close to two hours to kick in when the power went out yesterday morning, but no services were affected.
Tax equity not oppression: CIWA
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Economy
The country’s workers’ union hopes the government will put the people’s interest first instead of revenue generation during the tax system overhaul.
Man pleads guilty to underage sex
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Crime
The High Court on February 28 was presided over by Justice of the Peace Tauei Solomon, who passed the following judgments: Tai Tekopua – pleaded guilty to having sexual intercourse with a girl over 12, but under 16, before the Aitutaki High Court on February 22.
Pine trees still a problem
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Environment
Nothing has been heard on whether the Cook Islands will receive international technical assistance on a pine tree eradication project – despite the prime minister lobbying the man in charge.
Two faults cause blackout
Tuesday 5 March 2013 | Published in Local
An unfortunate combination of unrelated faults caused Rarotonga’s power outage yesterday, which affected homes and businesses for around seven hours.
Students take NCD challenge
Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Economy
Titikaveka College students had an active morning break on Friday, swapping kaikai for a zumba workout.
Regional workshop for deep sea minerals
Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Economy
Tonga will host a regional workshop on Law and Contract Negotiations for Deep Sea Minerals in Nuku’alofa, on behalf of the SPC-EU Pacific Deep Sea Minerals Project from March 11-15.
Counting tuna in the Pacific
Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Environment
This article about the difficulty in counting Pacific tuna stocks was co-authored by Jenni Metcalfe, a PhD student and lecturer at the University of Queensland.
Water cistern quenches community's thirst
Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Environment
A Tuvalu village has been gifted with a cistern that can hold 700,000 litres of water.
Guilty plea by CI promoter
Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Local
Auckland based Cook Islander and promoter of Cook Islands culture Jacob Samson has pleaded guilty to charges brought by the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs regarding grant applications for pokie money.
National college raises flag
Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands flag was hoisted at Tereora College on Friday afternoon – an event believed to be the first in the national college’s history.
Titikaveka unites for health
Monday 4 March 2013 | Published in Health
The Titikaveka community took to the streets to support the Non-Communicable Diseases Awareness Week last Thursday.
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