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Bodies march
Friday 9 November 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Bodybuilding Federation president George George (far left) along with Tongan bodybuilders Taliauli Vaka, Alani Latu, Mr Tonga Sione Fatai, and Tongan bodybuilding president Talaiasi Nau, will march through Avarua this morning with fellow lifters from across the region on Rarotonga for the Cook Islands and South Pacific Bodybuilding Championships.
New woman MP sworn in
Friday 9 November 2012 | Published in Politics
Parliament opened promptly at 1pm yesterday with the swearing in to the House of its newest female member.
TAU bill for good of 'our people'
Friday 9 November 2012 | Published in Politics
Three bills, three audit reports and 13 papers were tabled for discussion in Parliament yesterday.
PM: No public servant interference from top
Friday 9 November 2012 | Published in Politics
The opposition leader brought up an issue close to his heart during question-and-answer time in Parliament yesterday – allegations that public servants are threatened with losing their jobs for speaking out against the government.
Seabed mining protested in PNG
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Politics
More than 24,000 Papua New Guineans have signed a petition calling for the government to stop the controversial plan to mine the seabed in the Bismarck Sea.
Public account up for tender
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Economy
Government is tendering the Crown’s banking services.
'Best is yet to come'
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Economy
The Cook Islands will send a congratulatory message to re-elected President Barack Obama when Prime Minister Henry Puna gets back into the country this morning.
Solomons combat climate change
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Environment
The Solomon Islands government has launched a pilot climate change project that could have far reaching benefits for the Pacific region.
Mr Tonga
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
Tongan bodybuilder Sione Fatai, who won the recent Mr Tonga competition for the title, parades his carved up body under the Rarotonga sun at the Nikao social centre.
Irish luck!
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands’ most famous Irish export has once more featured on Australian television during Melbourne Cup coverage.
Creative Centre loves their coast
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
The Creative Centre has been inspired by the Love your Coast Rarotonga project to do a clean-up of their local stretch of coastline at the start of each month.
Tereora celebrates at prizegiving
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
It was a morning of celebration at Tereora College yesterday, as senior students were rewarded for their efforts during the year.
New citizens naturalised
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
Family was the key word for three women who became New Zealand’s newest citizens yesterday.
Low tertiary participation studied
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
Education secretary Sharyn Paio recently attended a tertiary institutions conference in Fiji, where low tertiary participation around the region was discussed.
Sokattak host Takuvaine
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Local
At the Nikao field today, Nikao Sokattak will host Takuvaine in the first game of round 12 of the 2012 Rarotonga Round Cup competition.
Public prompted MMR probe
Thursday 8 November 2012 | Published in Politics
It was the power of the public voice through the media which prompted the government watchdog to investigate the marine resources ministry.
Cheers for chairs
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
Timberland Limited has received some support from ANZ in the form of six chairs to help with its temporary office.
Melbourne Cup interest rises
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
One of the Cook Islands’ biggest horse racing enthusiasts believes interest in the Melbourne Cup is growing every year.
A far cry from utopia
Wednesday 7 November 2012 | Published in Local
This is a new weekly column by journalist-at-large Rachel Reeves. After three years as a staff reporter, Reeves is travelling and pursuing studies and research for a book. She will be covering a broad range of material – political issues at home, viewpoints of Cook Islanders overseas who’ve also got Raro on the mind, together her own musings and reflections. I’m just over five feet tall. My brother is 10 years my junior and has legs the length of me. People who pose for photos with me have to bend at the knees or risk looking like behemoths. At university I got a side job driving a bakery truck but I couldn’t reach its pedals, so every day I would earn my keep by shifting gears from my perch atop a precarious pile of textbooks.
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