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Got a helmet? Wear it!
Monday 8 October 2012 | Published in Politics
Diane Ioaba would like to think that the Motor Centre’s free helmet promotion will help save a life.
Protestors rally to save old tree
Saturday 6 October 2012 | Published in Environment
Demonstrators rallied yesterday to save the 130-year-old tamarind tree at Cooks Corner.
High wind trickery
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in Environment
Where there’s wind – you will find local kite surfer Pauro Arnold. Arnold is building up an impressive repertoire of kiting tricks which is sure to rival international riders at the next Manureva kite surfing competition in Aitutaki next year. Strong winds over the last week or so have given the 2011 local kite surfing […]
Cooks' renewable energy programmes could get accolades
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in Environment
A new awards programme was announced on Friday to celebrate renewable energy pioneers in small island developing states like the Cooks Islands. Renewable energy programmes and enterprises that aim to help vulnerable small island developing states make the move to sustainable sources of power are invited to enter a new awards category launched by green […]
PM weighs in on Kata furore
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Henry Puna has joined the fray over a controversial Cook Islands News cartoon poking fun at Solomon Islanders’ outrage over a dress protocol gaffe during the Duchess of Cambridge’s recent visit. The prime minister’s media advisor Trevor Pitt wrote a media release on behalf of the prime minister and sent it to a […]
Free helmets snapped up
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in Local
It seems members of the public are so keen to wear helmets they can’t wait to get their hands on them. Motor Centre was swamped yesterday by people claiming a free motorcycle helmet – five days before the giveaway was meant to start. Motor Centre general manager Diane Ioaba told Cook Islands News on Wednesday […]
Protest to save iconic tree
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in Local
A public protest is being staged at midday today to challenge the rumoured chopping of a 130-year-old tamarini (tamarind) tree at Cooks Corner. Concerned neighbours and tenants of the Enuakura complex are outraged that the leaseholder has reportedly elected to raze the tree as part of a re-development project. “I think it’s a disgrace,” said […]
Club sevens kicking off
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
It’s time for local rugby players to lace up their boots and take to the field again for this weekend’s first round of the CITC Rarotonga Club Sevens competition. The four-week competition is geared towards preparing local players for the ‘big one’ – the International Sevens in Heaven tournament scheduled for November 1-3. The Avatiu […]
Moving forward, forgetting the past
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
For a number of people it would be better that they forgot certain events in their past and moved forward. Have you ever noticed that for many of us, some of the things we should remember we often forget and yet some of the things we should forget we seem to remember? For some of […]
Biblical blessings distributed
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
An email circulating inboxes throughout Rarotonga is looking to spread encouragement and Bible verses to as many people as possible. Each email contains the names and email addresses of two people and instructions for what is known as an online Bible verse exchange. People are instructed to email an encouraging Bible verse to the first […]
Anyone for eke fritters?
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
Cooking demonstrations from members of the Cook Islands Chefs Association (CICA) could add a new flavour to the Punanga Nui markets next month. The idea of market demonstrations to make eke fritters with local ingredients was floated about by the association with an eye to promoting the association and the Salon Culinaire in 2013. A […]
Plant protection organisation gathers
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
The Ministry of Agriculture’s biosecurity director Ngatoko Ngatoko recently attended his first meeting in his capacity as chairman of the Pacific Plant Protection Organisation. He attended a meeting of regional quarantine and plant protection officers to review draft standards for phytosanitary measures, and says his presence there put the Cook Islands “at the forefront” of […]
Big issues ahead for chamber
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
Gaining greater understanding of renewable energy and seabed minerals is high on the agenda for the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce, according to president Teresa Manarangi-Trott. Manarangi-Trott is in her second term as president after previously holding the seat at the top table from 2004 to 2008. The last year had been a particularly busy […]
Victims not told of arrest
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
The person who stole from two tourists in a burglary at Edgewater Resort and Spa during the forum week in August has been caught – but no one let the victims know. Brendan O’Connor and his partner were victims of a burglary on August 31 while staying in a villa at Arorangi resort. Two iPods, […]
Double amputee radiates positivity
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
There are two kinds of people – people who dwell on the negatives in their lives and spend their days wallowing in self-pity, and people like Nadya Vessey. Vessey is a double amputee who, despite the loss of both her legs, teaches, travels, swims, studies and even has the good humour to joke about how […]
Long live Bishopgate!
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
Dear Editor, Last Saturday morning I sat on my usual park bench at the Punanga Nui Market and ate my freshly cooked maroro and arrowroot with coconut sauce and caught up with local gossip. Top of the agenda was “Bishopgate” and the leading question was how does Bishopgate, which brings revenue into government coffers and […]
Vanilla growing encouraged
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
A new scheme to jumpstart vanilla production in the Cooks is well underway. Atiuan vanilla grower Tutai Toru told media at a press conference in the Minister of Agriculture Nandi Glassie’s office that while vanilla used to be grown readily on Atiu, in recent years this product has been neglected. But two years ago, interest […]
Roof up on new stage at market
Friday 5 October 2012 | Published in National
The new Punanga Nui Market stage being erected by John Short Construction is continuing at pace. The stage was one of six projects the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) proposed to improve the market while they were the formal owners. It was formally handed back to the agriculture ministry in July. Despite this, BTIB […]
Food, health and water security are affected by climate change
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in Environment
An agricultural ministry employee has learned that the Cooks need to take urgent action to combat the security issues around inevitable environmental change. Maria Tuoro attended the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) workshop on the security implications of environmental change in the Pacific, held in Hawaii from August 5 to 10. Tuoro, the first […]
Ocean acidification will affect pearl farmers
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in Environment
The marine resources ministry has tentative plans in place to deal with increasing ocean acidification levels. According to non-profit environmental group Oceana, the Cook Islands are in the top five nations most likely to have food security problems caused by climate change and ocean acidification in coming years. An author of the study, Matthew Huelsenbeck, […]
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