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'Think equal' to reduce gender violence
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Politics
Some Pacific countries have the worst gender violence rates in the world, undermining other development in the region.
Brown excited to choose advisors
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Technology
Telecommunications Minister Mark Brown is looking forward to sifting through the applications he has received from people wanting to be part of a new advisory committee.
Four students in Korea comp
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Technology
Four students from the Cook Islands have been chosen to participate in the Global IT Challenge for Youth in South Korea this week.
Floods will end soon
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Technology
Telecom Cook Islands has completed the construction work of a new telecommunications tower in Muri, but the area around the site floods badly each time it rains.
Travel ban for unpaid tax
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Economy
A number of people living in the Cooks have been banned from travelling out of the country for not paying their taxes.
Lynch talks on seabed minerals in China
Saturday 27 October 2012 | Published in Economy
The seabed minerals commissioner flew back from China on Tuesday – only to go to Belgium today.
11 in court for assault
Saturday 27 October 2012 | Published in Crime
Eleven defendants appeared in the Cook Islands High Court on Thursday to face assault charges.
No date for by-election
Saturday 27 October 2012 | Published in Politics
No by-election date has been set yet for the Tamarua electorate in Mangaia.
Miss Earth and Miss South Pacific, here we come!
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Environment
Exciting times are ahead for the Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association with two of the island’s pageant queens taking part in the Miss Earth and Miss South Pacific pageants.
NCD training for health providers
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Health
A focus on combating non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as cancer, obesity and diabetes was the motive behind a three-day workshop run by three representatives from the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Toxic Turangi fire worries neighbours
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Politics
Plumes of toxic smoke enveloped Turangi on Tuesday afternoon when yet another fire ripped through the former recycling yard dubbed the Turangi dump.
Software upgrade causes glitch
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Technology
A software upgrade was behind a glitch that affected some landline phones throughout Rarotonga yesterday.
Makea family factions in dispute
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Crime
The Makea family may have won their Privy Council land dispute against Ngati Raina – but the different Makea branches are now fighting over who is entitled to the land.
'Appeal lost, injustice still stands'
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Culture
The Privy Council decision has not resolved the Ngati Raina’s “long-standing sense of injustice” concerning disputed Takitumu land, says the party’s lawyer Ross Holmes.
Big golf weekend
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
The Aitutaki Golf Club will have a double celebration this long weekend when the club celebrates its 25th anniversary as well as the Air Rarotonga Aitutaki Open Golf Tournament starting today.
'Unusual and difficult' case dealt with
Tuesday 23 October 2012 | Published in Crime
The Commonwealth’s highest court of appeal has granted the appeal of a Cook Islands land dispute in a historic ruling.
Ngati Raina claim unsuccessful
Tuesday 23 October 2012 | Published in Crime
A century-old Cook Islands land dispute was thrown out of England’s Privy Council – the Commonwealth’s highest court.
Manihiki fuel shortage averted
Tuesday 23 October 2012 | Published in Outer Islands
Delays in fuel shipments to the northern group island of Manihiki meant the island had to borrow fuel from neighbouring Rakahanga plus send out an SOS to foreign fishing vessels in the north to buy fuel off them.
Rasmussen: Cook Islands first
Tuesday 23 October 2012 | Published in Politics
Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen believes Prime Minister Henry Puna has “embarked on the wrong course” by addressing the needs of the Pacific region rather than the Cook Islands.
Network outage
Tuesday 23 October 2012 | Published in Technology
A mystery fault within Telecom Cook Islands’ internal power system caused an outage to mobile, landline and internet services yesterday.
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