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Remembering our old people today
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands is set to celebrate the International Day of Older Persons for the first time today. This article submitted by the Kumiti Rauti Para calls on Cook Islanders to embrace and celebrate our older members of the community. On December 14, 1990, the United Nations General Assembly designated October 1 as the International […]
Skype's the limit for Mangaia School
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in National
Providing professional development to teachers on the outer islands has just been made much easier, thanks to the use of new technology by the Ministry of Education. The first professional development sessions via Skype successfully took place between Ministry of Education advisors Brendon Fiebig and Matthew Easterbrook and teachers at Mangaia School in early September. […]
St Joseph's celebrates book week
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in National
Children dressed as colourful book characters brought St Joseph’s School to life on Wednesday last week. Students were dressed up as range of book characters, with the older students choosing their favourite book character, and the younger students as different characters from the class’s favourite book. Grade One students took to the stage for their […]
364kg of rubbish in 4th roundup
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in National
The fourth event of the 2012 Rubbish Roundup saw the largest turnout to date. A huge group showed up from CITC sporting new, white team t-shirts, along with groups from BTIB, Bank of the Cook Islands, Ministry of Culture, National Environment Service, and even the crew of a yacht passing through Rarotonga. Miss Cook Islands […]
24 scholarships for CI students
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in National
The end of year exams are fast approaching for the country’s year 13 students, and while this might be enough to contend with for some, others may want to start thinking about options for future study. One such option is getting a scholarship to cover the cost of expensive tertiary study. The Ministry of Education […]
New manager for outer islands climate change
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Environment
Willie Tuivaga has just been appointed as the programme manager of the Strengthening the Resiliance of Island Communities to Climate Change initiative. Part of a team of four at the climate change division of the Office of the Prime Minister(OPM), Tuivaga started his new role three weeks ago. He didn’t have to move very far, […]
Vaka approaching
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands voyaging vaka Marumaru Atua is expected to arrive in her home port later today or early tomorrow. The vaka and crew have been heading in a south east direction towards Rarotonga and battling strong easterly winds on their final homeward journey. At 6 o’clock yesterday morning – Marumaru Atua’s crew were tacking towards […]
Bulk fuel deal likely
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Local
Government is planning to put out a tender for a contract to supply consolidated volumes of fuel to the Cook Islands. Consolidating volumes – lumping together fuels for Te Aponga Uira’s electricity generation and ground fuels for local consumption – would make bulk transport feasible. At present fuel arrives via tanktainers aboard Reef vessels, as […]
Nothing official on QR's job
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in Local
Government is not confirming that Tom Marsters is likely to be appointed as the next Queen’s Representative. Yesterday the Democratic Party of Murienua went public with a statement of confidence that there will be a by-election for Marsters’ seat in June of next year, when the Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin’s warrant of appointment expires. […]
School holiday sailing
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
There’ll be tons of activity at Rarotonga Sailing Club these school holidays. Two days of fun activities in each week of the school holidays have been planned for Tuesday and Wednesday next week and then again on Tuesday and Wednesday October 9-10 at Muri beach for kids. National sailor Junior Charlie has planned a programme […]
Divas in Raro make TV in NZ
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
TVNZ’s top rated daytime programme The Good Morning Show is coming to Rarotonga for Divas in Paradise. Motone Productions has been working with TVNZ to showcase not only its event, which features international funk hip hop star Ladi6, rising star Iva Lamkum who is hot off her appearance at the Singapore Grand Prix, best female […]
Nukutere receives Rotary support
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
New equipment arrived at Nukutere College last week, thanks to a donation from the Rotary Club of Rarotonga. Rotary President John McElhinney presented the school with a brand new data projector during their school assembly. Donna Nahu, Principal of Nukutere, says the resource is an excellent interactive teaching and learning tool. It will be used […]
Fishing for cash in Aitutaki
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
The 16th Gary Parlour Wahoo contest gets underway this weekend on Aitutaki as they look to improve on last year’s miserable catch. In what really is a community event, the weekend is spent tirelessly reeling in fish while by sunset, the Aitutaki Sportfishing Club becomes a haven for fishermen. Wahoo is clearly the fish of […]
New Te Tika Mataiapo invested
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
Working for the betterment of youth in Titikaveka is one way Katuke Kopa plans to use her newly invested title of Te Tika Mataiapo. Kopa was invested with the title at Te Pou Toru Marae in Titikaveka in front of proud family and friends in a beautiful traditional ceremony that went ahead without a single […]
Cabinet at home
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
Prime Minister Henry Puna will arrive back from a nine-day trip to New York City tomorrow. He was in the Big Apple to attend the 67th United Nations General Assembly, where he co-chaired a meeting alongside the secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon. The prime minister also met with newly-appointed UN under secretary-general Gyan […]
Study on airport upgrades
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
Airport authority chief executive Joe Ngamata said the feasibility study looking into the outer islands airports will help shape the future of the country. A feasibility study into the future of the Aitutaki, Atiu, Mauke and Mangaia airports was given $206,000 in the 2012 budget, and will be awarded to one consultant or company based […]
Be strong, says police chief
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
Cook Islands Police remembered former colleagues at the country’s first National Police Remembrance Day. Police paraded after the Cook Islands flag was raised to half-mast just after 8 yesterday morning. Police Minister Teariki Heather then gave a speech in Maori, thanking past members of the force and acknowledging those police who have passed away. The […]
Island taxis going lime green?
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
The Taxi Association wants to forget recent squabbles involving the transportation community and move forward to become stronger. The Cook Islands Taxi Association called a meeting for its members yesterday morning at the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) offices. Pukapuka-Nassau Member of Parliament Tekii Lazaro was also invited, to clear up any confusion he […]
Exam build-up
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
Students across the Cook Island will be hard at work sitting their mock NCEA exams over the coming weeks. The first exams took place last week and will continue into this week for most students. While the exams are only mock exams, Nukutere College principal Donna Nahu and Tereora College principal Bali Haque both agree […]
Cannabis 'locked up' at police station
Saturday 29 September 2012 | Published in National
To those wondering what happened to the more than 60 cannabis plants confiscated by police on Wednesday – they are being kept strictly under lock and key at the central police station. In one of the Cooks’ biggest drugs busts in recent years, police raided a house in Panama on Wednesday, where they allegedly found […]
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