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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 […]
Prepaid data available
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in National
Prepaid smartphone users will be able to connect to the internet as Telecom Cook Islands released news of prepaid data packages on Monday. Curious consumers will need to have a smartphone and normal mobile phone to access the prepaid data packages. Data can be spent browsing the internet as well as downloading applications to use […]
3 children go to Aust
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in National
Three of the eight children left without a mother after she died in a motorcycle crash last month will soon leave the country for Australia. Single mother Maniu Jack, of Pue, died from serious injuries sustained in a head-on motorbike crash on September 21. Only three of her children were living with her at the […]
Telecom accused of illegal price fixing
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in National
The owner of local business The Computer Man is angry at the “anti-competitive practices” of rival Telecom Cook Islands. The computer shop and services owner, Mike Pynenburg, says his plans to open a new store and internet cafe at Mana Court have been put into “disarray” by Telecom recently slashing its wi-fi hotpot service cost […]
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, […]
Helmet giveaway to save lives
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in Local
A visiting official from the World Health Organisation weighed in on the Cooks helmet debate this week – and it looks likely the government will pay heed. On Tuesday afternoon, WHO Western Pacific region director-general Dr Shin Young-soo signed a country cooperation strategy with health minister Nandi Glassie to help tackle the country’s health problems, […]
Voyagers bring vaka home
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in Local
After 18 months of voyaging Te Moana Nui A Kiva and 12 days of enduring harrowing sea and wind conditions on their final leg home – voyaging canoe Marumaru Atua and her weary crew finally returned home yesterday morning. The beating drums and waving family and friends welcomed the vaka to Avatiu harbour where a […]
ET takes out Parlour title
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in National
He has won some of the highest accolades in the sport of rugby league but now, New South Wales legend Andrew Ettingshausen can add the Gary Parlour Trophy to that list. The former Australia and New South Wales rugby league veteran, who represented the Aitutaki Game Fishing Club over the weekend, had his name etched […]
Home boys take it to Kiwi cousins
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in National
The home-based Cook Islands under 13 rugby league team yesterday dominated all facets of their first test match against their visiting counterparts from New Zealand to comfortably win the match 44-12. The local boys were out to prove themselves after suffering at the hands of a classy visiting Samoan under 13 side earlier in the […]
Spend more on child welfare, Pacific told
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in National
Early investments in children and the quality of social services that support families can reap the greatest economic benefit for Pacific countries. Government representatives learned this at a UNICEF conference in Vietnam on reducing poverty and disparities for children in East Asia and Pacific. Investing early in children’s nutrition, education, care and protection, will have […]
Investing in children the key
Thursday 4 October 2012 | Published in National
Government representatives from 16 countries across East Asia and the Pacific met in Vietnam recently to discuss how fiscal and social policies can halt growing disparities in an uncertain global economic environment. For the participating representatives the message is clear – investing in children is the key to reducing social and economic gaps. Economic growth […]
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