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Teacher studies in NZ
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
Not all teachers were relaxing during the recent school holidays. Tereora College assistant principal Vae Papatua, spent the second week of the school holidays in New Zealand attending seminars run by the Global Connections Foundation. The foundation organises seminars around the world, to encourage school leaders to develop global consciousness and promote international co-operation in […]
Teachers trip to NZ
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
Expanding their knowledge and their horizons was all part of a recent overseas trip by a group of teachers from Papaaroa Adventist College. All seven teachers from the school travelled to New Zealand for two weeks last term, and spent time both in the classroom, and also attending an Adventist schools retreat in Waikanae. Teachers […]
British student teaches and writes
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
She went to Rakahanga with the intention of writing her Master’s thesis – but marine environmentalist student Gemma Galbraith has instead left the Cook Islands having written a children’s book. Galbraith left on Sunday for her native England but not before meeting with Ministry of Education representative Brendon Fiebig to discuss her newly-created educational resource, […]
Traffic lights for Tereora College
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
Tereora College’s traffic lights are back in action this year. But these ‘traffic lights’ are not standing outside the college gates – they are to indicate to year 11, 12 and 13 students and their parents where they stand academically. Each student has been assigned a colour – red, orange or green – based on […]
2013 an exciting year at Tereora
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
New learning centres, new courses and new computers are just part of what Tereora College has to offer students for 2013. The new options for students are all part of the school’s three-year strategic plan, says principal Bali Haque, which has highlighted three main goals for the school – to improve literacy, increase student motivation […]
Literacy volunteers busy in Rarotonga
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
While International Literacy Day may be celebrated only once a year, volunteers across Rarotonga are working to promote literacy every week. Much of the work on literacy goes unnoticed by many, but for many children it is the gateway to a love of reading and education. Part of this is the ongoing work by Sister […]
New programme to enhance Manihiki pearl farming
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has joined forces with the Grand Observatoire du Pacifique Sud (GOPS) to enhance the Manihiki black pearl lagoon monitoring programme. Dr Serge Andrefout from the Institute of Research Development (IRD) in Noumea is in Rarotonga this week training local marine biologist Georgia Langdon. In-situ temperature sensors and pressure sensors […]
Free filling
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
Whether it’s helping fill back road access lanes, levelling holes on people’s properties or even using it to form the foundations of a house, the dredged material from Avatiu port is making its way back into the community. A significant amount of fill from the recently-completed dredging project has been stored at a site in […]
George Maggie is angry over lay-offs
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
The ‘action man’ George Maggie is angry – angry that five men lost their jobs recently from the the Cook Islands Investment Corporation without an explanation. The Tupapa member of parliament and assistant minister for CIIC is outraged that government workers have been laid off work despite both Prime Minister Henry Puna and minister of […]
Thoughts on island life
Friday 7 September 2012 | Published in National
Rose Dunn is the wife of Dr John Dunn, an endoscopic surgeon who spends a week of his annual leave working at Rarotonga Hospital. Dr Dunn left the island last week but his wife is here until Sunday. In this penned memoir she describes just what she has been getting up to during her time […]
Office change and rally call at OPSC
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in National
The Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) has moved “closer to the money upstairs” – into the office just below the New Zealand High Commission. That was the punch line, anyway, of a joke delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters at a ceremony held yesterday morning to mark the OPSC’s umpteenth move. Marsters […]
Man not to inhale solvents
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in Crime
The High Court on August 30 was presided over by Justice of the Peace Carmen Temata, who passed the following sentences: Alberta Tutakiao – was charged with the burglary of Anchor’s Rest holiday house in Betela, Arorangi. Counsel Wilkie Rasmussen applied for the defendant’s bail, since he has been in custody for the last two […]
Allegedly tortured man invokes CJ's power
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in Crime
The Penrhyn fisherman who alleges torture by police, prison and probation services had to write to the chief justice before his case came before the courts for consideration. In May this year, Arumia Robert Samatua issued a detailed statement of claim against the attorney-general, with the basis for a claim to substantial damages said to […]
Pukapuka shooter back in court
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in Crime
A former street kid trying to turn his life around is again on the wrong side of the law. It was only the favourable character references given by people of high standing in the community that saved him from prison, said Chief Justice Tom Weston in sentencing him on drugs offences. Iorama Ngataua has appeared […]
George's lawyer never got paid
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in Crime
The hundreds of thousands of dollars awarded to MP Norman George after his Operation Slush acquittal went straight back into government coffers as part-repayment for him failing to furnish tax returns. After the longest running criminal trial in Cook Islands history finished, defendants Charles Koronui, Chris Vaile and George received a payout of $231,432 from […]
5 workers laid off, CIWA complains
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in Local
While minister of finance Mark Brown is adamant that the government’s policy on no downsizing of staff still stands, five maintenance workers from the Cook Islands Investment Corporation claim their positions with the corporation have been terminated. The five men have taken their case to the Cook Islands Workers Association and informed association president Anthony […]
'Culture of excessive spending' slammed
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in Local
Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen wants the “culture of excessive spending” to end. Rasmussen has taken issue with Cabinet ministers and their support staff travelling to Aitutaki last week, and to Atiu this week. “The opposition is questioning the logic and seeks explanations as to why the government feels it has to travel first of all […]
Thief 'lucky' to avoid a prison sentence
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in National
A local burglar with a criminal record stretching back to 2005 was “very lucky” to escape prison, said the chief justice in sentencing him. Putero Dean broke into the Blackrock store in April and stole beer and cigarettes, which were later recovered. He committed the burglary with Ngatapuna Rata, who was also sentenced on Friday. […]
Foreign students soak up culture
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in National
It was an action-packed week in Rarotonga for a lucky group of international students. The students from the United States are taking part in the International Exchange Students (IES) Abroad programme, where they have been studying at the Universities of Canterbury or Auckland in New Zealand. The 19 students are studying a wide range of […]
Remittances study makes claims
Thursday 6 September 2012 | Published in National
There is scant information available about how much of the Cook Islands’ income is comprised of remittances, or money sent here by Cook Islanders living and working overseas. Finance Minister Mark Brown has even told reporters the Cook Islands is a ‘negative remittance’ economy, the implication being that foreign workers from the Philippines and Fiji […]
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