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Drink drive cases dominate court
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Crime
These are some of the cases that Justice of the Peace John Kenning presided over in the High court on June 21, the rest having already been reported: Tiare Tamatoa Kura appeared on an excess breath alcohol charge, after causing a motorcycle crash in which the passenger sustained a head injury. The defendant said he […]
'Green market' for Lagoon Day
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Environment
Lagoon Day markets will be green and a ‘no plastic’ zone. The night market on July 12, the start of the two-day Lagoon Day environmental awareness campaign, aims to raise the benchmark for local markets. ”It’s a benchmark in green economics,“ says Lagoon Day coodinator June Hosking. The market will be setting the wheels of […]
Fines for pig polluters
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Environment
Harsher guidelines on pigs are part of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning’s campaign to combat pollution in Rarotonga’s waterways and lagoon. Focusing on the need to keep pigs a safe distance from streams and waterways, the WATSAN unit of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP) is coordinating a campaign supported by the enforcement […]
New shipping consortium
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Local
Reef Shipping has issued a notice to its international client base advising that it will be introducing MV Southern Reef into the Cook Islands trade under a licence registered to an entity called Tai Moana. The shipping company’s notice, which has been widely circulated via email, calls Tai Moana a ”consortium of Cook Islands importers“. […]
Man brazenly enters bedroom
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in Local
A home in Titikaveka was broken into on Monday night while a mother and her children slept and her husband was in the lounge. The brazen break-in happened around 11.30pm, when a man entered Tikioki resident Hoana Matapo’s bedroom while she was in bed with her three young children. The bedroom is accessed from a […]
Financial services sector reinforced
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in National
A positive peer review reinforces the strength of the Cook Islands financial services industry. The OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes on June 20 released its report on the Cook Islands entitled ”Peer Review Report Phase 1 Legal and Regulatory FrameworkCook Islands“. The report is the result of months […]
Port project pushes on at pace
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in National
Good weather and a lack of machine complications have meant progress on the Avatiu port has continued at a great pace and under budget. Ports Authority general manager Bim Tou says dredging is 65 percent complete and that they are confident the process will be finished by July 22. The two light barges will then […]
Puaikura celebrates start of jetty
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in National
Vaka Puaikura Aronga Mana and the community at large gathered at Arorangi Primary School on Monday morning for the official ground breaking ceremony of the new alternative cruise liner landing platform and jetty. Work on the $2 million project funded by the New Zealand/Australia Harmonised Aid Programme began as soon as the official ground breaking […]
Penrhyn paua ban lifted
Wednesday 27 June 2012 | Published in National
A restriction on extracting paua from the Tongareva lagoon has been lifted. These are the words of Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen, who made the announcement in Parliament on Monday. He encouraged Rarotonga residents to place orders for paua ahead of Te Maeva Nui. ”Those who wish to have some of these delicacies can expect to […]
Foundations bill enables a new service
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in National
Parliament has passed the Foundations Bill without amendment. In introducing the bill, finance minister Mark Brown said it is the first of many that government intends to introduce over the next year to increase the profile of the financial services industry internationally. The industry is the second-largest contributor, behind tourism, to the Cook Islands’ economy. […]
Otago's crew farewell 'Delz'
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in National
Crew of the HMNZS Otago gathered at Rarotonga Airport yesterday morning to pay their last respects to the crew member killed in a motorcycle accident last week. Able Seaman Combat Specialist William Paratini Delamere was farewelled with a guard of honour and a moving haka before his fellow shipmates carried his coffin into a waiting […]
7 babies due for bonus
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in National
Cabinet minister Teariki Heather said in Parliament yesterday that last week, seven babies were born at Rarotonga Hospital. This is a higher than usual number of babies born within a single week. One of the births, he noted, was a pair of twins. Heather joked that perhaps the government’s extension of a ‘baby bonus’ – […]
US Endangered Species Act a crusade for coral restoration
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Environment
In the build-up to the establishment of a large marine park in the Cook Islands, it is timely for us to be aware of environmental issues in other parts of the Pacific that could affect us. Recent developments regarding the possibility of listing over 80 species of stony corals on the US Endangered Species list […]
Puna congratulates Napa
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in National
The finalised result of the Titikaveka by-election will be released today. Still, yesterday in Parliament Prime Minister Henry Puna congratulated Democratic Party candidate Selina Napa ”for winning the by-election“. He extended congratulations ”to Selina Napa for winning the by-election last Thursday, and congratulations to Teariki Matenga for putting out a good show“, and commended the […]
Sailor farewelled
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Local
Members of HMNZS Otago carry Able Seaman Combat Specialist William Paratini Delamere’s coffin on to the Hercules waiting to take him home to NZ from Rarotonga yesterday. 12062504 / 5
Man jailed for tourist attack
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in National
A man who is already in prison on burglary charges was convicted of indecent assault in the High Court on Friday. Judge Hugh Williams sentenced Japhet Manuel to 12 months in prison, to be served concurrently with his six month term for burglary, and to 12 months probation after that. Manuel entered his victim’s resort […]
Adjourned
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Local
Parliament has adjourned sine die. Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters moved a motion at the conclusion of yesterday’s sitting – the eleventh since the Budget was tabled in Parliament on June 7 – to adjourn until after September. He praised translator Bobby Turua, who picked up most of the interpreting work during this lengthy sitting, […]
MP aims to 'demolish' Toa top-up
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in National
Atiu MP Norman George is proposing that government cease topping up Toa’s income, and use the savings to establish a taro-for-export industry in Atiu and Mangaia. During question time in Parliament yesterday, he indicated he intends to bring the ‘Norman George Annulment of the Toagate Judgment Bill’, or informally, the ‘Norman George Demolition Bill’. He […]
3 new HOMs in appointments
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Local
Three new chief executives have been appointed to lead government ministries and departments. All other incumbent heads of ministry (HOMs) are to be re-appointed. Cabinet has approved recommendations by a selection panel for the heads of ministry positions. Prime Minister and Minister of the Public Service Henry Puna and his Cabinet over the weekend considered […]
Luen Thai awaiting BTIB approval
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in National
The Business Trade and Investment Board has confirmed that a company linked to Luen Thai Fishing Ventures has applied for foreign enterprise registration. Cook Islands News was denied any further details. ”We are currently receiving all the information in order to complete the application. I cannot provide comment on the details at this present time,“ […]
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