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Cows shaping up
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in National
Cows are taking shape in 13 different schools around Rarotonga, for the CITC and Anchor Cow Art Sculpture competition, which was launched last month. As part of CITC’s Go Green initiatives for 2012 and promoting the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rethink message throughout schools, CITC invited Rarotonga schools to take part in a competition sponsored […]
Creative minds meet to plan future
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands’ creative minds are gathering at Aotearoa Centre this afternoon, and inviting any artists – from taunga to writers to tattooists – to come along. An interim council has called a meeting of all artists – including writers, painters, weavers, carvers, composers of songs and pe’e, singers, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, tattooists and sculptors […]
NZ Youthline to get CI training
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in National
New Zealand-based Youthline workers will next week receive training and briefings on issues affecting young people in the Cook Islands. Counsellors who speak Cook Islands Maori will also be made available if requested by young people calling from Rarotonga and the outer islands. Representatives of the steering committee that was tasked with running last month’s […]
Publishing group gets green light
Wednesday 4 April 2012 | Published in National
Australian printing company John Batman Group has been given the green light to produce a tourism industry compendium intended for distribution in the Cook Islands, Business Trade Investment Board chief executive officer Terri Rangi has announced. But BTIB has decided it would give companies who have already signed up to join the compendium but are […]
Rising sea levels film threaten Takuu
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in Environment
Yet another island in the Pacific is facing the daily challenge of dealing with climate change. The plight of the inhabitants of Takuu, or Mortlock Islands, was the subject of a documentary that showed at the Pacific Media Centre at AUT University in Auckland recently. Film producer Lyn Collie screened ‘There Once Was An Island: […]
Aitutaki stars in global Earth Hour
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in Environment
After travelling through 150 countries across the globe, Earth Hour has drawn to a close in the Cook Islands for 2012. The community in Aitutaki was officially the last in the world to join the global initiative and switch off its lights on Saturday evening to raise awareness of the effort to combat climate change. […]
Daytime Earth Hour saves 210kw
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in Environment
Businesses in Avarua have led the way in Rarotonga during last week’s salute to Earth Hour, recording the biggest drop in electricity use in the hour-long event. When midday struck on Friday – signalling the beginning of Earth Hour in Rarotonga – energy provider Te Aponga Uira (TAU) recorded a 210 kilowatt reduction in demand […]
Visitor numbers up 6% for February
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in Local
Australians are coming to the Cook Islands in increasing numbers, with the group spearheading an increase in visitor figures for February 2012. The number of Australians coming to Rarotonga in February this year is up by 29 percent compared to the same month last year, with the statistics office recording 771 inbound tourists from the […]
Police target speed and alcohol
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in Local
Speeding and drink-driving remain as priority concerns for Cook Islands Police, as bad habits on the road continue to occupy police resources on a day to day basis. Last week there were two head-on collisions at Rarotonga, one between a truck and a car and the other between a can and a motorcycle. The occupants […]
Bishop on tour
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in National
Minister for Marine Resources Teina Bishop remains in Guam this week following on from last week’s Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission conference. Bishop will stay in US territory until next week, when he travels on to Auckland to meet with members of the Ministry of Education to join a tour of universities and technical […]
Tourism 'webinars' popular
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in National
The popular tourism webinars are back for 2012-13 and Cook Islands Tourism Corporation is looking for businesses to fill five timeslots for North America. The webinars will tackle topics including budget travellers, romantic getaways, adventure and catering for groups over the year, as well as having one session set aside to talk all about Aitutaki. […]
Tax deal signed with Germany
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands and the Federal Republic of Germany this week signed a tax information exchange agreement in Wellington, New Zealand. Cook Islands High Commissioner Tekaotiki Matapo, who signed the agreement alongside German Ambassador Thomas Meister at the German Embassy in Wellington on Monday, said the government was aiming to strengthen its co-operation with Germany. […]
Galapagos wildlife entertains crew
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in National
Marumaru Atua vaka crew Numangatini Mackenzie and Alexander Teariki Olah share the adventures of the crew as they explore the Galapagos from Santa Cruz Island to Isbaela Island. The crew encounter new and exciting wildlife and stumble across some familiar foods from home. This is from their most recent blog posting: Kia Orana Tatou! Our […]
Vaka sailor recruits wanted
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in National
Ever wanted to retrace the steps of your ancestors along the great Moana Nui o Kiva? This is your chance to be part of a vaka crew and experience voyaging on the ocean in the traditional double hulled canoes. The Cook Islands Voyaging Society are recruiting new crew members for future voyages and are encouraging […]
Heading towards the Tuamotus
Tuesday 3 April 2012 | Published in National
It is a humid and overcast Wednesday evening here on Marumaru Atua and we greet you on day 5 of our sail towards the Tuamotus! It has been a slow few days since our last update, predominantly cloudless skies where we have seldom had wind and what little we have gotten has only stayed for […]
Carter in NZ to discuss MFAT cuts
Monday 2 April 2012 | Published in Local
New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands John Carter is leading a protest by diplomats against cuts to NZ’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. An expensive two-day meeting began yesterday as diplomats went home from around the world to discuss proposed changes at MFAT. A letter signed by 49 diplomats arguing against the […]
Cruise ship stops by Aitutaki and Palmerston
Monday 2 April 2012 | Published in National
The Hanseatic is one of four Hapagg Lloyd line ships that visit the Cook Islands regularly. She is a true expedition ship and as such visits places that most large cruise ships cannot. On this visit she will call into Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Palmerston Island. For the people of Palmerston this is a life saver, […]
Four-legged kids enrolled
Monday 2 April 2012 | Published in National
Senior students of Vaitau Primary School in Aitutaki were engaged in designing and building their first ‘goat house’ last week. This came about due to heavy rain and the principal’s concern for two kid goats born in the school garden. Principal Ingrid Stewart suggested some form of shelter be erected for the baby goats as […]
Thieves take bike parts
Monday 2 April 2012 | Published in National
Police are again reminding people to properly secure motorcycles, remove keys and keep them in sight to deter thieves from stealing them. Last week a motorcycle was stolen from a home in Ruatonga and another at a home in Atupa. Unlawful taking remains a problem for police, with motorcycles going missing on a weekly basis. […]
Police reports changing direction
Monday 2 April 2012 | Published in National
Cook Islands Police are introducing changes to their media relations that are intended to bring more information on targeted issues to the public. The changes will narrow down the topics of reporting to issues considered in the public interest and those at the heart of police targets on weekly, monthly and annual scales. Commissioner Maara […]
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