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Tourism accreditation a serious business
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | Published in Environment
Tourism officials will soon have more powers to penalise businesses that flout the rules and regulations governing the Cook Islands tourism accreditation system. Currently, the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation relies on the cooperation of businesses involved in its tourism accreditation programme. If a business is stripped of its accreditation, but refuses to remove stickers and […]
Agency to fund Pacific energy initiatives
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | Published in Environment
The International Renewable Energy Agency will provide US$50 million towards supporting Pacific island countries to help the region shift from its reliance on fossil fuels as an energy source. The agency, known as IRENA, has recently hosted a Pacific leaders meeting in Abu Dhabi to find ways in which it can help the region accelerate […]
Nukutere College opens for new term
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | Published in Local
Nukutere College will focus on establishing its new technology laboratory and integrating more IT-based learning in its classrooms during 2012, says principal Donna Nahu. The school will also continue to work on improving the literacy and numeracy of its students through introducing a new timetable and teaching method for the year. Nukutere officially opened for […]
93 to receive PR
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | Published in Local
There are 93 names on the finalised list of people who will be granted permanent residency (PR) on Thursday. All are spouses of Cook Islanders or permanent residents. Cook Islands News printed a story earlier this month about this weeks PR ceremony, urging those who believed they were eligible to double-check the status of their […]
Savings to go toward education: Bishop
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | Published in Local
Minister of Education Teina Bishop is pushing for any money saved through the merger of the education ministry and the Department of National Human Resource Development to be re-invested into education, the Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) reports. Earlier this month, Bishop attended a meeting of the steering committee that is overseeing the […]
Assault, incest, rape charges in court
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in Crime
A man last year acquitted of assault and aggravated robbery is again before the court. Iorama Ngataua faces four new charges of burglary, possessing and smoking cannabis and possessing a utensil used to smoke cannabis. He appeared in the Cook Islands High Court in Avarua before senior justice of the peace John Kenning on Thursday. […]
Ironing out the last of Cyclone Pat
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in Local
Though the memory of Cyclone Pat is still clear in the minds of many people of Aitutaki, there are fewer and fewer reminders of the destruction that it caused laying about the island. With so many homes partially or completely ruined by the February 2010 storm, Cyclone Pat left Aitutaki with an unwelcome legacy in […]
Aere mai kaikai!
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in Local
Nikao member of parliament Ngamau Munokoa (centre) joined fellow village leaders and elders including (seated from left) Koutu Nui president Maria Henderson, Uritaua Ki Uta Mata Andrew Turua OBE and his wife Tutai at a special gathering on Saturday in honour of village elders living in Avatiu and Nikao. In the background is Avatiu-Nikao Mongoose […]
Pukapuka island cyclone shelter ahead of schedule
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in Local
A cyclone shelter on Pukapuka will be completed earlier than expected and within budget, says the Office of the Prime Minister. The cyclone management centre, as it has been called, is expected to be completed in March this year and officially opened soon after, said European Union (EU) programme assistant Daphne Ringi. Senior government representatives, […]
Pere aims high in Townsville
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in National
Pursuing her dreams with the Lord as her guiding light is helping Mauke-bred teenager Ana Pere (16) to achieve her goals in the classroom and on the sports field. Growing up in Mauke, Pere has represented the island in athletics since she was 10 years old and has travelled across the region and globe to […]
Mauke harbour project delayed again
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in National
A further delay on the construction of Maukes harbour will see the project completed by the end of February. In general work is progressing well, but last week a crane lifting a pre-fabricated concrete wall tipped over. As the crane turned, the concrete slab swayed back and forth, eventually tipping the crane. No one was […]
Brix levels too low for China
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in National
A 36,000 litre shipment of Cook Islands noni juice bound for China could not be exported as planned due to its sugar levels, suppliers say. Last year Pure Pacifika a New Zealand-based company with subsidiaries in the Cook Islands, Niue and Samoa announced it would purchase Cook Islands noni juice and sell it in China, […]
High commission farewells Ngawati
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in National
The New Zealand High Commission has farewelled first secretary Nicola Ngawati this week, who will return to Wellington after spending three years in the Cook Islands, working under three high commissioners and with two governments in her time. Ngawati and her family will leave the Cook Islands next week to return to New Zealands capital […]
SPCA meeting next week
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CISPCA) is holding another annual general meeting (AGM) next Thursday. It will be held at the Punanga Nui Market rotunda from 4.30pm. Financial reports, the election of office bearers, payment of current subscriptions and other general business will be considered. Former CISPCA president Alistair […]
Delegation to Geneva this month
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands will report to the United Nations in Geneva later this month on the countrys progress against meeting its international obligations for the protection of childrens rights. Led by health minister Nandi Glassie, a small delegation including internal affairs secretary Bredina Drollet, foreign affairs international legal advisor Myra Patai and Crown Law counsel […]
NCEA results improving
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Education has released preliminary NCEA results from the November examinations. Final confirmed results will be released when they become available. We are delighted with the overall achievement which reinforces that the strategies that have been implemented by our ministry and the schools over the past several years are starting to reap real […]
Plan sets agenda for roundtable
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) 2011-2015 will set the scene for the development partners roundtable meeting in Rarotonga this month. The NSDP is the countrys second national plan and is the result of widespread consultations between government, civil society, the private sector, academia and the wider community. Prime Minister Henry Puna says […]
New teachers arrive
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Local
Fifteen New Zealand teachers and their families have arrived in the Cook Islands to take up posts at schools across Rarotonga and on Aitutaki. The new teachers and their families are pictured here in the new Ministry of Education base in Nikao where they had an orientation day. The teachers will spend the weekend house […]
Pageant date earmarked
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Local
The Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association (MCIPA) has set a tentative date for this years Miss Cook Islands pageant. The pageants finale is scheduled for June 7. The date was postponed to allow the current titleholder, Engara Gosselin, to do her three months probation at her new job as Pure Fiji Australias assistant general manager […]
Results will be released next week
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Local
Results of a census and health inspections in regard to Scotts chicken farm in Muri should be publicly released next week. For years the stench of Scotts Farm has offended locals and tourists alike and in the last month the issue has come to a head with the Ministry of Healths involvement. Dr Rangi Fariu […]
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