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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 […]
CIANGO becomes CISCO
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in National
CIANGO is changing its name. The umbrella organisation, which manages all local and regional non-government organisations, is now the Cook Islands Civil Society Organisations (CICSO). The main reason of this to reinstate or revive the organisation, so our NGOs from all aspects can come together as one for common goal despite that each NGO has […]
Kaikai on
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in National
Mamas and papas living in the villages of Avatiu and Nikao are all welcomed to a night of feasting and entertainment at the Nikao CICC hall to be hosted by the Avatiu/Nikao Mongoose golden oldies club. Mongoose club chairman George George says there is an open invite to all the village elders to come together […]
Triathlete wins CITC raffle
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in National
Local triathlete Mona Henderson got a pleasant surprise when she found out that one of her six $2 raffle tickets had won her a CITC Liquor hamper worth $300. Henderson wasnt the only one smiling, though, as Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI) received $500 raised from the raffle sales. However, things werent so rosy for […]
Government reporting on treaty to be webcast
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
Government reporting on the Convention on the Rights of the Child will be available live online for those interested in following it. Non-government group Childs Rights will be webcasting all government reporting. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is an international treaty that recognises the human rights of children, defined as persons up […]
Graduation ceremony next week
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
The Department of National Human Resource Development (DNHRD) is finalising details of a graduation ceremony to be held next Friday. It will acknowledge graduates of the DNHRDs various scholarship schemes, and include the announcement of scholarship recipients for 2012. In addition, the DNHRD has extended an invitation to all Cook Islanders who privately pursued post […]
DPM meets maritime officers
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters has met with outgoing Maritime Surveillance Adviser Chris Cooper to thank him for his years of service to the patrol boat programme in the Cook Islands. Marsters, the minister of foreign affairs, presented Cooper with a traditional rito hat as a gesture of appreciation and thanked him for his services […]
Development partners meet for roundtable
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
Representatives of development partners from New Zealand, Australia, the European Union and China as well as regional and international organisations will gather for the annual roundtable meeting in Rarotonga later this month. The meeting includes a series of bilateral discussions, facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, with key development partners on Monday […]
MOIP focusing efforts on Mangaia
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
Projects to reduce the Cook Islands vulnerability to the effects of climate change and sea level rise continues to be an important priority for the government, says the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP). The government has been carrying out a number of projects under the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme, which was […]
2 in 1 day
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
Two cruise ships made stops in Rarotonga yesterday, dropping off some 1700 passengers mostly from the United States on the island for the day. The Seabourn Odyssey and the MS Rotterdam both stopped by Rarotonga, the first time the island has had two cruise ships visit on the same day in four years. Tour operators […]
Pearl plan gets the green light
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
A plan to give the pearl industry a major boost has been signed into action. On the heels of an announcement Prime Minister Henry Puna and New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully made last year, two agreements have been signed which give pearl farmers and local technicians access to $1.5 million in New Zealand […]
CI killer loses deportation appeal
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
A Cook Islands man who killed a Baptist priest has failed in his Federal Court bid to block his imminent deportation from Australia. Charlie Maurangi is about to complete his 11-year non-parole period for the 1999 manslaughter of priest Svetislav Zegarac. Armed with a shotgun and accompanied by another man, Adelaide Now reported, he killed […]
Harbour master dismisses allegations as rubbish
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in National
Harbour Master John Cornwell has described allegations levelled at him in a letter to the editor published in yesterdays Cook Islands News as completely unfounded and absolute rubbish. Cornwell said he was disappointed to read the letter (Shocking stuff, January 19, 2012) accusing him of not performing in his role properly when the skipper of […]
Nauru follows Cooks in accessing PEC fund
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in Environment
Nauru has joined the Cook Islands in investing in solar power generation with its share of US$66 million promised to island nations from the Pacific Environment Community (PEC) Fund. Each Pacific nation linked to the PEC has been allocated $4 million through the fund, which is being backed by the Japanese government and the Pacific […]
Variety key for deep sea mining operations: NIWA
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in Environment
The stated principle of the National Seabed Minerals Policy of the Cook Islands: To ensure that the conservation, protection and management of the marine and coastal environment of the Cook Islands is not compromised by seabed mineral activity and is guaranteed by the formulation, enactment and application of environmental laws and regulations reflective of the […]
Stay hydrated
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in Local
Rarotonga has been experiencing a hot spell this week, but Cook Islands Meteorological Services director Arona Ngari says temperatures are normal for the summer period. Temperatures this week have been averaging about 29 or 30 degrees. Its up there, but I think whats getting people thinking its over 30 is the humidity, which has been […]
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