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Chilling out
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Local
6-month old Georden Marsters soaks up the sun while taking a little dip, his first, in the beautiful Kauare lagoon in Titikaveka with his family. This photo was sent in by Geordens proud mum Tuanga Connal for the Cook Islands News Summer Photo Competition now in its third week. All readers have to do be […]
$106,000 helps with Atiu hostel construction
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Local
Thanks to a $106,000 donation, the Atiu community has been able to hire four labourers to work full-time on the Atiu Nui Maruarua III hostel in Maraerenga. The money was donated by the now-dissolved Enuamanu Lands Society Incorporated, the stakeholders of which met last year in Atiu and in Rarotonga to collectively decide how to […]
OPSC advisors job advertised
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in National
The Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) is advertising its vacancy for the job of performance management advisor. Carmen Temata retired from the position recently, after more than 40 years in the public service. Her leaving party was attended by Prime Minister Henry Puna. The job of performance management advisor is a senior position […]
Local TV applies self-censorship
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in National
In the small Cook Islands broadcasting industry, television companies are largely self-censoring content. Vaka Television general manager Greg Parker says he is not aware of any legislative restriction or framework for television programming, but he and company chief executive Dave Reuther self-censor their content. When we get our programmes they already come with a rating […]
Changing of maritime officers
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in National
Incoming maritime surveillance officer Tony Grubb said the Cook Islands maritime protection programmes would benefit from more collaboration with New Zealands navy and airforce in the future. Grubb expected the Cook Islands would see more collaboration between its maritime surveillance and New Zealands regional work in the coming years. Until now, the Australian Defence Force […]
Local produce sales increasing
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) is recording an increase in the sale of Cook Islands produce at its main supermarkets. The trend is a result of the Go Local campaign, which was implemented throughout the country last year. It encourages tourists and locals alike to purchase or support Cook Islands products, food and business […]
Surveillance key to marine park
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Environment
Cook Islands delegates were invited to attend the Big Oceans Network conference a forum for scientists and people who have stewardship of established large marine protected areas in December of last year. The conference was an opportunity to hear firsthand from those who have successfully established marine protected areas among them Andrew Skeat, general manager […]
Numa makes his mark
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Local
Artist Numa Mackenzie departs on a six-month voyage aboard Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua tonight. Before flying out hes making his mark on Rarotonga with the permission of Kevin and Frances Cook, he tagged a larger-than-life tiki on the bus stop near Super Brown in Tupapa yesterday. And this morning hell be at Fresh Local, […]
Smell survey under wraps
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Health says it is not prepared to release the results of this weeks Muri census until it has completed a follow-up survey of the area next Wednesday. Cook Islands News was told it could publish the findings of the survey, which targeted 52 homes in Muri and aimed to determine whether there […]
Missing skipper on sex charges
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Local
The missing skipper who disappeared off Rarotonga early this month stands accused of committing 27 sex-related offences in New Zealand, with charges levelled against him including rape and unlawful sexual conduct. The Auckland man, who provided the name of Gavin Maitland to officials in the Cook Islands, was due to appear in Auckland District Court […]
Summer photo competition - this weeks entries
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
Youngsters and family gatherings feature in this the second batch of entries in our Memories of Summer photo competition. Our first weekly winner is Teremoana Hardie of Tupapa who sent in her boys gossip and girls do all the hard work summer shot. Hardie wins a framed photo of her winning snap and along with […]
Locals study to be hotel managers
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
Fiji-based hotelier Greg Cornwall has over 40 years of experience in the hospitality and tourism industry and has worked in management at hotels across Asia and the Pacific. But after just three days in Rarotonga, hes convinced that Cook Islanders are some of the friendliest, most hospitable people in the world. Cornwall, originally from Tasmania, […]
73 doing USP summer courses
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
Seventy-three Cook Islands university students are filling their summer months with extra homework and assignments, enrolled in one of five summer school courses on offer at USP Cook Islands this year. Four tutors from USPs Fiji campus have arrived in the Cook Islands to teach summer courses over the coming weeks. They are joined by […]
MFEM tweets!
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) has established a twitter account in order to provide Cook Islanders with immediate updates on the internet. Twitter is a social media network, which acts like an instant messaging forum. Anyone can log on and establish a twitter account, which enables them to follow any other users […]
New business rolls in for guides
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
As the world gets wind of Aitutakis best-kept secret, business rolls in for the islands trained bonefish guides. Richard Story and Ian Bertrams idea to turn local bone fishermen who were netting and killing bonefish at rates that the bonefish population could not sustain into guides for fly fishers from all over the world is […]
All 12 Rarotonga water intakes are flowing again
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
The quality and pressure of Rarotongas water should be back to its usual standards following the festive seasons ferocious weather. Heavy rains that fell on Rarotongas interior caused troubles for the Ministry of Infrastructure and Plannings water works division when debris and mud brought down by the cloudburst entered all of the islands 12 water […]
Chloe beats odds to pass her NCEA
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
Going into NCEA exams this year, the odds were stacked against Tereora College year 11 student Chloe Wragg. Due to complications with her student visa, her six-month exchange programme with Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii started later than usual, meaning she returned to Rarotonga in July and had just half a year to catch up on […]
PSC post still open
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
Cabinet is apparently close to approving the appointment of a new Public Service Commissioner. Prime Minister Henry Puna recently told Cook Islands News that an announcement of the position will be made soon. He will not discuss rumours about who is likely to get the job and says cabinet will follow formal protocols in due […]
Skipper told locals he was heading to Brazil
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
Police are investigating the possibility that another vessel was nearby the yacht Bonny when the man believed to be skippering it vanished at sea earlier this month. Cook Islands Police commissioner Maara Tetava said police were looking at the possibility that Bonny was not alone when its skipper disappeared about 20 nautical miles off Rarotonga […]
Missing skipper had no passport
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in National
A skipper who stopped at Rarotonga unannounced and without a passport was able to come ashore because he required medical treatment, says Harbour Master Captain John Cornwell. The skipper, who is now the subject of a missing persons case after disappearing off Rarotonga on January 3, did not go through the usual customs and biosecurity […]
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