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Brienna Solomon dux of Avatea
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
The Avatea School community gathered yesterday to honour the schools top achievers through its annual awards ceremony. Students who performed outstandingly in academics, sports and culture through the 2011 year were recognised for their achievements and presented with certificates, cash prizes and for special awards elaborately decorated trophies were awarded. The top award of Avatea […]
Little guys to get more from market: Brown
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in National
Micro businesses and grassroots ventures will be big winners from Punanga Nui Markets change in management, according to Minister Mark Brown. Brown, whose portfolio includes overseeing finance and economic management and the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB), said small-scale businesses would be given greater opportunities at the Punanga Nui Markets under BTIB. The board […]
Fee confirmed
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
The Ministry of Marine Resources has confirmed that 17 Chinese fishing vessels will collectively pay annual licence fees of $810,000 not each as reported earlier. The ministrys initial press release about the licences, for Chinese vessels granted access to fish in Cook Islands waters through MMRs exploratory fishing programme, did not specify whether the fee […]
Exercise tests emergency response
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
Having tested emergency coordinators responses to crashes, sea rescues and attempted airplane hijackings in years gone by, this years annual emergency exercise focused on what would happen to passengers who survive a crash. Rarotonga Airport was transformed into an emergency zone this week for the annual exercise. Emergency Management Cook Islands officer William Tuivaga said […]
50 boxes for Xmas
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Local
CITC is ordering five extra containers worth of stock bringing its tally this month to about 50 containers to accommodate Christmas shoppers. Most of the retail giants Christmas stock comprises food, including holiday sweets, and alcohol, toys and building materials. Christmas stock for CITC and other retailers arrives on one of the four cargo ships […]
Giving tree at Westpac
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Local
Its the season of giving and the Westpac Bank is right back into the spirit of it. The bank is running its giving tree project again this year. Bank staff Makiroa Mato (top) and Koti Iro are pictured by the giving tree inside the bank in Avarua. They encourage people to buy presents for those […]
Cooks pushing into Australia
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands tourism industry needs to keep up its advertising efforts in Australia if it wants to see more visitors coming from the country, according to the person in charge of Cook Islands Tourism Corporations Australian efforts. Australia general manager Kerryn Cook urged people to stick with the campaigns that began in earnest this […]
Book characters come to life
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
Book characters came to life yesterday at St Josephs Catholic hall in Tutakimoa where students from the Catholic primary school celebrated the end of the school year with a book week themed concert. The colourful gathering also had a festive feel as students put on items and skits for their parents and the wider Catholic […]
Last island in new book
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
Having returned this week from Mitiaro, Nikon photographer Harvie Allison has all the material he needs to finish his 100-page photo book on the southern Cook Islands. Featuring shots of Rarotonga, Atiu, Mauke, Aitutaki, Mangaia, Palmerston and Mitiaro, it will be a 96-page visual journey through the southern group islands. Publication has been pending a […]
Mitiaro opens homes
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
The long-awaited Mitiaro homestay programme is being launched this month. Representing an effort to boost tourism on Mitiaro and offer visitors an authentic Cook Islands home-stay experience, the programme is well on its way to launch. An opening ceremony for which Prime Minister Henry Puna will be on Mitiaro has been scheduled to coincide with […]
5 schools honour their stars
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
Yesterday five schools on Rarotonga acknowledged the hard work of their students throughout the 2011 school year with presentations of certificates and trophies. Titikaveka College, Apii Te Uki Ou, Apii Nikao Maori, Avatea and Avarua School all held colourful prizegiving ceremonies to honour their students. The prestigious dux award was of course the big one […]
Rights of disabled people advanced
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands government has endorsed a report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to be presented to the United Nations as part of its obligation since ratification on May 8, 2009. The convention, which safeguards the worlds estimated 650 million people with disabilities from discrimination, was passed by the UN […]
Anti-smoking laws working
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
Businesses, community groups and government agencies are putting anti-smoking laws into effect in an overwhelmingly positive manner, according to the Ministry of Health. Smoking bans in workplaces are being met for the large part and regulations appear to have gained a good amount of support. One of the only ways in which tobacco legislation is […]
Dear Santa, fly me away!
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
Its the season of giving, and Air Rarotonga is prepared to give two round-trip tickets to any southern group island to the person who needs a holiday most. Marketing manager Sarah Moreland is for the first year ever running a Dear Santa contest, inviting all Rarotonga residents to write to the airline explaining why the […]
New digital tool
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
The tourism industry is being asked to throw its support behind a new occupancy forecasting and trending tool set to be launched in December. The Cook Islands Tourism Corporation is launching its new industry occupancy status report tool this month to help improve its forecasting abilities of visitor figures and budget allocations. The tool relies […]
1.3 million reached
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
About 1.3 million people considered coming to the Cook Islands during a four-day sale of childrens fares held last month. Australians using the direct Sydney to Rarotonga flight were offered a special discount on childrens fares for flights booked during a four-day window in early November. Under the deal, children aged between two and 11 […]
Cooks make 70 billion hits
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in National
It took a lot of repeating the Cook Islands name this year when trying to spread word of the destination in Australia. About 70 billion repetitions, in fact. With 91 percent of the Australian population unaware at the start of 2011 that the Cook Islands even existed, the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation needed to start […]
Time for a uniform change at Tereora
Friday 2 December 2011 | Published in National
Tereora College sporters will pull on a new uniform for physical education classes next year in the first uniform change of many planned for the school. The current, white sports uniform will be dropped next year and replaced with a navy blue singlet and rugby shorts for Tereora students. The singlet will feature the schools […]
Students revamp bus stops
Friday 2 December 2011 | Published in National
Teenage painters have taken to the bus stops in Arorangi and, no, they arent graffiti addicts wanted by the law. Instead, these year 9 and 10 Tereora College students have gone out with paint buckets and brushes in hand to help revamp the village bus stops and bring a bit of colour to the roadside. […]
Buck stops with Appeal court
Friday 2 December 2011 | Published in Crime
Plans for a Cook Islands criminal court case to go all the way to the Privy Council in the United Kingdom have been thwarted by the Court of Appeal this week. Terekimiora Katoa is charged with importing cannabis an offence he denies. The case, which dates back to August 2009, was heard in the Cook […]
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