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State of tourism discussed
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Local
The first of a series of informational meetings on the state of the tourism industry will be held this week, bringing the Cook Islands Tourism Corporations global marketing push to the breakfast table. The corporations first meeting in the so-called Global Marketing Breakfast Update series will be held on Tuesday at Tamarind House. The meeting […]
Meeting to extend neighbourhood watch
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Local
Having proven itself as an effective tool to cut crime, the Ngatangiia Neighbourhood Watch initiative is likely to continue. It started as a trial, but organiser Sisi Short says it has been hugely successful, and that during night patrols there has been no crime in her village. She wants to keep it going. We all […]
Cyber crime targeted
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Local
A police programme aimed at combating cyber crime will be launched this week with a training seminar. The Cook Islands police have taken a strategic approach to reduce the risk of crime over the internet by adopting the Cyber Safety Pacifica programme, trialled elsewhere in the region including Niue. Internet use throughout the Pacific varies, […]
Prince William joins Irish Sea rescue mission
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in National
Britains Prince William co-piloted a helicopter that rescued two people after a Cook Islands-registered ship was hit by an enormous wave in the Irish Sea at the weekend. Prince William joined a frantic search and rescue mission after the cargo ship sank, leaving several members of the Russian crew missing. The second in line to […]
Agents experience Cook Islands first-hand
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in National
A group of 10 travel agents from New Zealand have been visiting the Cook Islands on an educational trip coordinated by the Cook Islands Tourism New Zealand office. Cook Islands Tourism New Zealand office sales and marketing manager Kelly Hansen is escorting the agents who won their places from their successful roadshow earlier this year. […]
New Red Cross Centre ready
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in National
Though the new Red Cross building at Tupapa wont be officially opened until March next year, the facilities will soon be ready to take in evacuees in the case of a cyclone hitting Rarotonga over the intervening months. The new Cook Islands Red Cross Society headquarters is virtually finished and in a few weeks time […]
What PICI stands for
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Environment
– PICI is advocating for the protection of sharks through the creation of a shark sanctuary in all of the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone. – PICI is a local organisation that works with communities in the areas of research and conservation. – PICI hopes the Cook Islands government will pass a law that will […]
Shark sanctuary advocated
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Environment
The Cook Islands is in a unique position to become a world leader in the protection of an important symbol of Polynesian heritage the shark. Members of the community are working together to spread the word and support Rarotonga-based Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI) in advocating for the government to create the Cook Islands Shark […]
NES enters deep sea mining discussion
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Environment
The National Environmental Service will next week receive a crash course introduction to deep sea mining at an international workshop held in Fiji. The National Environmental Services senior biodiversity officer Joseph Brider will join legal adviser to Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters, Paul Lynch, at the Fiji conference. The pair will be attending the regional […]
Oversight to blame for power cut
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Local
A procedural oversight is to blame for Te Aponga Uiras Rarotonga-wide power cut on Thursday afternoon, chief executive Apii Timoti says. In a press release issued by TAU yesterday, Timoti says the procedural oversight occurred during a cleaning process on one of the companys fuel day tanks. This procedure has since been strengthened by the […]
Ministry performance has improved
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Local
Government ministries are performing better than in previous financial years, the Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) has discovered. Earlier this month OPSC submitted an information paper to cabinet on the annual performance review of heads of ministries (HOMs) for the financial period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. OPSC is mandated […]
Paddler takes time out to give oil spill advice
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in National
SPREPs marine pollution adviser Anthony Talouli says the recent sinking of a Taiwanese vessel in Cook Islands waters is nothing to be concerned about. The Vanuatu-flagged but Taiwanese-owned Yuh Pao #2 sank in the north last month after a fire broke out in its engine room. All crew were unharmed, and on October 30 the […]
Inmates learn about architecture
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in National
A four-day workshop on architectural design culminated this week in presentations of model two-story shipping container homes. But participants were not realtors, home buyers, or builders rather they were inmates at the Arorangi prison. The workshop was an effort by tutor Karen De Waal to provide her students (inmates) with mixed formats of learning. De […]
Alternative resolution in crash case
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in National
A police investigation into a motor vehicle accident which saw a 16-year-old medevaced to New Zealand is now complete. The matter has been referred to the police community relations division for processing through the alternative resolution process. Arorangi teenager Mona Taio was the pillion passenger on a motorbike being driven by a 15-year-old when it […]
8 women supported in violence cases
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in National
In honour of White Ribbon Day and its commitment to end domestic violence in the Cook Islands Punanga Tauturu set up a stall at yesterdays Trade Day to raise awareness about womens issues and humbly ask for the communitys financial support. Punanga Tauturu manager Kairangi Samuela says the booth attracted a great deal of attention, […]
Just 100 stick with dial-up
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in National
More than 100 internet users are still connected to Telecom Cook Islands dial-up services despite the fact that they will be cut off within weeks. Telecoms dial-up services will be cut off by the end of the year as part of the companys modernisation and expansion of its internet services. With just five weeks to […]
Pandanus bags new for sea burials
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in National
A group of people promoting and carrying out burials at sea as an alternative to land burials in the Cook Islands will soon be making their task a little more island-friendly that it has been in the past. The Davy Jones Locker Society, which helps arrange and facilitate burials at sea for the people of […]
NZ election draws 250 local votes
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in National
About 250 votes were cast from the Cook Islands in the New Zealand general election many more than anticipated. The New Zealand High Commission in Rarotonga established a polling booth within its Avarua premises, allowing voters to formally choose their preferred party and electorate candidates as well as vote in a referendum. Special votes cast […]
Aitutaki noni ready for harvest
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in National
Noni growers on Aitutaki are preparing for harvest, in anticipation that their juice will be shipped to China via New Zealand. Aitutaki member of parliament and cabinet minister Teina Bishop says barrels are on the way to Aitutaki, ready to be filled with the best noni juice the Cook Islands has to offer. He expects […]
Climate change discussed
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Environment
Amid the clamour of alarm bells ringing about global warming, Brian Dawson likes to keep a cool head. The calmly spoken climate change expert says constant warnings about rising sea levels and increasingly common natural catastrophes may only spread panic. What is needed, he says, is a measured approach to mitigating climate change and adapting […]
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