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Checking up on World Diabetes Day
Tuesday 15 November 2011 | Published in National
Hordes of Cook Islanders made the most of free health checks in Avarua yesterday, lining up to have their risk of developing diabetes calculated. November 14 is marked by the United Nations as World Diabetes Day. Accordingly, each year the Ministry of Health continues its public awareness programme for diabetes, which remains the Cook Islands […]
Pick presses for action
Tuesday 15 November 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands triathlete Kelly Pick has made a formal complaint to police against All Blacks winger Zac Guildford so that he will learn he has to be held accountable for his actions. Cook Islands Police met with Pick yesterday after Cook Islands News published a letter from the athlete that detailed what she describes as […]
Top athletes face pressure cooker
Tuesday 15 November 2011 | Published in National
Former league international Kevin Iro has seen more than most of what the pressures of being an international athlete at the highest level can do to a young man. Iro, the Cook Islands Rugby League international director, was asked by Cook Islands News to comment on the pressures of being a top athlete, following All […]
Jake Numanga most outstanding
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in National
When it was announced that Papa Jake Numanga had earned the ANZ-sponsored Most Outstanding Contribution to Tourism award, the National Auditorium was silent. No Papa Jake. A minute or two later, John Kenning took the microphone: Yes, it appears Papa Jake has gone to meet the aircraft. Jake Numanga. On time, every time, he said, […]
Zac Guildford defended by Corey Jane
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in National
All Black Cory Jane has leapt to Zac Guildfords defence, saying he does not have a drinking problem but needs to get smart about where and when he parties. Guildford has been accused of assaulting two people after entering a bar in the Cook Islands on Thursday night reportedly drunk, naked and bleeding. The All […]
Leave him alone
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in National
The media need to leave All Black Zac Guildford and his family alone, to aid his recovery from alcohol addiction, the head of the New Zealand Drug Foundation says. The Crusaders wingers drunk and naked escapades at Trader Jacks bar where he assaulted two men before being detained by police has attracted widespread media attention. […]
Star tourism operators honoured
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in Local
The 2011 Air New Zealand Tourism Awards on Friday night recognised individuals and businesses which form the backbone of the Cook Islands tourism industry. Tourism was celebrated as the driver of the Cook Islands economy and the 250 people in the room as those who make it possible. For greeting every one of the Cook […]
Guildford apologises
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in Local
Disgraced All Black Zac Guildford has agreed to front up for his drunken actions in Rarotonga, and to apologise. The All Blacks mental skills coach, Gilbert Enoka, a Cook Islander, told Cook Islands News yesterday that Guildford is ashamed and repentant, and he wants to apologise personally to people he had disrespected. Enoka said for […]
Zac walks free
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in Local
Local police have finally admitted that they did detain the drunk and naked All Black Zac Guildford on Thursday night after initially denying to Cook Islands News on Friday that police knew anything about Guildford. In fact, up to six police officers spent several hours of Thursday night chasing and apprehending Guildford before and after […]
Avatea gala a fundraiser banquet
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in National
Funds raised during the all day Avatea School gala on Friday will go towards much needed school supplies including books and furniture. The one off fundraiser on Friday drew a steady crowd of school supporters through the grounds where a huge array of tasty island favourites was on sale. Apart from the ready to eat […]
May is our top maths brain
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in National
It doesnt take much of a maths whiz to figure out that coming in the top 0.2 percent of the country in a competition is a good feat. So when 15-year-old Tereora College student May Myo Min found out she had done just that in the 2011 Westpac Australian Mathematics Competition, she was pretty pleased […]
High praise for the Cook Islands
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in National
The guest speakers at Friday nights Air New Zealand Tourism Awards come from different backgrounds, but share two relevant passions for tourism and for the Cook Islands. Jeff McDowall, Air New Zealands sales and operations manager for the Pacific region, called the Cook Islands the biggest destination in the Pacific, and one hes proud to […]
Tourism thriving and expanding: Bishop
Monday 14 November 2011 | Published in National
Tourism minister Teina Bishop acknowledged the marketing efforts of each tourism operator in the room on Friday night, but stressed that in the end, the most tried-and-true, effective marketing tool is the good old word of mouth. Each individual (visitor) has the potential to be a marketing ambassador for the Cook Islands, he said. He […]
All Black Zac in trouble
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in Local
Troubled All Blacks star Zac Guildford may have landed himself in more trouble during a Rarotonga holiday this week after he was found stumbling into Trader Jacks on Thursday night, drunk, bleeding and completely naked. Trader Jacks staff and a bar full of tourists watched stunned as the All Blacks winger ran into the Avarua […]
Pukapuka calls her home
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in National
As Amelia Borofsky anticipates her voyage to Pukapuka aboard Kwai, she tries to remember the island as it was when she left it in 1981. She spent her formative years in Pukapuka, picking up habits she wouldnt unlearn she says her close mates still tease her when she eats with her fingers and treating the […]
Snedden believes in word of mouth
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in National
The Rugby World Cup was the ultimate test in tourism, as it attracted nearly 100,000 rugby-lovers from all over the world to New Zealands shores. Chief executive Martin Snedden says with confidence that New Zealand passed with flying colours. Snedden was one of two keynote speakers at last nights 2011 Air New Zealand Tourism Awards. […]
1 Cook Islander born on 11-11-11
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands has its very own 11-11-11 baby. Maternity ward staff helped deliver a baby at Rarotongas hospital yesterday the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011. Details of the newborn and proud parents were difficult to obtain yesterday as staff at the maternity ward which has just opened were too busy to […]
500 war vets remembered
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in National
About 500 Cook Islands men enlisted to fight for the Commonwealth in World War One, the biggest contingency of Cook Islanders to fight in any modern war. Of those men, 313 saw active service with the Anzac forces in Europe and the Middle East, fighting at various times from 1915 to the end of the […]
You're the one one one one one one!
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in National
Kiwi couple Tania and Michael Dale exchange I dos on the beach at Little Polynesian yesterday. There were a record number of weddings over 25, infact yesterday, as it was 11-11-11 (November 11, 2011). Either an easy date to remember for future anniversaries or a lucky number, depending on who you talk to. This photo […]
Police investigations continue into 2 incidents
Saturday 12 November 2011 | Published in National
Police are still investigating two incidents in which a 10-year-old Takuvaine girl has died and a 16-year-old Arorangi girl has received injuries serious enough to prompt her transferral to New Zealand. The cases are not related. On Sunday the 10-year-old died at Rarotonga Hospital, one day shy of her 11th birthday. Police commissioner Maara Tetava […]
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