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CI govt to pay McCully departure tax
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration will pay $3190 in departure tax on behalf of New Zealand foreign minister Murray McCully and his 58-person strong delegation that visited the Cook Islands last month. Paul Lynch, a spokesman for the Deputy Prime Minister and foreign affairs minister Tom Marsters, said the minister could not legally […]
Teavas treehouse makes mums monthly column
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in Local
Thirteen-year-old Teava Wichman beneath the tree house in his backyard that has taken him and four of his friends about four weeks of work to build. His mum Vaine Wichman writes about it today in her monthly Economy Column. on page 14. 11082629
Theyre back in support!
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in National
The Laughing Samoans cant get enough of Rarotonga. Pictured here, Miss South Pacific Cook Islands contender Uirangi Bishop, Miss Cook Islands 2009 Engara Gosselin, Laughing Samoans Eteuati Ete and Tofiga Fepuleai and Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association president Clee Marsters march into Rarotonga yesterday ahead of this weekends show at the National Auditorium. Last here […]
Photo comp gets museums backing
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in National
Budding photographers will have the chance to get their work on the walls of the Cook Islands National Museum in the first photographic exhibition to be held at the complex. The Alliance Francaise de Rarotonga will judge the national leg of an international competition looking at the spirit and inspiration of women in the community. […]
Nation building and national parties
Saturday 27 August 2011 | Published in National
My sons under 13 rugby mates have been meeting after school behind our house. For the last three weeks theyve been building a tree house in the kuru tree. I enjoy watching all the construction work going on. When they started I watched them have a meeting to decide on the plan and design and […]
Outreach for teachers in New Zealand
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
As part of an effort to fill teacher vacancies in secondary schools, the ministry of education conducted a recruitment drive (reo kapikianga mei te ipukarea) in New Zealand last month. The need for qualified and experienced teachers and educational personnel to fill vacancies in secondary schools and in the ministry of education main office has […]
Forum Pacific vessel skips Raro
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
The Forum Pacific will be omitting Rarotonga from its upcoming voyage itinerary. Southern Express will instead be delivering her Rarotonga-bound cargo, and will arrive three days prior to Forum Pacifics scheduled date of arrival. Southern Express voyage 147 is expected to arrive in Auckland on September 1 and in Rarotonga nine days later. She should […]
Tsunami exercise drives upgrade
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
New tsunami signs will be erected around Rarotonga in the coming weeks in anticipation of a Pacific-wide tsunami response exercise to be held in November. The new roadside signs will provide directions to village tsunami safe zones right around the capital island. They will be put in place before the regional disaster response exercise Pacific […]
Atiu trust fund up for discussion
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
Atiu landowners whose assets were once bound up in the Enuamanu Lands Incorporation are meeting this afternoon to discuss the future of their trust fund. Teenui-Mapumai member of parliament Norman George estimates the dissolved incorporations trust fund contains about $100,000. He says the money has been sitting for over 30 years. George says stakeholders moved […]
Controversial tax law passed
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in Local
Despite heated debate in parliament by opposition members, governments withholding tax amendment bill has been unanimously approved and passed into legislation without change. A third session of parliament took place yesterday afternoon to allow members the opportunity to each speak for up to 20 minutes on the bill, tabled by finance minister Mark Brown on […]
New envoy wants to prove a point
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands John Carter is spearheading a research project to determine exactly how mutually beneficial the relationship between Aotearoa and the Cook Islands is. Speaking at a luncheon of Cook Islands business professionals in Rarotonga yesterday, Carter said it is easy for New Zealanders to criticise the amount of […]
Toa sucking blood from country
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in Local
Independent member of parliament Norman George is demanding answers from government about its obligation to Toa Petroleum Ltd, costing at least $100,000 each month. During Tuesday evenings parliamentary session George asked finance minister Mark Brown to confirm that the government and people of the Cook Islands are paying Toa director Brett Porter and the company […]
PM takes communications advice
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
Prime Minister Henry Puna is beginning to answer media demands for regular disclosure about his administration and has appointed a communications advisor to work in his office. New Zealand Maori journalist and media advisor Damiane Rikihana has been working at the Office of the Prime Minister for the last few weeks. She is a trained […]
PM starring at Jupiters
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Henry Puna is next week attending a gala function at Conrad Jupiters, a casino on Australias Gold Coast. He will be meeting the Gold Coasts Cook Islands community, which has organised an evening of dinner and dancing, featuring performances by Cook Islands artists and dancers. Cook Islands musicians Mere Darling, Jon Lindsay and […]
PM meets Sarkozy, not Gadhafi
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
Members of parliament enjoyed a laugh at the expense of Prime Minister Henry Puna on Wednesday evening, when he was likened to controversial Libyan leader Moamer Gadhafi. During a question and answer session within parliament, in Punas absence, independent MP Norman George asked where the prime minister was. Has he gone overseas to join Moamer […]
60-plus birthday sing-song
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in Local
Cecilia Herrmann and Chris Raui lead the revelry at Cafe Ariki, ringing in the 60-plus clubs fourth birthday.
Banks not ready for new withholding tax
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
Governments new withholding tax will not be implemented until October as banks are struggling to re-code their computer systems in time for the initial September 1 deadline. Finance minister Mark Brown says regardless the tax will be backdated to September 1, so government estimates of how much revenue it is expected to generate in this […]
Family welfare group attends regional conference
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Family Welfare Association (CIFWA) continues to grow in strength and capacity and this financial year hopes to implement some new initiatives. CIFWA executive director Rongo File has recently returned from Kuala Lumpur where she represented the organisation at the annual International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Asia and Pacific conference. There she attended […]
Generator purchase under audit investigation
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
Audit director Paul Allsworth says a review is warranted to determine whether the previous Democratic government acted inappropriately by purchasing four oversize generators for Manihiki last year. Allsworths interest of the matter was sparked by comments made during a government media conference in Rarotonga this week. Prime Minister Henry Puna announced the government is purchasing […]
4 new generators for Manihiki
Friday 26 August 2011 | Published in National
Manihiki is to have four new diesel generators, despite being in line for renewable energy infrastructure. Prime Minister Henry Puna detailed the purchase this week, citing $110,400 of a capital expenditure fund for outer island projects which will cover the cost of purchase and installation. Puna says the former Democratic government installed four generators on […]
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