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Nurse faces drink drive charges
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Name suppression has lifted for the Rarotonga hospital nurse who faces two drink-driving related charges. Amelia Karavaki appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice of the Peace Bernice Manarangi last Thursday. Karavaki denies driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs or both, and driving with an excess blood alcohol […]
Man guilty
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Teremoana Iakimo has been found guilty of assaulting his brother-in-law at the Empire Theatre in Avarua on May 8. Iakimo (53), of Arorangi, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice of the Peace Tiki Matapo for trial. He denied two charges of assaulting his brother-in-law and sister-in-law during the same incident.On […]
Police cracking down on drivers
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Cook Islands police are cracking down on minor traffic offences and the results are evident in court. Last Thursday justice of the peace Bernice Manarangi considered 16 individual cases of criminal charges against people for failing to stop at a stop sign while driving.Those on the Thursday court list for failing to stop were Juda […]
Court deals with assault, burglary
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Crime
Chief Justice Tom Weston will next hear the case against a 30-year-old man facing nine charges when he presides over the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua in a couple of weeks. Kakino Kakino Junior appeared in the court last Thursday before justice of the peace Bernice Manarangi. Defence counsel Lavenia Rokoika has tried unsuccessfully […]
Speed networking
Monday 15 August 2011 | Published in Local
Speed networking is coming to the Cook Islands thanks to the Business & Professional Womens Association. The BPW has a new executive and invites all current and new members to attend its first event tomorrow evening. Based on the concept of speed dating, BPW will be kicking things off with a fun interactive way for […]
Te Maeva Nui photo scrapbook
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
To help remember the thrill of the week-long festival students have poured over, cut out and made wall hangings of the photos from the festival printed daily in Cook Islands News. Today we share some of the excitement kids had at Te Maeva Nui written by Room 4 students. Te Maeva Nui Te Maeva Nui […]
An oasis blending beauty and profit
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
It is almost impossible to believe that Maire Nui Gardens was once three lone trees on a flat seven-acre paddock. Macquarie, who has lived in the Cook Islands all her life, could see the lands potential however and embarked on what has been a 14-year journey. Fronting the main road through Titikaveka, the expanse of […]
Stirring message in San Francisco
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
San Francisco, one of the biggest cities on the California coast, had its eye on the Cook Islands this week. Wednesday was deemed Cook Islands Day in celebration of the arrival of vaka Marumaru Atua, which left Rarotonga in March and has since travelled over 15,000 miles to the American mainland. Prime Minister Henry Puna […]
HTTC students off to Aitutaki
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
TOURISM Minister Teina Bishop will make good on his promise to send the award-winning Hospitality and Tourism Training Centre students on a trip to Aitutaki. Bishop reaffirmed his pledge while attending a congratulatory ceremony organised by the centre yesterday. He said the students, who brought home silver and bronze medals from the prestigious Nestle Toque […]
Rakahanga rewarded
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
There must be some sore thumbs in the Rakahanga camp this week thanks to the mammoth text-messaging marathons of the week before. But hopefully the people of Rakahanga feel like it is worth it, having now received a $500 cheque from Telecom Cook Islands for coming first in its Te Maeva Nui peoples choice awards. […]
More money to be made at trade days
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
The Trade Day markets held during Te Maeva Nui were an enormous success for stall vendors but the outer islands are still not taking full advantage of the opportunity, says Business Trade Investment Board chief executive officer Terry Rangi. Although the event grew again this year, the message from BTIB is that there was plenty […]
North to be CIs green leader
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
The northern group of islands will lead the rest of the Cook Islands as the country moves towards becoming 100 percent reliant on renewable energy sources, says Prime Minister Henry Puna. The government will soon begin installing solar technology in the northern islands to meet its goal of becoming completely reliant on sustainable energy for […]
Report card out
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
The Ministry of Education today makes public the results of its first report card. The report card is published in Maori in todays CINews, and will be published next Saturday in English. Borne of a desire to be transparent and accountable, the ministry asked the community represented by a panel of five people from schools […]
Water works about to begin
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
Details are being finalised for a $2.2 million project to improve water collection, storage, and supply infrastructure on cyclone-hit northern group islands while island council members and mayors are gathered in Rarotonga for Te Maeva Nui. A meeting at the University of the South Pacific campus in Avarua yesterday provided a chance for project coordinators, […]
The Great Wheelbarrow Robbery
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
The burglary of the Bank of the Cook Islands branch in Aitutaki on Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning brings to mind the Great Wheelbarrow Robbery of the old A B Donald store in Aitutaki many years back, a smoke signaller writes. Some boys broke into the shop at night, somehow managed to get the […]
Blanket treatment for chlamydia
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
The Ministry of Health will role out a nationwide mass treatment programme next week to help reverse the rampant spread of chlamydia within the Cook Islands. Members of the ministry will visit workplaces, schools, community clinics and community clubs with the free treatment from Monday, the first day of the ministrys weeklong drive. Anybody aged […]
Police seek Peeping Tom
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Police investigating the burglary of Aitutakis Bank of the Cook Islands branch are searching for a Peeping Tom, seen looking inside the bank on the night it was targeted. Detective Inspector Areumu Ingaua is appealing to the public for any information about the burglary, in which a large amount of cash was stolen. […]
Heavyweight in Rarotonga
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in Local
After four days of feasting and relaxing on Rarotonga Kiwi boxer Shane Cameron joked that he was back up to a heavyweight fighter. The Mountain Warrior was on the island for a friends wedding and spent most of his time relaxing. Ive just been roaming around the island on my scooter, swimming and relaxing as […]
Depopulation sponsored
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in Local
About one tenth of Penrhyns permanent population is leaving the northern group island, having been transported to Rarotonga for Te Maeva Nui events this month. Tongareva member of parliament Wilkie Rasmussen says of the 63 people who travelled on MV Lady Naomi from Penrhyn to Rarotonga recently, about 20 will not return. Many are leaving […]
Emma Koteka-Wikis back from the US to de-stress
Saturday 13 August 2011 | Published in National
Four years ago Emm Koteka-Wiki introduced Rarotonga to the Zumba fitness craze. Shes back on the island for the second time since then, and she says shes pleased to see that so many people have caught the Zumba fever. Its taken off big time, she said. Ive seen more people doing Zumba which is really […]
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