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No truth to prison rumours
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Local
Rumours that Arorangi prison guards are turning a blind eye to crimes committed by inmates are baseless, superintendant Metuatini Tangaroa says. Cook Islands News has received reports that some prisoners are committing crimes while allowed outside of the prison, such as for work. In the past guards have been prosecuted and fired for helping inmates […]
Sheraton meeting postponed
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Local
A meeting between government officials and property developers regarding proposed redevelopment work at the Sheraton site at Vaimaanga has been postponed. Minister of Infrastructure and Planning Teariki Heather was scheduled to meet with property developers this week to discuss the future of the abandoned hotel site. Heather expected to be able to make an announcement […]
Ministers, officials in Samoa
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Henry Puna has returned from Samoa where he attended an environment ministers meeting convened by the United Nations. Punas chief executive Edwin Pittman accompanied the Prime Minister to Samoa, as he does on all official travel. Coincidentally, four of the countrys other top officials were in Samoa last week. Teina Bishop attended a […]
Glassie discloses travel
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Local
Health and agriculture minister Nandi Glassie is one of the few in parliament happy to disclose his travel arrangements. The Cook Islands News has been asking ministers, including Prime Minister Henry Puna, for their travel schedules to outer islands and overseas, although to date little has been disclosed publicly. Glassie says his next international trip […]
Brisk breezes for sailors
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
Thirty sailors from the Cook Islands, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are churning up the Aitutaki Lagoon. The laser and optimist class sailors are racing in the Oceania Single Handed Youth Championships, which opened on the island on Monday. Team Cook Islands is made up of sailors from Aitutaki, Rarotonga and Manihiki. The sailors […]
Record turnout for fish
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
The annual Rarotonga Open Fishing Competition, held over the long weekend, attracted a record entry of 26 boats. The perfect weather with calm seas over the two day competition resulted in fewer than expected fish being landed. 15 boats caught 54 fish with a total weight of 442kg. In the same competition last year a […]
New beginning for CI association
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Association of Non Governmental Organisations (CIANGO) recently represented local civil societies at a regional meeting in Fiji. After returning from the Nadi workshop on aid and development effectiveness, CIANGO vice president for the northern group, Ngara Katuke, is going on the front foot to call attention to the vital role civil society […]
Visitors and residents walk around island
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
After up to 20 years off the island, a group of Cook Islands fitness fanatics have taken some extreme steps to reconnect with Rarotonga walking the whole way around it. A small group of Cook Islanders joined 45 people in walking around Rarotongas main road from 5am yesterday. One Cook Islands woman, who is currently […]
Competition to christen club
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
The first fishing competition for the newly opened and blessed Avana Fishing Club is on the horizon for the clubs 83 members. The revived club, located at the Avana harbour, was officially opened and blessed last Friday much to the delight of club president Stephen Kavana. The opening was attended by new and former members […]
Catholic youth embrace grace
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
Over 300 Catholic youths from across Rarotonga, the outer islands and Tahiti are sharing their Christian experiences at a special gathering this week. This weeks gathering hosted by the Avarua Catholic youth has been organised to lead up to the World Youth Day the largest gathering of Catholic youth, which will this year be hosted […]
Fourth attempt at bail denied
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Crime
A 30-year-old man facing nine charges is likely to remain remanded in custody until his eventual trial, after his fourth consecutive application for bail failed yesterday. Kakino Kakino Junior appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice Colin Nicholson. He is charged with three counts of burglary, (being a male) assaulting a […]
Technical specialist returns to CI roots
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
Summerfield Systems is proud to announce the arrival of its new high-level tech in the form of Cook Islander Andrew Paiti. After spending 99.9 percent of his life in Wellington, Paiti has moved back to Rarotonga, his fathers home island, and is about three weeks into his new job as a technical specialist with Summerfield […]
Judge voices concern over case
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Crime
The criminal court case against acting justice secretary and court registrar Claudine Henry-Anguna is proceeding despite a judges serious concerns about the prosecution. Henry-Angua appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday before Justice Colin Nicholson. She is defending one charge of being in contempt of court. It is an indictable charge, meaning […]
Still room in BTIB free seminars
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
Theres still room left in the remaining three workshops organised as part of the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) Rotary Business week. BTIB business, trade and marketing manager Melina Tuiravakai said the three remaining seminars of the week were filling up, but the board was still accepting participants hoping to come along. An afternoon workshop […]
$14,000 claimed
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Chief Justice Tom Weston will hear a court case against Cook Islands General Transport Ltd when he presides over the Cook Islands High Court at Ava- rua for two weeks from August 29. Seth Love is claiming about $14,000 from the company for damaged and missing property he paid to be stored. The case was […]
Pleasure yacht visits Rarotonga
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
Exploring Rarotonga is the aim of the eight guests aboard the 37-metre pleasure motor yacht Zeepaard. Boat owner Sietse Koopmans, who is from the Netherlands, and his guests are on a round the world trip and have been exploring the globe for the past two years. He explains that the name of the pleasure boat […]
Water and sanitation meeting opened
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in Environment
A regional Pacific water and sanitation meeting continues in Rarotonga today with participants reporting about their countrys progress on pilot projects. It is the third annual meeting of the regional steering committee for the project Implementing Sustainable Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries. That is a joint initiative of the Secretariat of […]
No new copies of CI dictionary
Wednesday 27 July 2011 | Published in National
Momentum is slowly gaining behind plans to put the Cook Islands Maori dictionary online as the number of physical copies of the out-of-print book available in stores dries up. People looking to buy a new, printed edition of a Cook Islands Maori dictionary will find it a tough task with editions at Rarotongan bookshops completely […]
Songs of praise for Christianity
Tuesday 26 July 2011 | Published in National
SongS of joy and praise lifted the roof of the National Auditorium yesterday as the six Cook Islands Christian Churches on Rarotonga gathered to commemorate the arrival of Christianity on Rarotonga. After the arrival of invited guests, official welcome and short prayer service, each of the churches took to the stage for the choir and […]
Invest in youth to cut crime: Researcher
Tuesday 26 July 2011 | Published in National
Australian researcher Meg Perkins says that to cut down on crime rates, the Cook Islands should invest in its young people instead of spending money on things like surveillance cameras. Rather than spending money on cameras and security guards, ask hotels owners to donate to Kevin Iros programme, she said. Ron Crocombe predicted this in […]
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