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Right royal game boat
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in National
The newest addition to the line-up at Avatiu Wharf a Bertram 25 hailing from Tauranga is settling into her new role as the Marlin Queen. During a charter trip this month, one of the Kiwi tourists she ferried into the deep blue hooked a 100kg striped marlin. Captain Junior Ioaba has been fishing in Cook […]
Special visitor at Careers Expo
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in National
Air New Zealand flight attendant Laura McQuilkin, pictured at right with students from Mauke School, was flown to Rarotonga especially for the Careers Expo to help local students wanting a career with the company especially as cabin crew. Air New Zealand Cook Islands manger David Bridge says that there is huge interest among young Pacific […]
Tereora scoops barrow full
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in National
Tereora College student Ketia Teinaki (left) carries out a wheelbarrow load of goodies worth $500 she won for her school after correctly answering all the CITC earn as you learn expo booth questions on Thursday. Ketia is pictured here with Eileen Turepu and Pokoroa Pauka of CITC along with Tereora College principal Andrea Panther and […]
$1.3m Red Cross project begins
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in National
Construction of the Cook Islands Red Cross (CIRC) national headquarters began this week. Local company Land Holdings Ltd won the tender for the projects contract and signed a formal agreement with Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning secretary Donye Numa last Friday. CIRC president Nga Jessie and NZAid development programme coordinator Peter Tierney were on hand […]
Aitutaki, Muri best of
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in National
The word is out. Savvy travellers all over the world are quietly recognising the Cook Islands as the best kept secret of the South Pacific. In the space of a week, the Cooks has debuted on influential US travel magazine Travel and Leisures worlds best awards for islands in Australia, New Zealand and the South […]
New Te Vaka Toa agreement signed
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands is closer than ever before to its Pacific neighbours in terms of fisheries management. Minister for marine resources Teina Bishop has signed a subsidiary arrangement to the Niue Treaty on Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement. Ministers from New Zealand, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and Tonga have also signed the new agreement, called the […]
Uncle intervenes to help young man
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Crime
A 20-year-old Arorangi man is being given a second chance by his uncle, who has taken him into his home and workplace to get him away from heavy-drinking parents. Teariki Araipu appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua this week before Justice of the Peace John Kenning. Araipu denies one charge of stealing […]
Former cop to argue against retrial
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Former Cook Islands police officer Leighton Boaza has been granted the opportunity to appeal a high court judges decision ordering the retrial of a criminal charge against him. Boaza was charged with driving with excess breath alcohol, driving while under the influence of alcohol, and failing to allow a medical practitioner to take a blood […]
Operation Eagle accused admits charges
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Operation Eagle defendant Faimau Robati has pleaded guilty to the three charges he faces, including one of possessing cannabis at Rarotonga in May this year. Robati is the second of 13 people charged in relation to the major drug bust to admit their guilt. The 41-year-old Nikao fisherman appeared in the Cook Islands High Court […]
Appeal granted in hospital job case
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Crime
Former director of hospital services Heather Webber-Aitu has been granted leave to appeal a high court judges ruling that her grievance against health secretary Tupou Faire- ka must be referred to the Cook Islands Public Service Board of Appeal. Webber-Aitu took Faireka to court claiming he breached her employment contract by advertising her position, leading […]
Dugout canoes free for locals
Saturday 23 July 2011 | Published in Environment
Three new wood-bottomed boats have joined Captain Tamas fleet of glass-bottomed boats at Muri lagoon. These dugout or carved outrigger canoes havent been built with the visiting crowds in mind. Instead, they are for the local families and fishermen and women in Muri. Captain Tama Tamaiva Tuavera and his crew spent about two months helping […]
Tax tweak planned
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in Local
The government must amend its new tax laws to ensure they reflect their planned intentions, Minister of Finance Mark Brown says. In a letter to the editor delivered to Cook Islands News yesterday, Brown said the government intended to introduce amendments to the legislation before it is put into practice on September 1. It is […]
Clinching career matters
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in Local
Questions were answered and direction given to the 600-plus students that made it their mission at yesterdays Career Expo to learn as much they could about finding the right path to their chosen career. The Telecom Sports Arena was packed out at different stages of the day as students roamed around gathering career information and […]
CITC to pour $1.5m into solar
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in Local
Work on the Cook Islands biggest solar project has begun at the Cook Islands Trading Corporation centre in Avarua. The first-round investment will see about $750,000 spent on installing solar panels at the Avarua centre and CITCs Building Centre in Avatiu. A further $750,000 is expected to be spent on purchasing and installing more solar […]
Students map their way to dreams
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
Confidently mapped up pathways to their dream careers earned Ritia George of Araura College and Tereora College student Teariki Fanovaha a brand new notebook laptop each. The pair were the overall winners of the annual careers pathway competition which asks students to clearly map out the pathway to their chosen career. Ritia dreams of working […]
Here with a passion for fashion
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
Its not about reinventing the tivaivai just about making it more commercially flexible. NZ Institute of Fashion Technology managing director Kevin Smith said he wasnt keen on changing the ceremonial fabric of the Cook Islands, but did have a few suggestions on progressing manufacturing techniques.He suggested that people should find an alternative to cutting and […]
Aviation excites CI students
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
Just one Cook Islander is studying at the Nelson Aviation College at present but judging by the tertiary education providers success at yesterdays careers expo that is set to change. Husband and wife Giles and Katrina Witney run the college which qualifies students as commercial pilots in just two years. Both are pilots themselves. Their […]
History displayed
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
An exhibition of photos and stories on the history of Muri lagoon and beach will open at 4pm today at the Ngatangiia meeting house. Over the past few weeks, Muri residents have been sharing their stories and digging out old photos taken around the Muri area from as early as the 1930s for the exhibition. […]
Alcohol blamed for assault
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
The dreaded Jimmy is behind a mother daughter punch-up, for which 37-year-old Melanie Pare has admitted one charge of common assault, Justice of the Peace John Kenning says. Pare appeared before JP Kenning in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. She admitted slapping her 61-year-old mother three times across the face and head […]
Koutu Nui meeting
Friday 22 July 2011 | Published in National
The Koutu Nui is combining its biannual conference and annual general meeting into a two-day function that began yesterday. The second half of the 37th biannual conference begins at 9am at the Ngatangiia Cook Islands Christian Church Sunday School building. The Koutu Nui members will be discussing things like traditional titles, immigration and permanent residency, […]
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