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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 […]
Ministry to get own report card
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Local
For the first time, the Ministry of Education (MOE) isnt distributing the grades its the one being graded. The ministry is awaiting its report card, which grades each of its initiatives and programmes literacy, numeracy, early childhood education, careers education, NCEA, pa enua education, inclusive education, distance education and dual pathways among them. The ministry […]
Science and technology captivate
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Inspiring young local women to take up careers in science and technology was the aim of Tuesday nights Women in Science and Technology workshop hosted by the National Council of Women. Close to 40 female students from the outer islands and a handful from Rarotonga took part in the workshop where they spent time with […]
Boys challenged to test themselves
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
High-school boys from the outer islands converged on the USP centre at Tupapa for some inspiration this week the overriding message being that you can always change yourself if you want to. The Careers Expo taste-teaser Boy Zone night drew in every male student visiting Rarotonga from the outer islands on Tuesday night to hear […]
CINews work experience enjoyed
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Kia orana, this is Gardenia Moetaua from Mauke School and Stephanie Piiti from Mangaia School. We are here for a good purpose, which is the annual Careers Expo and three days of work experience. When we arrived we were really excited to start our work experience here at Cook Islands News. When we began working […]
Crew shocked by oceans state
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua is in the North Pacific, picking up plastic. From all seven vaka, blog reports are rolling in about the state of the ocean north of the equator, full of flotsam plastic, waste, netting. I have never seen anything like this in all my years on the ocean, captain Peia Patai […]
Rapper Tyree to perform tonight
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Big-name rapper Tyree is performing at Princess Anne Hall from 7pm tonight. Tyree, the lead singer-songwriter of acclaimed New Zealand hip-hop group Smashproof, performed at Rehab in March of last year. He and his partner, Cook Islander Kerry-Ann Kaumoana, came back to Rarotonga this week for a friends wedding and Tyree agreed to put on […]
$20,000 fine for tax charges
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
For failing to pay income tax over ten years a Rarotonga company has been fined $20,000 and ordered to pay court costs of $300. Rarotonga Insurance Agency admitted ten charges of failing to furnish income tax from 2000 to 2009. In the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday company director Teremoana Ngatokorua said he […]
Details of WSBCs failures revealed
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Following a long legal battle, the Cook Islands Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has formally revoked WSBC Banks international banking licence. WSBC Bank formerly known as Wall Street Banking Corporation was licensed to do business in the Cook Islands but exiled from the country in December 2009. It was involved in four years of litigation with […]
Marine park gets high level support
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Takitumu chief Pa Marie Ariki has pledged her full support for the marine park that the government intends to establish in Cook Islands waters. I am very excited to hear about the future plans of a marine park in the Cook Islands and the impact this would have on our moana and its contents which […]
Ministry probes welfare of the elderly
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in National
Members of the ministry of internal affairs will travel with the Meals on Wheels crew tomorrow to see first-hand the living conditions of some of Rarotongas elderly population. Director of welfare Ngatuaine Mauri said internal affairs representatives wanted to join the food-delivery crew after learning that they recently found a man aged in his 80s […]
Former bank worker sentenced for theft
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Crime
For stealing $450 in cash from the Westpac Bank Avarua branch while working as an employee of the company, 18-year-old Tupapa resident Ngametua Willie has been convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months. Willie appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday before New Zealand high […]
Estate wins $11,000
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Crime
The estate of the late Lionel George Tamarua Browne has been awarded $11,000 in a civil court proceeding. Through the estates executor Louise Maire Browne as plaintiff, $630,000 was sought from defendant Tepaki 1 Holdings Ltd, which is a liquidated company of Tupapa property developer Tim Tepaki. The case came before New Zealand high court […]
Raro Frieds case against CIIC is unclear
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Crime
A civil court case between Raro Fried Chicken 2000 Ltd and the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) has been adjourned to the court session being presided over by Chief Justice Tom Weston starting August 29. It came before New Zealand high court judge Justice Colin Nicholson in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. […]
MMR frustrated contract: NCIFC
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Crime
The Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company (NCIFC) intends to involve the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) in its court case against a Taiwanese fishing firm. Yuh Yow Marine Ltd claims it is owed $339,871.70 by NCIFC and has taken the company to court. It wants reimbursement for money it paid to NCIFC for seven fishing […]
MMR pulled into case
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Marine Resources is being dragged into a civil court case involving a Taiwanese fishing firm. Yuh Yow Marine Ltd is seeking reimbursement of more than $300,000 from the Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company (NCIFC) which it claims to have paid for seven licences not granted by the ministry. The case came before […]
Celebration bigger and better
Thursday 21 July 2011 | Published in Local
The Te Maeva Nui float parade is back this year. Any organisations interested in joining the 20 floats already confirmed for the float parade are encouraged to contact Cook Islands Tourism (CIT). CIT promises that Te Maeva Nui will be bigger and better this year. Te Maeva Nui is going to be bigger and better […]
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