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Araura takes on environment challenge
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in Environment
Araura College students presented their English poems, Maori purua, artwork, dance and ute compilations as part of last months Environment Week competition for proud parents and families at the school hall last week. For the past few weeks the students and teachers practised their ute and in the end the form 1 Vaireka/Kitai classes won […]
Lavish ceremony
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in Local
A two-hour, $20,000 ceremony yesterday marked the official opening of the forty-seventh session of the Cook Islands Parliament. Queens Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin, Lady Goodwin, lady-in-waiting Tangi Goodwin, aide-de-camp inspector Arama Tera, official secretary Harry Ivaiti and official messenger senior sergeant Kau Mapu arrived first, each greeted with a maire ei and a turou. After […]
Pay as you go budget tabled
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in Local
A balanced Budget was tabled in parliament yesterday with total revenue and total expenditure both estimated at $106.1 million. Finance minister Mark Brown presented the 2011-12 Appropriation Bill and Estimates at a short session in the House after the ceremonial opening at the National Auditorium. Debate on the budget detail will begin on Monday when […]
Cinderellas of the Empire
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Council of Women has been in existence since 1967. In 1981, the Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) was formalised and has been the main vehicle for representing womens voices and concerns and finding ways to resolve them. Our 27 affiliate members span broad family, community, island, national and international development […]
Local team busy at harbour
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in National
Local company Mike Rennie Builders Ltd is currently installing reinforcing steel in the pilings at Avatiu harbour. Mike Rennie Builders Ltd has been subcontracted by McConnell Dowell, the construction firm contracted to undertake the harbour reconstruction project. Over 1300 tonnes of reinforcing steel are being used for this project which is equivalent in length to […]
New 90-day visas for Kiwis
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in National
New Zealand passport holders can now stay in the Cook Islands for up to three months on a visitors visa. A new immigration policy came into force yesterday and all those with a New Zealand passport will have it stamped on arrival in Rarotonga with a 90-day visitors visa. The policy does not apply to […]
A budget to have faith in
Saturday 2 July 2011 | Published in National
Despite a constraining fiscal environment,t the governments 2011-2012 national budget is one Cook Islanders can have faith in, finance minister Mark Brown says. In tabling the budget in parliament yesterday, Brown said the three-part document reflects the governments promise to expand the economy, enable enterprise, reduce the cost of doing business and living, increase peoples […]
Couple guilty of DVD piracy
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in Crime
A man and woman charged in relation to DVD piracy will be sentenced by Justice Colin Nicholson at the end of this month. Nikao resident Tashi Tutai and Ruatonga man Robert Hosking each pleaded guilty to one charge of displaying DVDs for sale or rent without approval of the chief censor, the maximum penalty for […]
Christian values needed
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in Local
Education and a return to Christian values are key for the Cook Islands battle against theft, Minister for Tourism and Education Teina Bishop says. Bishop said he was worried that thieves who have been targeting tourist accommodation were hurting the Cook Islands reputation as an attractive holiday destination. In this day and age with the […]
Ceremony divides opinion
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in Local
There are mixed opinions within parliament about whether todays opening ceremony, expected to cost more than $20,000, is a waste of time and money. Deputy leader of the opposition Wilkie Rasmussen says it is. My personal view is its an outdated form of opening parliament. My suggestion would be to have an opening down at […]
$1.5m more to be spent on health
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in Local
The New Zealand government has committed to continue its support for the Health Specialist Visits Programme that aims to improve health care for the people of the Cook Islands. Yesterday, New Zealand Aid Programme manager Jonathan Rowe along with acting secretary of health Rangiau Fariu and acting secretary of finance Priscilla Maruariki signed an agreement […]
Budget presented to Parliament
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in Local
The government will table this years budget in Parliament today. A ceremonial opening of Parliament commences at 10am in the National Auditorium which in this context is being referred to as the Queens Chambers and is expected to last through to early afternoon. An eight-page programme details the timetable for this mornings affair, to which […]
Advice on reducing import reliance
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in National
There is a $285 million difference between the annual value of imported and exported goods in the Cook Islands and steps are being taken to reduce this discrepancy. The Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) is working with New Zealand company Tuia International to decide the best methods for the Cook Islands to reduce the demand […]
MP still an action man
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in National
In the months after taking office, Minister Teariki Heather earned a reputation of being the action man MP for his work. And though he has taken a step back from the public spotlight of the media in recent months, Heather said the description is still an accurate one. When Cook Islands News asked what he […]
Road, water upgrades on horizon
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in National
Upgrades to water lines and road surfaces at Avarua are set to begin in August, the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning Teariki Heather has said. The long-awaited water mains upgrading will soon be put to tender, with construction work listed to begin towards the end of August. Heather said the ministry would issue a tender […]
Man faces five charges
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in National
For charges of burglary, entering a property with intent to commit a crime and indecent assault, 26-year-old unemployed Titikaveka resident Japhet Manuel has been remanded in custody until August 25. Manuel appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice of the Peace Carmen Temata yesterday. Police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Ruth Hosking-Tane said […]
No plea on indecent assault
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in National
A 17-year-old Panama man charged with indecently assaulting a six-year-old girl will next appear in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on July 28. Ngatokoa Teao has not entered a plea to the charge, which was laid in relation to an alleged incident at Takuvaine on May 29. Defence counsel Norman George told the […]
No bail for accused
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in National
A 30-year-old man charged with burglary is in jail until next Thursday when he will again be called to appear in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. Kakino Kakino Junior appeared in the court before Justice of the Peace Carmen Temata yesterday. Crown prosecutor Tuaine Manavaroa opposed Kakino Jnrs release on bail, citing his […]
Work begins on Atius new energy house
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in National
The Atiu Energy House, which has been providing power for the island for 40 years, has been demolished to make way for a new building. In 2010 a committee headed by Atiu island secretary Ina Mokoroa and including deputy mayor Maara Tairi, Teura Kea, Roger Malcolm, Tony White, Craig Roberts, Eddie Drollett and Tutai Toru […]
Perhaps just avoiding potholes?
Friday 1 July 2011 | Published in National
A smoke signaller writes: Perhaps the Sunday driver [pictured in Wednesdays paper driving over the centre line] was avoiding the one third of the road we all have to avoid since the road widening/works left it intolerably bumpy the whole way round the island. I pity the poor cyclists derrieres too! My daughter announced on […]
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