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Plane service returns to normal
Tuesday 28 June 2011 | Published in National
Air services at Rarotonga have returned to normal after suffering through a weekend of irritations from cancelled flights to lost luggage due to volcanic ash passing through New Zealand airspace. Pacific Blue cancelled three days of flights in and out of Rarotonga International Airport between Friday and Sunday, with its services returning to normal from […]
ADB delegates learn of CI challenges
Tuesday 28 June 2011 | Published in National
Before coming to the Cook Islands Maurin Sitorus could not understand why it would be difficult to maintain infrastructure in, and govern, a country of about 20,000 people. The Indonesian is an executive director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Armenia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga. He arrived […]
Young crowd gets Turtles story
Tuesday 28 June 2011 | Published in National
More than 70 people filled an Avarua cafe last week to hear the story behind Cook Islands surf wear company Turtles Tees. Chris McKinley, one half of the Turtles Tees managing team, featured at the Business Trade Investment Boards monthly After5 business talk event at Cafe Salsa. McKinley spent an hour talking and taking questions […]
Mentor programme workshop run
Tuesday 28 June 2011 | Published in National
A one-day training workshop is being held in Rarotonga for those involved or interested in the Pacific Business Mentor Programme, facilitated by the Chamber of Commerce. The programme workshop is for all business owners, managers and staff who are already part of the initiative as well as those wanting to apply for the next intake. […]
Couple face nine charges
Tuesday 28 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An Arorangi husband and wife collectively face nine charges to do with their restaurant business. They appeared together in the dock of the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before Justice of the Peace John Kenning last week. Two initial charges against the husband and wife, who have continued interim name suppression, were withdrawn. Those […]
Call to clean up ahead of tutaka
Tuesday 28 June 2011 | Published in Environment
Rarotonga residents, business owners and hoteliers are being encouraged to clean their properties ahead of next weeks tutaka. From July 4 to 8 the Ministry of Health, Cook Islands Police, National Environment Service, Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning and Ministry of Finance and Economic Management statistics division will inspect all properties within all areas of […]
Women, families ignored - council
Tuesday 28 June 2011 | Published in Local
The basic needs of women and families continue to be ignored in the Cook Islands despite donor funding, members of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have been told. An ADB delegation to the Cook Islands yesterday met with members of the Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) at its Takuvaine headquarters. CINCW president Vaine […]
Board keeps eye on project promises
Tuesday 28 June 2011 | Published in Local
There is no set programme in place for the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) to monitor whether contractor McConnell Dowell is honouring an agreement over the $27 million Avatiu harbour upgrade. BTIB initially rejected McConnell Dowells application to operate within the Cook Islands but the parties reached an agreement subject to the delegation of some […]
Confusion continues
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Local
More meetings are to be held between those involved in a $670,000 upgrade of the Rarotonga hospitals septic system. There is still confusion about whether the necessary permits were obtained for the upgrade as well as whether processes required by legislation were followed. Last week a meeting was held at the Ministry of Health following […]
Dad proud of family flight
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Local
Flying is a family business for the Willis clan. Air Rarotonga pilot captain Sean Willis was beaming with pride on Friday morning after he and his children first officer Stephen Willis and head flight attendant Frances Willis ran a return flight to Aitutaki. Captain Sean Willis has been flying for Air Rarotonga since 1986 and […]
Too soon to find new NZ envoy
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Local
Acting Prime Minister Tom Marsters says it is too soon to appoint a new high commissioner to New Zealand following the death of Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid (above). Marsters said cabinet would decide on Te Tikas replacement under the same process that led to her appointment, but that the process was only just beginning. […]
Cook Islands stakes high seas claim
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands government is set to officially take claim of more than 400,000-square-kilometres of continental shelf on its northern border in September this year. Deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tom Marsters said on Friday that the government expected the Cook Islands would officially sign a deal to extend its ocean sovereignty […]
Early start to kitesurfing comp
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in National
Light winds at Muri made for a slow start to the international kitesurfing competition, but winds gusting to 20 knots yesterday in Aitutaki convinced some of the worlds best riders that the Cook Islands is one of the best places in the world. Cook Islands Kitesurfing Association president Teanaroa Worthington reported yesterday from Aitutaki that […]
First kids born
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in National
The first Boer-cross goats bred in the Cook Islands have been born on Mauke, six months after resident Hugh Graham imported six male Boer goats from New Zealand for a breeding programme. The two kids, both males, were born on June 17 after more than five years of research and planning by Graham to reduce […]
CI maritime law graduate a first
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in National
Paula Manarangi is the first Cook Islander to graduate with her masters in maritime law. Manarangi, a quality manager and legal adviser at Maritime Cook Islands, graduated from the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) International Maritime Law Institute in Malta last month. She was stationed there for eight months doing what was essentially two-and-a-half years worth […]
Free business risk workshops
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in National
Business training manager Stephen Caunter will be delivering a series of free workshops for Rarotongas business community this week. Organised by ANZ Bank and the 2011 Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards, his first seminar will cover the risks inherent in owning a business. Being in business is inherently risky, but by taking action […]
Call to add value to food exports
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in National
An impromptu workshop for those involved in the development of Cook Islands produce is inspiring a resurgence of locally grown and made goods for the domestic and international markets. New Zealand food development professional David Curtis is in the Cook Islands having taken part in last weeks Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) food expo. Curtis […]
She feared a heart attack
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands Police Commissioner Maara Tetava is investigating the overnight lock-up of a 62-year-old woman with a heart condition. Antonina Browne, of Tupapa, was apprehended by a police officer on the evening of Saturday May 28 as she drove towards the Tupapa clubhouse after watching her son play in the rugby league final at Nikao. […]
New flag
Monday 27 June 2011 | Published in National
Two Cook Islanders left last week for Hawaii to join the crew of vaka Marumaru Atua. Jason Tuara and Lorna Nicholas took with them a new Cook Islands flag to replace the vakas battered banner. Both the new flag and the old were donated by Maritime Cook Islands (MCI). The old flag has been flying […]
Eric and Tony join the CINews team
Saturday 25 June 2011 | Published in National
Rarotongas year-round warmth has drawn Victorian journalist Eric Parnis away from south Australia to the Cook Islands News. The 24-year-old was born and bred in Ballarat, a small city of about 95,000 to the west of Melbourne. When contemplating a move, the weather factored into Parnis decision and he arrived in the Cook Islands to […]
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