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Cross-country season begins on Thursday
Wednesday 8 June 2011 | Published in National
Find those shoes, dust them off and jog over to the BCI Stadium for the start of the Rarotonga cross-country season on Thursday. Over the next few weeks participants have the opportunity of running over varied terrain around Rarotonga during the annual Athletics Cook Islands cross country season. The first race in the series will […]
Queens Honour awarded
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Local
Mata Andrew Turua is the first of four Cook Islanders to receive their New Years Queens Honours at a special ceremony held at the Queens Representatives residence in Titikaveka. Turua was presented with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal for public service and his services to the community. Today, Queens Representative Sir Frederick […]
Drink message fails to get through to drivers
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Local
Police are worried the dont drink and drive message is still not getting through to some people who continue to drive after consuming alcohol. Over the weekend, police confiscated three vehicles from motorists who according to the weekly police report were not drunk but had consumed enough alcohol to be over the limit to drive. […]
Luxury trips boom
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Local
Despite the global recession there is money to be spent by the top crust of society and those people are being encouraged to spend it in the Cook Islands, a tourism industry function was told. Cook Islands Tourism Corporation staff members and contracted representatives from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the United States, United Kingdom, and […]
Searching the world for good coffee
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in National
New Zealands top green coffee importer John Burton supplies local roaster Neil Dearlove with coffee, and he visited Rarotonga to sample the fruits of his product and to celebrate his companys 25th anniversary. He last visited the Cook Islands in 1990, and remembers that at the time, local coffee which he described as harsh and […]
Acts passing breached constitution
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in National
The passing of the Appropriation and Validation Act 2010 breached the Cook Islands Constitution, an audit review has found. Further review of the corresponding over-expenditure by government ministries is warranted, according to audit director Paul Allsworth. He completed a review of the act and its passing by cabinet. There are sufficient doubts over the movements […]
Paralympic athletes story inspires
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in National
Paraplegic New Zealand athlete Rory McSweeney has been an inspiration to those he has encountered on holiday in Rarotonga with his partner Sophia. McSweeney was hit by a truck at the age of three and became a below-the-knee amputee. The 25-year-old is a personal trainer, plays golf and cricket, and has represented clubs in junior […]
Case against registrar set for July
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Crime
The criminal court case against secretary of justice and Cook Islands High Court registrar Claudine Henry-Anguna is scheduled for July. Henry-Anguna has pleaded not guilty to a charge of being in contempt of court. She appeared before Justice Hugh Williams in the court last week. Informant Andrew Turoa is bringing the private prosecution against Henry-Anguna […]
Drunken driver sentenced
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Crime
For driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 470 micrograms at Atupa on February 26 last year Ministry of Marine Resources fisheries officer Koroa Raumea has been convicted, fined $750, sentenced to six months community service, and disqualified from driving for 18 months. Raumea (43), of Nikao, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court […]
Appeal failed on law and facts
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An appeal against the conviction and sentence imposed on a young Cook Islands man has been largely dismissed by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. On May 19 last year Aisake Fimone (23), of Takuvaine, was convicted of theft and sentenced to one month imprisonment and 12 months probation by […]
Eco-friendly toilet pondered
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Environment
June Hosking brought a model of her waterless toilet the Rotaloo to Lagoon Day for students to ponder. The Rotaloo uses no water, and stores its waste in a high-temperature tank, which breaks down waste and converts it into humus. Humus, or compost, is bacteria-free organic matter, which is full of nutrients and can be […]
Great artist remembered
Tuesday 7 June 2011 | Published in Local
Rarotongas art community has come together to celebrate the life of Jim Vivieaere, whose death last week left a void in the heart of many a Pacific artist. Artists, friends and relatives of the late Vivieaere a prominent Pacific artist and curator gathered to remember a man who left an indelible mark on the Polynesian […]
Ecosystems deserve some consideration
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in National
We found a hermit crab recently attempting to hide in his cracked candle nut shell with a hole exposing his backside to attack. Such a sad sight and not my first time to see the sorry state of hermit habitat in Rarotonga. Ive seen a passionfruit shell and pump bottle cap used as hermit homes, […]
Captains job the ultimate honour
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in National
Simon Rooke understands the magnitude of his job as the first-ever commanding officer of Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Protector-class vessel HMNZS Otago, which is this week moored at Avatiu. To command any ship is an honour but to be the first (commanding officer of a ship) is the ultimate honour, Rooke said from the […]
Navy mission a homecoming
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in National
For leading stores accountant Noel Hirovanaa, Operation Calypso the HMNZS Otagos Pacific mission was a chance to come home. Born in Rarotonga, Hirovanaa moved to New Zealand at a young age. He frequently comes back for holidays but has not visited Rarotonga since 2008, as he and his partner have two young children and are […]
Living the dream
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in National
Tropic Bird formerly Hotel California has been rebranded and is now running day sails and sunset cruises. Owner Beth Harrison (pictured) is originally from England and living out her lifelong dream to run charters aboard a yacht like this trimaran. Numa Mackenzie will assist Harrison as crew. 11052903
Grave consequencesfor misjudgment
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in National
A 24-year-old has appeared in court to be sentenced after an accident driving that left his work colleague in hospital for close to a month with a broken leg. For careless driving causing injury at Matavera on April 10, Titikaveka fisheries officer Trinilobe Kea has been convicted, made to pay $700 for the victims damaged […]
Prisoner gets more jail time
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in National
For breaking into the Computer Man retail outlet and stealing electrical equipment as well as more than $3500 in cash an Arorangi prisoner has received an additional six months in jail. Andrew Tonorio (22), unemployed, of Arorangi, will now not be released from prison until at least September 2014. He appeared in the Cook Islands […]
Booties and socks galore
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in National
Regular visitor to Rarotonga Charlotte Mueller (pictured) from Berlin displays some of the baby booties and socks she knits to support the Hospital Comforts newborn baby gift programme. Mueller has made Rarotonga her holiday destination for 30 years and pays for her island holiday by knitting and selling baby booties and socks at a market […]
Offender caught up in Operation Eagle net
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Crime
The first sentence has been handed down for an Operation Eagle accused. For possessing less than enough cannabis plant to make a cigarette 54-year-old Nikao kitchen hand Tina Upu was convicted, fined $750, and sentenced to 12 months probation the first six months of which she must spend undertaking community service. Upu appeared before Justice […]
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