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PM calls for environment action
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Environment
Prime minister Henry Puna says the new lagoon research is a call to action for Cook Islanders. As environment minister, Puna is taking a keen interest in Environment Week, Lagoon Day and measures to clean up the Cook Islands. Puna congratulated the Ministry of Marine Resources on the research conducted as part of their new […]
Vaka TV dispute decision reserved
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Justice Hugh Williams has reserved his decision in the civil court case between Christine Backer and Vaka Television Ltd. He heard submissions from both parties in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Monday. Backer, an Australian national who has lived on Rarotonga for almost a year, claims she is owed $125,000 from the […]
Packed schedule for Lagoon Day
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Local
Today is Lagoon Day and a packed programme is in store for Rarotonga children and the community taking part. The programme starts at 8.30am with a prayer, opening ceremony and words of encouragement by prime minister and minister of environment Henry Puna. Invited guests including Aronga Mana, ministers and heads of ministries will have a […]
Teen arrested for indecent assault
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police are urging parents and caregivers to monitor the whereabouts of young children after a six-year-old girl was indecently assaulted while fishing for eels unsupervised. The girl, from Takuvaine, was with her younger brother at the Takuvaine stream at the time. Police say the boy is about four years old. The two were […]
Junk pulled from watery depths
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Local
McConnell Dowell is clearing out junk as it prepares to start piling or driving steel piles into the bottom of the harbour at the Avatiu wharf. Yesterday the crew was using a clam-shell bucket on its crawler crane to scoop old tyres and junk from the bottom of the sea which constitute obstructions before it […]
Operation Calypso in Rarotonga
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Local
The HMNZS Otago arrives at Avatiu tomorrow, and Rarotonga-based chief petty officer Del Bewg and the New Zealand High Commissioners Office are busily preparing for her visit. The Otago left Samoa on Monday morning and is now en route to Rarotonga she is expected to arrive at around 10am tomorrow. Te Kukupa heads out this […]
Students push wetlands message
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in National
Performing arts teams from four Rarotonga schools exhibited impressive knowledge on the importance of wetlands to the health of our islands. The performing arts programme is part of the Environment Week (May 30 to June 3) activities for Rarotonga and outer island school students. Avatea Primary School won the overall prize of $300 for their […]
Health minister returns from Switzerland
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in National
Health minister Nandi Glassie and secretary Tupou Faireka are back in the country following a three-week trip to Geneva in Switzerland for the 64th session of the World Health Assembly. The annual World Health Organisation (WHO) conference comprises health leaders from throughout the world and is aimed at fine tuning a specific health agenda prepared […]
Navy ship has local link
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in National
Two Cook Island families are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the HMNZS Otago tomorrow. Two Cook Islanders are part of the crew seaman combat specialist Beau Milner and leading stores accountant Noel Hirovanaa. Hirovanaa was born on Rarotonga and grew up in New Zealand, but returns once in awhile to visit relatives. Milners mother and […]
BTIB case set for July
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in National
A court trial is set to be held in July for the case between the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) and Taakoka Island Villas Ltd. It will focus on whether search warrants executed by the BTIB on Taakoka were legal and if the latter company was operating illegally. The BTIB alleges Taakoka was operating in […]
Tourism agents experience CI
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in National
A delegation of tourism marketing agents is in the Cook Islands to experience what the country has to offer. Cook Islands Tourism Corporation facilitates the visits by its contracted agents and staff members based in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America. At present 15 of the 17 agents are in Rarotonga, […]
Precedent-setting case back to court
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Crime
The latest developments in a precedent-setting superannuation case will unfold in July. The case, involving the Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund (CINSF) and Arorangi Timberland Ltd as well as the companys managing director Andy Olah, will be back in court during a New Zealand judges next visit to the Cook Islands in July. Justice Colin […]
Police officer to face retrial
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Crime
A retrial is to be held to decide if Cook Islands police officer Leighton Boaza is guilty of driving with an excess blood alcohol level. Boaza appeared in the Cook Islands High Court before Justice Hugh Williams last week. A hearing was held for the police appeal of a decision by Justice of the Peace […]
Fisheries officer to be sentenced
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Crime
Ministry of Marine Resources fisheries officer Koroa Raumea will be sentenced in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua by Justice Hugh Williams on Friday. Raumea was convicted by Justice Williams on May 24 for driving with an excess breath alcohol level of 470 micrograms at Atupa on February 26 last year. His conviction followed […]
Environment Week clean-up collection
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Environment
Residents of Takuvaine and Tutakimoa are being encouraged to put out all old whiteware and metal wastes including roofing iron for collection this Thursday. Malcolm Sword and Cook Islands General Transport have organised a metal and whiteware waste collection to coincide with Environment Week which runs from May 30 to June 3. Takuvaine and Tutakimoa […]
Lagoon Day focuses on healthy wetlands
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Environment
Wetlands for Healthy Islands will be the key message during this years Lagoon Day event which goes hand in hand with the National Environment Services 2011 theme. It is also the theme of environment week, which began yesterday.The two-day lagoon event, which starts tomorrow at Nukupure Park in Ngatangiia, brings together environment conservation experts to […]
Another painting targeted
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Local
A print of the tall ship Soren Larssen was nearly stolen from Trader Jacks at the weekend, but a watchful staff member was able to recover the framed image from the would-be thief. Owner Jack Cooper said that the print was gifted to Trader Jacks in 2005 by the then-captain of Soren Larssen as a […]
Girl indecently assaulted
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Local
A Six-year-old girl has reportedly been indecently assaulted while catching eels with her younger brother in a Takuvaine stream. The serious crime division of the Cook Islands Police is dealing with investigation of the alleged incident, although details available to the public at this stage remain scarce. It was mentioned in the polices report to […]
Pupils perform for Environment Week
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Local
Todays performing arts competition is to commemorate Environment Week, which runs from Monday 30 to June 3, and will include around five school performing art teams. Wetlands for healthy islands is the National Environment Service theme this year and is the key focus of Environment Week and Lagoon Day starting tomorrow and continuing on Thursday. […]
Lagoon fails water quality tests
Tuesday 31 May 2011 | Published in Local
Of 14 Rarotonga lagoon sites surveyed, 13 did not receive passing marks on this years Ministry of Marine Resources water quality report card. The report card issued in time for Environment Week grades 14 sites according to their nutrient levels, water clarity and bacteria levels. The third annual report, it includes results from stream tests […]
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