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Recipe for manure tea
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in National
Soil is a living thing that needs good food to be healthy so that in turn it can feed the plants. Producing our own organic fertilisers makes a huge difference to crops and the pocket. No need to wait for the boat to bring in expensive sacks of NPK granules as we get on with […]
Young doctors choose Cooks
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in National
Thanks to a ‘random internet search’, the Rarotonga Hospital this month has four volunteer medical students on hand to help wherever possible. Patrick Eakin, a fifth-year student at Keele University in the United Kongdom, said he and his med-school mate Sarah Dawson could choose to volunteer ‘anywhere in the world’ – after considering their options, […]
CISNOC 'insolvent' – Stoddart
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) is facing a financial deficit, although executive board members are confident the books can be balanced. About 70 people at CISNOC’s annual general meeting on Thursday night heard that the committee is insolvent and not likely to be able to fund its financial obligations in the […]
Original ideas flow in
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in National
Some original thinking has been inspired by the Economic Task Force Vaka consultations that ended in Takitumu Wednesday night. Task Force member Ian Karika gave an overview of the focal areas to grow the economy which cover tourism, agriculture, marine resources, culture and creative industries, financial services, trade and commercial industries. With ideas submitted by […]
Mike Pero a keynote speaker at summit
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in National
Keynote speaker on Tuesday morning at the first day of the Economic Summit will be Mike Pero. Pero is one of New Zealand’s most accomplished keynote business speakers. Today the Cook Islander is still the public face of the nation’s largest and most renowned Mortgage Broking firm, Mike Pero Mortgages. The franchised organisation has arranged […]
Olympic House plans under revision
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in National
Concept plans for a proposed $1.5 million complex to house the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) are being revised following feedback from various stakeholders. Olympic House plans, by architect Romani Katoa, were first unveiled to sports federations and others with potential use of the facility late last year. Katoa says he has […]
No date for tutaka
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in National
Community health will be conducting a Rarotonga-wide tutaka, but will not be announcing a specific date. “The idea was for them to clean up for one whole month,” director of community health services Rangi Fariu said. “In the past we’d tell them (when) we’ll be at their place and they’d just tidy up on that […]
Fuel prices going up again
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in National
Fuel prices are continuing to rise, with a new price order for Triad Pacific Petroleum Ltd now in effect. It equates to an increase in prices of about 5 percent, Triad manager Chris Vaile says. Triad petrol can now be sold for $2.55 per litre on Rarotonga, $2.82 on southern group islands other than Aitutaki, […]
2 weeks in jail for probation breach
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in Crime
For continuously failing to report for community service, a 24-year-old chef from Matavera was convicted and jailed for two weeks by Justice of the Peace Ina Tautu in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. Terepai Joseph pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching community service at Avarua on March 5 and 26. Probation […]
Fijian man sues over surgery
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in Crime
A Fijian man suing health minister Nandi Glassie as well as attorney general and Prime Minister Henry Puna for $600,000 has been ordered to pay $3000 as security for costs in respect of the associated impending court hearing. Setareki Raiyawa – a former staff member at the Rarotongan Beach Resort and Spa – is claiming […]
Football frenzy among primary schools
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in Local
It was a case of girls versus boys as the 10 primary schools on Rarotonga went head to head yesterday in the annual one day primary schools soccer tournament. The rivalry and competition gets more intense year by year in the popular sports day hosted and run by Cook Islands Football. Report and results, tomorrow’s […]
Pukapuka by-election date to be set
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in Local
The office of acting Prime Minister Teariki Heather was yesterday waiting for word from deputy electoral officer Claudine Aunguna on a date for the Pukapuka by-election. Parliament speaker Sir Geoffrey Henry this week signed the declaration which formally establishes the Pukapuka seat as being vacant. Clerk of Parliament Nga Valoa said after the declaration is […]
Demos to decide on national issues
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in Local
The Opposition Democratic Party will meet next Monday evening to establish a formal position on a number of high profile national issues. Deputy leader Wilkie Rasmussen says he wants opposition MPs to decide where the party stands with respect to a recommendation made by independent MP Norman George that the TOA contract should be legislated […]
Old insurance scheme enforced
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to put back on track an employers’ insurance scheme that’s supposed to provide compensation to staff injured in the workplace. The scheme requires employers to contribute to the fund, the amount depending on the risk associated with the job, says Internal Affairs secretary Bredina Drollet. Little has happened to […]
Cook Islands doctor to be a main speaker
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in National
One of the keynote speakers at next week’s Economic Summit is Cook Islander Dr Graham Hugh Matheson (above). A former dux of Tereora College, 34-year-old Matheson has a long list of impressive accomplishments in medicine, surgery, biomedical engineering and philosophy. Academic posts include lecturing at the University of Sydney and being conjoin lecturer at the […]
Small Muri businesses at risk
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in National
Task Force vaka consultations have raised some concerns over how some foreign-owned businesses have driven locally owned companies out of business. The issue was raised at the last Task Force vaka meeting on Wednesday night in Takitumu. A recommendation was made that the Business Trade and Investment Board which licenses foreign-owned businesses should review the […]
KukiCell network trial stopped
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in Local
Less than a week after setting up a mobile phone base to test its cellphone network, KukiCell has been forced to turn it off it. Parent body Mervin Communications director William Framhein says Telecommunications Minister Mark Brown has told them as minister he can’t be involved because of the Joint Venture Agreement between government and […]
Get up and get moving
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in National
A CINews article announcing experienced Ashtanga yoga teacher Dik Bree’s arrival noted incorrect times for the classes he will be offering over the next two weeks. The beginner sessions are on Tuesdays and Thursdays – April 7, 12 and 14 – from midday until 1pm and the intermediate classes are April 8, and then April […]
Mentors returning
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce is offering a third round of business mentoring sessions in conjunction with Business Mentoring New Zealand (BMNZ), starting next week. Five mentors – the same five that conducted both sessions last year – will be on the island from April 11 until April 15. The chamber stopped accepting applications […]
PERC's Allsworth report to be tabled
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in National
Audit director Paul Allsworth is not in the all clear yet on allegations of inappropriately paying himself bonuses and salary increases. While police have completed an investigation and confirmed Allsworth will not to be charged with criminal wrongdoing, the contents of another investigation carried out by the Public Expenditure Review Committee (PERC) have yet to […]
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