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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 […]
Xbox comes with rules!
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in National
Six-year-old Avana Hagai was told that she had to pick up rubbish first before playing with her brand new Xbox 360 Kinect game console. The Avarua Primary School student was one of three people who won the CITC Powerade promotion. Avana and older sister Tschan (7) were all smiles when CITC Key Brands manager George […]
Harbour work starting
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in National
The $24 million Avatiu harbour project is expected to start early next month and construction will be done by New Zealand company McConnell Dowell. It will be one of the biggest construction projects undertaken on Rarotonga in recent years and will take almost two years to complete. Between 40 to 50 locals will be employed […]
Budget policy calls for 'innovation'
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in National
A constrained economy where current surpluses are small and net worth is outside of what government considers to be prudent, is what the Cook Islands Party administration says it’s inherited. The 2011-12 Budget Policy Statement states the term of the previous government was also constrained and if the country is to achieve its national vision, […]
Woman of the year award back
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Business and Professional Women’s Association is proudly reinstating the BPW Woman of the Year Award. The 2010-2011 awards function will be held at Muri Beach Club Resort on Friday, June 10. BPW feels it is time to return to “this very special award” recognising one special woman for the achievements they have […]
Tini claims $1m from CINews
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in Crime
Two defamation claims against the Cook Islands News continued before Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. Suspended Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) chief executive John Tini is seeking almost $1 million from the national newspaper through two separate civil claims. One defamation cause of action is over an article […]
One changes plea
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in Crime
A man facing trial by judge and jury on a charge of endangering transport committed a separate offence by attempting to discuss the case with the jury foreperson, the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua heard yesterday. Ruhau Tamaunu initially denied one charge of endangering transport by planting a small coconut palm in the Manihiki […]
3 Manihiki accused convicted
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in Crime
Three men charged with offences that caused disruption at the Manihiki airport will be sentenced tomorrow by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. Mataio Johnson, Ruhau Tamaunu, and Temu Okotai were each convicted of charges yesterday, during the fourth day of a judge and jury trial to determine their guilt. […]
SPREP team helps with waste plan
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in Environment
A South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) waste team is on Rarotonga to learn more about the successful E-Waste Day held on the island in December and to help prepare the National Waste Strategy. The team met with Infrastructure and Planning Minister Teariki Heather to discuss plans and preparations for the National Waste Strategy before […]
$3m waste and sanitation project underway
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in Environment
A $3 million programme aimed at improving lagoon water quality in Rarotonga and Aitutaki is now underway. The Waste Management and Sanitation Improvement Programme is being funded by the New Zealand Aid Programme and has been developed in consultation with Cook Island Government agencies, businesses and civil society. “Effective waste management and sanitation infrastructure and […]
Go Kukis!
Thursday 7 April 2011 | Published in Local
Local club netballers Odile Pauka (left) and Teiva Joseph model the ‘Go Kukis’ Team Cook Islands supporters t-shirts that are now on sale at the CISNOC office in Taputapuatea. The t-shirts are on sale for $25 each and are part of the Team Cook Islands fundraising initiative for the Pacific Games in Noumea, New Caledonia, […]
Message to parents
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in Local
Two minors have been charged with burglary after police found sets of stolen dumbbells and boxing gloves – taken from Te Ara Ora Gym at Tereora last year – at their Nikao homes. George George, chairman of the Avatiu-Nikao Mongoose Golden Oldies Rugby Club, yesterday praised police for recovering what he estimated to be 80% […]
Raro can't ignore sister islands
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in Local
The country is going to have to peel away layers of a them-and-us mindset and adopt a whole new attitude if we want economic growth and successful changes to happen, says Economic Task Force chairman John Tierney. The Task Force is advocating that Rarotonga businesses can no longer leave the outer islands in isolation and […]
Sports awards postponed for 'Tuamanator'
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Sports Awards have been postponed for a week to allow guest speaker heavyweight boxer David ‘Tuamanator’ Tua to tie up some loose ends before coming to Rarotonga. The annual sports awards were scheduled for this Friday, April 8, and have now been pushed back by a week and will be held on […]
Locals fare for kitesurfing comp
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in National
Some of kitesurfing’s top names – names like Cameron Dietrich and Jesse Richman that generate hype in kitesurfing circles – are coming to the Cook Islands in June. And thanks to an Air Rarotonga promotion, people from Rarotonga and overseas will have a chance to watch them go for gold. The airline recently announced a […]
Praying for wind
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in National
The voyagers aboard Marumaru Atua are praying for wind. Cook Islands Voyaging Society president Ian Karika received a brief update from Captain Peia Patai yesterday morning, who reported a ‘frustrating’ lack of wind. The vaka was still tacking to make east and ‘praying for a good southerly or even northerly wind’, Karika reported. Yesterday morning […]
New overseas tourism reps signed up
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands Tourism has entered into new two-year contracts with representatives who will market and promote the country in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. The contracts were finalised during a recent trip to those countries by CIT chief executive Carmel Beattie and marketing director Karla Eggelton. The month long trip to Europe […]
Mutual benefits
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in National
A Rarotonga Hospital nurse’s visit to Dunedin’s Mercy Hospital may be the first of many exchanges between the two, Mercy Hospital anaesthetist Dr John Hyndman says. While adding to the skills of poorly resourced Rarotonga Hospital staff was the focus, Mercy staff could probably learn from the Cook Islands, he said. Kirstein Atingakau finishes her […]
CI upholds rights of disabled
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Government is currently writing its report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to be presented to the United Nations as part of its obligation since its ratification on May 8, 2009. The convention, which safeguards the world’s 650 million persons with disabilities from discrimination, was passed by the […]
Opposition grows to purse seining in CI waters
Wednesday 6 April 2011 | Published in National
Opposition to purse seining in our waters has gone global with a Facebook page asking people to sign up to demonstrate they’re against it. Yesterday morning 250 people had shown support for “Help Stop These People” created by Polohu Ruapene. A further 1135 people had been invited to sign up. Terii Hagai says the page […]
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