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Exams papers lost
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in Local
About 50 Tereora College junior students have now received news that their NCEA Level 1 Information Management exam papers have been lost and their internally assessed marks will be used to award them their total credits. The NZ Qualifications Authority is now liaising directly with the college to provide the marks which it will use […]
Community to celebrate loan repayment
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in National
A $50,000 loan taken out with the Bank of the Cook Islands three years ago to renovate the Ngatangiia/Matavera Clubhouse has been fully repaid. The community will be celebrating that achievement tonight at the facility that all in Ngatangiia and Matavera can now really call “ours”. The original building was extensively damaged during the five […]
Pacific Resort Aitutaki makes top 10
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in National
Pacific Resort Aitutaki has been chosen as one of the Top 10 Luxury Resorts in the South Pacific and Top 10 Resorts for Romance in the South Pacific by TripAdvisor in its 2011 Travelers’ Choice awards. “We are absolutely delighted and honoured to receive these prestigious awards”, says Greg Stanaway, chief executive officer for Pacific […]
Little Poly ranked 3rd by TripAdvisor
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in National
The intimacy of the Little Polynesian Resort has been recognised in the 2011 TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice awards as one of the Top 10 Resort for Romance in the South Pacific. The awards announced this week ranked the Little Polynesian the third best resort in this category. “It is such a great honour to be named […]
Avid angler backs bonefishery
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in National
Avid fly angler Carl McNeil is eager to spread the word about Aitutaki’s bonefishery. His company, On The Fly Productions, has started work on a film called Itu’s Bones, featuring bonefishing guide Itu Davey, and expects to finish producing the documentary later this year. McNeil said he chose Davey as the subject of his film […]
Legality of elections still questioned
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in Local
Penryhn MP Wilkie Rasmussen is still waiting for a response from the solicitor general on the legality of the outer island elections. He says that the government “seriously neglected its duty” to ensure that Cook Islanders who are eligible to vote, and whose names appear on the rolls, could cast their votes. No voting booths […]
New maths teacher loves culture
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
Amy Brittain is one of two new maths teachers at Tereora College. She originally comes from Nuhaka on the East Coast of the North Island. After teaching in New Zealand for the last four years, she stumbled upon the job at Tereora almost by accident. She found it by doing a simple search for ‘maths’ […]
Task force invites public input
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in Local
The public has been invited to make submissions and suggestions for the National Economic Development Summit government plans to host in March. Yesterday the new Economic Development Summit Task force issued its first press release after meeting for the first time on Tuesday with Prime Minister Henry Puna and Minister of Finance Mark Brown to […]
Tourism a new subject at Tereora
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
2011 will be the first year that Tereora College is running an accredited tourism course. The new tourism teacher Alan Olliver calls the course the ‘double whammy’ as it leads to two qualifications. “Students on the course will get the National Certificate in Tourism, and the course is also part of NCEA so they get […]
Supplementary budget in March
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in Local
Finance Minister Mark Brown says a supplementary budget bill for an increase to government’s annual budget is expected to go to parliament for approval in March. A supplementary budget to the current financial year’s budget passed last August is now being prepared by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management. Brown says a draft budget […]
Ex-journalist teaches media studies
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
The new media studies teacher at Tereora College, Philip Jones, says that media isn’t just about what you read in the papers. “It’s such a broad subject.” he says. “We will be talking about different styles of writing for news or feature articles or advertising copy, as well as looking at radio shows and the […]
Teaching life skills
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
Life skills programmes run by Kevin Iro are still taking enrolments. While the Cook Islands Sports Academy programme on Rarotonga is full – the trade based Tu Manava course for youth aged 15 to 20 and the life skills course Te Rakei Toa for boys between 11 and 13 are still taking enrolments. The Te […]
Graduate wants to create a fitter, healthier Cook Islands
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
Nana Cuthers has returned from the Fiji School of Medicine as one of the first graduates of their Degree course in Nutrition and Dietetics. Food and health have always been a passion for Cuthers. She worked as food supervisor at Middlemore Hospital in New Zealand for 10 years. She then came home to Rarotonga and […]
Nukutere back to school first
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
Nukutere College students will get straight into their studies when school starts for them this Monday – while the majority of schools across the Cooks return on Wednesday. School principal Donna Nahu says that starting school on Monday rather than Wednesday mean’s that students get straight back into the routine of a full week of […]
Declining roll a concern
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
The declining Cook Islands population is being reflected in the national school roll which has been falling gradually since 1997 – an estimated 1104 less children will start the 2011 school year. Education secretary Sharon Paio says any decline in population is “…obviously a concern to the Ministry of Education because it places further constraints […]
Recycling 'a labour of love'
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
Caryn Chilwell and Brian Freeth sustain Rarotonga Recyclers as a “labour of love”, they said yesterday – and labour it is, as it can take up to 500 hours to load a container bound for New Zealand with scrap metal. The enterprise is privately funded, and Caryn and Brian keep the venture going because they […]
'The Cook Islands has not failed'
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
Former Minister of Finance and Economic Management Wilkie Rasmussen challenges the conclusions of the Hayes Report, which analysed the relationship between New Zealand and the Cook Islands and was delivered to the New Zealand government last December. “The Hayes Report prompts debate on fundamental questions of de-colonisation, sovereignty of the Cook Islands as a nation […]
USP Cook Islands campus targets 30 PhDs by 2015
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
A major focus for USP Cook Islands in 2011 will be the enrolment of more and more Cook Islanders, from all walks of life, into university education. This includes students who left school early, new school leavers, and people who have been away from studies for a very long time. So if you’re interested in […]
'Hayes report plays to New Zealand taxpayers'
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands News has asked both the government and the opposition to comment on the controversial Hayes Report to the New Zealand Parliament. Opposition MP Wilkie Rasmussen is the first politician to provide personal views on the report. As well as being MP for Penryhn, Rasmussen was Minister of Finance and Economic Management in the […]
New travel course
Friday 21 January 2011 | Published in National
The Hospitality and Tourism Training Centre (HTTC) is gearing up for another academic year, and will be offering a number of courses for those hoping to further their careers in the nation’s number-one industry. Head of school Tony Tou said HTTC will run the same courses it did last year – The City & Guilds […]
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