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SPTO not doing enough: Skews
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
Turama Pacific Travel Group boss and member of the Cook Island Tourism board, Robert Skews, does not believe that the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) is doing its job. “I see a lot more opportunities for the region than the SPTO is acting on,” Skews said. “SPTO has gone back into its shell and it’s […]
Cabinet meets
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in Local
The country’s new cabinet held their first official weekly meeting yesterday. The main business of the day was the airline deals to extend the Air New Zealand Los Angeles flight, the new direct Sydney flight and to consider the proposed Air Pacific weekly Fiji service. It is understood no decisions were made as cabinet has […]
Talking turkey and shooting guns
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
Rasmussen has new experiences aboard US Coast Guard cutter Sergeant Saungaki Rasmussen tasted turkey for the first time last month, but not at the family dinner table – instead, he was aboard the US Coast Guard (USCG) cutter ‘Rush’, a 115-metre vessel with a helicopter and a crew of 180. Rasmussen was a ‘shiprider’ on […]
Cultural learning on Mauke
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
Once every year, for a full week, the Mauke School community turns its learning focus to traditional cultural practices. The week long cultural celebrations began with an opening carnival and the crowning of a maine purotu (princess) and tama tumu toa (prince) from the school. Traditional games was one of the highlights of the cultural […]
Acacia eradication on Mauke
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
The Acacia Eradication project is underway with Environment Officer Basilio Kaokao overseeing the work. There are three species of acacia on Mauke, all are invasive and high water users. To begin with Basilio is targeting the most common large tree varieties Acacia Crassicarpa and Acacia Mangium. Acacia was introduced to Mauke by the Agriculture and […]
Giving tree brings festive joy
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
Westpac’s Giving Tree project gave people the opportunity to make 137 less fortunate children smile this Christmas. Grab a tag and buy a gift – it was that easy to take part in the mission to help families who face real hardship to put some presents under the tree this festive season. This is the […]
Cyclone risk still low: NIWA
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has just released another weather bulletin for the Pacific, which reiterates some of the messages it has disseminated already. The bulletin predicts that the heavy rainfall the region has been experiencing will continue in coming months. It points out that the average region-wide rainfall for […]
42 tonnes of e-waste collected
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
Forty two tonnes of e-waste will be shipped off the island shortly and head to New Zealand for processing. The Southern Express is scheduled to arrive on December 23. When it leaves it will take with it seven containers and two palettes full of e-waste. Organisers of the recent eDay e-waste collection originally estimated that […]
Cousins promises to return
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
She’s been a teacher and friend to many during her three years at Tereora College and now it’s time for goodbye. Charlotte Cousins moved from Dunedin to Rarotonga in 2008 and has since fallen in love with the island, the environment and the people. “I’ve been so charmed by the staff and the students and […]
Idol song
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
In his excitement after winning Raro Idol 2010, Emile Rima got a bit confused in an interview with CI News, about the origins of the Maori song he sung on Saturday. The song Ko Koe Rae was composed by well known singer and artist Sonny Daniels, not Paeru Lindsay. All music was arranged by Jon […]
Shanghai team rewarded
Wednesday 15 December 2010 | Published in National
The team who represented the Cook Islands for six months at the World Expo in Shanghai have received an award from Minister of Tourism Teina Bishop. The minister offered his congratulations to the team presenting each of them with a plaque recognising their dedicated representation of the Cook Islands. Elmond Numanga, Kura Taruia, Michael Jonassen […]
USP going from strength to strength
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in National
The University of the South Pacific’s (USP) Cook Islands campus is showing the way for the rest of the USP. “For me, this place has become a model for the USP’s other distant campuses,” said Tevai Matapo, chairman of the USP advisory committee. He said that the MBA programme was first taken to the campus […]
Court rejects libel action
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in National
George denied application to prosecute Cook Islands News Justice Christine Grice has refused to grant Norman George leave to prosecute Cook Islands News on charges of criminal libel. After hearing the case by telephone conference on December 9, she released a judgment denying George’s application to prosecute cartoonist Tim Buchanan, managing editor John Woods and […]
Event postponed
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in Local
Yesterday’s planned Rotaract Christmas in the Park at the BCI Stadium had to be postponed because of the wet weather. The popular community event was to have started at 4.30pm but organisers decided to move the event to Wednesday due to rain. Wednesday’s event will follow the same format as planned for yesterday, including fun […]
McCully to meet govt
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in Local
NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully is due to arrive in Rarotonga for a four day visit from Thursday. McCully is to hold talks with the new CIP government on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Tom Marsters, announced McCully’s visit yesterday. “The […]
Idol win still sinking in
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in Local
Emile Rima is reeling. It’s been just three months since he worked up the courage to sing in front of a crowd for the first time, and now he’s Raro’s newest Idol. On Saturday night, a panel of judges handpicked the ever-smiling, charismatic 19-year-old to be Rarotonga’s next rising star. Emile and runner-up Marama Terekia […]
Public service size concerns
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in Local
New Zealand MPs have raised concern about the size of the public service in the Cook Islands, but Public Service Commissioner Navy Epati doesn’t believe the concern is warranted because there hasn’t been a significant rise in the number of public servants since the 1996 reform. Yesterday, Radio NZ International reported that a report by […]
EU programme changes made
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in National
The European Union programme which is providing $5.88 million (EUR3.3 million) to the Cook Islands over the 2008-2013 period is again being managed by the Aid Management Division of the Ministry of Finance. The agreement to return the management and administration to government was made in September. A fulltime EU programme assistant has been recruited […]
Orometua farewelled by Mauke
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in National
Last week, Mauke island farewelled the Aratangi family who are returning to their home island of Mangaia. Orometua Ngara Aratangi was due to retire at the next General Assembly in October 2011, but has had to retire early due to health reasons. The Aratangi family have served in Mauke for the past three years at […]
TC Idols show their stuff
Tuesday 14 December 2010 | Published in National
Move over Raro Idol, Tereora College junior students are in the building! Wannabe T C Idol’s took centre stage at the Princess Anne Hall recently with some promising talent. From cute to shy to loud to downright hilarious, the Year 9 and 10 students made the Princess Anne Hall the place to be. Students showed […]
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