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Officials eye Japan fund
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
Government has been going over initial plans for taking up a renewable energy project with US$4 million in funding allocated to the country from Japan. The Forum Secretariat’s director strategic partnerships and coordination Su’a Kevin Thomsen was in Rarotonga recently on a brief visit to talk with government officials and a select group of private […]
Local teen shares her passion every week
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
Community Service is an important chapter in the book of India Lambeth’s life. Much of the world will take time out to celebrate International Literacy Day tomorrow. But India shares her passion for literacy on a weekly basis. Every Tuesday, the teen helps younger students with reading, vocabulary, and maths at The Reading Centre in […]
Books for Cooks from NZ
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
Coinciding with World Literacy Day is ‘Books for Cooks’, an initiative driven by CITC pharmacist Shannon Saunders’s mother Ann and her pupils at St. Cuthbert’s College in Auckland. ‘Books for Cooks’ is a project whereby St Cuthbert’s librarians and students are making an effort to donate useful, practical books to the Cook Islands. Ann, a […]
Women to mark literacy day
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
PPSEAWA (Pan-Pacific South East Asian Women’s Association) is doing its part to raise awareness of International Literacy Day scheduled for tomorrow. Several activities are planned in honour of the day, which recognises that reading and writing play key roles in personal and community development. The organisation will deliver Pepe Packs to the maternity ward at […]
It's a week of special days
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
Reading, rehabilitation and recovery are this week’s buzzwords, as the world observes Literacy Day, Physiotherapy Day and Suicide Prevention Awareness Day. Local non-government organisations are working to generate support and awareness for the above causes. Tomorrow is World Physiotherapy Day, which honours physiotherapists and what they do to improve the health and well-being of people […]
Punanga Nui in new hands
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
CIIC takes over responsibility from ministry of agriculture The Punanga Nui market has changed hands. The market, which until last week was the responsibility of the ministry of agriculture, has been transferred to the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC). The handover is in line with budget committee recommendations drafted earlier this year. “We have no […]
Williams trial waits for coroner
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
The Paul Williams trial has been postponed until tomorrow. The coroner who examined crash victim Duncan Barrowman’s body is lined up to testify but has been assigned to study the victims of Saturday’s plane crash at Fox Glacier. The delay means that members of Duncan’s immediate family, who travelled from Auckland to Rarotonga to sit […]
Tuara set to launch ARK campaign
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
Murienua Independent candidate Angeline Tuara will launch her ‘ARK’ – for the villages of Aroa, Rutaki, and Kavera – campaign this week. The acronym is also a reference to the biblical story Noah’s ark about setting an example with your life. Tuara says the story resonates because the ‘ark’ and Noah’s work guaranteed the survival […]
Election poll
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in Local
Cook Islands News is this week conducting an extensive telephone survey to get a snap-shot of the nation as we head towards the general elections. From this evening, staff at the newspaper will be calling people at home in the evening and asking them four questions about the upcoming General Election. The random poll will […]
Takitumu culture week begins
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in Local
Takitumu Primary School in Matavera began their Maori Culture Week yesterday with a traditional turou for their teachers, parents and invited guests. The students will spend this week learning all aspect of the Cook Islands culture from the language to preparing an umu. Yesterday the weeklong programme was launched plus the opening of the school’s […]
No need for panic: Vaile
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in Local
Triad says there is enough fuel to last until weekend Triad Pacific Petroleum’s Chris Vaile claims unless people give in to panic buying there will be enough petrol on the island to last until the ship arrives this weekend. Vaile has issued a fiery response to Toa director Brett Porter’s claim the island will run […]
Lost art fired back up again
Tuesday 7 September 2010 | Published in National
A visiting artist and a local couple joined forces to revive pottery Visiting professor and artist Yoshimi Hayashi and local couple Phil and Ani Wilson recently joined together to revive a lost Rarotongan art – pottery. Hayashi met the Wilsons at the Pacific Arts Association symposium at Crown Beach last month, which brought artists and […]
Norman George challenges GPC
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in Local
Atiu MP for Teenui-Mapumai Norman George has publicly declined the invitation to take part in this week’s People’s Forum for Change called by political reform advocates. George continues to ridicule GPC and Mou Piri with the offensive intimation that ‘a woman’s place is in the home’. The self-described Atiu Warrior issued a press statement saying […]
Financial crisis at CISNOC
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in Local
Sports minister worried by staff numbers and money management The Cook Island Sports National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) last week revealed it’s in dire financial straits by asking government for an advance on its quarterly funding. The move has indicated to Minister of Sport Apii Piho that the organisation is in serious financial difficulties. CISNOC receives […]
'Maori week' at Takitumu
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in National
This week is Maori Culture Week for students of Takitumu Primary School in Matavera. The students will be immersed in all things Maori and cultural from learning Maori speeches and cultural performances to visiting the museum and visiting various maraes. The students will have a pre-prepared programme every day and will be receiving some expert […]
Short v. Maoate row continues
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in National
A memorandum which alleges many Democratic Party supporters have been pressured into signing a petition supporting sitting MP Sir Terepai Maoate has been handed to the central executive committee by the group supporting Mann Short. Short won the recent candidate run-off in Ngatangiia. Short’s memo claims: “…we agree with the (CINews) report that members of […]
Marsters stands as independent
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in National
Punua Marsters has thrown his hat into the ring as an independent candidate on Aitutaki. The island builder said he has made the decision to stand for the Vaipae-Vaipeka-Tautu seat because he feels that if you are going to get change, you are going to have to make that happen from the inside. The seat […]
Ship rescues yacht
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in National
On its last visit to Rarotonga the vessel Forum Pacific recently answered a distress call 233kms west of Niue and found the upturned 17-metre catamaran Anna, with one American and one New Zealand crewman on board. Both sailors were rescued safely after an anxious wait of 14 hours, and the Forum Pacific continued her voyage […]
Men's clinic opens
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in National
Rarotonga’s new Men’s Health Clinic opens its doors at Tupapa Outpatient Clinic tomorrow (Tuesday). The clinic will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4.30pm – 6.30pm – specially timed so men can drop in after work. It will be running for two months and will be staffed entirely by male receptionists, nurses and doctors […]
Warning against mining in whale sanctuary
Monday 6 September 2010 | Published in National
Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) is warning against mining in the Cook Islands whale sanctuary. “It is acknowledged by everyone looking into seabed mining that the technology to mine is at least 10 years away,” the environmental NGO said in a media release. “We believe mining technology that will avoid environmental impacts is much, much further […]
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