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TAU employee hits power pole
Wednesday 9 June 2010 | Published in Local
Te Aponga Uira employee Greg Andrew was charged with driving with excess breath alcohol when he appeared in court last week after he crashed a TAU truck into a TAU power pole at Avatiu recently. TAU chief executive, Apii Timoti, could not be reached for comment, but police suspect that damage to the power pole […]
Tourism head arrives to Budget cuts
Wednesday 9 June 2010 | Published in Local
Carmel Beattie, the new chief executive of Cook Islands Tourism, has arrived in Rarotonga and has spent her first day in the office responding to proposed budget cuts to tourism funding. The recommended cuts from Ministry of Finance, Wilkie Rasmussen, include not subsidising the proposed Nadi-Rarotonga flights and a much cut down version of the […]
Funds raised for Aitutaki golf
Wednesday 9 June 2010 | Published in National
The Rarotonga Golf Club and sister club Aitutaki Golf Club held a joint fundraising effort three weeks ago in aid of the Aitutaki Golf Club house infrastructure which was badly damaged after Cyclone Pat in February. The fundraising effort managed to raise $6800 with a shortfall of $3200 to their expected target of $10,000, however, […]
Air NZ gives track first class upgrade
Wednesday 9 June 2010 | Published in National
A team from Air New Zealand’s Green Team are working in Rarotonga for the first time. Twenty-five volunteers are spending five days working to make the cross-island track safer for walkers and to protect the biodiversity along the route. The team are working to cut back overgrown parts of the track, get rid of dangers […]
Walking for a cause on Mauke
Wednesday 9 June 2010 | Published in National
Queen’s Birthday morning was cool, overcast and still. Just perfect for Mauke’s Seventh Day Adventist Walkathon. The morning began at 6am with a prayer at the SDA church in Kimiangatau, followed by a small band of keen walkers heading off in a clockwise direction taking the coastal road, approximately 18km around Mauke. Three hours later […]
Vincent Ingram as I remember him
Wednesday 9 June 2010 | Published in National
Lively, cheeky, snappy, wicked with a school boy sense of mischievous fun. He was a very bright scholar and classy lawyer. He prepared for his cases with laborious thoroughness. He paid attention to detail and would spend hours getting to the finer points of the law. On the political side of things, he was fun […]
Last vaka leave our shores
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in National
The last three vaka voyaging canoes Matau O Maui (Aotearoa), Hine Moana (mixed nations) and Uto ni Yalo (Fiji) departed from Avatiu harbour on Saturday headed for Samoa. The three sister vessels were escorted out of the harbour by Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua. A large crowd of well wishers gathered at the Avatiu western […]
Ingram to be farewelled today
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in National
Former Cook Islands minister and lawyer Vincent Alfred Kura Taratu Ingram will be laid to rest today (Wednesday NZ time) at All Saints Chapel in Meadowbank, Auckland. Ingram passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family on Sunday at Auckland’s Mercy Hospice. Ingram was born in Auckland in 1946, the son of the late […]
Ingram dies in Auckland
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in Local
Former Cook Islands minister and lawyer Vincent Ingram will be laid to rest today in Auckland. Ingram passed away peacefully in his sleep, surrounded by family on Sunday at Auckland’s Mercy Hospice. He held various Crown Ministerial positions in the country including Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Police and Minister of Justice. From 1984 […]
Prisoner captured
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in Local
Escaped prisoner Andrew Tonorio is back in prison after six days on the run. Tonorio, 21, was caught hiding in the Aotearoa centre in Tupapa on Saturday night at about 10pm by prison wardens. Tonorio escaped from prison early Monday, May 31. Tonorio has an extensive criminal history including charges of burglary, contempt of court, […]
Fire at Aitutaki power station
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in Local
There was a ‘heartbreaking’ fire at the Aitutaki power station at the weekend. Lloyd Miles, acting chief executive of CIIC, said they have recently completed a substantial renovation and upgrade of the power station. Miles said while the fire, which started late on Saturday night, was intense it was fortunately quite localised and contained to […]
Mirage Group to return in 2 weeks
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in Local
Mirage Group Ltd associates, who intend to develop the Sheraton site at Vaimaanga, returned to New Zealand yesterday after spending some time on Rarotonga to tie up loose ends and talk business with landowner Pa Marie Ariki. The Mirage Group will return to Rarotonga in two weeks, at which point director Simon Herbert said he […]
Essential services 'safe' in Budget
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in Local
Finance Minister Wilkie Rasmussen said that essential services will be safe, even though the 2010-11 Budget will be “tough and challenging”. Rasmussen has said that there will be no cuts to health, education, pensions or child support in the Budget, which has to go to Parliament and be voted on by July 31. The coming […]
Police crackdown on traffic offences
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in National
Police issued 152 minor offence notices to motorists in May. Failure to pay a fine at the police headquarters for an offence citation will result in the recipient appearing in court. Eighty-three vehicles have been found to have expired warrants of fitness and 28 vehicles were still without annual license vehicle registration. Nineteen drivers have […]
Climate change studies continue
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in National
Twenty-five health, environment, climate and planning officials from five Pacific island countries met last week in Auckland, New Zealand, to plan for the effects of climate change. The Cook Islands, Kiribati, Niue, Tonga and Tuvalu attended the workshop which was organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and hosted by the University of Auckland. The […]
Win or lose, Graham to work for Mauke
Tuesday 8 June 2010 | Published in National
Hugh Graham gave up a $75,000 a year local government position in New Zealand to run as the Democratic Party candidate for Mauke in this year’s general elections. He knows there is no guarantee that he will win and is realistic enough to know that he could be left unemployed. But Graham, who recently resigned […]
Cook Islanders promote Zumba
Friday 4 June 2010 | Published in National
Cook Islanders Moana Rule, Tenga-Schwalger-Teura and Fanaura Vili (nee Mitchell) are working hard to promote Zumba Fitness in Auckland communities. All three are also community coaches teaching Zumba Fitness in churches, gyms, recreational centres, special events and health and fitness promotions. In addition to being an instructor, Tenga is also a ‘mentor’ working for a […]
Te Vaerua support worker speaks up
Friday 4 June 2010 | Published in National
For as long as I can remember, I’ve had the feeling that people labelled as ‘disabled’ often get a raw deal. My earliest recollection of this is a school friend who had polio, and when I compare his life to that of my partially ‘disabled’ daughter, society has come on in leaps and bounds with […]
Ka kite
Friday 4 June 2010 | Published in National
The official vaka fleet farewell was held yesterday in Avana although only Tahiti vaka Faafaite actually departed our shores. It was decided late yesterday morning that the vaka fleet farewell would go ahead, although on-shore winds were the reason canoes Matau O Maui (Aotearoa), Hine Moana (mixed crew) and Fiji vaka Uto ni Yalo did […]
Police locate lost hikers
Friday 4 June 2010 | Published in National
A police search and rescue team was called out during the early hours of Thursday morning to locate two tourists who had failed to return to their motel on Wednesday afternoon from a hiking trip up to the Needle. Senior Sergeant Inano Matapo, who led the search and rescue team, confirmed that the pair were […]
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