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Pacific Sun expected
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in Local
Rarotonga is expecting the Pacific Sun cruise liner to visit tomorrow. The Pacific Sun is currently on her Tahitian Treasures 21-day cruise and carries up to 1960 passengers. Local agent Destination Management Cook Islands has organised a visit aboard the ship for students at the Hospitality and Tourism Training Centre as well as eight staff […]
Demo conference call grows
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in Local
Majority of puna asking executive for meeting The appeal for a Democratic Party conference to be called by its executive is growing stronger. By Monday a majority of 75 per cent (18 of the 24) party constituency committees are expected to have registered their support for it. The party’s assistant president and Nikao committee chairman […]
Activity to mark Red Cross Day
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in National
This morning, Red Cross will be stirring up some friendly competition in honour of World Red Cross Day. Starting at 9am in the space across the road from the Banana Court, teams will be competing in six games. Participants will be challenged to perform disaster response, build a shelter, administer first aid and communicate effectively, […]
Cooks Islands' visitor numbers continue on downward trend
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in National
A declining trend looks to be continuing for visitor arrivals to the Cooks this year. Statistics just released by CI Tourism for the month of April show just a 0.4 per cent decrease on the same month last year, but it continues a month on month decline in visitor numbers. The year to date visitor […]
Vaka paddlers take to the harbour
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in National
The Avarua harbour, and in particular Trader Jacks bar, will be the spot to be to watch today’s OC1 and V1 canoe races. Local paddlers will be tackling two courses today a 5km relay changes race and a 10km iron race. The race will start at the ‘boiler’. Those tackling the 5km changes race will […]
Facing economic challenges
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in National
The global financial crisis may seem like a strange time to launch negotiations on a new regional trade and economic agreement. But I am convinced that Pacific Islands Forum Leaders made exactly the right decision when they agreed in August 2009 – in the darkest days of the global financial crisis – to commence negotiations […]
Party diehards dominate in preferred PM poll PM Jim Marurai came third in an on air poll by Matariki FM which asked, “who is your preferred prime minister?” yesterday.
Saturday 8 May 2010 | Published in National
Disability training workshop held A three day training workshop was held recently to educate people with disabilities on their rights. The training program was held on Rarotonga from April 21 to 23 and was organised by Cook Islands national disability program coordinator Debbie Ave. Twelve local people with different disabilities learnt about their rights as […]
CITC takes the lead in industry training
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in Environment
Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) has taken the lead in the private sector to provide industry training in the Cook Islands. Last week the Department for National Human Resources Development (DNHRD) director Frances Topa-Apera and CITC general manager Gaye Whitta signed a memorandum of understanding formalising CITC as a training provider under the accreditation of […]
Aust rep named
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in Local
CI Tourism has announced the appointment of Wayne Borland as director of strategic development to be based in Sydney, Australia. Yesterday the corporation said that Borland will also be responsible for representing it in Australia. The announcement follows CI Tourism’s decision to terminate Unique Tourism Collection’s marketing contract last month after fallout with one of […]
Suwarrow caretakers chosen
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in Local
The national environment service has named the new caretakers for the island of Suwarrow, and the pair will set out to begin their six-month stint at the end of this month. James Mataa was chosen as park ranger and Apii Williams will support him as assistant park ranger. Mataa is a self-employed carpenter who spent […]
PM eyes up first overseas trip in August
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in Local
Prime minister Jim Marurai may soon set a new record for the longest stretch a cabinet minister has gone without travelling overseas. He is currently considering whether he will take his first overseas trip of the year in August. Ministers have in the past travelled frequently, but Marurai put a freeze on ‘non-essential’ ministerial travel […]
WAVE wraps up meetings
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in National
The pre-World Press Freedom Day conferences in Brisbane allowed Pacific women in media to catch up and swap stories, but also served as a time for them to reflect and plot the way forward for WAVE, in particular, and female journalists in general. This week Pacific WAVE (Women Advancing a Vision of Empowerment) drafted an […]
Justice planning rehab programmes at prison
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in National
Secretary of justice Mark Short has plans to implement a number of rehabilitation programmes at Arorangi prison, so as to prepare inmates for life outside the cell. Prison services has organised touch and ukulele crafting to keep inmates occupied, and has established a planting programme in which prisoners participate, but does not provide any other […]
Still no election date
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in National
As elections draw nearer, the electoral committee is busy making preparations. The committee made a presentation to Cabinet recently proposing a timetable for either a general election in late November or a snap election in early October. Secretary of justice Mark Short says that though an election date has not yet been determined, the committee […]
Voyaging vaka moor at Raivavae
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in National
The voyaging vaka fleet of Hine Moana (Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu crew), Uto Ni Yalo (Fiji) Te Matau a Maui (Aotearoa) and the Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua berthed at Rairua Bay on the island of Raivavae on Wednesday morning. The vaka fleet was escorted into the lagoon of the small island by Tahiti’s vaka […]
Petrol permit still not approved
Friday 7 May 2010 | Published in National
Bruce Manuela of Pokoinu Trading in Nikao is waiting for the go-ahead from the Rarotonga Environment Authority to develop a petrol station on the site. The convenience store, which trades as The Corner Store, was approved by the National Environment Service (NES) in November last year and opened for business on Saturday. Neighbouring residents and […]
Evans appointed TIS manager
Thursday 6 May 2010 | Published in Environment
With the financial assistance of Birdlife International (BIL) and CEPFund, Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) has appointed Jacqui Evans as its programme manager. Evans, whose position becomes effective from May 17, has been involved with TIS since its inception in 1996, as a volunteer in both technical and practical roles and serving as president of this […]
Cook Islands ranks as top destination
Thursday 6 May 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands was ranked fourth on the list of top 10 beach and sun destinations in the world by TripAdvisor, the world’s most popular and largest online travel community. The ranking came as TripAdvisor announced the winners of its 2010 Travelers’ Choice Destinations Awards. And despite being hit by Cyclone Pat two months ago, […]
Tangi staying quiet on Demo conference call
Thursday 6 May 2010 | Published in Local
Hand-delivered letter requests May 17 for party get-together Democratic Party secretary general John Tangi has refused to comment on a request by a ‘majority’ of the party’s executives for him to call a conference of the party this month. The Demo party faction supporting Prime Minister Jim Marurai’s cabinet believe the date of a party […]
Takitumu call meeting
Thursday 6 May 2010 | Published in National
The executives of the Takitumu Vaka Cultural Dance Team are calling another meeting tonight after an earlier one failed to attract members. Team president Tereapii Enua said they called an AGM on Monday last week as dancers and supporters were asking when things would be starting up this year. But none of them turned up […]
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