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Toa attacks Triad compliance
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in National
This week Toa Petroleum served papers on the secretary of the Ministry of Trade, Labour and Transport outlining the provisions of a statement of claim it intends to file in court. Counsel Tony Manarangi drafted the claim on behalf of Apex Agencies, which is trading as Toa, and named secretary of the Ministry of Trade, […]
Court report correction
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Crime
Yesterday’s Cook Islands News court report said that Vaevaeongo Tangiiti did not appear in court on Thursday on a charge of theft. The defendant was in fact present in the courtroom – it was legal counsel Norman George who was not present. We apologise for the error. The defendant says he has entered a plea […]
Lagoon Day flows into Environment Week
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Environment
This week’s Lagoon Day event on Thursday and yesterday was a natural beginning point to this year’s Environment Week which starts on Monday. All activities and competitions throughout the week are based on the theme ‘E tango maori te ao ora natura our biodiversity our foundation’. The week’s events will include the judging of five […]
Ban pollutants
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Environment
Minister of health Apii Phio believes a good way to protect the lagoon is to ban washing powders containing phosphorous. Piho stood in on Thursday for Minister of the Environment Cassey Eggleton at Lagoon Day. Eggleton is still away in Uruguay at a conference with the Global Environment Fund. Phio took the opportunity to suggest […]
3rd lagoon day is a call to action
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Environment
The third annual Lagoon Day event at Muri this week kicked off with a call to action from deputy prime minister Robert Wigmore. In his opening address, Wigmore said three years was a long time to research how we tackle the problem. “Now the time has come to do something,” he said. CIMRIS representative Geoff […]
Vaka spectacle will be historic
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Local
Today’s landing by the five traditional voyaging vaka will be a spectacle that hasn’t been seen for 700 years. The fleet of canoes reached Rarotonga yesterday afternoon but the official welcome will be conducted today at Avana starting at 12 noon. The two-hour long programme is expected to be a moving event and the whole […]
It's still on!
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in Local
The controversial Democratic Party conference is going ahead on Monday despite the court injunction. That’s the official word from the faction led by ‘assistant president’ Sean Willis. He says the conference will happen even in the face of an injunction served by the Sir Terepai Maoate-led executive arm to prevent it. Whether the injunction has […]
Russian Cook Islander earns Masters
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in National
Dasha Tarasova, daughter of Tatiana and Colin Burn, has successfully graduated with a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Auckland after five years of hard work. Dasha originally came to Rarotonga with her parents from Moscow in 1999 and attended Avatea School, Tereora College and St Cuthbert’s College in New Zealand. Dasha is […]
Papa Ron to be celebrated at conference
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in National
The life of academic Professor Ron Crocombe will be celebrated at a conference in Rarotonga in August. The two-day ‘Conference for Festschrift for Ron Crocombe’ will be held at the University of the South Pacific (USP) Rarotonga Campus on August 12-13. In academia, a Festschrift is a book honouring a respected person, especially an academic, […]
Who's really the big boss?
Saturday 29 May 2010 | Published in National
“Interesting to note that the Queen’s Representative has rejected the call by the Prime Minister for a snap election for not commanding a majority number of members of Parliament,” writes a smoke signaller in response to a CI News article on Monday. “Yet the same QR gave the go ahead to the same PM to […]
Axe hangs over Budget
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in Local
There will be cuts in public funding in the next financial year, although the Finance Secretary remains tight-lipped about where the axe will fall. Kevin Carr came out of retirement in March to fill the Financial Secretary role. Since then he has been tackling one of the toughest Budgets he has ever had to take […]
Cross-country off to good start
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in National
Last Thursday saw the first event of the cross-country series take place at Takitumu Primary School. It was a dry run for the 10 male; five female; and one canine, contestants. The lack of rain meant that those dusty shoes were, unfortunately, not going to get muddy after all. The course was different from the […]
WHO calls to protect women from tobacco
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in National
Dr Chen Ken, World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the South Pacific, is calling on the Cook Islands and other Pacific island countries to protect women and girls from efforts by the tobacco industry to induce them to start smoking. He made the call in the lead up to World No Tobacco Day 2010 on […]
Police talkback will listen to concerns
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in National
In an effort to crack down on crime, police are inviting the general public to share feedback and strategy suggestions during a radio talkback on Friday morning. From 10am to 11am, police will be on air on Radio Cook Islands, taking calls from those eager to discuss the problem of crime and its solution. The […]
Text and email in-flight soon
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in National
Two of our busiest flights could soon have email and mobile phone text messaging capability. Air New Zealand will be introducing the new service on the Boeing 777-330 from November this year. It will allow Air NZ customers to use iPhone, Blackberry and GSM phones and laptops to send and receive text messages and emails […]
Girl Guides happy with Raro meeting
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in National
The Arorangi Calvary Hall recently hosted the Girl Guides Pacific Strategy Meeting which was deemed a big success. The Cooked Islands Girl Guides Association played host to delegates from Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and two members of the Asia Pacific Committee at the three-day conference. The official opening ceremony for the […]
Visitors take on chilly challenge
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in National
A group of New Zealand tourists took on a chilly challenge this week at Edgewater Resort & Spa for Heart Children Week. The Heart Stopper Challenge is a fundraising opportunity for Heart Children New Zealand, a non-profit organisation that supports children with heart disease, and involves donning a costume and plunging into ice water for […]
LAGOON DAY
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in Environment
Dernice Rongo for Cook Islands General Transport Correct disposal of waste. Think about the rubbish you’ve buried over the years. If that rubbish includes chemicals, poisons, car batteries, oil based products like disposable nappies, they could be leaching into the ground water. Dernice Rongo for CIGT “/> June Hosking for kia TAERIA Change to a […]
Marine Resources calls CIMRIS a success
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in Environment
Water Works employee Daryl Rairi rakes and takes orders from Marine Resources officer Kori Raumea as both find the fun in clearing up the area in Panama a few years ago. 05020804
It's today!
Thursday 27 May 2010 | Published in Environment
The two-day ‘Lagoon Day’ environmental exhibition opens today at Nukupure Park. And you don’t have to be a VIP to be at the opening which starts at 8.30am. The community is urged to take advantage of this programme to better understand how to protect our environment and especially our lagoon. After all – we are […]
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