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Muri's Eco Warriors adventure next week
Friday 16 April 2010 | Published in Environment
The Muri Eco Warriors Kids Club two-day school holiday adventure on April 20-21 is a great option for kids who live in Muri. The programme is free for kids aged 4-13 years and is a great way for children to learn about pollution and the environment. The Eco Warriors environmental youth group started last year […]
Jewellery judging to begin soon
Friday 16 April 2010 | Published in Environment
Lots of waste materials used by kids to make their creations Thirty-three entries have been received for the Te Akatauira recycled jewellery competition with judging beginning this week. “The overall standard is very good,” competition organiser Paka Worthington said. Co-organiser Jacqui Evans says the entrants have been very resourceful in their use of waste materials. […]
Takua time!
Friday 16 April 2010 | Published in Local
Mauke boy Te Maui William has had a big adventure and a learning experience thanks to an abundant Takua fishing season on his outer island. Men, women and children all have a role to play in the harvest. Get tomorrow’s Cook Islands News for details. 10041427
Minister to Atiu
Thursday 15 April 2010 | Published in Local
Health minister Apii Piho is due in Atiu today to discuss renovations and other plans for the island’s hospital. Yesterday the minister said he had also been planning to visit Mangaia earlier this week but has put that on hold for now. The hospitals on the two islands are part of projects that government hopes […]
Audit happy with Aitutaki accounts
Thursday 15 April 2010 | Published in Local
The Audit Office has finished poring over the Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal Committee receipt books and given it the thumbs-up. Director of audit Paul Allsworth presented the committee with an Unqualified Opinion report, which indicates that the books are clean. “We believe that everyone involved in the collection process exercised the utmost honesty and integrity in […]
Cabinet ministers head north
Thursday 15 April 2010 | Published in National
Three cabinet ministers will head north to Manihiki and Rakahanga in June to look into government property and infrastructure issues and needs. Health minister and Manihiki MP Apii Piho, Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) minister and Deputy Prime Minister Robert Wigmore, and infrastructure minister William ‘Smiley’ Heather are set to spend a week on the […]
Vaka voyage delayed
Thursday 15 April 2010 | Published in National
Set to sail on Sunday Tahiti voyaging vaka Faafaite will have to wait a little longer for her sisters to join her in Tahiti with the vaka voyage across the Pacific from Auckland delayed until Sunday afternoon (Saturday local time). The Pacific voyage of four double hulled, 13 tonne, 22m long delayed their voyage to […]
Demo faction plans conference
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in Local
The Democratic Party faction now at odds with the party leadership is aiming to hold a general conference in the week of May 12. On Monday evening the faction met at the Princess Anne Hall in Nikao to discuss how it would obtain the support needed from party executives to call a conference. Party president […]
Catch-up league all go this week
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in National
This week’s rugby league clashes will be the catch-up games for matches cancelled by Cyclone Pat and the tsunami earlier in the season. The Avatiu Eels will host the Ngatangiia-Matavera Sea Eagles this weekend after their first round match was cancelled by the tsunami in February. The Eels returned from Aitutaki victorious at the weekend […]
New hospitality courses
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in National
The Hospitality Tourism Training Centre (HTTC) is offering courses, deemed useful by a Department of National Human Resources industry survey. A three-day Advanced Customer Service course aims to train students to better their hospitality skills. Pam Solomona of the HTTC said that the course will cover how to answer a phone, how to greet people, […]
Aucklanders love spectacular vakas
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in National
Pa Ariki was among the dignitaries present to speak for the Cook Islands people at an official departure ceremony for the four Pacific-bound vakas at the Auckland Bayswater on Sunday. Cook Islander Karen Shepherd was present at the ceremony and said she overheard one beachgoer say that he had lived in Mission Bay for more […]
Liner aborts Raro visit
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in National
Dawn Princess blames swell, wind and current The large cruise liner Dawn Princess is one of many to abort its shore visit to Rarotonga over the past year. On Saturday, instead of going ahead with its seven hour stop over, the ship circumnavigated the island before continuing on to Tahiti. Destination Management Cook Islands says […]
Web seminar on offer
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in National
In this day and age, it’s possible to build a business from the comfort of your computer chair. The internet is a valuable marketing tool, and if you own a website or would like to create one, you might want to consider attending a free seminar on April 21 to learn how to make it […]
Halatoa up for challenge
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in National
Newly appointed acting chief executive of CI Tourism, Halatoa Fua, says he’s up for the challenge of the role until the corporation makes a permanent appointment. The tourism board announced Fua’s appointment on Monday saying he will be assisted in his new duties by three of its members. Fua, 32, only joined the corporation two […]
Rape report
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in Local
Police responded to a frantic mother’s call last Friday evening that her daughter had been raped. She was cut off mid-sentence, and when police rang her back there was no answer. Police tried repeatedly to track down the woman and finally made contact. The woman’s daughter was transported to hospital for medical treatment. Police have […]
Triad fuel shortage sorted
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in Local
An apparent fuel shortage at the weekend had some in a panic, sparking rumours that Rarotonga had run out of petrol. Triad Petroleum was short of petrol because the ships were late, but the island was not dry and Toa was still supplying petrol to its service stations. “The fact of the matter is that […]
Barrowman's friends and family restless
Tuesday 13 April 2010 | Published in Crime
For friends and family of the late Duncan Barrowman, the Paul Williams saga seems to have reached a standstill. Those who knew the 43-year-old rugby player are getting restless. Williams was charged with manslaughter after fatally striking Barrowman, who was on the island for a Golden Oldies tournament, with his truck in Tupapa last May. […]
Hawaiian maire causes concern
Tuesday 13 April 2010 | Published in Local
Ka Mahiai Ihi o Wailea, a 26-acre (10.5ha) farm on the Big Island of Hawaii, will plant its first large-scale maire crop this year. Maire has always been in high demand in Hawaii, but most of the islands’ supply has been imported from the Cook Islands, though Tonga has begun to export maire as well. […]
Not a Demo meeting: Tongia
Tuesday 13 April 2010 | Published in Local
Democratic Party president Makiuti Tongia condemned yesterday’s meeting of Demo constituency committee members saying it was not “approved or sanctioned” by the party. The meeting was called by constituency committee executives with ‘assistant president’ Sean Willis signing off on the advertisements calling for the gathering at Princess Anne Hall in Nikao. Nikao MP Ngamau Munokoa […]
Tourism appoints CEO
Tuesday 13 April 2010 | Published in Local
The Board of Cook Islands Tourism Corporation yesterday appointed the corporation’s finance director Halatoa Fua as acting chief executive. In a media release they said Fua would hold the position until a permanent appointment has been finalised. Fua will be assisted by board directors Robert Skews (marketing), Iaveta Short (administration and legal), and Teresa Manarangi-Trott […]
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