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Ships set sail
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Local
Taio Shipping’s second boat Maungaroa II has just had a new engine fitted in and will join Te Kou Maru II in servicing the outer islands. They will sail to the outer islands this month. Te Kou Maru is expected to sail for Manihiki today while Maungaroa II voyages to Aitutaki, and then onto Palmerston. […]
Mayor rejects Habitat offer
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Local
Aitutaki is opposed to Habitat For Humanity New Zeal- and’s offer to build 72 new homes, says island mayor Tai Herman. Yesterday he made this view clear to the recovery coordinator minister Wilkie Rasmussen. Herman told CI News that the island council rejects the proposal that government buy 72 basic 42 square metre, two bedroom […]
Last day for public views on welfare payments
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in National
Destitute and infirm benefits, paid out to hundreds of people each year, are among the payments being reviewed under the social welfare system and the call for public submissions closes today. The review began last month when the ministry of internal affairs began asking for public views on the system and the payments made under […]
Harriers go green for St Pat
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in National
If things seem to have a green tinge today – it’s because it’s St Patricks Day. The local Hash House Harriers family held a special St Patricks Day run for their weekly meet on Monday with members wearing their best green outfits to the occasion. The hash trail through Arorangi on Monday was marked with […]
Better eyesight, one woman's vision
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in National
As a part of her third volunteer stint at Takitumu School, Global Volunteer Susan Koralik is – literally – helping local kids to look to the future. She came back for her second volunteer stint last year to find that a little girl she remembered, who she described as “bright and as sophisticated as you […]
Taxis and buses the answer
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in National
Public transport such as buses and taxis are a sure way to get home safe after a night out on the town “/> To cut down on drunk driving, buses, taxis and Dial-a-Driver are available as means of transport on Friday and Saturday nights. AAA Kia Orana Taxis, based at The Rarotongan Beach Resort and […]
PM wants Toagate audit report made public
Tuesday 16 March 2010 | Published in Local
Prime minister Jim Marurai is taking advice on how to make the audit report on the Toagate fuel farm scandal a public document once it is completed. Marurai hopes to find a way to release the document to the public without having to follow the usual practice of tabling it in parliament because he has […]
Audit looks into claimed Chinese car 'kickbacks'
Tuesday 16 March 2010 | Published in Local
The audit office wants to know why the car on the right, kept at the residence of suspended CIIC chief executive John Tini, is in his personal use but owned by the Chinese construction company which built the new sports stadium. “/> The audit office wants to know why the car on the right, kept […]
Delayed texting explained
Tuesday 16 March 2010 | Published in National
Telecom Cook Islands has had reports that some customers are experiencing delays receiving texts messages on their mobile phones. “We acknowledge that this is an ongoing problem and we want to explain what we are doing about it, and how customers can help,” TCI sales and marketing manager Mark Boyd said yesterday in a media […]
Manuia opens in NYC
Tuesday 16 March 2010 | Published in National
Last night marked the beginning of a two-month-long art exhibit at the American Indian Community House in New York that will feature work by local artists Mahiriki Tangaroa, Mike Tavioni, Jerome Shedden and Kay George. The exhibition, titled Manuia, Stereotypical banality, cultural dimensionality & the key to contemporary pacific art is an effort to confront […]
Weekend crime
Tuesday 16 March 2010 | Published in National
Police responded to a number of calls at the weekend but fortunately there were not as many motor vehicle crashes as the previous weekend. At 2.48 on Friday, Ngatangiia residents reported theft of a digital camera and a string guitar. They said the articles had been missing for ten days but that they hadn’t reported […]
PM dumped by Demos
Tuesday 16 March 2010 | Published in National
Prime minister Jim Marurai has been dumped from the Democratic Party but he’s not about to lose any sleep over it. “I’m fed up with them. I don’t care,” said Marurai yesterday. Demo Party president Makiuti Tongia wrote to Marurai last Wednesday to inform him that the party executive and central committee agreed his membership […]
Old age pension could clash with super fund
Monday 15 March 2010 | Published in Local
Collecting an old age pension in future may depend on what a retiree receives from the national superannuation fund. As part of government’s review of the social welfare system, the ministry of internal affairs is currently asking for public submissions on such questions as whether the super fund could eventually replace the old age pension. […]
Pasifika crowds flock to Cook Islands village
Monday 15 March 2010 | Published in Local
The sights and sounds of the Cook Islands once more returned to Auckland’s Western Springs on Saturday (NZT) at the annual Pasifika Festival. Thousands of Cook Islanders from around New Zealand made what has become an annual pilgrimage to the celebration of all things Pacific. Friends, family and fellow countrymen caught up at the small […]
Meitaki atupaka Pukapuka!
Monday 15 March 2010 | Published in National
The small Pukapuka community on Rarotonga has given $5330 to the Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal (ACA) – a gesture that’s been described as a “tremendous effort” by the committee. Pukapuka community spokesman Makirere Poila says they know only too well the devastating effects of cyclones and wanted to give a significant amount to help. “This donation […]
First local HIV test counsellors certified
Monday 15 March 2010 | Published in National
Four health workers received their certificates of competence in HIV test counselling on Friday. Last April they and four others currently in the outer islands took part in an intensive 10-day training course run by Pacific Counselling and Social Services and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. The Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and […]
Political reform conference postponed
Saturday 13 March 2010 | Published in Local
The political reform conference which prime minister Jim Marurai was to host last month has been postponed indefinitely, according to his office. OPM chief of staff Mac Mokoroa says the conference has been put off due to the office’s involvement in the Aitutaki cyclone recovery programme. He says the office will now liaise with political […]
Top Shape changes hands in 21st year
Saturday 13 March 2010 | Published in National
Top Shape Gym in Taputapuatea this week celebrated 21 years of keeping Cook Islanders in shape and introduced a new management team to carry on the health and fitness work started by the gym’s founders. Founders of the gym Mann and Sisi Short held a joint birthday and handover ceremony at the Staircase Restaurant and […]
Ministers at odds over aid options
Saturday 13 March 2010 | Published in National
Cabinet ministers are at odds in opinion over government accepting more Chinese aid. Last week infrastructure minister William ‘Smiley’ Heather took a proposal to ask China to fund the construction of 200 houses in Aitutaki to cabinet but it was quickly shot down by finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen and deputy prime minister Robert Wigmore. It’s […]
Fraud, rape, burglary, assault dealt with
Friday 12 March 2010 | Published in Crime
Justice of the peace Ina Tautu presided over 15 cases in the high court yesterday: Helen Rota – pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud. The defendant was charged with forging Westpac bank cheques for $350, $90 and $350, all signed by Takuvaine Christian Youth. She was found to have used the cheques to purchase […]
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