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New tropical disturbance
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in Local
Fiji Met Services detected a tropical disturbance just south of Samoa yesterday. Tropical disturbance 14F was located at 13.5 south and 171 west at 10 am and was moving slowly in a southwest direction. The TD was not expected to develop into a tropical cyclone. Cook Islands Met Services said that 14F does not pose […]
CIP dispels talk of merger
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Party has not merged nor is it about to merge with the Democratic Party, says leader Henry Puna. He wrote a letter to CI News yesterday to ‘clear up any misconceptions about the true CIP position’. Demo Party president Makiuti Tongia referred to a merger with the CIP several times in his […]
'Relief funds will be short'
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in Local
The $2.7 million government contribution to Aitutaki cyclone recovery efforts will fall short of what is needed, says Cook Islands Party leader Henry Puna. In a letter to the editor today (page 6), Puna says the CIP will give government the MP numbers needed in parliament to ensure the further supply of funds for the […]
Tributes online
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in National
Tributes are flooding in to the CI News online memorial page for local television news presenter Tamarii Pierre, who was tragically killed on Saturday. Since the page was launched on Monday, friends, family and people from around the world have shared their tributes, thoughts and condolences for the family of the young Cook Islander. Here’s […]
Cook Islands to attend EPLD
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in National
Temarama Anguna from Ministry of Health, Edward Herman from FIU and Rosa Henry from Westpac Bank were chosen as Cook Islands delegates to the second Emerging Pacific Leaders’ Dialogue (EPLD), which will take place from March 11 until March 23. The Cook Islands representative on the EPLD Secretariat is Ngara Katuke, who does clerical work […]
Specify road works
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in National
Dear Editor, I would like to comment on Kevin Cook’s letter to you regarding the road works on our roads. It is a vague approach for me to fully comment on this issue, without knowing the whole parameters and the specified standard stipulated by the governing body in relation to any road works on our […]
Titikaveka joins to live healthier
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in National
The Titikaveka community has embarked on a new mission to live healthier. On Monday MP and deputy prime minister Robert Wigmore helped officially launch the ‘Go Local’ Titikaveka project at the rugby field behind the Kent Hall. Community leader Teava Iro Jnr now heads a committee that will support the community’s efforts and promote the […]
22 road deaths in four years
Wednesday 10 March 2010 | Published in National
According to police commissioner Maara Tetava, 22 people have been killed in motor vehicle crashes in the Cook Islands during the past four years. Eighteen of those accidents involved drivers of motorbikes who were not wearing helmets at the time of death, he said. The high numbers of road fatalities have people wondering when and […]
Housing and infrastructure main priorities for recovery
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in National
Government will provide about $5 million to help with the cost of repair and reconstruction of almost 300 homes damaged by Cyclone Martin. It estimates the repair and reconstruction of homes will be over $15 million. The most urgent need is to provide basic shelter to those whose homes were damaged as a result of […]
Deaf club networks
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Deaf Club kicked off another round of sign language classes Thursday night at USP. The club is considering changing the date of the class so as to accommodate those with scheduling conflicts but for now will continue to meet from 5 pm to 6 pm on Thursdays. Oropai Mataroa, who was a […]
Child benefit part of welfare review
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in Local
Changes to the child benefit, currently paid out for 3645 children nation-wide, are being considered under a review of the social welfare system. This year more than a third of the population will receive welfare payments – there were about 5600 or about 40 percent of the resident population (about 13,000) on a welfare benefit […]
Gym for health
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in Local
Over 100 staff at the ministry of health plan to use their own gym so they can walk the talk in promoting healthy living. Yesterday the ministry and guests opened the gym and reopened the refurbished Tupapa community health clinic. Thanks to about US$30,000 funding from the World Health Organisation, the ministry has been able […]
Pacific economies to perform slightly better in 2010: ADB
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in National
Most Pacific island economies are expected to perform slightly better this year than last, building on improved prospects for the global economy, says a new Asian Development Bank publication. The first issue for 2010 of Pacific Economic Monitor, a quarterly economic review of 14 Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste, notes that the Pacific islands are […]
Residency offered
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in National
Fulbright New Zealand and Creative New Zealand are accepting applications for the 2010 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency, an award which offers a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage the opportunity to work for three months on a creative writing project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history at the University of Hawai‘i. Valued at […]
Aitutaki showcased on Getaway
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in National
Last Wednesday, Australia’s number one TV travel programme Getaway showcased the Cook Islands atoll of Aitutaki. Presenter Catriona Rowntree had dreamed about Aitutaki as her honeymoon destination even before she met her new husband, James Pettit, and last year, all her dreams came true. This same episode was screened on Getaway April of last year […]
Tupapa clinic reopens
Tuesday 9 March 2010 | Published in National
The ministry of health reopened the Tupapa community health clinic yesterday after its facelift worth just over $100,000 was carried out over the past few months. Ministry director of funding and planning Daphne Ringi says the project was thankful to $40,000 from The Global Fund (to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria), and funding and work […]
WAVE calls for civilian and media leadership
Monday 8 March 2010 | Published in National
Regional development agencies must step up more effective engagement with civil society and media leadership to help achieve stronger Pacific futures, says the Women Advancing a Vision of Empowerment Network, WAVE. “What we are seeing from the Pacific regional and national statements coming out at Beijing +15 is a continuing trend from previous regional and […]
Defining International Women's Rights Day
Monday 8 March 2010 | Published in National
International Women’s Day is celebrated every year around the world on March 8. The commemorative day emerged from women activist movements at the turn of the 20th century. This year’s theme is “Equal rights, equal opportunities: Progress for all”. Equality between women and men continues to be a challenge world-wide. Women form the majority of […]
Ministries lack political mandate to integrate gender
Monday 8 March 2010 | Published in National
A stocktake carried out last year has concluded that gender mainstreaming as a strategy to integrate gender into all aspects of planning, programmes, projects and activities of government is still far from being realised. It also concluded that central agencies and line ministries lack the political mandate to integrate gender analysis principles into policy development […]
Women have to stop 'making do'
Monday 8 March 2010 | Published in National
Pacific women doing gender work need to break out of the mentality of making do with resource-poor situations, especially if they are senior public servants tasked with bringing commitments such as the Beijing Declaration to life. That’s the view of Solomon Island’s Director for Women, Ruth Maetala, who has come into the post recently after […]
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