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10 years for rapist
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 17: A girl under 12 has been credited for her bravery and quick thinking after enduring being raped and assaulted by a 41-year-old man. Fakiki Munokoa Araipu was yesterday convicted of rape, detaining a girl with the intent to have sexual intercourse and indecent assault. He was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison […]
Maine Kuki Airani rides away happy
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in National
Monday 20: Miss Cook Islands will now be driving around in style. Engara Gosselin accepted her blue Honda Daelim motorcycle at the Motor Centre last Friday. The $3450 bike was part the prize package she won after being crowned Maine Kuki Airani this month. Gosselin says she is happy to be the first Miss Cook […]
Conveniently placed ATM
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in National
Thursday 16: Westpac Bank will be celebrating its new ATM today by raising funds for the children’s ward at the Rarotonga Hospital. A $2 sausage sizzle will be held from 11am to 1pm outside Super Brown in Tupapa – the latest location to receive a Westpac cash machine. Westpac general manager Rob Buick says the […]
Fuel price increases in Aitutaki
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 22: A new fuel price order has been issued for Aitutaki only – the first in almost 10 months. Retail customers on Aitutaki can expect to pay no more than $2.80 per litre for petrol (up from $2.45) and $2.70 for a litre of diesel ($2.32). The price order took effect yesterday. – MM
DPM criticised over UN meeting
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 17: The deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate has already come under attack over his travel to New York for the lodging of the Cook Islands’ submission for its extended continental shelf claim. And it looks like a case of sour grapes has caused the criticism being levelled at him. The country’s claim was […]
Funding for waste reduction projects
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in National
Monday 20: The National Environment Service is putting up $2500 to encourage community groups to use in waste reduction and management projects as part of its waste education campaign this year. NES is making five lots of $500 in seed funding available for ‘any good community-benefiting waste activities groups or individuals may have.’ Any youth […]
Best with words wins laptop
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in National
Thursday 16: Miss Westpac Julia Scott has quite a way with words. So much so that she was awarded a Toshiba L300 laptop yesterday for her composure and intelligent answers during her Miss Cook Islands pageant stage interview. In front of a near sell-out National Auditorium earlier this month, Scott impressed the audience and the […]
Safer insecticide being sprayed
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 22: Public health has advised Cook Islands News it no longer uses the insecticide known as reslin to spray for mosquitoes. This week the ministry of health has carried out spraying of pyrethrum insecticide in vaka Puaikura. The ministry now uses pyrethrum after concerns about the environmental effects of Reslin were raised with it […]
Keen interest in tourism awards
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 16: More than 40 local tourism operators are expected to be entered in the inaugural 2009 Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards when entries close tomorrow. Tourism Industry Council awards chair Steve Lyon says that in a phone survey last week of tourism based operators, about 50 companies indicated they would submit entries […]
Silent protest over Tepuka
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in National
Monday 20: While preparations for the opening of the Cook Islands Christian Church’s biennial meeting were taking place within the Nikao mission grounds, a silent protest was taking place across the road. Eight banners depicting messages relating to the dispute between Tepuka tenants and the CICC, were staked into the ground on a vacant section. […]
DPM gets new portfolio
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 22: Cabinet has increased deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate’s number of portfolios by making him the minister of minerals, natural resources and mines. He now has around 14 portfolios – almost twice that of prime minister Jim Marurai. The rather ambiguous new portfolio, according to Sir Terepai’s office relates to his responsibilities relating […]
PM attends Flag Day in Pago Pago
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 16: Prime Minister Jim Marurai is currently in Pago Pago, American Samoa, attending their Flag Day celebrations. Marurai was invited by Governor Togiola Tulafono to attend the celebrations – the first time the PM has accepted after four successive invites. American Samoa marks the raising of the United States flag on the island of […]
DPM to push formal claim in August
Wednesday 22 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 18: DPM Sir Terepai Maoate is expected to head a delegation to New York in August to address the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. It is then that Sir Terepai will make a formal presentation of the country’s extended continental shelf claim at the United Nations in August. Speaking from New […]
Teenage charged over Raviz robbery
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 11: A 15-year-old will appear in court today (Saturday) in connection with the armed burglary of Raviz Indian restaurant early on Wednesday morning. Police Commissioner Pat Tasker told Cook Islands News yesterday the defendant was “located” on Thursday and led police to the firearm which was in a building on a back road that […]
Dengue monitoring and tutaka continue
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 11: Chief health inspector William Taripo says the dengue clean up campaign carried out by public servants on Thursday identified even more mosquito breeding areas on the island. Taripo says public health hope to collect all the data together from the tutaka and surveillance work they began a week ago and use it in […]
Chinese investors show interest
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 11: Two Chinese businessmen caught the interest of locals last month when they began asking about investment opportunities here. The businessmen reportedly came to Rarotonga for the first time to purchase local black pearls. According to Manihiki MP and pearl farmer Apii Piho, the men said they were based in Papua New Guinea where […]
Info evening about Hawaii's Brigham Young University
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 11: An information evening for those thinking about attending Brigham Young University in Hawaii will be held tomorrow. A graduate in information technology, William Numanga, says the evening will be for prospective students, those who may not have fully completed their studies, and former graduates from BYU. Numanga says numbers from the Cook Islands […]
Lawyer's assault appeal denied
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Crime
Saturday 11: Lawyer Tevita Vakalalabure cannot appeal against his assault conviction. In the High Court on Thursday, Chief Justice David Williams denied his appeal application and upheld the guilty verdict Justice of Peace John Kenning handed down in December. The conviction related to an October 30 incident where Vakalalabure assaulted the shop keeper at the […]
Easter celebrations
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 11: Easter ritual in Avarua More than 100 Catholic worshippers walked through the Avatiu township yesterday as they re-enacted the final moments before Jesus Christ was crucified. The death and resurrection of Christ is one of the most significant dates on the Christian calendar celebrated over the Easter weekend. Worshippers gathered at the Avatiu […]
Business as usual for public health
Wednesday 15 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 11: While there have been some calls for the Tobacco Control Act 2007 to be reviewed, public health staff are gearing up for when the legislation takes full effect on June 1. Health promotion manager Edwina Tangaroa says that ongoing awareness will continue, with visits to workplaces on Rarotonga in the coming weeks, on […]
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