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Orientation concludes for HoMs and SIAs
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 26: Heads of ministries (HoMs) and island secretaries (SIAs) are into the last day of a two-day orie-ntation workshop on Rarotonga. Office of the public service commissioner CEO Priscilla Maruariki said yesterday that workshop will help new HoMs and island secretaries to better understand their roles and familiarise themselves with the legislation which applies […]
Calling home easy for Opo
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Thursday 20: Born in New Zealand with strong family ties to the Cook Islands and Tonga, Aircraftsman Malina Opo is serving with No. 3 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), in Samoa as part of Exercise Tropic Astra 2009. Opo loves his job and says he would encourage Cook Islanders to join the air […]
DPM to New York London
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 25: Deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate left for New York on Saturday where he will address the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf. The formal presentation of the country’s extended continental shelf claim this week follows Sir Terepai’s previous visit to New York to submit the claim in April. […]
Demo execs stand behind MP expulsion
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 26: The Democratic Party executive is sticking to its decision to expel rebel MP Wilkie Rasmussen. The Penrhyn MP issued a 24 hour ultimatum to the party on Monday to withdraw the decision to cancel his membership or face court action. Acting president Makirere Poila said yesterday that the executive will not reconsider its […]
Airline changes flight schedule
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Thursday 20: Pacific Blue flight schedules will change slightly during September to cope with increased visitor arrivals. Starting from September 1, Pacific Blue will fly into Rarotonga from Auckland on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday mornings – touching down just after midnight (12.20am). However, the airline will operate extra Sunday morning flights on September 13, 20 […]
Rasmussen issues ultimatum
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 25: Penrhyn MP Wilkie Rasmussen is not leaving the Democratic Party without a fight, despite its decision to expel him. He’s now giving the party 24 hours to withdraw the decision or face court action. “The action by the so called Democratic executive to cancel my membership in the Democratic Party was an act […]
DPM's office broken into this month
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 26: Burglary numbers have dropped last week with five being reported to police. The deputy prime minister’s office behind the Banana Court was broken into on Saturday, August 15 but was only reported last Monday. It was still being determined if anything was taken. Police were notified of a burglary at the Avatea school […]
NGO surveys maternity leave in private sector
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Thursday 20: Maternity leave provisions and practices in the private sector are the focus of a new survey launched by Punanga Tauturu Inc (CI Women’s Counselling Centre) this month. The survey is part of valuable research the non-government organisation has devoted a portion of its NZAID core funding to this year. Punanga Tauturu representative Kairangi […]
ROAD DEATHS RAROTONGA
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Local
*29 of these died of head injuries — ROAD SAFETY COUNCIL
High Tide granted liquor licence
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 26: It’s been a long time between drinks for High Tide Bar and Grill but they’re finally been granted a liquor licence. The liquor licence committee came to a unanimous decision last week to allow the Avarua venue to sell alcohol. Previously they have been operating as a BYO establishment. High Tide can now […]
Appeal to help name people
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Thursday 20: ‘Captive Images’ is breathtaking new exhibition of images of Rarotongans and Mangaians in the 1950s to be shown for two weeks at the Beachcomber Contemporary Art gallery. The exhibition, which will preview this evening, is courtesy of the University of the South Pacific Cook Islands Campus and an inquiring American anthropologist who inevitably […]
Deadly road record
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 25: A recent report has named the Cook Islands as having the second deadliest roads in the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a global status report on road safety where 178 countries were surveyed. The statistics were compiled and compared per capita. The Cook Islands is recorded to have the second […]
Delegation given royal treatment in Mauke
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 26: The New Zealand high commissioner Tia Barrett and his wife, Theresa, were carried on a paata upon arrival at Mauke airport on Monday afternoon. The couple were part of minister Kete Ioane’s delegation to formally launch the long-awaited island’s water project. After all guests were greeted with ei, the ‘patu ki runga’ began, […]
Examples of parental leave:
Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in National
Thursday 20: New Zealand – if you have worked for at least six to 12 months for the same employer immediately before the date of birth or date of adoption of a child, the mother can take up to 14 weeks paid maternity leave. Partners can take 21 days leave before and after the date […]
Credibility of key witness questioned
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Crime
Wednesday 19: Norman George began his cross-examination last week on the man whose testimony accuses him of joint conspiracy and corruption. Junior Areai-Enoka was questioned by George who alongside Chris Vaile and Charles Koronui is facing numerous dishonesty charges in the Operation Slush trial. On Thursday before questioning, George stood up and addressed the court […]
Drug dog nabs man
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 15: A police drug dog has led to an arrest of man entering the country carrying cannabis. On Wednesday, the 34-year-old passenger caught the attention of the drug dog after arriving at the airport from Auckland. He was stopped and searched, and police discovered he was carrying drugs. He appeared in the Cook Islands […]
12 reports since 1976
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in National
Monday 17: Penal reform campaigner Gordon Sawtell believes now is the time to deal with problems and conditions at the national jail. He contributed this article at the weekend with the closing comment that we need at all costs to ensure proper containment of prison inmates especially during the Pacific Mini Games to avoid a […]
Bishop says new budget irresponsible
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in National
Thursday 13: Aitutaki MP Teina Bishop claims that the budget that has been put together by government is “fiscally irresponsible”. “This budget is nothing but loans and aid – $30 million is in foreign aid,” says Bishop “When I first read the budget, I thought the total appropriation [of $215,537,534] was a typing error. We […]
Tepaki's debt repayment extended
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Crime
Friday 14: Developer Tepaki Tepaki has been given four months to repay a debt or risk his company being put into liquidation. Last September, New Zealand architect company Peddle Thorp & Montgomery won a civil suit against Tepaki 1 Holdings Ltd and Tepaki Group for unpaid fees of $124,000. Tepaki failed to make repayments and […]
First swine flu death
Wednesday 19 August 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 15: The Cook Islands has reported its first death associated with swine flu (Influenza A H1N1) – a 36-year-old Kiwi female visitor who died in Arorangi last month. The woman was found to have an underlying respiratory disease, understood to be asthma. Yesterday the ministry of health issued a pandemic influenza update announcing that […]
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