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News from the Cook Islands High Court
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Crime
Monday 6: Court appearances on March 19: Allan Heather – appeared before Justice of Peace John Kenning on a charge of common assault and unlawful taking. Case was adjourned to April 16. Teokotai Une – pleaded guilty to excess breath alcohol. Une was recorded with a reading of 460mg/s. The legal limit is 400mg/s. He […]
Penrhyn makes Mars
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 3: The Cook Islands is making its mark in outer space. A rock outcrop on Mars has been informally named ‘Cook Islands’ by NASA during their Mars Exploration Rover mission. Using the robotic explorer ‘Opportunity’, NASA has been searching for and naming a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to water […]
Rasmussen addresses the ACP-EU assembly
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 8: The global economic crisis was at the fore of foreign Affairs minister Wilkie Rasmussen’s address to the opening of the 17th session of the ACP-EU joint parliamentary assembly in Prague, Czech Republic, early this week. Rasmussen also touched on the importance of political will to confront global challenges and the role of developing […]
Minister in Prague
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 4: Cabinet minister Wilkie Rasmussen and foreign affairs secretary Mike Mitchell are in Prague, Czech Republic, attending the 17th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly this week. They are due back in the country on April 11. Travel and accommodation costs are covered by the assembly. -HG
It's good news to the DPM
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 8: It sounds like a good riddance statement. In response to comments by WSBC, deputy prime minister and minister of finance Sir Terepai Maoate says he’s pleased to see confirmation that WSBC Bank is leaving the Cook Islands. “After close to five years, my government will now turn its efforts and attention to the […]
Rangi to take over BTIB top job
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 3: Business Trade and Investment Board executive manager Terry Rangi has been appointed its new chief executive this week. It is understood there will be a handover period before Rangi officially takes over the position which Mark Short has held for the past six years. Rangi has been working at BTIB for almost five […]
Atiu war memorial monument built
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 8: Years of hoping and dreaming paid off last month when Atiu completed a war monument or cenotaph to remember the Atiuans who served during the 1914-18 and the 1940-45 conflicts as well as later years. Their efforts and service to King and country can now be recognised and commemorated for years to come. […]
Travel costs disclosed in part
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 4: Infrastructure and Planning ministry secretary Taukea Raui had no problem when contacted this week in revealing that government spent $2058 on his recent trip as part of a delegation to Wellington. Raui says the ministry paid the amount for his four days in New Zealand as part of the four member delegation which […]
Cook Islanders second largest PI group in NZ
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 8: Some interesting new statistics have come to light on the Cook Islands Maori population in New Zealand. Drawn from the 2006 census released at the end of last year, the figures show that the Cook Islands Maori population living in New Zealand increased by 10 percent (5442) to 58,011, between 2001 and 2006. […]
Parliament warned against electronic release
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 3: The Seabed Bill select committee says releasing the draft law electronically is risky. In its interim report tabled in parliament on Wednesday, the committee says in its view the electronic release to the growing number of regional countries and organisations who want a copy would demand caution. “The possibility of deep sea mining […]
Increasing capacity
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 8: Air New Zealand has announced capacity upgrades on its Auckland-Rarotonga-Auckland route from May to October. A number of A320 airbuses will be replaced with B767 and B777 aircraft adding up to an extra 2854 seats over the six month period. Air NZ Cook Islands manager David Bridge said the airline was pleased to […]
Tax concession explained
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 4: The 200 percent tax concession for sponsors of the Pacific Mini Games and the World Youth Netball Championships will apply to all those who spend over $50,000 on supporting the events. This week financial secretary Sholan Ivaiti explained just how it will work in response to CINews questions. The conditions of the tax […]
New PFL service approved
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 8: Transport minister Tangata Vavia has given approval to Pacific Forum Line to start and run a new shipping service to the Cooks. Transport secretary Aukino Tairea says that a licence will be issued once a schedule of voyage dates is put to the ministry. New PFL chief executive Sean Bolt, who visited Rarotonga […]
PDL makes third creditor payment
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 3: Pacific Distributors Ltd paid out its third and final court ordered payment to local creditors on Wednesday. The third payment of around $372,000 represents 15 cents in the dollar towards what creditors were owed after the PDL collapse. Just over $2.5 million was owed to local creditors, so they are still owed around […]
Outer island cops arrive
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 8: Seven northern police officers arrived in Rarotonga on Te Kukupa on Monday. They arrived with police commissioner Pat Tasker who spent 11 days on the patrol boat touring the northern group as part of a police exchange programme. “The trip was uneventful but the hospitality received from the outer islands was excellent,” Tasker […]
Little time blamed for few submissions on Seabed Bill
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 4: Only three public submissions were received on the Seabed Bill during the two weeks the select committee was tasked with reviewing the proposed legislation. Government hopes to pass the bill that sets out how the country’s manganese nodule resource and the mining of it will be managed. The committee had been set up […]
Day off work to fight dengue
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 8: Public servants called in to help with tutaka clean up campaign. Tomorrow has been declared a day off work for public servants – as a Dengue Tutaka Clean Up Day. It conveniently makes an extra long weekend out of the Easter break for hundreds of government employees. This is part of the campaign […]
Seabed review widens
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Local
Friday 3: Seabed Bill meetings wanted for Cook Islanders in NZ and Aust The Seabed Minerals Bill select committee has extended its review of the proposed legislation from its initial two weeks to a three-month period ending June 30. The bill relates to the exploration and mining of the Cook Islands manganese nodule resources which […]
WSBC denies ruining CI reputation
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Wednesday 8: WSBC Bank denies ruining the financial reputation of the Cook Islands. And it reckons it would have won the high-profile court case against the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC). In a press release issued last week – though not to Cook Islands News – WSBC Bank confirms it will leave at the end of […]
Cooks heed call of G20 on tax info
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in National
Saturday 4: Deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate has responded to the communiqué issued this week by the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20) calling for more cooperation between nations in sharing of information relevant to tax matters. Sir Terepai said that he welcomes this call for more transparency in the […]
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