National
Motor vehicle crashes dominate weekend’s criminal activities
Tuesday 6 September 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Crime, National
Police attended two car crashes resulting in considerable damage to the vehicles involved, on Sunday.
Water stations pass E.coli tests
Tuesday 6 September 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Health, National
Rarotonga water authority To Tatou Vai (TTV) has taken over the role of testing community water stations from Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health.
Covid’s second booster dose facing low uptake
Tuesday 6 September 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Health, National
Only a fraction of those who can access the second Covid-19 booster dose have received it.
Dome from China to be fitted by the end of this month
Tuesday 6 September 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Local, National
A dome from China should be over the Tupapa Netball court by the end of this month, says George “Maggie” Angene.
Protecting whistleblowers
Tuesday 6 September 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in National
Further protection for whistleblowers and addressing corruption on both Rarotonga and in the Pa Enua (Outer Islands) are part of the focus of a new proposed anti-corruption strategy, which will be presented to the new Government.
Literacy Week: Schools celebrate reading and writing
Tuesday 6 September 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
Apii Avarua students settled comfortably under the shade of a large mango tree yesterday for a “buddy class reading” session to start off the Literacy Week.
Blessed to receive: Church donates to those who help the vulnerable
Monday 5 September 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National
Non-governmental organisations who service the vulnerable in the community felt “blessed” to have received donations from the Apostolic Church.
No invite for Cook Islands in Pacific nations meeting
Monday 5 September 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in National
US President Joe Biden will host leaders of Pacific Island nations in Washington later this month but the Cook Islands didn’t get the invite.
Local surfer at spot x
Monday 5 September 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Local, National
A surf photographer from New Zealand has spent the last couple of months in Rarotonga and has taken the opportunity to snap some pictures of local surfers.
Free classes: Taking small steps to improve food production
Monday 5 September 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Environment, Local, National
Free agriculture classes are returning that focus on permaculture, regenerative farming and sustainable living.
18 months’ probation for $5k justice ministry theft
Monday 5 September 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National
A young woman has been sentenced to 18 months’ probation and six months’ community service for stealing more than $5000 from the till during her time as a Ministry of Justice employee.
Father’s Day christening for Isaia
Monday 5 September 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National
Yesterday’s Father’s Day was extra special for the William and Heather families with the christening of baby Isaia Geoffrey Heather, who was born just over five weeks ago on July 27 in New Zealand.
33 months jail for $240,000 Police theft
Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National
A former finance administrator of the Cook Islands Police service has been sentenced to 33 months’ (two years and nine months) imprisonment and ordered to pay $25,000 in reparations for an “unprecedented” defrauding of the police of $240,000 over a nearly four-year period.
CJ slams private prosecution in jet charter challenge
Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National
Citizens Against Corruption’s private prosecution against Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and former Prime Minister Henry Puna has been slammed by Chief Justice Sir Hugh Williams QC.
‘Reflect upon your drinking’, judge tells defendant
Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National
A man who badly injured a fellow motorcyclist on Christmas Eve, 2021, has avoided a prison sentence.
Ethical research: New safeguards to protect us
Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National
The Cook Islands has established a new Research Ethics Committee to ensure the highest possible ethical standards are met, protecting those participating in research in the nation.
House Blue’s winners and grinners
Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National
The saying winners are grinners was evident at St Joseph’s primary school yesterday with the House Blue overall sports champions students full of smiles proudly holding their coveted trophy.
Cooks first: Starlink keen to start satellite service here
Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in National, Technology
SpaceX, the California-based company launched by the world’s richest man Elon Musk, is understood to be looking to start the Pacific commercial rollout of its Starlink satellite internet service here.
Beyond the physical value of sport
Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in National
Governments need to understand the value of sport because that will bring investment, resources, and the will to grow the sector says the secretary-general of the Cook Islands National Olympic Committee, Owen Lewis.
Cook Islands author gets $5000 research grant
Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National
Kuki Airani novelist Maria Samuela has been awarded a $5000 Research Grant out of four participants in New Zealand for her novel about young Cook Islands women migrating to New Zealand between the 1930s to 1950s.
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