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'I'd like to be under the sea'
Friday 6 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Environment
One more lucky Cook Islander is being invited to join the voyage of a lifetime, a research survey of the Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone next week.
A tiny Paradise in vast Turkey
Friday 6 December 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Education
A memoir about Cook Islands and its people is helping support needy university students in Turkey.
From careless driving to assaulting woman
Friday 6 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Two weeks ago repeat offender Wilfred Dauvois was acquitted of raping a woman after driving her from bar to bar.
Hospital worker and sportsman accused in giant tobacco bust
Friday 6 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Crime
The duties and GST alone totalled $113,000 on tobacco allegedly smuggled from Rarotonga to New Zealand.
New court bid to stop chemicals in water
Friday 6 December 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Local
Leaders and landowners from six parts of Rarotonga have filed a court application to stop the proposed trial of poly-aluminium chloride to clean the water supply, and the use of chlorine to “shock dose” new pipes.
Taking the lead
Friday 6 December 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Environment
Discovered floating near death, little turtle Ponu was nursed back to health by volunteers – but they thought she’d never be well enough to be released back to the ocean. Now, with a bit of local innovation, Ponu’s carers are daring to hope.
Cook Island woman to be deported home after jail
Thursday 5 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Cook Islands criminals may choose to be deported here, says Immigration.
Youth free wheeling from court
Thursday 5 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
The court has let off a young motorbike thief without a conviction.
UN tells MPs of responsibility to repeal same-sex crime law
Thursday 5 December 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Local
MPs ask for help to understand issues of criminalisation of same-sex relations.
Godspeed as Marumaru Atua voyages to Aitutaki
Thursday 5 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Eileen and Ashleigh Chaloner donated pumpkins to Vaka Marumaru Atua for its voyage to Aitutaki this morning – among the many wellwishers as the vaka sets out on its furthest voyage north since its fire.
MPs' Crowning glory
Thursday 5 December 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Politics
MPs will sit this month in a 4½ star resort, because Parliament’s renovations aren’t finished.
Making coconut trees productive
Wednesday 4 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Outer Islands
Unproductive and senile coconut trees will be replaced on Rarotonga and the Pa Enua with newer more productive varieties that will be of more benefit for current and prospective farmers.
Disability council seeks inclusivity
Wednesday 4 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
The government has been urged to include people with disability in making decisions that may impact their lives.
Police chief receives master's degree
Wednesday 4 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
The Commissioner of Police Maara Tetava officially received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji this week.
Health urges visitors to get measles jabs
Wednesday 4 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Health
The Health ministry has taken precaution at the Rarotonga international airport against travellers arriving with measles symptoms.
Gary died doing what he loved
Wednesday 4 December 2019 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Gary Donison had a zest and passion for life that was infectious. His wife Leslie sat down with Katrina Tanirau to remember the man she called her “big teddy bear” and soul mate.
Catholic Father Damian Marinus, 90, is laid to rest
Tuesday 3 December 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Bishop Paul Donoghue and Father Fred Kaina lead the procession for Father Damian Marinus through Avarua towards the burial ground at the old cathedral at Nukutere College.
Cook Islands call on world leaders (again) to take action on climate
Tuesday 3 December 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Environment
The progress towards Paris agreement initiated four years ago will be the key issue in the United Nations Climate Conference in Madrid, Spain.
Witnesses lift truck
Tuesday 3 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Police officers and bystanders managed to move a pickup truck out of the way of traffic over the weekend after it crashed into a wall outside Infrastructure Cook Islands in Arorangi.
Man hurls bottle at woman, say police
Tuesday 3 December 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A man alleged to have thrown a bottle at a woman in the town area after a late-night quarrel has been arrested.
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