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Gun checks move to outer islands
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | Published in Outer Islands
Police firearms officer Apolo Miria is on duty in the outer islands as part of the current gun amnesty, which will run until the end of the year.
Cook Islands hits a high in childhood obesity
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Childhood obesity has increased more than 10-fold worldwide in the past 40 years and the Cook Islands has some of the highest figures recorded in this alarming growth.
MP saves lives of three children
Tuesday 17 October 2017 | Published in Local
The lives of three young children have been saved thanks to a local MP changing his mind twice, and his quick reactions when he saw the youngsters were in trouble.
Ball a night to remember for students
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
School bags and jandals were tossed aside on Saturday of last week when Year 13 students of Tereora College let their “inner glamour” come to life.
Local eateries fight plastic straws
Monday 16 October 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Used plastic straws have become a burden to the environment and at least three local eateries have started initiatives to curb the problem in the Cook Islands.
Judge to hear threatening to kill charge
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
Criminal court was a short affair last Thursday, with just 16 people appearing before Justice of the Peace Georgina Williams in the Avarua High Court.
Child hurt in smash near CICC
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
Both occupants of a car were taken to hospital on Saturday morning following a crash near the Avarua Cook Islands Christian Church.
Local man advises NZ First
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
Cook Islands resident Paul Carrad is playing an important role in drawn-out negotiations which will decide whether National or Labour will govern New Zealand
Students get a taste of trade skills
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
School holidays are well underway and this week 10 lucky students took part in the Cook Islands Training Institute (CITTI) “Taste-A-Trade” course for carpentry and welding.
Conserving Mauke's 'baby' pandanus
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
This weekly column is supplied by Te Ipukarea Society. It deals with environmental and conservation issues Aof interest to the Cook Islands.
Introducing the real 'Moana'
Monday 16 October 2017 | Written by Chris Taylor | Published in Local
A HEADSTAND on a floating paddle board… “No way!”
Long wait ends for Te Are Manu
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
The long-awaited opening of new local animal clinic, Te Are Manu took place on Thursday, with a large number of people gathering to celebrate the launch of an entirely Cook Islands-run animal clinic.
Assaults bring suspended sentence
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Crime
A young man was granted a suspended sentence in the Avarua High Court last week after pleading guilty to two assault charges.
A precious piece of our history
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
A precious artefact held in the National Museum’s National Heritage Collection can truly be described as unique.
Girl Guides mark 89th birthday
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
Girl Guides will be out in full force this Sunday to celebrate 89 years of Guiding in the Cook Islands.
Fijians celebrate very special day
Monday 16 October 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Fijians residing in the Cook Islands will today converge on St Joseph School ground to celebrate Fiji Day.
TAU boss helps at Maldives meeting
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
Renewable energy was the focus of a major ministerial meeting in the Maldives this week as the Alliance of Small Islands States (AOSIS) gathered for talks on accelerating the commitments under the Climate Change Paris Agreement.
Ruatonga gearing up
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
The villagers of Ruatonga have been preparing for the 60th anniversary of the tapere’s meeting house to be held next week.
Tasty snack for a worthy cause
Monday 16 October 2017 | Published in Local
Pictured grabbing a tasty breakfast snack from the Cook Islands Breast Cancer Foundation sausage sizzle outside the ANZ Bank yesterday morning were Tony Fea’o, Tayla Beddoes and Jess Mather from Cook Islands Tourism Corporation.
Iro leaves 'big shoes to be filled'
Monday 16 October 2017 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
The Ministry of Health is yet to decide on replacement of its secretary Elizabeth Iro, who has taken up a role with the World Health Organisation (WHO). She was appointed to the post of chief nursing officer by the WHO director-general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu, during the 68th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in Brisbane, Australia this week. Congratulating Iro on her appointment, health minister Nandi Glassie said she was leaving behind big shoes to fill. “Liz’s (Iro) appointment as chief nurse for WHO is a proud moment for me as Minister of Health, for the Cook Islands’ people, the Pacific region and of course the nursing profession,” Glassie said. “It has always been our hope to have our people, from within the Pacific region, to participate and be heard at the global level. Liz has accommodated that hope. “I am proud of Liz and I wish her and her family every success in her new post. She has left behind big shoes to be filled.” Iro is a New Zealand-registered nurse and midwife with a master’s degree in Business Administration and a master’s degree in Health Science. She took over the secretary’s role with the health ministry in 2012. A former local chief nursing officer, Iro has worked to meet the health needs of the people of the Cook Islands and the Pacific since graduating as a nurse in 1981 and midwife in 1986. She has been a close colleague and friend of the WHO Collaborating Centre at the University of Technology Sydney (CC UTS) and a long-standing member of the South Pacific Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers Alliance since its inception in the Cook Islands in 2004. Iro said she was honoured and humbled to be appointed the chief nursing officer of WHO. She acknowledges the privilege and understand the important opportunity this presents for encouraging better collaboration and coordination to improving health outcomes for the people within the region and globally. “I think this appointment is going to be raising the profile of nursing and midwifery and I anticipate it will be encouraging and enabling for nurses to work to their full potential if countries are to achieve universal health coverage,” Iro said. “I bring to this role my lived experience as a woman, a mother, a nurse and midwife, a past president of Nurses Association and Head of a Ministry of Health. “Nursing can and must take the lead on issues to progress to better health outcome for our people but I know we cannot achieve them without the support of politicians, policy-makers and non-nursing health leaders.” Iro said she will need to understand some of the internal mechanisms and structures that can best support the work in progressing the WHO agenda especially towards the social goal of “health for all” through primary health care and Universal Health Coverage. Health ministry in a statement said their management and staff were very proud of Iro’s achievement. “She has been the driving force to ensuring the ministry obtains and retains the Excellence Service Award from the Public Service Commission. The Ministry of Health has held this award for the past two years,” the statement added. The position of WHO chief nurse has been vacant since 2010 and the reinstatement of this position and the appointment of Iro indicates the value that the new WHO director-general, Dr Tedros holds for the nursing and midwifery professions within the organisation.
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