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Respected couple farewelled
Thursday 22 September 2016 | Published in Local
IT’S A mark of the high esteem in which retiring Air New Zealand Cook Islands manager David Bridge and his wife Noeline are held that a huge number of people turned out for their official farewell at Ngatipa on Monday night.
Safety warning for grass cutters
Thursday 22 September 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
Acting Police Commissioner John Strickland is sending out a request to people cutting grass on the side of the island’s roads to have some consideration for passing motorists.
New sounds of Fiji to feature at fundraiser
Thursday 22 September 2016 | Published in Local
A MULTI-TALENTED Fijian musician has arrived in the Cook Islands and will perform at Rehab nightclub tonight.
Fake refrigerants a concern
Thursday 22 September 2016 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Counterfeit refrigerants are on the rise in the Pacific but Cook Islands remain safe, for now, from this illegal substance, usually a fluid, used in a heat pump and refrigeration cycle.
Stonefish pain 'off the scale'
Thursday 22 September 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
THE PAIN experienced by someone who has been stung by a stonefish is almost off the scale, according to Dr Voi Solomone.
Fisheries corruption seen as widespread in the Pacific
Thursday 22 September 2016 | Published in Local
Corruption in the fisheries sector in the Pacific Islands region is widely believed to be widespread, but it is difficult to ensure its extent or frequency due to the secretive and underhand nature of the activity.”
Call to change fishing laws
Thursday 22 September 2016 | Published in Local
LONG-HELD suspicions of corruption within the country’s foreign fisheries industry were recently proven correct and the government must take steps to prevent this from happening again, warns the Chamber of Commerce.
Fisheries body 'supportive' of CI's purse seine moves
Wednesday 21 September 2016 | Published in Local
THE PACIFIC Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is highly supportive of the Cook Islands endeavours to increase its participation in the tropical purse seine fishery, according to Deputy Director-General Wez Norris.
Angry Ioane refutes claims by opponent
Wednesday 21 September 2016 | Published in Politics
NEW COOK ISLANDS Deputy Speaker Mona Ioane has refuted claims by One Cook Islands Party president George Turia, who had earlier raised concerns on Ioane’s appointment.
Govt to open up telecoms market
Wednesday 21 September 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
CHEAPER internet and phone services are likely within the next 18 months as the government opens up the Cook Islands to more telecommunications companies.
Agony leads to stonefish warning
Wednesday 21 September 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
THREE people were stung by stonefish over the weekend – two women and a child.
Simple device could help power Pacific communities
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Published in Local
Two STAFF and a student of the University of the South Pacific’s (USP) School of Engineering and Physics (SEP), have received an official patent for their invention of a portable wave-solar energy harvesting device.
Section 106A of Property Law Act finally vindicates local landowners
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Published in Local
The COOK Islands Act 1915 is the most important law for landowners of the Cook Islands.
Surfer still alive thanks to 'Eddie'
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Published in Local
A SPANISH surfer has acknowledged a Cook Islander who he knows only as “Eddie” for saving his life during his one of his surfing days at the dangerous Papua reef in Rutaki.
All you need to know about seabed mining
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Written by Richard Moore | Published in Local
ON THURSDAY the Natural Heritage Trust will launch its booklet on a precautionary approach to mining our seabed minerals.
New network to be tested on Rarotonga
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Published in Local
A NEW network aimed at sensing and controlling a variety of electronic devices has been launched in Rarotonga.
Peace wave unites people around the globe
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Published in Local
Since 2001, PPSEAWA Cook Islands has organised the commemoration of the United Nations International Day of Peace in The Peace Garden at Taputapuatea.
Helping to keep town clean and tidy
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Published in Environment
In A bid to keep Rarotonga clean, the Rarotonga Rotary Club and CITC last week launched the Recycle Raro bays in Avarua.
Growers urged to increase output
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Published in Environment
THE COOK ISLANDS agricultural sector is unable to meet a target of being able to grow at least 20 per cent of the food needed to feed the nation’s population.
Turia hits back at Brown
Tuesday 20 September 2016 | Published in Politics
ONE COOK Islands president George Turia says there’s a big difference between the government appointing Mona Ioane as the new deputy Speaker of Parliament, and the opposition coalition’s appointment of Teina Bishop as parliamentary leader in the weeks leading up to his court appearance and sentencing on a charge of corruption as a minister of the Crown.
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