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Articles by Matthew Littlewood
Worker ‘exodus’ causes problems
Thursday 12 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Business, National
A Rarotongan businessman is claiming that New Zealand recruitment firms are targeting immigrant workers in the Cook Islands.
Jail sentence for smashing bottle over man’s head
Wednesday 11 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National
A Cook Islands man has been jailed for three months after admitting he smashed an empty Jim Beam bottle over a victim’s head.
Reparations payment leads to discharge without conviction
Wednesday 11 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National
A public servant has been discharged without conviction, after he agreed to pay $3000 in reparations to the victim of a vehicle accident.
Pilot shortage means no flights from Christchurch
Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in National, Travel
Pilot shortages are being blamed for Air New Zealand’s inability to resume flights from Christchurch to Rarotonga.
Author writes to her own beat
Monday 9 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Local, National
Maria Samuela’s Beats of the Pa’u tells the stories of Cook Islanders adjusting to New Zealand in the late 1970s and the early 1980s.
Smallest islands have the biggest hearts, top Olympic official declares
Friday 6 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Local, National
The smallest islands can have the biggest sporting hearts. That’s the message of International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, who made a quick visit to the Cook Islands on Thursday.
Covid-19 pandemic near end in Rarotonga says health boss
Friday 6 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Health, National
Health secretary Bob Williams says the Covid-19 pandemic is all but over in Rarotonga, after daily case numbers dipped to single figures.
Flight changes welcomed
Thursday 5 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in National, Travel
As Covid-19 daily numbers begin to plateau in Aitutaki, tourism operators are welcoming the relaxation of certain flight rules.
Covid-19 hits young more frequently than others
Thursday 5 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Health, National
Youths between the age of 10 to 19 have been the most common group to catch Covid-19 in the Cook Islands.
Olympic president to meet PM on whistlestop visit to Rarotonga
Thursday 5 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Other Sports, Sports
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach will be visiting Rarotonga today as part of a whistlestop meet and greet tour of the Cook Islands.
Empire bridge near completion
Thursday 5 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Local, National
Work on the Empire Bridge is almost complete, with just a few jobs left.
Worker ‘scramble’ warning
Thursday 5 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Economy, National
Cook Islands businesses are warning there might be a “scramble” to obtain permission for Fijian workers coming into the islands, with many still in transit.
Health inspector told future is ‘in his hands’
Wednesday 4 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National
A health inspector who assaulted his partner and two friends after someone took the keys off his bike has been ordered to come up before the Court in six months.
Covid leaves businesses reeling
Wednesday 4 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Economy, National
The extent and severity of Covid-19’s impact on businesses in the Cook Islands over the past year has been laid out in a wide-ranging report.
Lights and shade to transform netball courts
Tuesday 3 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Netball, Sports
The Tupapa Maraerenga community netball courts will soon light up with new street solar lights.
Calls to raise the minimum wage to $10 per hour
Monday 2 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Economy, National
Support for raising the minimum wage in the Cook Islands appears to have found the favour of a Government-appointed panel.
$1500 donation leads to discharge without conviction
Monday 2 May 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Court, National
A high-profile sporting executive who slapped three women on the buttocks with a machete has paid $1500 to a local charity which combats violence against females.
Mathematics in everyday life
Saturday 30 April 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Features, Weekend
Dr Roberta “Bobbie” Hunter has helped change the way young Pacifica people look at mathematics, sharing that it can be seen everywhere, and why it’s so important.
‘Personal responsibility’ urged in fight against NCDs
Saturday 30 April 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Local, National
Te Marae Ora is being called on to do more about addressing the country’s high rate of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) and obesity among the young people, but the secretary of health warns that TMO is the ‘ambulance at the bottom of the cliff’. Matthew Littlewood reports
Rapist receives nine-year prison sentence for ‘repeated and humiliating’ assaults
Saturday 30 April 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Crime, National
A 55-year-old man has been jailed for nine years after being found guilty of a series of rapes and assaults on a then-14-year-old girl.
