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3 tests for under 21 netballers
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Netball
Monday 6: Our best hopes for future netball glory – the Cook Islands under 21 training squad – will arrive on the island tomorrow for a three-test series against a local under 21 team and the Pacific Mini Games training squad. The team of 13 players and four managers will hit the courts on Tuesday […]
Netball and league take a break
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Netball
The local netball and rugby league competition will take a break for two weeks due to the start of the Cook Islands Games this weekend and the Easter celebrations next week. While the normal season will be on hold, netball and league fans will still be able to get out and watch some Cook Islands […]
Youth soccer champs continue
Wednesday 8 April 2009 | Published in Football
Monday 6: The National Youth Soccer Championships will continue with the second round of pool games today at the CIFA grounds. On Saturday the under 16 girls division saw Te Au O Tonga easily defeat Mangaia 10 goals to 1 while Aitutaki beat Takitumu 3 goals to nil. In the under 15 boys category the […]
Celebration granted 12-month approval
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Church Talk
27 March: Justice minister Kete Ioane has granted Celebration on the Rock church an extended 12 month provisional approval as a religious organisation on March 18. Ioane wrote to church leaders Murray and Nancy Watkinson in response to their application for government to recognise their church. The provisional approval is reportedly the first time a […]
God's view on alcohol and drunkenness
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Church Talk
27 March: To te Atua turanga no runga i te kava e te konakava To be drunk means: – to be intoxicated – to be under the influence – to be under some form of addiction – to be under the control of………. – to be put over – under – and beyond being one’s […]
Locals get close to Street actors
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 1: Shortland Street extra Marty Iro (at right) says actors Toni Potter (aka nurse Alice) and Will Hall (Dr Kip) have encouraged him with a bit of humour before takes on the scenes where he plays a barman. Iro said having a laugh helped take away the nervousness of saying his few lines. This […]
Manihiki leases still to be settled
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 1: Deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate has returned from Manihiki with news that airport landowners have agreed to keep the agreement their forefathers had with government over the use of the land. Last year when a group of landowners wrote to government over the proposed lease of the land, they asked that it […]
3 arrested for driving offences
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 31: Driving related matters landed three people in police custody last week. A woman was arrested for disqualified driving on Saturday outside the Empire Theatre. She was released on bail and will appear in court on Thursday. A 24-year-old male who was involved in a crash in Tupapa will also appear in court this […]
Fuel issue leads to rationing
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 31: A fuel pricing issue in Aitutaki last week left the island dangerously close to running out of petrol and diesel. On Saturday the price order was issued which allows petrol to be sold for a maximum of $2.80 per litre from this week. Businessman Teina Bishop had shut down his petrol pumps last […]
Raro romance for Kip and Alice
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 31: A lucky Shortland Street fan will get an opportunity to meet with the actors who play Alice and Kip on the New Zealand show this week. Shortland Street’s producers are here on a week-long shoot of an episode centered on a romance between Alice the nurse and Kip the doctor. When Dr Kip […]
Call for inquiry into $50m loan
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 31: Opposition says country cannot afford to pay $5000 per person for next 20 years The Cook Islands Party Opposition is calling for an inquiry into the new $50 million China soft loan. Finance and economics spokesperson Norman George says while the opposition agrees in principle to the loan being spent on Rarotonga road […]
PMG broadcast contract on hold
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Monday 30: The host broadcast agreement for the Pacific Mini Games is being looked over by government officials, to ensure that it complies with Cook Islands legislation. After a two-day visit earlier this month South Pacific Games Council president Vidhya Lakhan said that council had a number of concerns with the organising of the games […]
542 traffic tickets in one month
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Monday 30: Despite only two serious crashes last month, police were kept busy issuing a total of 542 tickets for minor traffic offences. According to a report released by the Road Safety Council (RSC), 249 tickets were issued for speeding and 126 for motorcyclists exceeding 40 kilometres per hour without a helmet. A total of […]
Pearl farmers buy into marketing plan
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Monday 30: China funding seen as only recourse for pearl farm loans Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate says he is pleased with the enthusiasm shown by Northern group pearl farmers with plans to increase pearl production over the next three years. “I can sense a new level of confidence and enthusiasm on the part […]
Tav's in Europe
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 28 March: The Cooks Islands’ most famous fashion designer is set to turn heads in Europe next week. Ellena Tavioni (above) of Tav’s is the only Pacific designer to be invited to the Afiique-Caraibes-Pacifique (ACP) Music and Fashion show held in Brussels, Belgium. Tavioni will leave on a fully funded trip today with 25 […]
Man pleads guilty to hit and run
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 28 March: A 21-year-old has pleaded guilty to a hit and run incident last Sunday involving two Chinese workers. Eli Cumming appeared in the Rarotonga High Court on Thursday pleading guilty to driving while disqualified, failing to stop to ascertain injuries and render assistance, and two counts of careless driving causing injury. Police have […]
Holiday crash extends Kiwi's visit
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 28 March: A New Zealand tourist has had his holiday extended, courtesy of the Rarotonga High Court. Russell Corfield had his passport confiscated after pleading guilty on Thursday to careless driving causing injury. He was due to leave the country today. Appearing before Justice of Peace Carmen Temata yesterday, the 57-year-old admitted to failing […]
WSBC victory earns praise
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Saturday 28 March: Sir Terepai Maoate gives credit to FSC and legal team for successful settlement Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Sir Terepai Maoate has credited his small team at the Financial Supervisory Commission and its board for the successful settlement of the long-running WSBC court case. “I am extremely pleased with this outcome […]
15 staff lose jobs at Oasis
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
27 March: Up to 15 staff from the Oasis branch of the CITC Food Group have been sacked this week. CITC general manager Gaye Whitta says the staff were dismissed following an ongoing investigation into stock shortages. “The matter is now in the hands of the police,” she said. CITC has begun advertising for workers […]
Pukapuka tender process was 'transparent'
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
27 March: EU screening done by the book says Mike Mitchell Foreign affairs secretary Mike Mitchell is sympathetic to Makirere Poila’s concerns that the design of the Pukapuka cyclone management centre is not going to be designed and supervised by a local company. In yesterday’s paper, Poila expressed his disappointment that an overseas company was […]
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