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Te Ipukarea Society: School holiday programmes dive deep into ecology
Over the last week of the school holiday period, Te Ipukarea Society and Kōrero o te ‘Ōrau have combined efforts to run their respective youth programmes Mata Nātura and ‘Ātui’anga Ki Te Tango (AKTT).
Alleged rapist in remand
A man accused of raping minors aged under 14 is remanded in police custody after he was deemed a “risk” to society.
Mangaia takes tapa into the future
Mangaia’s local government organised a three-day tapa making workshop for the community last week.
New Zealand tertiary scholarships now open
one year New Zealand Pacific Scholarship’s (NZPS) are now open for studies towards a new qualification at an approved NZ tertiary institute.
National baby show this month
It is baby show time in the Cook Islands, with littlies nationwide set to take part in the two yearly event.
Mr Lava Lava contestants line up
New Zealand comedy duo Pani and Pani and Fresh TV are in Rarotonga to find Mr Lava Lava.
Student teachers on the rock
Twenty-seven student teachers from Australia are currently working in the Cooks.
A true Cook Islands woman
On behalf of his family, former Cook Islands teacher and principal David Lewis submitted the following tribute to his late wife Terupe Poata Patiare Temarii Kelly-Lewis, who passed away in hospital in Brunei Darussalam on August 30.
Foul play ruled out
Police would like to reassure the public that the recent death of Laydown Marsters was not due to foul play.
Pacific police chiefs go green at meet
The Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police (PICP) conference held last week took the ‘information management’ theme of the event to a different level by going green.
Govt hopes to revamp banking sector
The Cook Islands government has begun laying the groundwork in its efforts to overhaul the nation’s banking system.
USP assists Cook Islanders with scholarships USP Cook Islands is offering to assist Cook Islands students to apply for scholarships to study in Singapore and Hawaii.
The first scholarship on offer is for the Masters in Public Policy program at the Lee Kwan Yew School of Public Policy, in Singapore. The school is a Graduate School of the National University of Singapore and is the premier school of public policy in the Asian region. Instruction is entirely in English allowing Cook […]
Victims not told of arrest
The person who stole from two tourists in a burglary at Edgewater Resort and Spa during the forum week in August has been caught – but no one let the victims know. Brendan O’Connor and his partner were victims of a burglary on August 31 while staying in a villa at Arorangi resort. Two iPods, […]
Double amputee radiates positivity
There are two kinds of people – people who dwell on the negatives in their lives and spend their days wallowing in self-pity, and people like Nadya Vessey. Vessey is a double amputee who, despite the loss of both her legs, teaches, travels, swims, studies and even has the good humour to joke about how […]
Long live Bishopgate!
Dear Editor, Last Saturday morning I sat on my usual park bench at the Punanga Nui Market and ate my freshly cooked maroro and arrowroot with coconut sauce and caught up with local gossip. Top of the agenda was “Bishopgate” and the leading question was how does Bishopgate, which brings revenue into government coffers and […]
Vanilla growing encouraged
A new scheme to jumpstart vanilla production in the Cooks is well underway. Atiuan vanilla grower Tutai Toru told media at a press conference in the Minister of Agriculture Nandi Glassie’s office that while vanilla used to be grown readily on Atiu, in recent years this product has been neglected. But two years ago, interest […]
Roof up on new stage at market
The new Punanga Nui Market stage being erected by John Short Construction is continuing at pace. The stage was one of six projects the Business Trade and Investment Board (BTIB) proposed to improve the market while they were the formal owners. It was formally handed back to the agriculture ministry in July. Despite this, BTIB […]
Club sevens kicking off
It’s time for local rugby players to lace up their boots and take to the field again for this weekend’s first round of the CITC Rarotonga Club Sevens competition. The four-week competition is geared towards preparing local players for the ‘big one’ – the International Sevens in Heaven tournament scheduled for November 1-3. The Avatiu […]
Moving forward, forgetting the past
For a number of people it would be better that they forgot certain events in their past and moved forward. Have you ever noticed that for many of us, some of the things we should remember we often forget and yet some of the things we should forget we seem to remember? For some of […]
Biblical blessings distributed
An email circulating inboxes throughout Rarotonga is looking to spread encouragement and Bible verses to as many people as possible. Each email contains the names and email addresses of two people and instructions for what is known as an online Bible verse exchange. People are instructed to email an encouraging Bible verse to the first […]
Anyone for eke fritters?
Cooking demonstrations from members of the Cook Islands Chefs Association (CICA) could add a new flavour to the Punanga Nui markets next month. The idea of market demonstrations to make eke fritters with local ingredients was floated about by the association with an eye to promoting the association and the Salon Culinaire in 2013. A […]
Plant protection organisation gathers
The Ministry of Agriculture’s biosecurity director Ngatoko Ngatoko recently attended his first meeting in his capacity as chairman of the Pacific Plant Protection Organisation. He attended a meeting of regional quarantine and plant protection officers to review draft standards for phytosanitary measures, and says his presence there put the Cook Islands “at the forefront” of […]
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