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11 November 2022

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New clerk pledges to learn and serve

Dr Tuaine Unuia has hit the ground running in his new role as the O-Tari-Kura o te Are Ariki (Clerk of the House of Ariki) earlier this week, welcomed by members of Te Are Ariki.

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Atupare Marae welcomes new shelter, Maori King for ocean initiative

Tui Dewes, Aotearoa New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, had the honour of opening the new Taupare for Atupare Marae, alongside the Minister for Tauranga Vananga Ministry of Cultural Development, George “Maggie” Angene, last week.

Traffic lights for Tereora College

Tereora College’s traffic lights are back in action this year. But these ‘traffic lights’ are not standing outside the college gates – they are to indicate to year 11, 12 and 13 students and their parents where they stand academically. Each student has been assigned a colour – red, orange or green – based on […]

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2013 an exciting year at Tereora

New learning centres, new courses and new computers are just part of what Tereora College has to offer students for 2013. The new options for students are all part of the school’s three-year strategic plan, says principal Bali Haque, which has highlighted three main goals for the school – to improve literacy, increase student motivation […]

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Literacy volunteers busy in Rarotonga

While International Literacy Day may be celebrated only once a year, volunteers across Rarotonga are working to promote literacy every week. Much of the work on literacy goes unnoticed by many, but for many children it is the gateway to a love of reading and education. Part of this is the ongoing work by Sister […]

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New programme to enhance Manihiki pearl farming

The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has joined forces with the Grand Observatoire du Pacifique Sud (GOPS) to enhance the Manihiki black pearl lagoon monitoring programme. Dr Serge Andrefout from the Institute of Research Development (IRD) in Noumea is in Rarotonga this week training local marine biologist Georgia Langdon. In-situ temperature sensors and pressure sensors […]

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Free filling

Whether it’s helping fill back road access lanes, levelling holes on people’s properties or even using it to form the foundations of a house, the dredged material from Avatiu port is making its way back into the community. A significant amount of fill from the recently-completed dredging project has been stored at a site in […]

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George Maggie is angry over lay-offs

The ‘action man’ George Maggie is angry – angry that five men lost their jobs recently from the the Cook Islands Investment Corporation without an explanation. The Tupapa member of parliament and assistant minister for CIIC is outraged that government workers have been laid off work despite both Prime Minister Henry Puna and minister of […]

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Thief 'lucky' to avoid a prison sentence

A local burglar with a criminal record stretching back to 2005 was “very lucky” to escape prison, said the chief justice in sentencing him. Putero Dean broke into the Blackrock store in April and stole beer and cigarettes, which were later recovered. He committed the burglary with Ngatapuna Rata, who was also sentenced on Friday. […]

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Foreign students soak up culture

It was an action-packed week in Rarotonga for a lucky group of international students. The students from the United States are taking part in the International Exchange Students (IES) Abroad programme, where they have been studying at the Universities of Canterbury or Auckland in New Zealand. The 19 students are studying a wide range of […]

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Remittances study makes claims

There is scant information available about how much of the Cook Islands’ income is comprised of remittances, or money sent here by Cook Islanders living and working overseas. Finance Minister Mark Brown has even told reporters the Cook Islands is a ‘negative remittance’ economy, the implication being that foreign workers from the Philippines and Fiji […]

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CISNOC financials attacked

CISNOC’s troubled financial accounts were approved despite allegations of excessive spending, “stolen” money and questions around value-added tax (VAT). Triathlon representative Geoff Stoddard made the claim that money had been “stolen” at a tense annual general meeting. Seventy-two people were present for the meeting at the Takuvaine AOG Hall after the gathering had been deferred […]

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Hugh buckles up for CISNOC role

With the conclusion of the Pacific Leaders Forum, new Cook Islands Sport and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) president Hugh Graham is stepping out of one driver’s seat and moving into another. Graham was the Niue delegation’s assigned driver and also helped with the Japanese representatives while they were in the country. Their departure on Sunday […]

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Office change and rally call at OPSC

The Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) has moved “closer to the money upstairs” – into the office just below the New Zealand High Commission. That was the punch line, anyway, of a joke delivered by Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters at a ceremony held yesterday morning to mark the OPSC’s umpteenth move. Marsters […]

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Parliamentary leaders unite for rugby 'test'

New Zealand parliamentarians are gathering on Rarotonga but they will be doing their talking on the rugby field. The visiting Kiwi parliamentarians will face off against the Cook Islands parliamentarian team on Wednesday at the BCI Stadium in what promises to be an entertaining match. The last time these two teams met in 2009, the […]

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Education advisors visit Pukapuka

It was as much a cultural experience as it was professional development when a team of Ministry of Education staff and teachers visited Pukapuka last term. Five staff from the Ministry spent 12 days on the island, in an exchange which saw a number of teachers from Nuia School travel to Rarotonga to take part […]

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Cook Islands voice at world congress

The upcoming IUCN World Conservation Congress will have a Cook Islands influence after a motion put forward by Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) was accepted to be presented at the global event. The congress is the largest single event on conservation in the world and will see, amongst other events, 176 submissions showcased in Jeju, South […]

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Clinton vows to come back

That a woman of Hillary Clinton’s status thought it worthwhile to visit the tiny island of Rarotonga was surprising enough – that she turned out to be down-to-earth, approachable and willing to pose for countless photos with locals came as even more of a shock. Coming off the airplane on Thursday evening, Clinton was all […]

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Cabinet in Atiu

All cabinet ministers are in the Cook Islands this week, with the highlight being a trip to Atiu to open the island’snew power supply. Atiu’s new power station will be officially opened on Thursday, to replace an old power station which experienced frequent outages. The automatic control power station with four new generators was built […]

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Emotional signing for MIFA

A heartfelt speech by Mangaia Island Fishing Association (MIFA) president Tangimokopuna George illustrated the effects of a $153,921 grant given to the association by the Japanese Government. Known as the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP), it is the second such donation from the Japanese government after it donated about $141,000 to the […]

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Buchanan buoyed

Yesterday’s Merchant Navy commemorative service was a matter of good fortune for New Zealand World War Two veteran Buck Buchanan. The Matamata resident spent two years on the HMNZS Achilles during its four pushes through Japan in the final stages of the battle eventually won by the Allied forces. Having joined the New Zealand Navy […]

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Wartime merchant navy honoured

Merchant navy men were honoured for the first time in Rarotonga at their inaugural merchant navy service at the Cook Islands RSA yesterday. With September 3 being acknowledged worldwide as the day to honour the merchant navy, Bob Kimiangatau said it was time to welcome those who served in “a service that has long been […]

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