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Cook Islands RSA prepares for Anzac Day dawn parade
Rarotonga is gearing up to mark Anzac Day with the annual dawn parade to be held in front of the cenotaph at the Ministry of Justice building on Thursday morning at 5am.
Vodafone Cook Islands plans power upgrade after backup system failure
A power supply issue at Vodafone Cook Islands’ Aroa Station disrupted the telecommunication company’s services in the country on Saturday morning.
Speed radar guns still in use
Police affirm they are still using the speed radar guns donated to them by the New Zealand police force. In response to a reader’s query in Thursday’s newspaper as to whether police are still using the ”speed cameras that were gifted“ to them, Inspector Tere Patia says no speed cameras have ever been in use […]
Watch out for 'phishing', says cybercrime expert
People who have been duped by ‘phishing’ scams are often ashamed to tell authorities, says a visiting cybercrime expert. But Professor Marco Gercke, a visiting expert in cybercrime, warns that if you don’t let someone know about the problem, nothing can be done. Professor Gercke is in the Cooks on behalf of the United Nations […]
Australians taste Cook Islands cuisine
The Cook Islands features on primetime Australian television tonight. Chef, restaurateur and television host Peter Kuruvita will continue sharing with Australians the culinary curiosities of Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Atiu tonight, on the tenth episode of series ‘Island Feast’. The series comprises 10 episodes and features Peter’s culinary journey through the Philippines, Indonesia, Vanuatu and the […]
Protect your computer against hackers
At a recent cybercrime meeting, a visiting expert gave his tips on how the everyday internet user can protect their details from the rising threat of cybercrime. Professor Marco Gercke, from the UN’s International Telecommunications Union, gave around 20 people who attended the meeting at New Hope Church on Tuesday advice on keeping personal information […]
Matariki FM defends 'unprofessional' presenter
A Cook Islands radio station is defending the actions of a health presenter who allegedly trivialised prostate cancer on air. Health presenter Rangi Aitu was joined on Cook Islands Radio’s health awareness programme by radio announcer Paara Pitomaki and George George, who joined the conversation by telephone. A typed letter from an anonymous source sent […]
Public meeting on prostate education
A public meeting is being held at the Sinai Hall tonight to discuss prostate cancer and other issues relating to prostate issues. After listening to the sessions on prostate at the recently-completed annual health conference, the Cook Islands Prostate Foundation is ensuring the message will be heard through the community. Doctor Joe Williams will be […]
Disease-resistant taro being bred
Taro plants have been engineered by cross-breeding to be high-yield and resistant to disease. After taro leaf blight destroyed Samoa’s taro crop in 1993, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) set up CePaCT, a special research centre for Pacific crops and trees. They were tasked to develop a solution to taro disease. Alongside the […]
Future options presented to students
Making a decision on where to study in New Zealand just got a bit harder for students from the outer islands. Students from Mauke, Mitiaro and Mangaia were introduced to university representatives from Unitec, the University of Waikato and AUT University at an open evening on Sunday night. Unitec representative Sam Palisi said personal experience […]
Paddy Walker makes her mark
At the recent ‘Making Their Mark Awards’ morning held at St Cuthbert’s College, Auckland, Paddy Walker was named as the 2012 recipient of the prestigious Old Girls’ Honours Award. Although Paddy was not able to attend (she was apparently swimming in the lagoon at the very time of the award), she was represented by her […]
Money doesn't make culture survive
Dear Editor, I wanted to comment about the views expressed regarding the absence of a Cook Islands delegation at the Pacific Festival of Arts in Solomon Islands. I do agree that artists and crafts people should attend the festival and the country would have been better represented. But the real question is who should pay […]
A level playing field wanted
”Government regulations and competition go hand in hand,“ a smoke signaller writes. ”To improve competition in the marketplace the government must be in a position to provide the right conditions so that all players such as wholesalers, retailers and consumers are given a fair and open playing field in order to carry out their business. […]
Kids learn importance of reefs
Tanks displaying what lies beneath the waters of Rarotonga captivated the minds of children on the second day of the annual conservation event, Lagoon Day. Those young and young at heart made their way to the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) site on the beach next to Edgewater Resort to discover the effects of various […]
'Enriched' by arts festival
I have been thinking about what I can say about the arts festival and how I can best describe this event in one word if I had to. A word that would accurately depict the experiences we’ve had, and the feelings we have felt by being here… The best word that springs to mind when […]
DPM at parliamentary assembly
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters is in Apia this week at the twice-yearly joint parliamentary assembly between the Africa Caribbean Pacific group and the European Union. Marsters is representing the Cooks at the eighth Pacific regional meeting in his role as foreign affairs and immigration minister. At the meeting, held from Wednesday to Friday, there […]
Glassie at human rights conference
Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters and minister Nandi Glassie will both be away from the Cooks this week on official duties. Glassie, whose ministerial portfolios are health and agriculture, is in Brisbane attending a five-day consultation for regional members of parliament on advancing human rights. He is returning to Rarotonga on Sunday. Mitiaro MP Tangata […]
Mitiaro beckons for journalist and schoolboy
Twelve-year-old Oliver Orr of Denver, Colorado, won’t be spending his school holidays at Disneyland or the beach. Instead, he’ll be staying in a kikau hut, eating fresh fruit and fish, and exploring the craggy makatea of Mitiaro. Oliver is accompanying his aunt Pip, a freelance writer and photographer, to Mitiaro, where he will be one […]
Kiwi tour operator speaks for sharks
Kiwi tourism operator Boyd McGregor knows more than most about the positive impact sharks have on the environment and is all for the proposed sanctuary in the Cook Islands. McGregor practically lives on the sea for a quarter of the year in Gisborne as the director of Surfit Enterprises, a company that offers deep sea […]
They never come back
Diabetics who develop progressive kidney disease, or diabetic nephropathy, have three options – dialysis, transplant or death. In the Cook Islands resources are not sufficient to staff and maintain a dialysis machine, meaning that people who need its assistance must be transferred to New Zealand. In most cases they do not return to the Cook […]
Pa takes war against sugar to medics
Pa Ariki continues to speak out against unhealthy behaviours and what she perceives as an unwillingness to change them. She spoke at last week’s health conference to a room of visiting doctors and professors about the way sugar and processed foods are destroying her people. Traditionally Cook Islanders ate what they caught, planted and harvested […]
New memorandum in the making
Ties between the Ministry of Health and the Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) have been further strengthened after plans to reopen the Cook Islands School of Nursing were announced. CMDHB chairman Gregor Coster and secretary for the ministry of health Elizabeth Iro discussed the school and other opportunities under a new memorandum of understanding […]
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