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KAPs conquer Mixed Touch competition with dominant final win
The 2024 Mixed Touch Season Competition wrapped up on Monday with thrilling semi-final and final matches that showcased the talent and competitiveness of the participating teams at the National Stadium in Nikao.
Vaka Marumaru Atua sets direct course for Hawaii
Vaka Marumaru Atua will skip Tahiti and sail directly to Hawaii with a youth crew to attend the 2024 Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture in Honolulu in June.
Education ministry 'on track'
An independent evaluation has concluded the Ministry of Education is on track to achieving its goals. Undertaken by evaluator Christine Scott and local counterpart Christina Newport, the evaluation was conducted last year and a subsequent 76-page report was released on March 21. The duo interviewed over 100 people, met with focus groups, reviewed policy and […]
Reward offered for important footage
An international film crew is offering a reward for a misplaced camera, which contains vitally important images. Earlier this month a film crew visited Rarotonga and Aitutaki to shoot footage for a documentary that will catapult the proposed Cook Islands marine park onto the international stage. Renowned cameraman Richard Wollocombe, who has worked for the […]
Time off school worries principal
Students taking time off school has always been a concern, but when students take weeks or even months off school it has unpleasant affect on end of year results. Tereora College principal Bali Haque is concerned about the problem. “My concern is students’ taking time off school. Firstly senior students are old enough to know […]
Czech meet
Though the Czech Republic and the Cook Islands are far away, there are plenty of ways the European country can help its Pacific partner, according to Czech Ambassador Hynek Kmonicek. After presenting his credentials to Queen’s Representative Sir Frederick Goodwin on Wednesday, Kmonicek said the Czech Republic would happily offer its services in navigating the […]
39 dancers sign up
The Te Mire Ura dancer of the year competition is beginning to heat up, with 39 boys, girls, men and women already signed up to put their cadence and capabilities to the test. Fifteen people will contest the senior open competition, with men outnumbering women nine to six in the category. Similar too in the […]
New advocate for general equality
The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has appointed a new human development programme adviser for gender equality. Brigitte Leduc has been working as a gender equality specialist for over 15 years, supporting gender mainstreaming processes in international organisations in Asia, Africa and now in the Pacific region. She has extensive experience working with both […]
Get jammin' into the auditorium
Ticket prices for tonight’s Miss Cook Islands Pageant Association concert have been dropped after one performer was removed from the line-up. Organisers and performers alike agreed that the ticket prices should be reduced to $15 when it became apparent performer T Angelo would not be able to make it to Rarotonga in time for the […]
New bill 'doesn't go far enough'
The chief justice believes the proposed Judicature Amendment Bill represents only a partial solution to the problem of legislative failure to enforce civil judgments. Yesterday Chief Justice Tom Weston was invited to address a parliamentary select committee convened to discuss the proposed bill. After being welcomed by committee chairman Prime Minister Henry Puna – whose […]
Lawyers justified
The chief justice has dismissed recent criticism of the make-up of a parliamentary select committee chosen to hear submissions on the proposed Judicature Amendment Bill. Recently members of the public have expressed concern through the media that the committee analysing the merits and shortfalls of the Judicature Amendment Bill includes lawyers. Their primary concern is […]
Island pride in Dennise's design
Grade five pupil Dennise Nanai has earned the praise of not only her parents and school but the whole of Aitutaki for winning the Cook Islands Golden Tuna label competition. Nanai was last week named as the winner of the art competition over 155 entries from all the schools in the Cook Islands. In her […]
Our pets and animals need attention, too
By Gregg Young Esther Honey Foundation With the amount of animals coming into the Esther Honey Foundation with problems related to diet, we have decided that it would be best to address the situation to the public. Many problems with animals can be prevented with the right diet, which goes the same for us humans […]
Strategic partnership is key in progressing youth work
Youth from across the Cook Islands are coming together again this week in Rarotonga. The Capacity Building and Leadership Training for the Cook Islands National Youth Council began yesterday and will run for the next two days. The Minister for Youth, Mark Brown, opened the meeting saying that strategic partnership is key in progressing youth […]
Scouts and Cubs a good outlet for boys
About 20 members of the Avarua Sea Scout group participated at their quarter one camp at Nikao during the weekend of March 16. The main purpose of the camp was to equip new members with camping skills and knowledge of safety in the water. Currently, there are a number of Scouts and Cubs preparing to […]
Water network 'in reasonable shape'
Rarotonga’s water network needs improvements to its ring mains and at its intakes in order to advance the quality and reliability of the island’s water, according to a visiting water engineer. Overall, though, the network is in reasonable shape and would benefit greatly from targeted upgrades, New Zealand Aid Programme principal development manager infrastructure Jonathan […]
Te Kukpupa joins forces for fishing patrol
Maritime patrol boat Te Kukupa has uncovered a number of minor fishery infringements in Cook Islands waters during an international surveillance patrol this month, but no major infringements or illegal fishing were uncovered during the mission. The Cook Islands maritime surveillance unit teamed up with counterparts from Kiribati and French Polynesia for the week-long mission, […]
Pacific crops make a nutritious flour
“Local crops make nutritious flour,” says head of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Community and Education Training Centre. Greater food value, economically viable, local resource material: these features make flour production at the Community Education and Training Centre (CETC) anything but ‘run-of-the-mill’. “We have been working with women at the grassroots level, showing them […]
Ianis graduates to Saab control
Monday was a red letter day for Air Rarotonga Captain Ianis Boaza, who completed his first day’s roster as captain of the airline’s 34 passenger Saab 340. Ianis has been flying with Air Rarotonga for many years, more recently as captain on the smaller 15 passenger Embraer Bandeirante fleet. The airline’s Saab pilots undertake checks […]
Translator wanted
A French Polynesia-based translation company is looking for a person who speaks fluent English and Rarotongan to (virtually) join its team. Huri Translations is accepting applications from people interested in doing translation work from a distance – via email. Candidates must have excellent command of the Rarotongan language as well as English and must be […]
Pacific education heads compare notes
Secretary of Education Sharyn Paio was funded by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to take part in a meeting of Pacific Heads of Education on March 13-16 in Nadi, Fiji. With the exception of two countries there was full representation by heads of education of all Pacific Forum countries. There were two parts to this […]
Call a halt, start building a relationship
This is a periodical opinion piece by New Zealand Maori journalist and broadcaster Derek Fox, the publisher of MANA magazine. After a wonderful warm ten days in Rarotonga I’m back in a damp and windy Wellington.Yesterday I decided to write a letter to John Key – you know the guy who’s Prime Minister here. I’m […]
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