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Five months prison for Aitutaki indecent assault, other charges
A man who was convicted for 12 separate offences including indecent assault has been sentenced to five months imprisonment.
Probation for repeat offender
The fourth accused in a Nikao brawl incident on January 28 this year has been sentenced to 12 months’ probation.
Govt grants $30,000 for suicide summit
A youth summit to tackle suicide in the Cook Islands, scheduled to be held in March, received the government’s backing at parliament yesterday – about $30,000 worth. In presenting the supplementary budget to parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Henry Puna announced the government would contribute $30,000 to a host a youth conference planned for March 12. […]
McCully inspects Forum Leaders venues
A New Zealand government delegation that included Foreign Minister Murray McCully has returned home impressed with the Cook Islands’ progress in preparing for the Pacific Islands Forum, according to High Commissioner John Carter. Carter said the two-day stopover was useful for the New Zealand government, which used the opportunity to examine New Zealand Aid Programme […]
Tribute to Dame Margaret
Takuvaine Member of Parliament Mark Brown paid tribute to Pauline Margaret Rakera Taripo – Dame Makea Karika Margaret Ariki – in Parliament yesterday. He noted that she was this year made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (DBE) – the second highest rank in the Most Excellent Order of […]
They are just like us
A dispatch dated February 17 by Numa Mackenzie and Alex Olah aboard Marumaru Atua, 180 miles off the coast of Mexico. Kia orana tatou! We slipped lines at 10.30am yesterday morning from IGY Marina. We were the first vaka to leave the marina because we wanted to go out early and run a man overboard […]
New health clinic for Palmerston
Palmerston Island is finally set to join its sister islands and have a purpose-built medical clinic constructed within its shores. The people of Palmerston remain the only Cook Islanders not to have a purpose-built hospital or clinic on their home island. If government plans to construct a new clinic on the island are carried out […]
Family support group re-launched
A family support group for all those who have been affected by someone’s drinking problems has been re-started in Rarotonga. The Al Anon support group, which re-launched last month, provides people with a confidential forum to talk about how their lives have been affected by someone else’s issues with alcohol. But organisers say the group […]
Mauke farewells Teau Marae Tapu Ariki
On Friday afternoon Mauke lost Teau Marae Tapu Ariki, one of three Ariki o Akatokamanava. Born 19th September 1943, Marae Turaki, of Ngaputoru descent, spent his formative years in Mauke, continuing schooling in Rarotonga before training as an electrician in New Zealand. His years with Te Aponga Uira saw him working in Rarotonga and Aitutaki […]
Sharing the romance at Te Papa
The romance of the Cook Islands is being exported to New Zealand’s national museum and art gallery over a series of events held until April. The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa will undergo a partial transformation over the coming months, when it adopts the ambience and experience of romance in the Cook Islands. […]
Bonefisherman's labour of love
American fly fisherman Jon Hall has been active in promoting Aitutaki’s bonefishery via word-of-mouth. Hall has spent months in Aitutaki with bonefish guide Itu Davey and his brothers, who have also become guides under the new Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) training programme, teaching them the ins and outs of running a business. Hall this […]
Dead whale stuck on Aitutaki reef
Whale watchers were out on the Aitutaki lagoon catching sight of an unexpected visitor yesterday, although the visitor in question has been long dead before it even reached the island. Aitutaki’s Joe Katangi put the local Marine Resources unit and a visiting marine biologist into action yesterday morning when he spotted a whale carcass inside […]
Parents called to Tereora College meetings
Tereora College management strongly encourages parents to attend one of three vaka meetings next week to discuss the college’s vision for the next three years. The Parent Teacher Association and the college’s senior management team have organised three meetings – for Te Au O Tonga on Tuesday, for Takitumu on Wednesday and Puaikura on Thursday […]
Rutaki prefects told to lead like captains of a vaka
Rutaki School welcomed in its new prefects and peace ambassadors yesterday, telling them to look to the vaka captains for inspiration on how they can be good leaders for the community. Tuiate Tuariki was named the school’s head prefect, with five other prefects or kauano puapii and two peace ambassadors or mata o te au […]
14 prefects inducted at St Joseph's
The St Joseph’s Cathedral in Avarua was bursting with pride when 14 students from St Joseph’s School were inducted as prefects. The special mass at the cathedral also included the naming of the schools two peace ambassadors. Families, friends and wider Catholic community gathered at the cathedral to witness the induction of the prefects and […]
Muso couple shoot for Fresh TV
Hip-hop icon Bill ‘King Kapisi’ Urale and partner, rapper Teremoana Rapley, made a quick visit to Rarotonga last week to shoot footage for Fresh TV and for a soon-to-be-released music video. Rapley is a Cook Islander and she and Urale are regular visitors to the Cook Islands. This time around, the duo was on Rarotonga […]
Footpath and ducts part of road works
Preparatory work for the upgrade of the road from Pokoinu to the Aquarius Hotel in Nikao is progressing steadily under the eyes of Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning (MOIP). Part of the upgrade is to construct a footpath on the seaward side of the road and power poles on that side are being moved two […]
Mangaia people air views on education
Members of the Cook Islands ministry of education including Minister Teina Bishop travelled to Mangaia this week to examine the issues that contributed to Mangaia School’s poor NCEA results recorded last year. The trip took in all Mangaia’s schools, meetings with island councillors, school associations and school communities before culminating in one of the largest […]
Education master plan under review
Two independent consultants are evaluating the Cook Islands Ministry of Education to ensure it is on track to achieving the goals outlined in its master plan. The Education Master Plan was written in 2008, and is a projection of the ministry’s outputs from then until 2023. Kiwi Christine Scott and local Tina Newport have been […]
Govt 'not rushing out of deal'
Tourists visiting the Cook Islands from the Northern Hemisphere have a positive impact on the economy and maintaining the Los Angeles connection is important for the tourism industry, according to Minister of Tourism Teina Bishop. The government yesterday announced that it would be pushed into deficit for the current financial year thanks to a higher-than-expected […]
There is no health without mental health
The definition of health according to the World Health Organisation Constitution of 1946 is: “Health is a complete state of physical, mental and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. We believe that spiritual well-being has since been added to this definition. So ‘total health’ is a combination of physical, mental, […]
Mental health versus mental illness
For Mereana Taikoko and Richard McQuillen, the director and a long time volunteer with Te Kainga Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, there is a high amount of misperception surrounding mental health and who it affects in the Cook Islands. They say there is a need to lift the fog that surrounds the topic and warn […]
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