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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.
Online registry goes live
Christmas came early for the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) this year on December 12, the online registry system it had been working for 12 months to implement went live. This system will provide a modern and efficient mechanism in which to conduct registry activity, which can only serve to improve the potential for growth in […]
Te Maeva Nui locked in for 2012
Te Maeva Nui cultural celebrations will be held from Thursday, July 26 next year, the government has announced. Major organisers from this years festival will again take control of next years festival, bringing together the efforts of the Ministry of Cultural Development and the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation to refine and improve on the celebrations […]
Teen's death not suspicious
Police do not consider the death of a teenager over the weekend to be suspicious and officials have cleared his body to be released. The teen was found dead at an Arorangi property about 2am on Saturday. Cook Islands Police attended the scene and the teens body was taken to Rarotonga Hospital for examination. The […]
$6000 for Te Vaerua
The Cook Islands Disability Societys housie group has made a very generous donation of $6000 to the Te Vaerua Community Rehabilitation Service. The money will be used by Te Vaerua to continue to provide physical therapy, care giving services and therapeutic equipment to people with serious injuries and disabilities in the Cook Islands. With no […]
No suspicious circumstances
Police confirm there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding an elderly mans death on an Air New Zealand flight between Rarotonga and New Zealand on Saturday. Tavai Puia a Cook Islander who had been living in Porirua travelled to Rarotonga for a holiday recently. He was returning home to New Zealand with his daughter and three […]
Elder abuse comes in many guises
Elder abuse can be committed by anyone, including family, friends and caretakers, and more community awareness is needed on the topic, the Returned Services Association (RSA) has said. While they believe the Cook Islands people and culture is providing adequate care for its elders in the large majority of cases, RSA president Denis Dwane and […]
Holiday to honour ui ariki
The Cook Islands three pillars of society will be recognised with public holidays for the first time next year, finally bringing the ariki in from the wilderness according to Cook Islands Party minister Teariki Heather. Heather yesterday confirmed that a new public holiday commemorating the ariki will be held on July 6 each year. The […]
Choir welcoming carollers
The Hospital Comforts choir is ready to take its carolling ways to the Rarotonga wards and has put out a call to anyone who wants to lend their voice to the cause. The group is planning to head to the Rarotonga Hospital this afternoon with Christmas cheer at full gear and would welcome anyone wanting […]
Compliance unit formally established
After completing a training programme with the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries, the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has now formally established a compliance unit to enforce fisheries laws in the Cook Islands. The Marine Resources Act 2005 provides broad powers for authorised officers to search premises, vehicles or vessels and to question and arrest […]
War stories include Cook Islanders
The Cook Islands Library & Museum at Takamoa is a goldmine when it comes to books on military history and the most recent acquisition is a book that has close links to the Cook Islands. A Soldiers View of the Vietnam War: The Story of Victor 4: V Coy, 6 RAR/NZ (ANZAC) Battalion was only […]
Graduation ceremony being planned
The Department of National Human Resource Development (DNHRD) is organising a graduation ceremony to be held on Friday January 27 next year. It will acknowledge graduates of the DNHRDs various scholarship schemes, and include the announcement of scholarship recipients for 2012. In addition, the DNHRD is extending an invitation to all Cook Islanders who have […]
Soldiers get a taste of the Cook Islands
A group of 25 New Zealand soldiers recently spent a week getting to know Rarotonga as part of a self-funded cultural awareness and leadership training programme. Their trip borne out of encouragement from a colleague with Cook Islands connections, most of the group had never before been to Rarotonga. They were motivated by the prospect […]
Violence reports to police almost daily
Cook Islands Police are responding to an average of five domestic violence calls a week, according to figures reported to a national workshop yesterday. Police have recorded an increase in the incidents of domestic violence reported to them over recent years, and it is a trend they are happy to see despite the drift having […]
Men must cope with their feelings
Men must learn how to cope with their feelings if they intend to stop carrying out acts of domestic violence, a national workshop has been told. John Robinson, the Cook Islands mentor under the Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence Programme, said the perpetrators of domestic violence had no one and nothing to blame their actions […]
Short takes place beside ui rangatira
Walking into the Mata Enua palace grounds on Thursday with the ui rangatira of Pa Ariki was a special experience for Eric Short, who was just this week invested with the Takau Rangatira title. Previously held by Shorts uncle Sir Apenera who passed away in June of this year the title has been vacant for […]
Peyroux invested during opening
Steven Peyroux was shocked to learn on Thursday that he would be invested with the Aro Ariki Rangatira title that afternoon. He was honoured to receive the title a new title, created especially for him during a ceremony that coincided with the opening of Pa Marie Arikis Takitumu palace. It caught me by surprise, he […]
Kwai all fixed up and ready for action
Thanks to the efforts of local welders, Cook Islands-registered cargo vessel Kwai has sailed away none the worse for wear, despite sustaining significant damage when a 50-tonne General Transport crane fell onto her steel deck last week. Captain Brad Ives yesterday expressed his appreciation to all those who helped to fix Kwai after her traumatic […]
Tune up for those tuning in
Matariki FMs listeners will now have an uninterrupted signal in town thanks to new equipment installed at the station this week. The stations transmissions in the town area are now being broadcast with more powerful equipment, shipped in from Australia and installed on Wednesday. Matariki FM director William Framhein said the upgrade meant the stations […]
Cook Islands notes sell for $50,000
A pair of uncirculated Cook Islands banknotes recently sold to a private collector for $50,000. The two-shilling and four-shilling notes were printed in August 1894 but never went into circulation. Only two two-shilling notes and three four-shilling notes were ever produced, making this pair of notes extremely rare. These notes are highly prized amongst world […]
Nation must address domestic violence issue: DPM
Acting Prime Minister Tom Marsters has described domestic violence as an evil that represents a threat to the fabric of our nation and something that the whole of the community must act to stamp out. Marsters said that although domestic violence was an uncomfortable issue to discuss, the nation as a whole must bring it […]
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