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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.
Alcohol cause of accidents
Alcohol is believed to have contributed towards two of the three accidents that were reported to police at the weekend. Police have yet to receive the blood alcohol results from a woman who crashed her bike on the back road in Tupapa. The woman was thrown off her bike and found in the middle of […]
Minister takes on noni growers' concerns
Agriculture minister Nandi Glassie is taking on board the concerns facing noni growers, following a predicted reduction in the export of noni juice to Japan. Japan is the country’s largest noni export market, annually contributing about $1 million to the industry. Following Japan’s earthquake, the local noni industry has received warning about a cut to […]
Cabinet discuss development bank concept
Reverting the Bank of the Cook Islands back to being a development bank is an idea that has value, and the finance minister says government is now discussing ‘ways forward’. Finance minister Mark Brown says the concept has been discussed at cabinet and official level and he expects a firm position on the initiative will […]
Mangaia shuts down power at midday
Mangaia’s island council is showing its support for today’s international Earth Hour by closing down the island’s power plant for an hour from midday. Mangaia Island Administration secretary Helen Henry says the initiative is to support the National Environment Service efforts towards Earth Hour, which aims to encourage power conservation and recognition of climate change […]
Vaka to leave for Tahiti next week
Vaka Marumaru Atua departs for her big voyage on Tuesday, and the community has finalised the programme for her day of send-off. Tomorrow, crew will be attending a service at Ngatangiia CICC church and will then attend a kaikai at the home of Pa Marie Ariki in Vaimaanga. The departure ceremony starts at 10am on […]
Power prices on Raro to go up in May
Electricity is set to go up on Rarotonga a week from today. Homes can expect to pay five cents more per unit for usage of up to 60 units. The rate goes up eight cents for usage of 61 – 300 units and above 240 units. Similarly, commercial users are faced with an eight cents […]
Growers miss out on vital machinery
Members of the Titikaveka Growers Association feel as though they have been “slapped in the face” by the new government, chairman Teava Iro says. Iro has received formal confirmation that the association will not be allocated a piece of heavy machinery gifted to the Cook Islands by the Chinese government, as initially intended. The equipment […]
Mita fails to impress ministers
Bruce who? – was the dismissive response by prime minister Henry Puna when asked to comment on NZ Maori Bruce Mita’s aspirations in the Cook Islands. Clearly, Puna wasn’t impressed hearing about Mita’s latest intrusion into affairs of the state and ui ariki. Other than to say he’s not about to take advice from outsiders […]
Mita on sovereignty campaign again
Dissolution of the country’s constitution and government, lose NZ passports, remove allegiance to the Queen, sever ties to New Zealand and Ui Ariki to become the kings and queens of the Cook Islands. These are the changes that NZ Maori sovereignty activist Bruce Ruatapu Mita is campaigning to have happen in the Cook Islands. Now […]
TCI donates to quake victims
Telecom Cook Islands has shown its support by donating $4000 to Red Cross for the victims of the Christchurch earthquake appeal. On Friday March 4, Telecom staff wore black and red in support of the Christchurch appeal, and donations raised by staff were matched dollar for dollar by Telecom. The Telecom Office in Penrhyn raised […]
Imports deficit grows
Exports fell behind imports in 2009, causing the balance of trade for the year to register a deficit of $285.8 million – up from $207.1 million the previous year. While exports decreased by 25.4 percent, imports increased by 36.3 percent over 2008. The provisional current account balance for 2009 shows a deficit of $28.8 million, […]
Public appeals raise $36,000 so far
More than $36,000 has been donated by Cook Islanders to help those affected by Australia’s recent floods and earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand. A Ministry of Cultural Development fundraiser held last week to raise money for victims of the Christchurch earthquake and Australian floods has generated at least $12,000. The appeal included a radiothon during […]
Pilot escapes 'eerie calm' of Tokyo
Mark Lusby left a devastated Tokyo last week to come home to his Rarotonga family and says that right now, “this is the best place to be – away from it all”. Lusby is a captain for All Nippon Airways and he was in Tokyo when the 8.9 magnitude quake shook Japan. Following the disaster, […]
Jonassen says he can't abandon Japan
Cook Islander Rena Jonassen isn’t leaving Japan saying he can’t abandon his in-laws and adopted country. “I can’t turn my back on my relatives, the grandparents of my children and the country,” says Jonassen who is married to Mika, a Japanese school teacher. They live in Funabashi a district of Chiba and have two children […]
Travel winner on Atiu
Lizzie Bishop from Kuoni Travel is the lucky winner of the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation trade competition, winning a holiday of a lifetime for two to the Cook Islands and a guaranteed commission to write a travel feature for Real Travel magazine on her island experience. She is currently in Atiu, experiencing the natural untouched […]
Emphasis on attendance
Although truancy has been cited by the Ministry of Education as a concern, particularly among year 11 students, Tereora College says to date no pupils have been referred to a truancy officer in this school year. Ministry of Education secretary Sharyn Paio says measures are being put in place to target truancy among students sitting […]
Cook Islands and Switzerland establish diplomatic relations
The Cook Islands and Switzerland have formally established diplomatic relations and have exchanged formal diplomatic notes to this effect. “The Cook Islands welcomes this very positive step forward in the development of relations with Switzerland,” says acting Foreign Affairs Minister Nandi Glassie. He says that the establishment of diplomatic relations provides a sound basis for […]
Jogging for health at Enuamanu
Last month the students and teachers of Enuamanu School on Atiu launched their health and wellbeing initiative towards healthy bodies, healthy minds equals a better education. The entire school will jog around the field for 10 minutes every fine day. Principal Nooroa Teipo and staff member Oirua Rasmussen led from the front with a determined […]
Miles leads law society
The Cook Islands Law Society has elected a new council following its annual general meeting recently. Barrister and solicitor Lloyd Miles has been re-elected as president and will serve his third annual term in the role. Newly-elected vice president Charles Little fills the vacancy left by former vice president Marie Francis, who resigned from the […]
Raising the bar in Aitutaki
The teachers at Araura Primary School have been engaged in professional development using ‘formative assessment practices’. A key aspect of formative assessment is the development of learning intentions and success criteria, said Gene Bartlett, principal of the school. “They are used to focus learning and teaching to allow students to self assess themselves against indicators […]
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