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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.
Lending books again
This week children at Araura primary school and college were once again able to borrow library books and take them home to read. Ministry of Education literacy adviser Kathy George has been in Aitutaki for the past two weeks setting up an automated library for the school. Helping her cataloguing, colour coding and entering on […]
High hopes and heartened: Tim Arnold
By Tim Arnold From a political reform perspective, it is very early days. Only with Henry Puna’s confirmation as Prime Minister, by Parliament last week, have we moved past the “provisional government” of the past 90 days or so. Early signs are encouraging. As Prime Minister, Henry Puna has dealt swiftly and decisively with the […]
Airfare increases push up CPI
An increase in the prices of overseas airfares meant that for between the June quarter of 2010 and the September quarter of 2010, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) number for transport jumped by 2.5%. The CPI number for the September quarter of last year was up by 0.6% over the previous quarter and had increased […]
Sexual health manuals highly rated
A series of training manuals on adolescent reproductive health was presented to the Ministry of Education by the Cook Islands Family Welfare Association (CIFWA) to distribute to schools across the Cook Islands. The manuals, which come in a set of 14 separate booklets, are the brainchild of CIFWA youth division member Matamaru Tereapii. The young […]
High-rise rescue training
Rarotonga and Aitutaki fire fighters are in the midst of a senior training programme, which yesterday saw a person rescued from a four-storey building at the international airport. Fire Service chief Nga Jessie says four fire fighters from Rarotonga and one from Aitutaki will complete the three-week training programme next week. Another five Rarotonga fire […]
Familiar faces back on staff
Cook Islands News welcomes back some familiar faces this month. Well-known local journalist Florence Syme-Buchanan joins the newsroom as senior journalist in what will be her third stint with the newspaper. Florence started here as a cadet reporter as a 16-year-old straight out of school, and then went on to study journalism at the Auckland […]
PM discusses controversial NZ report
Some good things and some bad things. That’s what Prime Minister Henry Puna has told Kiwi MP John Hayes is contained in the controversial New Zealand parliamentary report on NZ’s relationship with the Pacific islands. The Pacific Review was written by the NZ Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade committee which Hayes chaired. The report has […]
Mangaia prepares for Manea
Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee sports manager Robert Graham will head to Mangaia next week to help the island prepare for the Manea Zone Games which have been confirmed to be held between October 3 and 14. Mangaia was the first island to host the zone games in 1997 and last year the […]
Long drop reminds Dayna of outer islands
Living in earthquake-damaged Christchurch is a little bit like living in the outer islands, Rarotonga-raised 21-year-old Dayna Napa says. “We’ve got a long drop out the back, so it’s a bit like living in the outer islands. We’ve got family in Mauke and I remember visiting them and using a long drop – that’s the […]
Reward Christchurch heroes and heroines with a holiday – Cook Islands Tourism
The country’s tourism industry is said to be responding positively to the idea of offering all expenses paid Cook Islands holidays to 100 heroes and heroines of the Christchurch tragedy. The proposal is still in the early stages of development and has been initiated by Cook Islands Tourism (CIT). However, CIT is understood to be […]
Christchurch couple worry about home
Gavin and Ruia McDermott are having a harder time enjoying their Rarotonga honeymoon than most. The Christchurch couple will celebrate their first wedding anniversary on Saturday, but they can’t help worrying about friends and family struggling in earthquake-ravaged Canterbury. Both were in the city when the earthquake struck on Tuesday NZT – Ruia at their […]
'Too many chiefs, not enough indians'
A problem of too many chiefs and not enough indians has been resolved, thanks to two years of staff restructuring at the Ministry of Culture, says secretary Sonny Williams. Williams, who was secretary from 2000 to 2006, returned to the role in 2009 after a brief stint in the private sector. He says upon his […]
Fisheries protection squad trained
A new compliance unit has been established within the Ministry of Marine Resources to target breaches of regulation in conjunction with the police department’s Te Kukupa staff. MMR secretary Ben Ponia says the need for a specially-trained compliance unit within the ministry became apparent in June last year, during the process of forming a bonefish […]
MMR cautious about park trust
The Ministry of Marine Resources believes management and licensing of Cook Islands offshore fisheries is best left to a government statutory body, rather than a Marine Park Trust. “We would have to be careful about handing this responsibility over to a trust assuming it is a small board of people, what their qualifications are, and […]
Visitors up
Total visitor arrivals for the September 2010 quarter increased by 34.8% from the June 2010 quarter. During the September quarter, there were 33,514 visitors to the Cook Islands – more than the 31,319 tourists during the September 2009 quarter. Kiwis were the biggest nationality to the Cook Islands during the September 2010 quarter with 71% […]
'Political interference' in appointment
When the former Cook Islands Investment Corporation board hired John Tini to be chief executive of a government corporation with assets valued at $170 million, it failed to observe principles of good governance. Transparency was also lacking, states the recently tabled Audit report which reviews the selection and appointment of Tini in June 2007. It […]
Report critical of former CIIC board
Cook Islands Investment Corporation’s previous board has been accused of intentionally pretending to be transparent in the way it handled applications for chief executive when it had already decided John Tini would get the CEO job. The damning report further accuses the former board of creating a situation of political interference, bias and conflict of […]
Audit investigations open to public
The Audit Office First Quarter Report was tabled at last week’s sitting of Parliament making the comprehensive document open to the public. Apart from normal financial and stock take reports, it also contains five performance audits, special reviews and investigations. The special investigations by Audit were conducted into the appointment of former Cook Islands Investment […]
Shocked seek help
CHRISTCHURCH, Feb 25 – As Christchurch medical centres continue to treat those with physical scars following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake an increasing number of people left mentally battered are arriving seeking help. The Ferry Road Medical Centre in Phillipstown has been dealing with patients ranging from the walking wounded on Tuesday to helping those with shock […]
Population dwindling
The Cook Islands Statistics Office bulletin for the quarter ending September 2010 reveals an increase in tourist numbers but a decrease in resident population. Statistics for that quarter show a total estimated population of 23,400 – but just 11,400 estimated residents, which is down from the June 2010 quarter, which had residents pegged somewhere around […]
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