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Public sector orientation enhances and equips new officials
Twenty-four public service officials participated in a one-day Public Sector Orientation (PSO) session delivered by the Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) last month, as part of standard onboarding and recruitment.
Cook Islands seeks lessons from Kosovo’s path to IMF
Officials within the Cook Islands Foreign Service were able to engage with Kosovo’s recently accredited Ambassador to the Cook Islands, Jetmira Berdynah-Shala, as part of her programme of engagements in Rarotonga last week.
PM with son
Prime Minister Jim Marurai is due to accompany his son Jason Marurai back to Rarotonga today from Auckland after heading there on Tuesday. Jason Marurai, 38, has been recovering from injuries that saw him sent to NZ for emergency medical treatment in mid-July after a motorbike crash in Tupapa. The PM briefly visited his son […]
Building materials donated to Aitutaki
Mona Ioane made a quick trip to Aitutaki last week to deliver six containers of building materials which were donated by Cook Islanders in New Zealand. Ioane, the secretary of the Aitutaki community on Rarotonga, said he went over to present it to the island on behalf of the Aitutaki Enua Society in Auckland which […]
'Progress is being made'
While there is still some grumbling about the rebuild rate of homes on Aitutaki, progress is being made. NZAID’s Peter Scantlebury says sometimes people’s expectations are unreasonable about what is possible. He said people have to be realistic and appreciate they were dealing with a lot of logistical and bureaucratic requirements. Scantlebury is in Aitutaki […]
'I'm not used to it'
Vaipae grandmother Sally Pukenga is still not used to living in a tent – a tent she and six of her family members, including toddlers, have lived in since Cyclone Pat destroyed most of their home in February. But Sally has made her tent home as comfortable as she can while she waits for her […]
SPECIAL AITUTAKI CYCLONE RECOVERY REPORT: Reconstruction drags on
Recovery work will run into new cyclone season It is now highly unlikely that all the homes on Aitutaki will be rebuilt before the start of the next cyclone season. With just two months to go before the official start of cyclone season at the beginning of November, the latest progress report on rebuilding shows […]
Fatty corned beef draws complaint
The high-fat content canned corned beef is one of the Pacific’s favourite foods but local woman Iva Eitiare says enough is enough. The television ad says a ‘party’s not a party’ without it, but the Maraerenga resident says she will not buy Palm Corned Beef again after opening two cans of ‘pure fat’. She says […]
Repairs for Te Kukupa
Last week, police patrol boat Te Kukupa returned to Rarotonga after a trip to the northern group, during which she provided flu vaccinations and health checks to the people of Palmerston, Suwarrow, Nassau, Pukapuka, Manihiki, Rakahanga and Penrhyn. She was scheduled to leave again for the north yesterday, but the trip was cancelled after it […]
Police force farewell trio
The police force said farewell to two long-serving staff members and one meteorological service officer last week. Superintendent Taivero Isamaela is leaving the police force after 29 years. The 56-year-old joined the Cook Islands Police in 1983 and spent time serving as commander of police patrol boat Te Kukupa. Isamaela is the Cook Islands Party […]
Telecom 'future-proofs' Aitutaki
Telecom Cook Islands (TCI) says it is “future-proofing” its public switched network by replacing the older softswitch, with a new softswitch in Aitutaki. TCI says the powerful, next-generation softswitch will allow its customers “next generation network” services. “The new switch was successfully installed. It’s going well,” TCI manager of exchanges Carl Framhein said. “Random dial […]
Any takers?
The local branch of Pacific Islands Aids Foundation (PIAF) is looking to pair up with another organisation interested in sharing an office space. PIAF’s lease on their Tupapa building has expired and the non-profit organisation is looking to merge their offices with another business or relocate. The current building which houses PIAF belongs to Tangata […]
Puati hopes to inspire others
Jordan Puati is one of two new Pasifika scholarship students who have joined the Bachelor of Communication Studies degree programme at AUT University this year – and hope to inspire young people in their communities to follow their lead. Puati, 20, and Krissy Rangi, 18, have been awarded AUT/Pacific Islands Media Association (PIMA) Pasifika communication […]
Prison shouldn't be an option
Visitor says prison no place for sufferers of mental illness Kiwi visitor Graham Roper says people with mental health conditions should not have to be put in prison as highlighted in last week’s court report and street poll. Roper says families and the community can support those with mental illnesses and help them live productively […]
Smear test plea
Less than half the women asked to come for a pap smear actually attend. The test could be life-saving and is essential for any women over 21. “Cervical cancer is the only cancer which can be detected up to 10 or 15 years before it starts,” head of obstetrics and gynaecology at Rarotonga hospital, Dr […]
CIP conducts survey
The Cook Islands Party plans to launch its party manifesto as soon as Parliament is dissolved on September 24. The party is currently conducting a survey which will help direct some of the party’s policies. Vice president Mark Brown says the party’s election candidates have been going door to door to ask constituents about what […]
Paka's Pearls burgled
On Saturday night, Paka’s Pearls was burgled and robbed of thousands of dollars worth of pearl jewellery. It’s evident that the intruder knew what he or she was doing, as the lock on the back door had been expertly picked and stolen properties carefully selected. “They only went for some of the more expensive stuff, […]
George wary of reforms
CIP MP claims reforms would destroy democratic system CIP MP Norman George says some of the suggested political reforms would destroy the country’s democratic system. George says the direct election of the Prime Minister, creating national seats and selecting cabinet from outside of parliament would be so destructive as to ruin the democratic system and […]
Getting mobile on the net
Telecom Cook Islands has introduced its new mobile data service Koka Connect to post-paid subscribers. For the technically minded, it is known as GPRS – general packet radio service – and is a mobile data service enabling cellphone users to do email and surf the internet. The new service offers post paid mobile customers 300 […]
GPC wants candidates at forum
The newly re-formed Group for Political Change plans to call for a national consultation of current and intending MPs on political reform. In the lead up to the election, the group have vowed to finish what it started and continue to lobby for the reduction in the number of MPs. Founding members Lyndsay Francis and […]
Main aim to reduce MPs
The Group for Political Change will lobby for the reduction of the number of MPs in the lead up to the general election in November. The newly reformed group says this reform is one of the last it has yet to achieve since it began lobbying government back in 2002. Two of GPC’s founding members, […]
Temata moving on
Come the end of October, the second Pacific nation to hold a seat on the Bureau for the Convention for Biological Diversity, passes this privilege on. Tania Temata from the Cook Islands together with Cambodia represents the Asia Pacific Group on this bureau. It is a first for the Cook Islands to be represented on […]
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