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Community support key to fulfilling Red Cross mandate
Upholding humanity in the face of adversity is one of the key messages of World Red Cross Red Crescent Day which was observed yesterday, as they confront a world inundated by conflict, disasters, and unprecedented challenges.
Tobacco Bill requires permits, new age limit and bans promotion
The proposed Tobacco Products Control Amendment Bill 2024 would require businesses currently importing and selling tobacco to reapply for a permit.
94 to be honoured at USP graduation
Thursday 20: Up to 94 people will be honoured at the University of the South Pacific Cook Islands graduation ceremony tomorrow at the Are Karioi Nui. USP director Rod Dixon says that up to 60 will graduate and receive their degrees/diplomas/certificates. Up to 34 – who have already graduated since the last Cook Islands ceremony […]
Rasmussen should join us – CIP MPs
Tuesday 25: The country is at ground zero as the Democratic Party shoots itself in the foot again say self-described Atiu political tag team – MPs Norman George and Nandi Glassie. They issued a statement yesterday describing their disappointments at the Wilkie Rasmussen expulsion and ‘the downed HoMs’. They are critical of the Democratic Party […]
Fly plague in Arorangi
Monday 24: Hotels and restaurants in Arorangi expressed frustration last week at what they are calling an ‘invasion of flies’ at their premises. Rarotonga Resorts Management general manager Rohan Ellis says the increasing number of flies is believed to be due to the out of control fly situation at the Arorangi landfill site. Ellis oversees […]
Koteka voted to board
SATURDAY 22: Anna Koteka has been voted on to the national superannuation board as the contributors’ representative. The process to elect a representative came to a close last Friday. Over a two-week period from July 28 to August 7, members of the fund were given the opportunity to vote for the representative who they felt […]
UK vet and nurse pick Raro
SATURDAY 22: English veterinarian university graduate Laura Musgrove, 23, had a slew of high-tech, big-budget European clinics on her doorstep from which to get her first work experience. Instead, she and a small band of vet-care specialists regularly answer the call of a tiny Pacific Island animal centre with an international reputation – the Esther […]
Emotional plea from Manihiki
SATURDAY 22: Tere party of 130 prepared and ready for Maeva Nui The people of Manihiki – concerned about transport to Maeva Nui – issued a ‘letter of plea to the government of today’ on Thursday. The letter addressed to deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate was signed by acting island secretary Lazaro Samson with […]
Aotearoa Society to welcome Maori King
Friday 21: The Aotearoa Society will host the visiting New Zealand Maori king Te Arikinui Tuheitia Paki to a morning tea at the Aotearoa Centre in Tupapa during his week-long visit next month. Society secretary Helen O’Meara says they have been asked by NZ High Commissioner Tia Barrett to host the king and his entourage […]
USP wants Cook Islands input
Friday 21: The University of the South Pacific’s vice chancellor and president is on Rarotonga and is keen to hear how the USP can better serve the needs of the country’s residents. Professor Rajesh Chandra is here primarily to attend this morning’s graduation of Cook Islands-based students at the National Auditorium. But Chandra says that […]
Westpac cuts penalty fees
Friday 21: Westpac today announced a range of exception fee reductions, some fees cut by 60 percent, across a number of their business and personal products and services. The reduced exception fees, sometimes known as penalty fees, apply to credit card and transaction accounts and come as part of the bank’s renewed customer-focused strategy. The […]
Orientation concludes for HoMs and SIAs
Wednesday 26: Heads of ministries (HoMs) and island secretaries (SIAs) are into the last day of a two-day orie-ntation workshop on Rarotonga. Office of the public service commissioner CEO Priscilla Maruariki said yesterday that workshop will help new HoMs and island secretaries to better understand their roles and familiarise themselves with the legislation which applies […]
Calling home easy for Opo
Thursday 20: Born in New Zealand with strong family ties to the Cook Islands and Tonga, Aircraftsman Malina Opo is serving with No. 3 Squadron, Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), in Samoa as part of Exercise Tropic Astra 2009. Opo loves his job and says he would encourage Cook Islanders to join the air […]
3 earthquakes
Wednesday 19: Three earthquakes have struck south of Fiji this week but no repercussions are expected for the Cook Islands. According to the US Geographical Survey Centre, the first quake had a magnitude of 4.4 and occurred on Sundayat 1.38pm (CI time). It had a focal depth of 551.3 kilometres and was 70 kilometres south […]
Second Tahiti Nui charter planned
Friday 14: Deputy prime minister and finance minister Sir Terepai Maoate will travel to French Polynesia tomorrow to finalise the charter of the government-owned ship Tahiti Nui to transport northern group islanders to the Maeva Nui celebrations next month. He made the announcement of his mission in parliament yesterday after Rakahanga MP Piho Rua said […]
Police investigate 14 new burglaries
Tuesday 18: Money, cigarettes and mobile phones were amongst items taken in some of the 14 burglaries reported to police in the week to August 16. Inspector Arama Tera says that the public should take extra care in locking up their houses and accommodation units, as well as keeping valuables out of sight or in […]
Constitutional amendment passed
Friday 14: A constitutional amendment was passed yesterday to amend the set up of the Cook Islands Court of Appeal, its membership and how its judges are appointed. One of the main changes is that the high court will now be able to be held outside of the Cook Islands in special circumstances such as […]
Internet problem
Tuesday 18: Telecom Cook Islands’ residential broadband users may have noticed slower internet speed yesterday. This is due to one of the two internet circuits being out of service due to an equipment fault. The faulty circuit accounts for 30 percent of total internet capacity. Telecom identified the fault early yesterday morning. TCI says there […]
Mental health a low priority
Thursday 13: The low priority given to mental health in the Pacific means that specialised mental health care is sorely inadequate in the region, says a mental health adviser. Margaret Eastgate, regional youth and mental health project coordinator at the Foundation of the Peoples of the South Pacific International, made this statement when she addressed […]
Prison system irresponsible – Glassie
Tuesday 18: Opposition MP Nandi Glassie says the minister of justice must be made responsible for action on penal reform. Glassie describes the current prison system as ‘loose and irresponsible’. He is among a growing number of local people fed up with the management of the prison and the penal system’s failures. Glassie says the […]
Ex-principal ready for new role
Thursday 13: New secretary of education Sharyn Paio has been on the job for just five days and is optimistic about what she can achieve during her three-year term for the future of education. Paio says the ministry must now widen its horizons and have a strategic approach to implementing the new education master plan. […]
It's all been said before!
Monday 17: The Arorangi Prison was completed in August 1954 and the first inmates entered the facility on September 14, 1954. Apart from the more recent addition of the female quarters, little or no renovations have taken place since. The main prison is in many areas falling to bits. It is long past time that […]
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