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Pukapuka’s Apii Niua dux to attend Tereora College in 2025
Pukapuka’s Apii Niua, the biggest school in the Northern Group boasting a roll number of over 180 students, held its annual prize-giving day on Wednesday which was celebrated by the whole community.
Captain Ian Finley receives International Maritime award
Captain Ian Finley, Permanent Representative of the Cook Islands to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), who has represented the Cook Islands with distinction on the international stage, received the International Maritime Prize on December 2, at the IMO headquarters in London.
Marketing funds offered
Local businesses who are members of the chamber of commerce can now access an annual marketing support fund through the Pacific Island Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO). The chamber announced the fund is now available for small and medium businesses to provide for market research, exploration visits, exhibition or conference attendance, and promotional material. Funding amounts […]
Mitiaro students learn from 'Rorouira apaipai'
Mitiaro school students already have a name for the new state-of-the-art laptops they received as a pilot school for the One Laptop Per Child Project – ‘Rorouira apaipai’ – literally the carry around computer. The laptop project had been stalled for over a year, but this January, about 70 of them were finally sent to […]
Meeting to go over donations
The Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal Committee will be reviewing and processing donations at a meeting in Rarotonga on Thursday at 5pm. The committee requests village leaders to be present and asks that they bring a list of donors and all receipts to the hostel on Wednesday, so as to reconcile the accounts. – RR Cyclone Appeal […]
More drink driving accidents
Police responded to six vehicle accidents at the weekend and say that those involved were lucky not to receive major injuries. Three accidents occurred early on Friday morning. The first accident occurred opposite the Kii Kii Motel in Tupapa when a female driver heading towards Muri crashed through the hedges. She was breath tested and […]
Aitutaki tourism all go again
Tourism is all go again after the disruption caused by cyclone Pat, according to the Aitutaki Tourism Council’s second situation report. Yesterday’s report (dated Sunday February 21) starts by saying that in the interest of helping visitors to Aitutaki make informed decisions on their travel to our Island, the Tourism Council of Aitutaki will provide […]
Scientists gather info for disaster preparedness
Scientists from New Zealand are in Rarotonga and Aitutaki this month as part of an initiative to measure vulnerability and risk from earthquakes and cyclones in the Pacific Islands. Led by scientist Phil Glassie from NZ government-owned research organisation, GNS Science, they will spend the next six months collecting information on buildings and other infrastructure […]
Positive NZ response
A presentation outlining the key points of the country’s economic development task force programme was well-received in New Zealand, according to a media release from the office of the prime minister. Information about the programme was conveyed to the New Zealand government during a visit to Wellington recently by task force chairman Tata Crocombe, and […]
Supplies urgent in north
The northern group islands could get much needed supplies earlier than expected if Taio Shipping manages to fix its second ship over the next week. MV Te Kou Maru is expected to depart with cargo for the north on March 10 but this could leave sooner if repair work on its sister ship is completed […]
Cooks sign new high seas fisheries treaty
The Cook Islands has become the second country to sign a treaty on the conservation and management of high seas fisheries this month. While in Wellington earlier this month, deputy prime minister and minister of marine resources Robert Wigmore signed the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South […]
Govt asked to be specific
Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal Committee says an intention to formally request country embassies in Wellington to match dollar for dollar any funds it raises has been sidelined on advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ACA secretary Flo Syme-Buchanan said the committee had planned to write formal letters to embassies requesting assistance by matching the final […]
Pet clinic joins Spay Day event
Cat and dog owners are urged to take their pets to the Esther Honey Foundation Clinic for a free spay or neuter. Tuesday February 23 is Spay Day International – a Humane Society International annual campaign to inspire people to save animal lives by spaying or neutering pets and homeless cats and dogs. This is […]
Thieves busy in Arorangi
Police documented eight thefts last week. On Monday, pareu were stolen from a Kavera home. A gas bottle and a maroon mobile phone were taken from another Kavera residence. On Tuesday, residents of a Titikaveka home reported a theft of $400, cigarettes and a cell phone. Another Titikaveka resident reported that a handbag, diary, credit […]
Maoate and Marsters challenge funding
Leaders of the country’s two political parties are warning government that all major expenditure on cyclone recovery must be done according to the rules – with parliamentary endorsement. Democratic leader Sir Terepai Maoate says very little commitment can be made to the people of Aitutaki and the full recovery programme because the minority government needs […]
TCI aims to improve services to businesses
Telecom wants to tailor solutions to the needs of businesses as it attempts to improve its overall services further, says chief executive Jules Maher. At a cocktail function held on Tuesday for TCI’s key clients, Maher said the company is hoping to better understand the specific needs of businesses. “We need to find out what […]
Telecom's pledge branded a facade by would-be competitor
Telecom’s pledge to deliver better service has been branded a facade by Mervin Communications director William Framhein. “It’s all very well for Anthony Briscoe of Telecom New Zealand to say Telecom Cook Islands is of like-mind with the government and the people who want telecommunications that are good value, great service and quality second to […]
Beacons out in Penrhyn and Aitutaki
Beacons used by Air Rarotonga pilots to direct landings were recently damaged in strong winds on Penrhyn and Aitutaki. Air Raro managing director Ewan Smith said that the beacon building on Penrhyn was destroyed and that without it, flights were unable to travel northward. A Tuesday flight to Manihiki was delayed until Thursday so as […]
Herman to run for CIP
Former works secretary Atatoa Herman has been nominated as the Cook Islands Party candidate for Ngatangiia for the upcoming general elections. Herman’s nomination was confirmed at a meeting of the Ngatangiia CIP membership. Herman joins several other candidates who have been announced by the CIP recently. The candidates are Nandi Glassie for Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua, Norman George […]
NZ to help with Pacific shipping
Shipping services to the Cook Islands could be improved if New Zealand expands its initial proposal to build a ship for a Samoa-Tokelau service. Foreign affairs minister Robert Wigmore was in Wellington last week where he met with his NZ counterpart Murray McCully to discuss shipping issues. McCully requested the meeting which foreign affairs secretary […]
Officials coordinate immigration policy
Immigration officials from the Pacific region met yesterday at the Muri Beach Club for the 13th annual Pacific Immigration Directors’ Conference. The meeting was the first of the year, and will be followed by another in July and a final conference in October. A Cook Islands delegate represented Polynesia, delegates from Papua New Guinea and […]
Team to design plans for waste treatment overhaul
Government and independent groups are engaged in discussions about how to manage a $1 million NZAID donation toward an overhaul of waste management systems on Rarotonga and Aitutaki. ANZDEC Limited is contracting a team to design plans for the project that team member Geoff Mavromatis suspects will span up to ten years. At present, septic […]
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