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Tennis time!
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Local
Rarotonga children returned to the courts yesterday for the start of the tennis holiday programme with wide grins and energy to burn. The courts in Nikao were chock-a-block with energetic children learning to play tennis and improving their tennis skills. The programme will run every day from 9 to 10am for beginners and from 10am […]
Follow up for PR applications today
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Local
Spouses seeking permanent residency (PR) in the Cook Islands are urged to check the status of their applications today before a final list is considered by cabinet tomorrow. In December last year during a parliamentary session Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters who holds the portfolio of foreign affairs and immigration raised the issue of residents […]
Supplementary budget discussions next month
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Local
Parliament is set to sit for the first time this year in mid February. Wednesday, February 15 is rumoured to be the start date, although parliament clerk Nga Valoa says that has not yet been confirmed. Governments supplementary budget is likely to be the most important agenda item for members of parliament in the upcoming […]
Last words of a wanted man
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Local
Missing skipper and wanted man showed no sign that he planned to take his own life in his final log taken at Rarotonga. Cook Islands News has been given a copy of his final log entry recorded at Rarotonga, written and sent to a friend two days before he disappeared in calm waters after complaining […]
Chilling out
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Local
6-month old Georden Marsters soaks up the sun while taking a little dip, his first, in the beautiful Kauare lagoon in Titikaveka with his family. This photo was sent in by Geordens proud mum Tuanga Connal for the Cook Islands News Summer Photo Competition now in its third week. All readers have to do be […]
$106,000 helps with Atiu hostel construction
Monday 16 January 2012 | Published in Local
Thanks to a $106,000 donation, the Atiu community has been able to hire four labourers to work full-time on the Atiu Nui Maruarua III hostel in Maraerenga. The money was donated by the now-dissolved Enuamanu Lands Society Incorporated, the stakeholders of which met last year in Atiu and in Rarotonga to collectively decide how to […]
Numa makes his mark
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Local
Artist Numa Mackenzie departs on a six-month voyage aboard Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua tonight. Before flying out hes making his mark on Rarotonga with the permission of Kevin and Frances Cook, he tagged a larger-than-life tiki on the bus stop near Super Brown in Tupapa yesterday. And this morning hell be at Fresh Local, […]
Smell survey under wraps
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Health says it is not prepared to release the results of this weeks Muri census until it has completed a follow-up survey of the area next Wednesday. Cook Islands News was told it could publish the findings of the survey, which targeted 52 homes in Muri and aimed to determine whether there […]
Missing skipper on sex charges
Saturday 14 January 2012 | Published in Local
The missing skipper who disappeared off Rarotonga early this month stands accused of committing 27 sex-related offences in New Zealand, with charges levelled against him including rape and unlawful sexual conduct. The Auckland man, who provided the name of Gavin Maitland to officials in the Cook Islands, was due to appear in Auckland District Court […]
MPs wives share morning tea with Karika Ariki DBE
Friday 13 January 2012 | Published in Local
Makea Karika Margaret Ariki DBE was yesterday honoured at a morning tea by Akaiti Puna, wife of Prime Minister Henry Puna, and wives of local members of parliament. The women gathered at Tamarind House to pay homage to Makea Karika Ariki who was made a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British […]
New travel policy for government heads
Friday 13 January 2012 | Published in Local
A new set of rules introduced by the Cook Islands government will oversee the rules and requirements for heads of ministries who travel. The Heads of Ministries and Crown Agencies Travel Policy standardises the travel conditions and entitlements for heads of ministries during official international travel. The policy requires all travel to be approved by […]
Fishermen await socio-economic report
Friday 13 January 2012 | Published in Local
The first draft of a socio-economic report on local fisheries should be completed by the end of this month. Economist Vaine Wichman is producing the report for the Cook Islands Fishing Association (CIF). She has been interviewing and surveying local fishermen, collecting data on imported fish products and collating information on the value of the […]
Laptop may lead to next of kin
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police are hoping a laptop recovered from the yacht Bonny will help them locate its missing skippers next of kin. Police have not yet been able to contact the family of a man who disappeared at sea about 20 nautical miles off Rarotonga last week. Commissioner Maara Tetava yesterday said the man had […]
Defendants on bail due in court today
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Local
Two men remain incarcerated from the string of arrests made over the festive period and since court last sat on December 21, but all others arrested during the time are no longer in police custody. Cook Islands Police Commissioner Maara Tetava said police could not hold anyone in their holding cells for more than 48 […]
Marine studies now in schools
Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Local
From May, Cook Islands students will be more in tune with their ocean environment and its marine creatures. The Ministry of Education (MOE) has entered into a partnership with Cook Islands charitable trust Pacific Islands Conservation Initiative (PICI) to develop a nationwide curriculum covering four subject areas sea turtle conservation, shark awareness and conservation, lagoon […]
Muri survey results being analysed
Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Local
Ten officers from the Ministry of Health and three from the National Environment Service (NES) yesterday completed a survey of around 60 Muri homes. The aim was to determine whether waste products from Scotts Farm are causing neighbouring residents to be ill. Officers started canvassing homes within 150 metres of the farm at 9am and […]
Wanted man apprehended
Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Local
Wanted man Kakino Kakino Junior is back in police custody after leading officers on a high-speed pursuit on Rarotongas roads yesterday afternoon. Cook Islands Police detectives chased Kakino from Arorangi to Nikao about 1.30pm yesterday, ending a two and a half week search for the wanted man. Kakino has evaded police since before Christmas, when […]
Bonny still a mystery
Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Local
The yacht Bonny faces an undisclosed length of stay in the Avatiu harbour as police continue investigations into the circumstances surrounding its skippers disappearance. Harbour master Captain John Cornwell said Cook Islands Police had advised him that the vessel was still considered to be a crime scene. As such, they could not give a time […]
Tiraa lands climate job
Monday 9 January 2012 | Published in Local
Former National Environment Service officer Ana Tiraa has been appointed as the director of the new climate change division within the Office of the Prime Minister. Tiraa, who is also a member of the Te Ipukarea Society (TIS), has a background in natural resource management and climate change. She completed a masters degree on the […]
24 incidents
Monday 9 January 2012 | Published in Local
Police attended to 24 incidents at the weekend. A spokesman said yesterday it was a busy weekend with alcohol related behaviour causing most of the problems. Three assaults were reported and two men were arrested while another will be arrested shortly. All are to appear in court when it starts for the year on Thursday. […]
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