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Meeting to extend neighbourhood watch
Monday 28 November 2011 | Published in Local
Having proven itself as an effective tool to cut crime, the Ngatangiia Neighbourhood Watch initiative is likely to continue. It started as a trial, but organiser Sisi Short says it has been hugely successful, and that during night patrols there has been no crime in her village. She wants to keep it going. We all […]
Oversight to blame for power cut
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Local
A procedural oversight is to blame for Te Aponga Uiras Rarotonga-wide power cut on Thursday afternoon, chief executive Apii Timoti says. In a press release issued by TAU yesterday, Timoti says the procedural oversight occurred during a cleaning process on one of the companys fuel day tanks. This procedure has since been strengthened by the […]
Ministry performance has improved
Saturday 26 November 2011 | Published in Local
Government ministries are performing better than in previous financial years, the Office of the Public Service Commissioner (OPSC) has discovered. Earlier this month OPSC submitted an information paper to cabinet on the annual performance review of heads of ministries (HOMs) for the financial period from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. OPSC is mandated […]
Power outage on Rarotonga
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Local
Te Aponga Uira O Tumutevarovaro (TAU) is apologising for a Rarotonga-wide electricity cut yesterday afternoon, triggered by the tripping of two large engines at the power station. TAU said the tripping of the engines forced too much loading onto the other remaining engines running at the time, and they too tripped. Pinpointing the reason or […]
We can all do something to help
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Local
Today, White Ribbon Day, marks the beginning of 16 days of activities to ensure that we continue to strive for a society with zero balance to any form of violence against women and their children. Violence against our women takes many forms: physical, sexual, psychological and economic. It is estimated that over 50% of our […]
Prime minister meets US president
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Henry Puna is one of a dozen Pacific leaders to have met United States President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Hawaii earlier this month. The US played host to an APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders meeting held in Honolulu, while Pacific leaders including Puna were simultaneously in Hawaii […]
Police introduce changes to justice system
Friday 25 November 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police are introducing two restorative justice schemes to better deal with people facing minor offences. The diversion and pre-charge warning schemes will be reviewed in six months, before a decision is made about implementing them permanently. Targeted are first-time offenders, facing charges which carry maximum penalties of less than six or 12 months […]
Half our water leaking
Thursday 24 November 2011 | Published in Local
About half of Rarotongas public water supply is leaking into the ground through a 60-year-old reticulation scheme under the islands roads. Finance minister Mark Brown mentioned the current water problem yesterday in explaining efforts by government to improve Rarotongas water storage and supply infrastructure. He says there are plans for the storage capacity of water […]
Government eyes $2.5m surplus
Thursday 24 November 2011 | Published in Local
Government expects to have a $2.5 million surplus by the end of this financial year, and a national budget surplus of about $6.3 million in the 2013-14 financial year. That is a projection, based on figures during the financial year to date, in which visitor numbers to the Cook Islands have been strong and accordingly […]
Exploratory fishing agreement signed
Wednesday 23 November 2011 | Published in Local
A three-year access agreement with China for exploratory fishing of bigeye tuna and swordfish has been signed by government, netting up to $40.8 million for the country. It allows 17 Chinese vessels access to fish in the Cook Islands exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for the next three years as part of the Ministry of Marine […]
Police chief calls Tetavas comments inappropriate
Wednesday 23 November 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Police commissioner Maata Tetavas request for the public not to bring complaints against police to the media is disappointing, says a United States police chief. Idaho police chief and regular visitor to the Cook Islands Jeff Gunter said he found Tetavas comments reported in Cook Islands News yesterday disappointing and inappropriate. He said […]
PM supports Hawaii maire industry
Monday 21 November 2011 | Published in Local
Prime Minister Henry Puna has pledged to do what he can to bolster the Cook Islands declining maire industry. During his recent trip to Oahu, Puna and chief executive Edwin Pittman met with Dave and Maile Thompson of Mea Pacific Traders, the Hawaii-based agents for Cook Islands maire. For years Mea Pacific Traders has publicised […]
New fishing vessels on the way
Saturday 19 November 2011 | Published in Local
One of the largest fishing companies in the world has been given the green light to fish for tuna in Cook Islands waters. The multi-national fishing company Luen Thai Fishing Venture, which has specifically designed boats for use in the Cook Islands seas, already has two vessels working in the Cook Islands and is expected […]
Rattle chairs conference in Geneva
Saturday 19 November 2011 | Published in Local
In a historic first for the Pacific and for the Cook Islands in particular, the secretary general of Cook Islands Red Cross, Niki Rattle, will chair the 31st International Conference of the Red Cross Red Crescent being held in Geneva Switzerland from November 28 to December 1. Held every four years, the conference includes representation […]
Guilty pleas to 11 drug charges
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Local
Defendants in the countrys largest ever drugs bust have admitted another 11 criminal charges. Operation Eagle defendants, of which 11 remain, appeared in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua before senior justice of the peace John Kenning on Wednesday. Of the eight who stood in the dock, four entered guilty pleas to charges relating […]
Govt accepts police action
Friday 18 November 2011 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands government is satisfied with police actions in response to All Black Zac Guildfords drunken excursion around Rarotonga last week. Unless the government receives a complaint about Cook Islands Polices actions, it does not plan to undertake any review at this stage. Police decided not to lay any charges against the disgraced All […]
Spike in thefts and burglaries
Thursday 17 November 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Police are warning people to keep proper watch over their goods and money following a spike in reports of petty thefts and burglaries late last week. A number of people have been the victim of thieves during the last week, with money and mobile phones appearing to be the most sought after items […]
Solar power policy pulled
Thursday 17 November 2011 | Published in Local
The state-owned energy operator Te Aponga Uira estimates it will reach its optimum level of grid-tied renewable installations on Rarotonga within the next two months. Once the grid reaches that capacity, people looking to invest in solar panels will not be able to tie their systems to the grid to store excess energy. Storage will […]
Fishing company ordered to cease operating
Wednesday 16 November 2011 | Published in Local
The Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) has ordered Tuanua Fishing Ltd to cease all operations in the Cook Islands because the foreign enterprise does not have BTIB approval to operate locally. BTIB chief executive Terry Rangi says the company, which has two fishing boats, was verbally advised by BTIB to cease its Cook Islands operations […]
Guildfords getaway
Wednesday 16 November 2011 | Published in Local
Disgraced All Black Zac Guildford left Rarotonga in an unusual and frenzied getaway late on Monday night, the escape in line with the wingers very public and bizarre stay in the Cook Islands. Guildford was whisked out of Rarotonga aboard a late night Pacific Blue flight to Auckland on Monday, bringing to an end a […]
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