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Te Tikas funeral tomorrow
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in Local
Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reids body arrives on this afternoons flight from Auckland. The House of Ariki, Koutu Nui, Te Tika Mataiapo Komono/Pota Rangatira and Kautai Mataiapo will be at the airport to greet flight NZ46 around 4.15pm. Reverend Tereora Tereora of the Nikao CICC will host a prayer service at the Air NZ cargo […]
Festival highlights importance of culture
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
The Tereora College cultural festival was a big step towards finding the balance between sporting, academic and social studies at the school, according to its organisers. Tereora cultural organiser Vae Papatua said for what had started as a nervous day, last Fridays cultural festival ended even better than he hoped. The schools four houses performed […]
Drawing on proud history
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
New inter-island cargo and passenger vessel Tiare Taporo was named after one of the last ships to trade under sail in the South Pacific. The original Tiare Taporo which in Tahitian means lime blossom was built for A B Donald Ltd in 1913 by Charles Bayley Jr of Auckland. When old man Donald started his […]
New inter-island ship gets overhaul
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
Pacific Schooners Ltd the Rarotonga-based company that is outfitting Tiare Taporo as a passenger and trading schooner has commissioned additional work for the trawler-turned-trader, pushing her date of arrival back a few months but giving her captain and crew more time to plan for her delivery voyage and future operations. She is currently undergoing renovation […]
Sympathy and memories pour in
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
More tributes have been sent to Cook Island News mourning the death of Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid. Waiting for the rainbow A Dorice, de la part de toute la communaut franaise de son Enua. Vous aviez toujours manifest un grand intrt pour tout ce qui touchait la France et la Polynsie franaise, avec notre […]
Public talks on deep sea minerals
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
Members of the public will soon get the chance to hear the latest on advances in the push for deep sea mining in the Cook Islands. The office of Deputy Prime Minister Tom Marsters, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minerals and Natural Resources, is planning a number of public seminars to help inform the community […]
Ceremony marks project milestone
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
A ceremony will be held tomorrow to mark the beginning of construction on the $27 million Avatiu Port upgrade. The government of the Cook Islands in conjunction with Cook Islands Ports Authority will host members of the Asian Development Bank Board and local dignitaries tomorrow at an 11am ceremony at the Avatiu Wharf. The Avatiu […]
Space truck fries above us
Wednesday 22 June 2011 | Published in National
The South Pacific or the airspace above it to be precise had a role to play in the International Space Station just before 11am yesterday as the impact point for Europe’s space freighter carrying a 1.3 tonne cargo of waste from the station. After a four month mission the automated transfer vehicle Johannes Kepler was […]
Ash cloud avoids Raro
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in National
Flights to and from Rarotonga have not been affected by the latest round of air flight cancellations in Australia as the return of volcanic ash disrupts travel in the nation for a second week. An Air Rarotonga spokeswoman yesterday afternoon said that the airport had not received any indication that flights servicing the Cook Islands […]
Vaka Marumaru Atua reaches Hawaii
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in National
Cook Islands vaka Marumaru Atua is in Hawaii. Alongside the six other vaka participating in Te Mana O Te Moana, she left Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas on June 4 and after 12 days at sea reached Hilo. A ceremony marked her arrival last Thursday. Navigators and captains from all seven vaka met at Koa […]
PSC refuses public debate
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in National
The public service commission will not get into a public debate with terminated justice secretary Mark Short, according to the acting public service commissioner Alex Tama Henry. Short was suspended in early February and terminated three months later. Public Service Commissioner Navy Epati said he had breached provisions of his contract and both the Public […]
Corporal down to business with guns
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in National
Royal New Zealand Air Force corporal Tamati Anaru is making himself at home at the Cook Islands Police Avarua headquarters, surrounded by firearms and weapon-cleaning equipment. Among graphite powder, M-Pro-7 gun cleaner, rifle rods, CLP (cleaner, lubricant and protectant), lint-less cloth and used toothbrushes the Blenheim-based armament technician can be found eying the action-end of […]
Competition pulls top guns
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Environment
Some of the worlds biggest kitesurfing names are coming to the Cook Islands to compete in next weeks competition. The pros start trickling in this week. World champion Jesse Richman, sponsored Tahitian rider Moehau Goold and head judge Bradley Price are on Thursdays flight from Papeete. Richman is just 18 but already a two-time KPWT […]
Funding recipients chosen
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Environment
Five community groups with environment focused projects will receive seed funding from the National Environment Service. A fun and educational Wetlands Quiz night was held at the end of the recent environment week with funds raised from team entry fees going towards the community-based environment projects on Rarotonga and the outer islands. We recognise that […]
Police once again urge vigilance
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police are again reminding people to be vigilant in locking up and keeping an eye on personal properties to deter opportunist theft and burglaries, after another five over the weekend. Three burglaries and two thefts were reported to police at the weekend. A visiting couple returned to their Matavera accommodation to find their […]
NCIFC in court in July
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Local
A civil court case between the Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company (NCIFC) and a Taiwanese fishing firm is scheduled to be heard for the first time before a Justice of the Peace on July 15. Acting for Taiwanese company Yuh Yow Marine Ltd and Chen Jin Tyan, local lawyer Lavenia Rokoika says she plans to […]
Plans to stop illegal fishers
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Local
From July 1 a pocket of high seas bordered by the exclusive economic zones of the Cook Islands, French Polynesia and Kiribati will be closely monitored for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The patch of high seas, called the Eastern High Seas Pocket (EHSP), is a corridor to the Cook Islands exclusive economic zone (EEZ) […]
Staring down the barrel
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in Local
Dont try this at home . . . Royal New Zealand Air Force corporal Tamati Anaru inspects an unloaded Cook Islands Police issue .223 rifle at the Avarua police station yesterday. Anaru is in the Cook Islands for two weeks during a firearm amnesty, cleaning and safety-checking small arms. It takes him between 10 and […]
Activities lead up to kitesurfing comp
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in National
Manureva International Competition and Festival the biggest kitesurfing competition ever staged in the Cook Islands and probably Aitutakis biggest event of the year is less than two weeks away. The kickoff function will be at Trader Jacks on Friday night. From 6pm, the people of Rarotonga are invited to come and meet the best (kitesurfers) […]
Challenging conditions for V6 racers
Tuesday 21 June 2011 | Published in National
Tight and competitive oe vaka races on Saturday made for thrilling action on the water as seven V6 crews took to the water for the opening 12km race of the V6 ocean race series in challenging conditions. Ngakau Toa Vaka and Te Tupu O Te Manava mens crews flew off the start line for the […]
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