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Ash grounds passengers
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in Local
Volcanic ash spewing from a Chilean volcano has again put travellers plans into disarray at Rarotonga International Airport. Pacific Blue flights into and out of Rarotonga have been cancelled until Sunday as the ash cloud settles over New Zealand airspace. Flight numbers DJ162, scheduled to leave Rarotonga at 1.15am, and DJ163, scheduled to depart Auckland […]
Govt wont be rushed on mining
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in Local
The Office of the Minister of Minerals and Natural Resources says it is serious about developing a deep sea mining sector within the Cook Islands without rushing the process. Ministerial advisor Paul Lynch wrote to Cook Islands News yesterday following the front page story detailing a multi-million dollar plan to explore the potential for seabed […]
Crowd testament to Te Tikas influence
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in Local
Hundreds of Cook Islanders flocked to Titikaveka CICC yesterday to pay their respects to the late Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid, who passed away suddenly last week. The church was overflowing with people who Te Tika Mataiapo touched in some way or another people stood on the lawns outside the chapel, occupied chairs arranged underneath […]
Make it or break it at world cup
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands open mens touch rugby team will play three games today which will determine their fate at the touch rugby world cup in Scotland. If the Cooks win all three games today they have a strong chance of getting into the top four playoffs of the tournament. The moved on to the top […]
New store and takeaway almost finished
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in National
Construction on the newest branch of grocery chain Manea Foods is nearing completion. The shop formerly Ooa Petrol in Tupapa should open next week, owner James Beer said. On Thursday it had power installed, and staff are already running equipment tests and refrigerators. In past months work crews have been working hard to get Manea […]
Kids embrace kitesurfing competition
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in National
Schools on Aitutaki are getting into the kitesurfing spirit ahead of next weeks competition. Seventy-six students from grades five and six at all three of Aitutakis primary schools participated in a kite-making challenge this week. They spent yesterday flying their kites, which will be judged on Tuesday. Contest organiser Ianis Boaza, himself a competitor at […]
Thousands go local at night market
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in National
About 40 vendors and 4000 punters packed the Punanga Nui market on Wednesday night for the first annual Go Local Night Market. A mixture of Cook Islanders and tourists filled the market from 6pm to sample the countrys local produce, products and performance. Mana Etches of the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) said crowd numbers […]
Lady Hillary explores the Cooks
Friday 24 June 2011 | Published in National
Lady June Hillary, wife of the late New Zealand explorer Sir Edmund Hillary, was among the passengers to disembark at Rarotonga this week from the visiting Paul Gauguin cruise liner. Lady Hillary and just over 300 passengers aboard the ship left the Cook Islands yesterday after spending two days in the country. The ship is […]
Rescue boat taken for test spin
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Rarotonga Crash Fire Service officers spent yesterday afternoon taking their rescue boat for a test maintenance run to keep the boat in tip top condition when it is needed for a sea rescue. The three year old Rescue 5 boat is taken out for a test run once a month to keep the vessels twin […]
Work cuts cable
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
A power cable being cut is believed to be the cause of an electricity outage to the Cook Islands Trading Corporation main store in Avarua on Tuesday afternoon. Construction work is being undertaken near the building at present. The retail complex lost power shortly after 3pm and closed early at 4pm. Power has been restored. […]
Government in dark on details
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Deputy leader of the opposition Wilkie Rasmussen says the government was not privy to an agreement between the Northern Cook Islands Fishing Company (NCIFC) and a Taiwanese fishing firm, despite the issuing of licences for Yuh Yow Marine vessels. Rasmussen was the minister of marine resources at the time applications for licences were put to […]
Environment crusader dies
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Rarotonga has lost a crusader for the environment and skilled science teacher with this weeks death of Patua Rangatira Keri Herman. Herman died aged 50 on Tuesday afternoon at Rarotonga hospital. A funeral service was held yesterday (June 22) from 3.30pm at his family home in Pue, Tupapa. He was then buried in Matavera opposite […]
Pacific court officials meet
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Members of an executive committee for the Pacific Judicial Development Programme (PJDP) will meet in Rarotonga next week to discuss the ongoing education of judicial and court officers as well as the improvement of associated systems within the Pacific region. The meeting follows a five-day workshop of PJDP national coordinators this week at the Edgewater […]
Environment partnership fund reviewed
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Environment
Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) programme manager Jacqui Evans has returned to the Cook Islands from Fiji where she was involved in a mid term review of the Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund (CEPF). Evans says the fund is a joint initiative of the French Development Agency, Conservation International, Global Environment Facility, Japanese government, MacArthur Foundation and […]
Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid comes home
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Local
Dozens turned up to the Air New Zealand cargo hangar yesterday to meet Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reids casket. Wrapped in a korowai, the casket arrived on NZ46 in the late afternoon to be greeted by throngs of people dressed in black and white and bearing eis for their sister and friend, the late Te […]
ANZ mortgage agreement kept secret
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Local
An agreement has been reached between the ANZ bank Cook Islands branch and a Rarotonga couple over a $95,000 loan for a house which was never built. Details about the agreement, formalised this week, cannot be disclosed publicly due to a confidentiality agreement. Tangi and Nooroa Samuel, who have come to an agreement with the […]
$25m seabed mining offer
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in Local
Canadian banking group Endeavour Financial has made a fresh, $25 million offer to the Cook Islands government for an exploratory licence for manganese nodule mining. But the company appears to have been largely ignored by the government in its latest attempts to obtain a licence. Cook Islands News was told by a source close to […]
Gender equality policy a big step
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Cabinet yesterday approved the National Policy on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women, which Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) president Vaine Wichman says is a big step. We dont have to fight anymore this means they (government) have committed to a lot of things, Wichman said. In the old days our womens organisations […]
Fearless patron for all CI women
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Akaeke ia ngaru e.akaeke Akaeke ia rangi e. akaeke Tutuki anga marokura e…tutuki Tutuki anga mamae ngakau e …tutuki Te Tika was our fearless patron and accepted this position in 2002. She assumed her position as patron for all the women of the Cook Islands with shared visions and immaculate judgement. She grew us, in […]
Customers smiling after food expo
Thursday 23 June 2011 | Published in National
Hundreds of people made the most of yesterdays CITC supermarket food and liquor expo and judging by the smiles through the aisles, it was a hugely successful day. Tables of free food and liquor samples were set up in the aisles of the supermarket and after sampling the tasty morsels, customers had the opportunity to […]
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