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Rent stoush ends in court
Friday 3 June 2011 | Published in Crime
A family dispute about the entitlement of rent money came before Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Monday. Aroa artist Julia Tuake is claiming, also on behalf of her siblings, that they are entitled to half of the rent accrued for a family piece of land leased to Go […]
$2.2m northern water project begins
Friday 3 June 2011 | Published in National
The contract for a $2.2 million project to supply Pukapuka, Nassau, Rakahanga, Manihiki, and Penrhyn with better access to safe drinking water has been awarded to Keta Williams. Williams has subcontracted Cook Islands Building Supplies and Raro Plumbing to manufacture and outfit the 300 water tanks and first flush systems, which will be shipped to […]
Assault charge after family scuffle
Friday 3 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An assault accuseds lawyer is demanding to know why the complainants in the case have not been arrested and charged with assault themselves. Teremoana Iakimo (53), Empire Theatre projectionist, of Arorangi, faces one charge of common assault and another of (being a male) assaulting a female at Avarua on May 8. He was allegedly involved […]
Theft sentence appealed
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An appeal of a Justice of the Peace sentence was being heard before Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua this week. Takuvaine resident Aisake Fimone (23) took the stand to give evidence on Monday that he was not given the right to speak with a lawyer when charged with theft […]
League player to be sentenced
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Crime
An Arorangi rugby league player will today be sentenced for assault by a Justice of the Peace in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua. The 25-year-old man, who has interim name suppression which is due to expire today, admitted one charge of common assault when he last appeared in the court before JP Tui […]
Man jailed for bucket full of cannabis
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Crime
For possessing a ten litre plastic bucket full of dried cannabis leaf Ngatangiia resident Tiley Miriau was sentenced to two months in jail by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. Miriau (19), a tour guide, admitted one charge of possessing cannabis at Ngatangiia on October 18 last year. He […]
Climate change apriority
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Environment
Climate change adaption and emergency risk response need to go hand in hand and be considered in relation to all government policy, Emergency Management Cook Islands (EMCI) training and community education advisor William Tuivaga says. He has just returned from a four-day conference in Samoa which focussed on the lessons learnt by small island developing […]
Respecting the lagoon
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Environment
If we want to improve the health of the Rarotonga lagoon, we need to treat it like we treat our bodies, says Mii Kauvai of the Muri Environment Care Group. Treat the lagoon like you treat your body feed it with good things and it looks healthy, Kauvai told those who visited the Muri Environment […]
PM calls for environment action
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Environment
Prime minister Henry Puna says the new lagoon research is a call to action for Cook Islanders. As environment minister, Puna is taking a keen interest in Environment Week, Lagoon Day and measures to clean up the Cook Islands. Puna congratulated the Ministry of Marine Resources on the research conducted as part of their new […]
Death may be probed
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Local
There may be further police investigation into the death of an elderly man at his home in Matavera last month. The man was found lying face-down and covered in blood beside a plastic lawn chair. Members of the mans family suspect foul play was involved and are asking the police to consider further investigation of […]
Cannabis in schools a problem
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Local
Cannabis-related offending is on the rise in the Cook Islands and even children of primary school age are becoming involved, the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua heard yesterday. Justice Hugh Williams quizzed police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Ruth Hosking-Tane about cannabis use in the country during the sentencing of a Ngatangiia teenager for possession of […]
Lagoon Day expo raises awareness
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in Local
Hundreds of school children are now wiser about the role wetlands play in protecting the lagoon and marine life. Yesterday hundreds of school children along with prime minister Henry Puna and various heads of ministries visited the Lagoon Day expo at Nukupure Park in Ngatangiia which continues today. What we do on land impacts the […]
Woman of the year to be decided
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in National
Nominations closed this week for the Business and Professional Woman of the Year awards, which are scheduled for June 10. The awards have not been held since 2006. Eleven women have been nominated for this years award and while they know they have been nominated, the Business and Professional Women (BPW) board prefers not to […]
Kwai disappearance not thought suspicious
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in National
There is no evidence to suggest foul play was involved in the disappearance of an Arorangi man who may have fallen overboard from the sailing Vessel Kwai last month. Police are continuing to investigate the suspected death of Manuela Fortes, who was employed as a driver/operator for T & M Heather Ltd. Fortes, in his […]
Buried waste no public health risk
Thursday 2 June 2011 | Published in National
The National Environment Service should have been consulted on the burial of untreated septic waste at the Rarotonga hospital, NES compliance manager Vavia Tangatataia says. In April less than one tonne of solidified untreated sewage was buried in a two metre-deep trench underneath a cracked 10,000 litre septic tank on site at Rarotongas hospital in […]
BTIB case set for July
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in National
A court trial is set to be held in July for the case between the Business Trade Investment Board (BTIB) and Taakoka Island Villas Ltd. It will focus on whether search warrants executed by the BTIB on Taakoka were legal and if the latter company was operating illegally. The BTIB alleges Taakoka was operating in […]
Tourism agents experience CI
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in National
A delegation of tourism marketing agents is in the Cook Islands to experience what the country has to offer. Cook Islands Tourism Corporation facilitates the visits by its contracted agents and staff members based in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America. At present 15 of the 17 agents are in Rarotonga, […]
Vaka TV dispute decision reserved
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Crime
Justice Hugh Williams has reserved his decision in the civil court case between Christine Backer and Vaka Television Ltd. He heard submissions from both parties in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua on Monday. Backer, an Australian national who has lived on Rarotonga for almost a year, claims she is owed $125,000 from the […]
Packed schedule for Lagoon Day
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Local
Today is Lagoon Day and a packed programme is in store for Rarotonga children and the community taking part. The programme starts at 8.30am with a prayer, opening ceremony and words of encouragement by prime minister and minister of environment Henry Puna. Invited guests including Aronga Mana, ministers and heads of ministries will have a […]
Teen arrested for indecent assault
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands police are urging parents and caregivers to monitor the whereabouts of young children after a six-year-old girl was indecently assaulted while fishing for eels unsupervised. The girl, from Takuvaine, was with her younger brother at the Takuvaine stream at the time. Police say the boy is about four years old. The two were […]
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