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TIS shows purse seine doco on Vaka TV
Monday 11 April 2011 | Published in Environment
The environmental organisation Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) will be televising a documentary on the environmental impact of purse seine fishing tomorrow evening on Vaka TV. The screening coordinated by TIS is part of an awareness campaign “Te Ki o to Tatou Moana ei angai rai ia tatou – our ocean of fish is for the […]
Outrigging fun for all ages
Monday 11 April 2011 | Published in Local
It was all action and lots of fun for everyone including these budding young paddlers at Saturday’s annual corporate oe vaka raceday at Muri beach. Report and photos, pages 10-11. 11041021
'Bootleggers' taking business away
Monday 11 April 2011 | Published in Local
A local real estate agent who says he and others have worked hard to establish professional services isn’t happy about an offshore company selling valuable local properties describing the company as ‘no better than bootleggers’. Real Estate agent John McElhinney says it’s tough to see the cream of the efforts going offshore when he believes […]
Take part and have your say
Monday 11 April 2011 | Published in Local
The government can’t do it alone and needs your help – come to the Economic Summit and have your say. That’s the appeal Finance Minister Mark Brown is sending all Cook Islanders saying tomorrow’s Economic Summit is going to be a groundbreaking event for the country. “It’s a huge event for us because the summit […]
Homes wanted
Monday 11 April 2011 | Published in National
By Gregg Young With the amount of homeless adult cats and kittens currently at the Esther Honey Foundation looking for homes, we cannot stress enough that we need to try and control the population of cats on Rarotonga. In order to control the population of cats we not only need to de-sex them but also […]
Nukutere runs for Christchurch
Monday 11 April 2011 | Published in National
Nukutere College students worked up a sweat on the running tracks on Friday to raise funds for victims of the Christchurch earthquake. Through the week leading up to the run – students went out into the community seeking pledges by people to sponsor them for the 10km (25 times around the running track) distance around […]
Activist claims dodgy land agents claiming thousands
Monday 11 April 2011 | Published in National
An act introduced to protect the public from unscrupulous land agents doesn’t seem to be working, according to human rights and land activist Lynnsay Francis. She says there are still cases of people losing thousands of dollars and something must be done about it now. “People have complained to me about it and I am […]
Manihiki protestors escape jail sentences
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in Local
Three Cook Islands men in their 50s, convicted of charges after the 2008 protest at Manihiki airport, have escaped jail sentences. Mataio Johnson (59), Ruhau Tamaunu (55), and Temu Okotai (59), were each ordered to appear in court for sentencing if called upon within three years by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High […]
By-election date due on Monday
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in Local
A date for the Pukapuka by-election will definitely be announced by Monday afternoon, confirms the office of acting prime minister Teariki Heather. CEO Ben Mose says the acting PM has been in communication with the Justice department over the by-election date and asked that staff attend to it as a matter of priority. Mose says […]
Govt wants aid money for budget
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in Local
The government is lobbying to change how the country receives aid money – it wants aid funds put directly into the general budget. The government is expected to try and show donor partners that robust financial accountability measures are in place and that it can be trusted to manage donor funds well. When 2010-11 budget […]
Students make peace plans
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in National
PPSEAWA (Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association) peace council chairwoman Johanna Simiona-Gifford gathered student and teacher peace ambassadors together from six Rarotonga schools yesterday at USP and encouraged them to draw up their own individual plans for promoting peace this year. Ambassadors from Tereora College, Nikao Maori School, Rutaki School, Arorangi School, Avatea School, St […]
Women want 'in' to politics
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in National
The Pacific islands have slipped behind Arab states to become the region with the world’s lowest proportion of women in politics. The number of women in the Cook Islands parliament ‘flat lined’ for awhile, and now is ‘tipping backwards’, says political reformist Teina Mackenzie. But for Mackenzie, the light at the end of an otherwise […]
Recipe for manure tea
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in National
Soil is a living thing that needs good food to be healthy so that in turn it can feed the plants. Producing our own organic fertilisers makes a huge difference to crops and the pocket. No need to wait for the boat to bring in expensive sacks of NPK granules as we get on with […]
Young doctors choose Cooks
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in National
Thanks to a ‘random internet search’, the Rarotonga Hospital this month has four volunteer medical students on hand to help wherever possible. Patrick Eakin, a fifth-year student at Keele University in the United Kongdom, said he and his med-school mate Sarah Dawson could choose to volunteer ‘anywhere in the world’ – after considering their options, […]
CISNOC 'insolvent' – Stoddart
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in National
The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) is facing a financial deficit, although executive board members are confident the books can be balanced. About 70 people at CISNOC’s annual general meeting on Thursday night heard that the committee is insolvent and not likely to be able to fund its financial obligations in the […]
Sentences suspended
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in Crime
Three men convicted of charges arising from a 2008 protest at the Manihiki airport have escaped jail sentences. Mataio Johnson and Ruhau Tamaunu were each convicted of endangering transport, which carries a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment. Temu Okotai was convicted of being a party to the offence. All three received deferred sentences of […]
Young mum jailed
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in Crime
For stealing $30,000 from Air Rarotonga over a period of 18 months, a former employee of the company was convicted and sent to jail for one year by Justice Hugh Williams in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. Yvonne Quarter (25), of Tupapa, pleaded guilty to a representative charge of theft as a […]
PM extends open invitation to summit
Saturday 9 April 2011 | Published in Local
Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna wants all Cook Islanders to join in planning the development of the country. Puna has extended an open invitation to all Cook Islanders to take part in the National Economic Summit being held over two days next week. “This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in setting the […]
2 weeks in jail for probation breach
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in Crime
For continuously failing to report for community service, a 24-year-old chef from Matavera was convicted and jailed for two weeks by Justice of the Peace Ina Tautu in the Cook Islands High Court at Avarua yesterday. Terepai Joseph pleaded guilty to two charges of breaching community service at Avarua on March 5 and 26. Probation […]
Fijian man sues over surgery
Friday 8 April 2011 | Published in Crime
A Fijian man suing health minister Nandi Glassie as well as attorney general and Prime Minister Henry Puna for $600,000 has been ordered to pay $3000 as security for costs in respect of the associated impending court hearing. Setareki Raiyawa – a former staff member at the Rarotongan Beach Resort and Spa – is claiming […]
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