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HERALD16 April 2014 $2 (Incl VAT)
PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD16 April 2014 $2 (incl VAT) Cakes for all ocassions! Edgewater Cakes Enquiries call us on 25435 extn 7010 Sunset BarBQs at the Shipwreck Hut Saturday Seafood menu with Jake Numanga on the Ukulele 6pm Tuesday Sunset BBQ with Garth Young on Piano 6pm Thursday Sunset Cocktails with Rudy Aquino Goldmine 5.30pm-7.30pm Reservations required Model, 22 166 Dayna is Aroa Beachside Inn, Betela wearing Great Food, Great Entertainment a ring, necklace and Always the best bracelet from selection, best Goldmine price & best service at Goldmine! POWERBALL RESULTS Drawn: 10/4/14 Draw num: 934 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:12/4/14 Draw num: 3415 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:15/4/14 Draw num: 1052 Next draw: SUPP: Cook islands Herald 16 April 2014 2 PM Puna now exposed and Vulnerable n the 2010 General skills of strategic and tactical Election night the Cook manoeuvrings within the OIslands Party was swept Parliamentary machinery let into power with a commanding alone his inadequate grasp majority of eight Members of of the Standing Orders and Parliament. An over confident the Constitution leaves his first time Prime Minister Henry leadership exposed to political Puna in the selection of his exploitation. With only five years Cabinet made a political bungle elected political experience, that he now reaps the horror Puna is still a Parliamentary of and that was his failure to novice as during his time as a MP accommodate and secure Atiu Parliament has not sat sufficient MP Norman George. Puna times for him to learn this vital fulfilled what he had already aspect of the political profession. -
Issues and Events, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018
Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018 Reviews of American Sāmoa, Hawai‘i, inflow of people to the islands” (CIN, Sāmoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and 1 June 2017), so are able to anticipate Wallis and Futuna are not included in changes and demands for services and this issue. resources. However, eighteen months on, the official details of people’s Cook Islands mobility in and out of the country, This review covers the two-year period economic activity, housing, and well- from July 2016 to June 2018 and being are still not available. On the tracks a range of ongoing and emerg- face of it, it would seem that timely ing concerns. Featured here are the and informed public policymaking, implications from the 2016 population planning, and service provisions will census, Marae Moana (the national be impacted. But to some extent this marine park), the Cook Islands’ is not necessarily a bad thing, because impending Organisation for Economic population-related policies need to Co-operation and Development be informed by more than just demo- (oecd) graduation to high-income graphic trends, which invariably can country status, a controversial local be used to support the taken-for- tax amnesty, and events connected granted arguments typically associated with the 2018 general election. with the vulnerabilities and question- 2016 saw the five-year national able viability of small island state population survey get underway. development and economies (Baldac- Preliminary results of the 2016 cen- chino and Bertram 2009). sus, which was held on 1 December, Depopulation is a national concern recorded a total population of 17,459 and a political football (CIN, 31 May (mfem 2018c). -
Cook Islands Handbook for ADB Missions
Cook Islands: Handbook for ADB Missions Kia Orana , Welcome to the Handbook for ADB Missions in the Cook Islands. This online booklet aims to provide you with information regarding our In-Country processes, Government contacts, protocols, resource availability and other general information which should be useful in planning your visit. These pages will provide you with the following information: ADB Support Structure and Contact details ADB In-country Mission clearance process ADB Cook Islands Project List Cook Island Government contacts, processes & protocol ODA Policy, principles and goals Information on the Cook Islands and its’ culture Visitor entry requirements: An entry permit is not required by persons who are entering the Cook Islands as bona-fide visitors. A bona-fide visitor refers to any person who enters the Cook Islands for recreation or vacation/holiday and is exempted from requiring an entry permit for a stay of not more than 31 days. It also applies to any person who enters the Cook Islands for the purpose of exploring investment opportunities. Those intending to attend business meetings, conferences, exhibitions and sports activities, including tournaments may also travel as bona-fide visitors. An extension beyond 31 days is however available only to those undertaking holiday or recreation. Once the in-country mission is approved by the Cook Islands Ministry of Finance and Economic Management through a “concurrence to missions clearance”, the ADB Support Office will notify Cook Islands Immigration of your pending arrival. Visitor Requirements All visitors must have adequate financial means of supporting their stay, hold valid tickets for their return journey to a port of origin or next port of destination and their passports valid for a period of at least six (6) months beyond the contemplated period of stay. -
ADB Cook Islands: Handbook for ADB Missions
Kia Orana , WelcomeCook to the HandbookIslands: for ADBHandbook Missions in the Cookfor Islands.ADB Missions This online booklet aims to provide you with information regarding our In-Country processes, Government contacts, protocols, resource availability and other general information which should be useful in planning your visit. These pages will provide you with the following information: • ADB Support Structure and Contact details • ADB In-country Mission clearance process • ADB Cook Islands Project List • Cook Island Government contacts, processes & protocol • ODA Policy, principles and goals • Information on the Cook Islands and its’ culture Visitor entry requirements: An entry permit is not required by persons who are entering the Cook Islands as bona-fide visitors. A bona-fide visitor refers to any person who enters the Cook Islands for recreation or vacation/holiday and is exempted from requiring an entry permit for a stay of not more than 31 days. It also applies to any person who enters the Cook Islands for the purpose of exploring investment opportunities. Those intending to attend business meetings, conferences, exhibitions and sports activities, including tournaments may also travel as bona-fide visitors. An extension beyond 31 days is however available only to those undertaking holiday or recreation. Once the in-country mission is approved by the Cook Islands Ministry of Finance and Economic Management through a “concurrence to missions clearance”, the ADB Support Office will notify Cook Islands Immigration of your pending arrival. Visitor Requirements All visitors must have adequate financial means of supporting their stay, hold valid tickets for their return journey to a port of origin or next port of destination and their passports valid for a period of at least six (6) months beyond the contemplated period of stay. -
FORTY-NINTH SESSION Hansard Report
FORTY-NINTH SESSION Hansard Report 49th Session Eighth Meeting Volume 8 MONDAY 15 JUNE 2020 MADAM SPEAKER TOOK THE CHAIR AT 1.00 p.m. OPENING PRAYER MADAM SPEAKER (N. RATTLE): Honourable Members, please be seated. Kia Orana to all the Honourable Members who have gathered in our Honourable House this afternoon. Firstly, my thanks and appreciation to our Reverend for the deliverance of our message today in assisting us with our deliberations in this Honourable House. My greetings go out to our people in the Northern and Southern Groups and here on Rarotonga, listening to the radio this afternoon. I would like to say thank you to all the Members who accepted the invitation from a group, for their presentation to Parliament this afternoon. I thank all of you. The first announcement this afternoon is that we are still under the COVID-19 rules. We are reminded to remain sitting when speaking and to speak from behind the barriers. To keep washing our hands with the hand sanitisers and to dispose of your used tissues in the bags provided. We will continue with this until we have further notice from the Ministry of Health informing us that we will no longer need to observe these measures. Secondly, as requested and recommended by our audio and sound team recording our proceedings, so please when you speak, speak directly into the mic so your speech is captured accurately and clearly, for our record. The Leader of the House will move a motion before the House, to suspend Standing Orders, so we are able to follow the procedures for COVID-19. -
Cook Islands Elections 2014 in Brief
Cook Islands Elections 2014 In Brief Contents Message from the Chief Electoral Officer ........................................................................ 3 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 Electoral Process and Administration............................................................................... 4 Candidates and Political Parties ....................................................................................... 5 Registration and the Electoral Roll ................................................................................... 6 Election Methods .............................................................................................................. 8 Postal Voting ................................................................................................................ 8 Advance Voting ............................................................................................................ 8 Special Voting (Declaration) ........................................................................................ 8 Special Care .................................................................................................................. 8 Ordinary Voting ............................................................................................................ 8 Election Result .................................................................................................................. 9 Technological -
Aristocratic Titles and Cook Islands Nationalism Since Self-Government
Royal Backbone and Body Politic: Aristocratic Titles and Cook Islands Nationalism since Self-Government Jeffrey Sissons Nation building has everywhere entailed the encompassment of earlier or alternative imagined communities (Anderson 1991). European and Asian nationalists have incorporated monarchical and dynastic imagin ings into their modern communal designs; Islamic nationalists have derived principles oflegitimacy from an ideal ofreligious community; and African and Pacific leaders have used kinship ideologies to naturalize and lend an air of primordial authenticity to their postcolonial identities. Since self-government was gained in the Cook Islands in 1965, holders of tradi tional titles-ariki, mata'iapo, and rangatira-have come to symbolize continuity between a precolonial past and a postcolonial present. Albert Henry and Cook Islands leaders who followed him sought to include ele ments of this traditional hierarchy in the nation-state and, through ideo logical inversion, to represent themselves as ideally subordinate to, or in partnership with, its leadership. But including elements ofthe old in the new, the traditional in the mod ern, also introduces contradiction into the heart ofthe national imagining. Elements that at first expressed continuity between past and present may later come to serve as a perpetual reminder of rupture, of a past (a para dise?) that has been lost but might yet be regained. Since the late 1980s, in the context of a rapidly expanding tourist industry that values (as it commodifies) indigenous distinctiveness, Cook Islands traditional leaders have been pursuing, with renewed enthusiasm, a greater role in local gov ernment and more autonomy in deciding matters of land and title succes sion. -
Report on the Ministerial Support Office and Leader of the Opposition
Cook Islands Audit Office Report to the Public Accounts Committee Ministerial Support Offices For the 2015 – 2018 financial years 1 Content Director’s Overview ........................................................................................................................................................ 3 Part 1 – Types of Engagements ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Financial Audits ..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP) ........................................................................................................................... 4 Reviews ................................................................................................................................................................. 5 Part 2 – Summary of Results and Findings .................................................................................................................... 6 Part 3 – Management Reports ....................................................................................................................................... 8 2018 Financial Year ............................................................................................................................................... 9 2017 Financial Year .............................................................................................................................................. -
Issues and Events, 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007
Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 Reviews of American Sämoa, Hawai‘i, clearly designed to counter the provi- Niue, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu are sions of New Zealand’s civil union not included in this issue. legislation (CIN, 19 July 2006, 1). Government also committed itself Cook Islands to a variety of programs including the The period under review was domi- development of geotourism through nated by an unprecedented call for an agreement signed by Tourism general elections, parliamentary con- Minister Wilkie Rasmussen and Sarah fl icts, and budget approval constraints Laskin, vice president of public and that at times tested the interpretation business development for National of the powers of the head of state. Geographic. The agreement obligated Ongoing out-migration of Cook the island country to adhere to four- Islanders, environmental problems, teen geotourism principles designed and continuing infl ation slipped under to sustain and enhance the geographic the radar as politicians pushed for character of a given place, including major salary increases and most Cook the environment, culture, aesthetics, Islanders struggled from paycheck and the well-being of its people. In to paycheck. The popular American return, National Geographic prom- television series Survivor, and some ised to produce maps and brochures sporting successes, provided some “which identify the unique features of respite, but an unpredictable tourist the Cook Islands” (CIN, 2 Aug, 2006, industry, technical personnel limita- 1). The Cook Islands becomes only tions, and occasional invasive diseases the fourth country to accede to the and insects reminded Cook Islanders charter. -
Cook Islands
PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD16 July 2014 $2 (incl VAT) Goldmine model, Ngatupuna is pictured here wearing a necklace and bracelet from Cakes for Goldmine all ocassions! Edgewater Cakes Enquiries call us on 25435 extn 7010 Sunset BarBQs at the Shipwreck Hut Saturday Seafood menu with Jake Numanga on the Ukulele 6pm Tuesday Sunset BBQ with Garth Young on Piano 6pm Thursday Sunset Cocktails with Rudy Aquino 5.30pm-7.30pm Reservations required 22 166 Aroa Beachside Inn, Betela Great Food, Great Entertainment Always the best selection, best price & best service at Goldmine! POWERBALL RESULTS Drawn: 10/7/14 Draw num: 947 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:12/7/14 Draw num: 3441 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn: 15/7/14 Draw num: 1065 Next draw: SUPP: Cook islands Herald 16 July 2014 News 2 Political Reform Priority for One Cook Islands ook Islands politics has see the outcome before serious taken a quantum leap and commitment. Ca tipping point due to the The net result is two seats emergence of the Teina Bishop from four and a flood of led One Cook Islands Movement. heighten interest with tangible After nearly 50 years of being commitment promised including dominated by a two party offers of candidate involvement democracy the OCIM has burst and sponsorship. Only a few on to the political arena with a of the 1000 membership cards fresh enthusiasm of difference remain unsubscribed. The in ideology and policy and the OCIM Executive’s response has voters endorsed their approval. been positive with the intent As far as OCIM is concerned, to undertake a membership the Tupapa seat was the test and drive to absorb the interest mandate bench mark for their and compile a data base to organisation not the safe Aitutaki circulate a regular news bulletin. -
Cakes for All Ocassions!
PB REHAB WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE >>> HERALD VAT) 19 June 2013 $2 (incl Cakes for all ocassions! Edgewater Cakes Enquiries call us on 25435 extn 7010 Sunset BarBQs at the Shipwreck Hut Saturday Seafood menu with Jake Numanga on the Ukulele 6pm Tuesday Sunset BBQ with Garth Young on Piano 6pm Thursday Sunset Cocktails with Rudy Aquino 5.30pm-7.30pm Reservations required 22 166 Aroa Beachside Inn, Betela Great Food, Great Entertainment Always the best selection, best price & best Congratulations to Woman of the Month service at Te-Aruru-o-te-Rangi Taka’i Goldmine! POWERBALL RESULTS Drawn: 13/6/13 Draw num: 891 PB REHAB FRIDAY NITES is Boogie Nite with DJ Ardy 10pm-2am. $4 House Spirits/Beers + FREE ENTRY B4 11pm. + FREE ENTRY 10pm-2am. $4 House Spirits/Beers Ardy with DJ is Boogie Nite NITES REHAB FRIDAY TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:15/6/13 Draw num: 3329 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn: 18/6/13 Draw num: 1009 Next draw: REHAB WEDNESDAY NITES is WOW Nite with DJ Ardy 9pm-12am. Get in B4 10pm & go in the draw to win a $50 Bar Card. FREE ENTRY ALL NITE FREE ENTRY win a $50 Bar Card. to in the draw in B4 10pm & go 9pm-12am. Get Ardy with DJ Nite is WOW NITES REHAB WEDNESDAY SUPP: REHAB SATURDAY NITES is HAPPY HOUR MADNESS with DJ Junior. 2-4-1 Drinks + FREE ENTRY B4 10pm Cook islands Herald 19 June 2013 News 2 Price of doing business to escalate Government does not honour big talk to reduce costs he CIP Government’s qualification being applied going off shore to maximise on employer has to poach workers pledge to reduce the in the administration of the their new skills. -
Kaveinga Arangatu Public Service Excellence
Public Service Commissioner ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2018 KAVEINGA ARANGATU PUBLIC SERVICE EXCELLENCE CONTENTS MINISTER FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACRONYMS .....................................................................................................................................................................ii PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER’S OVERVIEW Public Service Performance ....................................................................................................................................iv Public Sector Strategy ...............................................................................................................................................iv Future Direction ............................................................................................................................................................ v Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................... v PART 1: PUBLIC SERVICE PERFORMANCE 1.1 Key achievements ................................................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 Key challenges .......................................................................................................................................................11 1.3 Budget ......................................................................................................................................................................13