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SUPP: Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 Political Commentary 2 Teariki Heather gets on his knees and begs - coup averted The unpopular Puna on notice, his days are numbered

he element of surprise morning Puna, his Deputy Teariki There is no doubt this was the numbers he will not survive and a strategic execution Heather and Amuri MP Toa an accurate account of Puna’s the next coup attempt. The CIP Tare the key ingredients in Isamaela swooped on Nandi desperate intervention to hold trinity of Puna, Heather and political transactions, both these Glassie’s Nikao residence, at onto power, Isamaela was first to Brown can no longer take the elements failed at an eleventh the same time Mark Brown give his version in confidence but rest of his team for granted. hour attempt to over throw was knocking on the door it went viral almost immediately. To ignore them and the Prime Minister Henry Puna’s of another MP suspected of Both Puna and Heather knew if public’s concerns will just keep Cook Islands Party government being targeted by the Coalition the Opposition had access to the Opposition alert and more on the closing day of parliament partner negotiators. Present Treasury’s books it was curtains the wiser to any opportunity to last Friday (19 June 2015). at the Glassie household was for them in the most scandalous overturn Puna’s leadership. With RAPA MP Albert Nicholas Tupuna Rakanui who had a way. Corruption has become Dissatisfaction with Puna’s unexpectedly out of the country breakfast meeting with Glassie synonymous with the CIP under growing autocratic leadership the Coalition Partners were in the CIP camp has been primed to take advantage of his There is no doubt this was an brewing for sometime waiting absence. for something or someone to Despite the public denials, the accurate account of Puna’s trigger a reaction that would threat to Puna’s throne is real, he have the PM and his confidant is shocked and embarrassed the desperate intervention to hold Minister Mark Brown removed move to dump him was coming from their positions. Puna from within his own caucus, onto power, Isamaela was first to can no longer take his fellow Puna can no longer continue to cabinet Ministers for granted be dismissive for he is now on give his version in confidence but nor can he assume they are notice, his days are numbered there to make up the numbers and with the Celebration it went viral almost immediately. to guarantee his office. Public preparations clouding the pressure predominantly from political focus his detractors may Both Puna and Heather knew Rarotonga residents against the now have to wait for the CIP Puna administration has been conference to replace him. if the Opposition had access to mounting at an alarming rate to Possibly the glitch in the Treasury’s books it was curtains for the point a second petition was Coalition’s coup de tet was too presented to Parliament and many people were in the loop them in the most scandalous way. there have been regular public at some level, while a few knew protests to attract the politician’s a fragment, only three people over Atiu business related to the Puna, Heather and Brown’s attention to the concerns of the knew the big picture details Celebrations. leadership and if ousted before people. making secrecy high risk. Some Puna and company had been the shredding machines could In the outer Islands there is little of the details changed by the told Glassie was going to defect be engaged they risk a criminal resistance to the government hour but between late Thursday and form a government of investigation. because they are out of sight out night and the early hours national unity. Whether it was One thing is certain, the CIP of mind and easily appeased with of Friday morning someone rehearsed or not is unclear but caucus isn’t tight, and neither political gifts but on Rarotonga contacted Puna and divulged Heather literally shaking with is it united. If Puna hasn’t now the minority CIP government is what they knew prompting fear got on his knees before got the message loud and clear scrutinised and examined in the him to orchestrate a counter Glassie and clutching his legs the rest of the government context of the principles of good response. and repeatedly begged him not MP’s are not superfluous, they governance and sadly it is found At about 8am on Friday to go! are not there to just make up continued next page PB

Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 Political Commentary 3 wanting on many issues. The pain threshold of the wider demographic has reached its limit thus the public reaction to the arrogance style of the Puna government and members of the CIP. Jobs for the boys have flourished under Puna, most recently his attraction to the Henry brothers with the recommendation and endorsement of Brown. Aitutaki based Mike Henry has free reign despite contributing nothing to the election campaign, a matter not lost to the Party faithful who still are waiting for a call up job wise. On Rarotonga show boat Puna won’t win any popularity contests, he in fact is resented by Rarotonga residents who threw their lot in with the Demos at the last elections; Puna polled a miserly 74 votes with a slim majority indicating in his own PM Henry Puna Nandi Glassie DPM Teariki Heather electorate his popularity is marginal. Having polled only Brown getting an extra $20,000. Friday’s execution was hurried being sharpened, his informants 38% of the vote Puna must Had the coup plan, to have and premature, Puna must limit have been identified and the accept he is the prime minister the CIP defectors absent from his overseas travel and attend to next mutiny execution will be by default of a dysfunctional Parliament the government the sprouting weeds that if left fatal that is if he doesn’t radically electoral system and at best his would of not had the numbers unattended will choke him. The modify his political modus is a minority government. required to pass the 2015/2016 knives from his own draw are operandi. - George Pitt Neither does Henry Puna or Budget, but with too many the Cook Islands Party have a self appointed negotiators SWITCH ON WITH mandate to arrogantly govern and all the undisciplined talk as they wish; with 95% of by the Demo Party gossipers government revenues extracted telegraphing every move three Te Aponga Uira from Rarotonga and the vast weeks before the convening majority not voting for the CIP of Parliament there was going he needs to tread a lot more to be a change of government 5 ways to pay respectfully. Puna’s prodigal even naming those who were spending, abuse of power going to defect, the CIP had your power and the village politicking he ample time to prepare a reprisal gets away with in the distant strategy. backdrops of the country Had the government been are simply not acceptable or short of numbers to pass the tolerated in Rarotonga, residents Budget they simply would have on the main land are vocally walked out of the House forcing opinionated and tiresome of the the Speaker to adjourn the cavalier manner in which Puna Parliament sitting. If attempts to and his side kicks waste public unify the CIP parliamentarians funds. failed over the weekend With the national treasury Puna would have headed to scraping the bottom of the barrel the Queen’s Representative in short supply and government Tom Marsters and dissolved refusing to pay their bills on Parliament and set a date for a time to the private sector, snap election. Paying for your power bill has never been easier. businesses are under immense With 14 seats on offer in the financial pressures stressed and Outer Islands the CIP will call on • On-line banking through Westpac and ANZ. penalised if their 20th of the them to obligatory reciprocate • Pay over the counter at all 3 banks – Westpac, payment is late. Rather than the good will delivered in the ANZ and BCI. show leadership and lead the form of heavy machinery and • Direct credit from your wages. way in fiscal prudence quite the renewable energy. Puna is • TT payments if you are overseas. contrary for Puna, while every confident the CIP will maintain • Pay at our office in Tutakimoa. Ministry has to tighten their the reigns of governance by belts and maintain their outputs pandering to the outer island Take advantage of our convenient payment with reduced budgets, his voters. appropriation has sky rocketed The stalking enemy within is options today. to an obscene $400,000 and stalled by timing, some felt last www.teaponga.com hantal’s C Rarotonga Living

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The Court of Appeal world equal to New Zealand and Act as amended by the Crimes included to cover a person sits in the Cook Islands twice a Australia. Amendment Act 1982, which trying to stop the fight and not year in June and November of Common assault under reads as follows: starting it. each year. Section 216 of the Act is one “Everyone is justified in using, Sections which curb violence The Court of Appeal is made of the most frequently used by in the defence of himself or include carrying an offensive up of 3 Judges, a President the Police to maintain peace another, such force as, in the weapon in a public place; Section and two presiding Judges. The and order in the homes and circumstances as he believes 94 of The Act, the penalty is President is the most senior elsewhere. Much of this relates them to be, it is reasonable to 12 months imprisonment and Judge who administers the to domestic violence, violence use.” $100.00 fine. An offensive affairs of the Court of Appeal. between husband and wife, COMMENT: You can use weapon can include a knife, Members of the Court of Appeal parents on children, defacto sufficient force only to diffuse broken bottle, and a piece of are usually retired members relationships, neighbours, or neutralise violence aimed at timber or any object converted of the New Zealand Court of domestic disputes and outside you or the next person you are into a weapon. Appeal and Judges from the of that in many shapes and defending and no more. The Section 97 of (The Act) High Court of New Zealand. forms. moment you go overboard, you throwing a bottle in a public If an Appellant is dissatisfied Assault defined by the Act lose the right to this defence. If place or leaving bottles or glass with the decision of the Court of means the act of intentionally someone punches you and you in a public place earns you Appeal, our last Court of Appeal applying or attempting to punch back to defend yourself, a $50.00 fine if found guilty. is the Privy Council. We have apply force to the person of you must stop when the other Section 99 of (The Act) profane, to go to London for that and it another, directly or indirectly, person stops. A measured indecent or obscene language is not cheap. The most recent or threatening by any act or response is the best guideline. – 6 months imprisonment but appearance by Cook Islands gesture to apply such force to A charge that Police tend must be used in a public place. litigants in the Privy Council the person of another etc.... So to abuse or act with frequent Section 100 of (The Act) was about 3 years ago. It would assault is not always by physical confusion and mistakes is disturbing a public place of seem that it will not be the last. contact, a threat is enough “fighting in a public place” worship- $50.00 fine. A number of cases are already provided the person making the Under Section 96 of The Section 101 of (The Act) in the pipeline with applications threat has the means to affect Crimes Act (The Act). It is all drunkenness, when found being filed with the Court of the threat. clear if the fighting involves drunk in a public place is liable Appeal seeking leave to go to One of the disparities of the an open brawl where drunken to 1 month imprisonment. the Privy Council. law is that it distinguishes the louts burn their testosterone. Section 102 of (The Act) I forecast an increase in cases penalties between females and The mistake is when a Good trespass, liable to 3 months going to the Privy Council in the non females. Under Section Samaritan ventures to stop the imprisonment and $100.00 fine. future. There are a number of 214 of the Act, an assault on a fight but ends up being attacked COMMENT: Before a person reasons for this. The litigants female and a child is punishable and arrested. You would think becomes a trespasser, there appear to be much more by 2 years imprisonment for that when the dust settles the must be a written notice served motivated with income to common assault. arresting Officers will sought on him not to set foot in a certain finance their appeal and a great COMMENT: out the instigators of the fight, place, or he is orally requested number of them are simply not I have represented a male to those trying to stop it and to leave and he refuses to do so. satisfied with some decisions person assaulted by 3 hefty had to defend themselves in the NEXT WEEK: I will cover Police of the Court of Appeal. That is females, one held him from process. investigation tactics as well as life. Whatever the situation is, if behind the neck (headlock type No, they wait until the parties continuing with certain sections a Cook Islander is not satisfied of grip) another held his arms go to Court, at considerable of The Crimes Act. with the decision of our High while the 3rd did the punching. cost to the Good Samaritan, to Ka Kite, Court and Court of Appeal, they So the myth about males only start backtracking. This mistake Norman George. have the right to go to the Privy doing the assaulting is over. I Council in London. have also handled cases where So in sequence, a Cook a big sumo built mama makes Islander has the right of appeal a mess of her husband (Don’t 3 times, from a JP decision to marry above your weight L.O.L!). a High Court Judge, From a Equal penalties for both High Court Judge’s decision or male and female assaults actions at a trial to the Court of should be introduced. There Appeal, and from the Court of should be one penalty with PB

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The Government has entered into a Has Government entered into a deal to Government and seek help from A search of the company file at the Ministry bail out local shipping company Pacific Government to give them assistance to pay of Justice revealed that Pacific Schooners Schooners Limited? out their boat that’s held up somewhere in Limited was ‘struck off’ in 2014 for failing service contract with Pacific Schooners This was one of the subjects of discussions Canada?” to file its annual returns. “The Government has entered into a “You make a good point there Tony. to purchase a new motor vehicle, it must service contract with Pacific Schooners”. Ultimately in the end we weren’t aware provide three written quotes from existing when Te Kave Korero spoke to Elizabeth “There was talk of support but you have Te Kave Korero presenter put the following Wright-Koteka, Chief of Staff, at the Office to understand that the service has to be to Wright-Koteka in response to a statement that Pacific Schooners have been de- or reputable motor vehicle dealers or This came from Financial Secretary, registered. I’m told it’s an administrative suppliers. I have no doubt that MFEM does of the Prime Minister, on Wednesday 17th provided first but like I said before, the she made about being “constructive in Richard Neves, speaking on Te Kave Korero June 2015. process that we’re undertaking is going to terms of moving constructively”. oversight”. not and will never accept a quote from on Friday 20th June 2015. a company that does not exist or from a “I will reiterate that Government is be a tender process. So when that process As to providing financial assistance to is undertaken then we will know who the “No te aa, equally Liz, equally at the same The Government’s shipping subsidy and motor vehicle dealer that has been ‘struck not in the business of bailing out other time, the public of this country deserves Pacific Schooner Te Kave Korero presenter out’, dissolved or adjudged bankrupt, companies” said Wright-Koteka. provider of the service is” said Wright- local shipping company Pacific Schooners asked Neves: Koteka. transparency in the process, fairness etc, Limited, were the subjects of discussion on let alone one that has not yet operated Pacific Schooners Limited is a Cook Islands etc, no te mea, no te mea, we have two or experienced in dealing with motor “Is it the intention behind this subsidy to the programme. “Did Government pay some money as a shipping company that owns the ‘Tiare shipping companies, Papa Tapi for example result of the contract entered with Pacific vehicles”. Taporo’ bought in 2010 in Canada. The bail them out?” has been serving the Cook Islands for more Referring to Pacific Schooners Te Kave than 20 years I understand, why not just Schooners? Did Government contribute “Here in this case, Government has clearly boat has been in Canada since 2011 owing “Not to my knowledge Tony. I think we Korero put this question to Neves: to bailing out this company and paying to ownership issues. have to stop this thinking that there is a get him and the other shipping companies contradicted itself, broke it’s own rules, or that are currently operating ships and give “Did Government or is Government for their boat to bring their boat to shall I say, turned a blind eye to its own On Thursday 18 June 2015 Parliament big conspiracy and this speculation that’s helping them financially to get their boat? Rarotonga?” going on. Like I said before, the process out the tender? Why have you included in set of rules and conveniently ignored passed the 2015/2016 Budget with an this tender process this company, Pacific them. In this case it did not even bother allocation of 1.5 million dollars shipping is going to be open process, it’s going to “No the Government is not helping them “No the Government hasn’t bailed out be tendered out and I think we need to Schooners Limited, who by the way is anyone. The Government has a contract to carry out ‘due diligence’ checks on the subsidy over three years. struck out, in other words, dissolved, why financially to get their boat here” said embrace this process” said Wright-Koteka. Neves for the provision of the service. If the company status of Pacific Schooner. It’s “Since the passing of the Budget in would you want to include them in your service isn’t provided the Government will incredible, the very people who insist on Parliament which was after my interview Wright-Koteka said that three boats, the discussions?” According to Neves Pacific Schooners three reputable quotes and complying Lady Naomi, Tahiti Nui and the Matua not be paying for it”. with Wright-Koteka, I am now aware that “It’s sounds to me that this whole process presented the best value for money “so with procedures, just can’t be bothered Government has two components to are to bring the northern group teams to the Government entered into a contract “I put it to you Richard, I put it to you with to follow its own requirements. One Rarotonga for the 2015 Maeva Nui. is mickey mouse at this stage, because the subsidy. The first one is to contract a you’ve already negotiated, you’ve already with Pacific Schooners to provide services all due respect, that this whole transaction would have thought that the first thing shipping company to return groups from Asked whether Taio Shipping and the entered into some discussions with Mike to return people home after the Maeva in contracting this shipping company, by Government would have done is, ask itself, the outer islands after the Maeva Nui. The Pacific Schooners Limited would transport Henry and his company without having Nui”. the way is ‘struck out’, has been tailor has Pacific Schooner operated a shipping second is to subsidise a shipping service in the northern group teams back home after done some basic research as to the status made and fixed in such a way and form business? Is it currently operating one? the country for the next three years”, said the Maeva Nui, Wright-Koteka said that of this company. Obviously Government “They’ll get paid if they provide the service. that neither Papa Tapi Taio and Taio Is this company registered in the Cook Tony Hakaoro, presenter of Te Kave Korero. the Lady Naomi and the Tahiti Nui would hasn’t because it’s a fact Pacific Schooner If they don’t provide the service then they Shipping or Malcom Sword, couldn’t meet Islands? Who are its Directors? What don’t get paid” said Neves. Three local shipping companies, Pacific return to undertake the return trips. has been struck off as a company” said the criterias. The criterias were specifically assets does it have? What is its financial Schooners Limited, Taio Shipping and Tony Hakaoro, Te Kave Korero presenter. A search of the company file at the Ministry taylor made to suit Pacific Schooners. position? It’s the normal ‘due diligence’ “I te au pai i reira o te pae tokerau, inangaro What do you say to that?”. Malcolm Sword’s company are eligible to au kia papu i aku, ekoko nei au, naai e The Tiare Taporo can carry up to 300 of Justice revealed that Pacific Schooners checks that a prudent businessman would put in a tender for Government’s shipping akaoki i te au patete o te pae tokerau, na tonnes and around 30 passengers. Limited was ‘struck off’ in 2014 for failing “You can say that Tony but I’ll tell you what do. No, not this one. I suspect, in this case, subsidy. te Lady Naomi ainei e te Tahiti Nui, me na to file its annual returns. I think, the specifications were made for Government is simply providing business Company records show that the Directors for one of its loyal supporters and that’s Prior to the interview with Wright- Papa Tapi e te Pacific Schooner”, asked Te the safety of passengers, the comfort of Kave Korero presenter? of Pacific Schooners Limited are Mike In relation to the Government contracting Mike Henry and his company. How else can Koteka, Te Kave Korero understood that Henry, Garth Broadhead and Daniel Pacific Schooners Te Kave Korero presenter, passengers and the reliability of service, so Government was to provide financial they were the primary things in our mind” I put it? No wonder some of our people are “To te pae tokerau, na te Lady Naomi rai Moreland. Tony Hakaoro, put this to Neves: frustrated at Government” said Tony. assistance to Paficic Schooners Limited to e te Tahiti Nui. At the moment we’re still said Neves get their boat from Canada and become finalizing the schedules because these McLaughlin Holdings Limited holds 1,000 “How could this be so when you have Company records show that the Directors the service provider with regards to the shares in Pacific Schooners Limited. a company that has been struck off? Te Kave Korero presenter says that the boats also have other jobs around so we process under which Government has of Pacific Schooners Limited are Mike shipping subsidy. were trying to finalise the schedules. Once It is unclear whether McLaughlin Holdings Why would Government enter into this Henry, Garth Broadhead and Daniel these schedules are finalized they will be agreement with a company that does not contracted Pacific Schooners to transport Tony Hakaoro put this to Wright-Koteka: is a Canadian or Cook Islands company. Te groups after the Te Maeva Nui is a fast. Moreland. released out” said Wright-Koteka. Kave Korero has not been able to confirm exist technically speaking, does not exist in “Did Pacific Schooners Limited approach it. the Cook Islands, been struck off?”. “When a Government department wants PB

Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 NEWS 9 Cook Islands Herald Issue 772 TE KAVE KORERO TE KAVE KOREROHost: Tony Hakaoro, FRI 20th JUNE 2015 The Government has entered into a service contract with Pacific Schooners “The Government has entered into a “You make a good point there Tony. to purchase a new motor vehicle, it must service contract with Pacific Schooners”. Ultimately in the end we weren’t aware provide three written quotes from existing that Pacific Schooners have been de- or reputable motor vehicle dealers or This came from Financial Secretary, registered. I’m told it’s an administrative suppliers. I have no doubt that MFEM does Richard Neves, speaking on Te Kave Korero oversight”. not and will never accept a quote from on Friday 20th June 2015. a company that does not exist or from a As to providing financial assistance to The Government’s shipping subsidy and motor vehicle dealer that has been ‘struck Pacific Schooner Te Kave Korero presenter out’, dissolved or adjudged bankrupt, local shipping company Pacific Schooners asked Neves: Limited, were the subjects of discussion on let alone one that has not yet operated the programme. “Did Government pay some money as a or experienced in dealing with motor result of the contract entered with Pacific vehicles”. Referring to Pacific Schooners Te Kave Schooners? Did Government contribute Korero put this question to Neves: “Here in this case, Government has clearly to bailing out this company and paying contradicted itself, broke it’s own rules, or “Did Government or is Government for their boat to bring their boat to shall I say, turned a blind eye to its own helping them financially to get their boat? Rarotonga?” set of rules and conveniently ignored “No the Government is not helping them “No the Government hasn’t bailed out them. In this case it did not even bother financially to get their boat here” said anyone. The Government has a contract to carry out ‘due diligence’ checks on the Neves for the provision of the service. If the company status of Pacific Schooner. It’s service isn’t provided the Government will incredible, the very people who insist on According to Neves Pacific Schooners not be paying for it”. three reputable quotes and complying presented the best value for money “so with procedures, just can’t be bothered the Government entered into a contract “I put it to you Richard, I put it to you with to follow its own requirements. One with Pacific Schooners to provide services all due respect, that this whole transaction would have thought that the first thing to return people home after the Maeva in contracting this shipping company, by Government would have done is, ask itself, Nui”. the way is ‘struck out’, has been tailor has Pacific Schooner operated a shipping made and fixed in such a way and form business? Is it currently operating one? “They’ll get paid if they provide the service. that neither Papa Tapi Taio and Taio Is this company registered in the Cook If they don’t provide the service then they Shipping or Malcom Sword, couldn’t meet Islands? Who are its Directors? What don’t get paid” said Neves. the criterias. The criterias were specifically assets does it have? What is its financial A search of the company file at the Ministry taylor made to suit Pacific Schooners. position? It’s the normal ‘due diligence’ of Justice revealed that Pacific Schooners What do you say to that?”. checks that a prudent businessman would Limited was ‘struck off’ in 2014 for failing “You can say that Tony but I’ll tell you what do. No, not this one. I suspect, in this case, to file its annual returns. I think, the specifications were made for Government is simply providing business for one of its loyal supporters and that’s In relation to the Government contracting the safety of passengers, the comfort of passengers and the reliability of service, so Mike Henry and his company. How else can Pacific Schooners Te Kave Korero presenter, I put it? No wonder some of our people are Tony Hakaoro, put this to Neves: they were the primary things in our mind” said Neves frustrated at Government” said Tony. “How could this be so when you have Te Kave Korero presenter says that the Company records show that the Directors a company that has been struck off? of Pacific Schooners Limited are Mike Why would Government enter into this process under which Government has contracted Pacific Schooners to transport Henry, Garth Broadhead and Daniel agreement with a company that does not Moreland. exist technically speaking, does not exist in groups after the Te Maeva Nui is a fast. the Cook Islands, been struck off?”. “When a Government department wants Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 10 NEWS Cook Islands Herald Issue 772 TE KAVE KORERO TE KAVE KOREROHost: Tony Hakaoro, MON 22nd JUNE 2015 Sunday flights, transportation, TMN, safety A variety of topics were the subjects of Te Kave Korero presenter, Tony Hakaoro, talkback discussions on Te Kave Korero on suggested that to be fair to the Government, “Kare te ra aronga pakoti tita i runga i te Monday 22nd June 2015. the group should communicate with matara e care mai i a koe, kare rava. Te Government to express its concerns. vai ra rai te au tangata e, ka akamanako Listeners called the programme and mai rai ratou, e tangata tera e aere mai ra contributed to a number of issues “E mea tau ra oki, kia fair oki tatou ki te i runga i te patikara, akamutu te pakoti. including an attempted coup to overthrow Kavamani, e mea tau e, kia kiriti mai Tetai aronga, kare a te care mai, aere ua the government, Sunday flights to Aitutaki, kotou i te pepa, me kare, i tetai imere, tera pakoti ra, taa mai te toka ki runga i a transportation for Te Maeva Nui and traffic tuku mai ki te Kavamani, tuku mai ki koe, ko ai i kite atu”. safety in relation to roadside cleaning. te Tauranga Vananga, tuku ki te Ruru Minita, Cabinet, i te akakite mai i to kotou After the call Te Kave Korero presenter said In relation to the attempted coup reported marekakore, no te mea, ko tei some of our people are inconsiderate. in the Cook Islands News on 22nd June one tau te reira kia rave kotou, kia rave tatou, caller in support of the Government said: auraki oki tatou e akataravake ua, akaapa “Ko tetai manako tau rava atu teia kia ua i te Kavamani oti, kare tatou e akari i te oraoraia ki a tatou, tatou e akarongorongo “Tena aronga, they just doing what they karere ki te Kavamani, e mea tau kia tuku mai nei, ko koe e akarongo mai nei i te Te can, pulling this Government down, that’s mai te karere ki te Kavamani kia kite atu te Kave Korero, no te mea, tetai au tuatau, all I can see, speak about the devil na te ra Kavamani, kia kite atu te Tauranga Vananga tatou, to tatou iti tangata, karanga ana te tuatua ai. They’re doing all they can just to i to kotou turanga, penei i reira e, ka rauka papa’a e, manga, te reo oki o te papa’a make the CIP look bad or just something ua i te akatanotano, tuku i a kotou ki runga e, inconsiderate tikai tatou. Tena ia, tena like that you know. Obviously just leave i te pairere”. ia tetai akaraanga, te kite ua mai ra e, things peacefully, let the Government get e tangata teia e oro atu nei, me kare, on with their job”. One caller rang in relation to workers e turoto teia, inconsiderate, tuki ua te cutting roadside grasses. She said she had pakoti, kare e tiaki poto e, kia tae koeki Another caller said: been hit by little pieces of debris while tetai tua, penei akamata akaou ai te pakoti. passing roadside workers cutting grass Very inconsiderate na te papa’a ai”. “E maata atu te au angaanga meitaki i teia using weed eaters or grass cutters. tutu nuti e aere mai nei na roto i te mea, I think the CIP is doing a good job, no reira Signing of TIEA between the ratou i ikiia ai”.

A listener from Aitutaki called and said that Cook Islands and Canada Sunday flights to Aitutaki was introduced n Monday, 15th June 2015 the Cook Islands and Canada signed a Tax Information by the Democratic Party and now it’s an Exchange Agreement (TIEA) in Wellington. The Cook Islands High Commissioner His issue the CIP Government is trying to OExcellency Tekaotiki Matapo signed the Agreement on behalf of the Cook Islands, with the Canadian High Commissioner Her Excellency Caroline Chretien signing on behalf of address. Canada. The signing is testament to the commitment of both countries to working with the global He said that it’s almost four months (after community to promote international cooperation in tax matters. The TIEA allows for either Party the Tautu/Vaipae by-election) and still to request information from the other country where a specific taxpayer is under investigation, there is no indication from Government as and where there is reason to believe that relevant information is held in the other country. The Agreement strikes a balance between privacy and the need for jurisdictions to enforce their tax to its position regarding the issue. laws. These signings were an important step for the Cook Islands in demonstrating its international “E aa oki teia, pou tetai toru marama, te cooperation on tax matters and to the principles of transparency and effective exchange of aere nei ki te a marama, kare ake rai a ia i information. The entering into of this agreement is further evidence of the Cook Islands’ commitment akakite ake e, eaa tana ravenga”. to the OECD’s efforts in creating a level playing field in the international arena, encompassing the principals of transparency and effective exchange of information for tax purposes. This signing makes a total of 20 TIEAs entered into by the Cook Islands, and demonstrates that In relation to the shipping for Te Maeva the Cook Islands has become a leading jurisdiction in the fight against tax evasion. The Cook Islands Nui the same caller said that the dance recently underwent a Phase 2 Peer Review by the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of group from Aitutaki will not attend if they Information for Tax Purposes, which resulted in a positive report for the Cook Islands. were to travel to Rarotonga by boat. He said dance groups representing Aitutaki in previous years have always been flown to Rarotonga. “Ko te tika teia a te pupu koni, autaratara te pupu koni, me ka ere na runga i te pai tai, kare ratou e ere atu ki Rarotonga i te Constitution, me ka na runga i te pairere, akaoki mai rai na runga i te pairere, ka ere atu ratou ki te Constitution, no te mea, kua matau matau te ere na runga i te pairere, ere atu, oki mai”. PB

Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 VIEWS 11 Letter to the Editor NZ PM’s response on Cook Islands independence clear and firm ear Editor. Puna used as a political tool, distancing ourselves from New problems here at home. NZ PM John Key, in which he seemed willing to Zealand; we should instead be The Prime Minister has failed Dinterviewed by Radio trade political expediency off getting closer both for economic to detail benefits of any sort that New Zealand on June 19th, against the desires and well- and security reasons. would offset these worrisome couldn’t have been any clearer: being of our people. Whatever Let’s be clear: UN membership costs. Until he is able to do so “ ...if the Cook Islands wants UN his motivations, whatever he has the potential to fracture our — and do so to the satisfaction membership, the constitutional hopes to gain for the Cook relationship with New Zealand of all — he should simply quit relationship, including the Islands (or for himself) he seems and to divert our government’s talking about it. current shared citizenship will willing to sacrifice our close already scant and scattered James Beer need to change”. relationship with New Zealand. attention from important MP Murienua How Henry Puna could I understand the UN faces some interpret that any differently is very important issues, and I difficult to say. So like the rest do understand how our voice of you, a few days after PM there might help. But let us Prime Foods Puna met John Key (9th June), not forget that New Zealand— Members of the Opposition with an excellent international were astounded and appalled by reputation, vast resources, and a the Ministerial statement made team of experienced diplomats— lucky winner by Albert Nicholas in Parliament is steward of our interests within on virtually the same subject. the UN. In fact, the quality of UN In his Ministerial Statement, representation we receive from Albert Nicholas spoke about our New Zealand is far, far superior sovereignty and independence; to the quality of governance we those words sounded very much receive here in the Cook Islands. like PM Puna. I personally would rather see full I am glad that John Key’s government attention applied to statement was so clear and firm. our very serious national issues, The simple reality many have and asking New Zealand to take been trying to point out to PM any specific concerns we may Puna is that you can’t have it both have to the UN. I am sure they ways: we can be members of the are happy to do so, following a UN but we must be a sovereign tradition of many years. That nation to do so … and that would would leave us to try to solve mean changing our relationship some of the deadly-serious with New Zealand. In other issues here at home. words, the UN probably won’t As much as I respect the recognise us unless we have our position and mana of the Office own Cook Islands citizenship and of the Prime Minister, I think Priscilla Kavana was one of 10 lucky winners who won Cook Islands passports. they have to a large extent a $50 voucher from Prime Foods who are promoting the This feels very much like the been eroded by this current BTIB Night Market for the next 3 years. She collected her Aitutaki referendum, which PM administration. We shouldn’t be prize on Tuesday. Are you eligible for New Zealand Superannuation or Veteran’s Pension? Find out below

From 1 July 2015 eligible people can apply for New Zealand Superannuation or Veteran’s Pension from the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau. Are you eligible? You’ll need to: • be resident in the Cook Islands, Niue or Tokelau • be aged 65 or over • have lived in New Zealand for at least 10 years after the age of 20 with fi ve of those years since the age of 50.

How to apply If you are resident in the Cook Islands and think you might be eligible you will need to complete an application form that you can get from: • the New Zealand High Commission in Rarotonga • your outer-island administration offi cial • or by emailing the New Zealand Ministry of Social Development at [email protected]

If you are already 65 years of age, to make sure you do not miss out on any payments you should collect a form before 1 July 2015.

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The Official Miss Cook Islands Pageant will be held in September, continuing the legacy

of the last 36 years. Krystina Kauvai Engara Gosselin Miss Cook Islands 2006-09 Miss Cook Islands 2009-12 Miss Cook Islands Pageant Miss South Pacific 2006 1st Runner Up Miss South Association invites all potential Pacific 2009 contestants to a briefing of this years Miss Cook Islands Pageant.

Date: Tuesday 30th June 2015. Venue: Club Raro. Time: 6:00pm. Miss Cook Islands 2015 will go Teuira Napa on to represent our country at the Reigning Miss Cook Islands 2012-15 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant Miss South Pacific 2013 2015 to be held right here on Rarotonga. Kia Orana e Kia Manuia. ? Who will be Crowned the 2015 Miss Cook Islands? PB

Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 NEWS 15 Official Miss Cook Islands Pageant set for September f you have ever thought than winners of this and other of Miss Cook Islands and the MCIPA have made this call about improving your pageants from past years crowning achievements of that for those who see potential Iconfidence and learning Miss Cook Islands 1979 Ellena legacy. Miss Cook Islands Teuira in themselves or in others to about health and beauty from Tavioni, Miss South Pacific 1999 Napa is making a personal call for contact the MCIPA Executive the professionals, then the Liana Scott, along with Miss Cook contestants to join the pageant to register for the pageant. A Miss Cook Islands Pageant Islands 2009 Engara Gosselin, to choose her successor who will briefing will be held on Tuesday Association (MCIPA) is willing and the reigning Miss Cook represent the country at Miss 30th of June at 6pm at Club Raro to help you achieve these Islands Teuira Napa have united Pacific Islands to be held right for those who have registered goals. Sign up for the Miss Cook in their support for the official here in the Cook Islands later this and those who may be Islands Pageant and join the Miss Cook Islands Pageant. year. As previously announced interested. Registration forms hundreds of confident, beautiful The official Miss Cook Islands MCIPA was successful in its bid are available from Ellena Tavioni and empowered women who Pageant has been set for early back in 2014 to the board of the at TAV in Avarua. have experienced the Miss September and MCIPA is gearing Miss Pacific Islands, to host their Kia Manuia, Cook Islands Pageant. Who up for this. The pageant will pageant here in the Cook Islands Miss Cook Islands Pageant better to mentor and teach you celebrate the last 36 years in December 2015. Association Struggling to Government hold the tent up By Haley McNabb failing to ease I’m at the point in my life where I’m just finding everything so boring. The same thing happens everyday during the week. I wake up, go to school, come home, eat, and do what I need to do like chores, homework, dance practice then sleep. tax burden However the weekends do interest me a little bit as I have work, and my friend Ananya always stays over keeping my Nana and I inance Minister Mark Brown’s recent announcement of cuts company. I was even struggling to write a story for this week. But to income tax for the lower paid will do very little to ease since this is one of my contributions to help running the family Ftheir burden. business, I guess I could figure something out. It is hypocritical of the Minister to claim the burden is being eased On Saturday I head down to the market at 6 in the morning as when at the same time, and with sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, usual to start setting up our stall. At around 8:30am I then go to he imposes a withholding tax on people’s bank accounts to tax the the Gift Shop and help set the shop up ready for it to open for the interest they earn. Talk about introducing a club to hit a mosquito. customers. After that I go back to the market to help the others girls The plain truth is the Minister is speaking to us Indians, as the as it is busier down there than at the shop. term in cowboy movies goes, “with a forked tongue.” He has been Anyway while we are working down there, the thing that really forced to drop the income tax rate or lose credibility because the tax annoys me is the weather. One minute it’s raining the other it’s take is too high. According to MFEM’s figures in the latest Budget sunny, it just never makes up its mind. This means we have to end up document, the current income tax take exceeds government’s moving some of the tables inside the tent so the items don’t get wet benchmark of income tax not exceeding 25% of GDP. The tax take and it makes it all cramped and crowded because people don’t have sits at 27% and has been sitting at this figure for the past two years. enough space to walk around at the things under the tent. And with Government has rigorously and proudly complied with its other the tables still left outside we have to cover them with tarpaulins. Financial Responsibility Ratios (FRRs) in relation to debt servicing, But it makes us get so frustrated because once we have finished overseas loans and operating costs. This is most pleasing to that doing all of this, the weather to stop raining and bring the sun out group of former colonial masters now known as the donor countries. again. But in the area of income tax government has failed to comply, Also on top of that, because of the strong, ghastly winds that were hence with some embarrassment, the Minister has been forced to going on, on Saturday it blew down one of our tent legs out of its make cuts to income tax rates. holder while one of the other legs completely snapped from the top In order to gain some curry with the lower paid, the Minister has part. So a few of us were stuck there struggling to hold the tent cleverly dished out a plate of nonsense suggesting that the lower up before it fully fell on to the ground during which our stall just paid need this tax cut. Of course they do but it came with strings happened to pack up with people, which we weren’t sure if they attached. The withholding tax. were really there to look at what we had or what was going on with This Minister will go down in history as the most tax obsessed the tent. Minister of Finance we have had because he is devoid of any About 10-15 minutes later we finally got it fixed and back up due innovative ideas to wean our small country off income tax altogether. to the help of some customers that knew what they were doing. To ensure he does not stick out, he has surrounded himself with Well that was pretty much my day, once I finished work I just go financial advisors who are scared stiff to think outside the box and back home and sleep. Then when I wake up go to the movies and who possess few clues about how to stimulate the economy. hang out with friends till I have to go home and get bored then go back to sleep. Nothing exciting really happened. Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 NEWS 1 6 The coming of the Missionaries – What price a silk purse (lore) for a sow’s ear (law)? Part 2 by Te Tuhi Kelly to New Zealand in 1901, came 50 years of than a banana republic, and do you think It was only a matter of time before the to all intents and purposes, despotic rule anything has changed since those times, whole house of cards on which the Ui Ariki in which the Ariki and common folk lost probably not. based their power and influence was to control of their country and their culture Legislation in the form of The House of come tumbling down. Whilst the traditional and the influence of Ariki was no more than Arikis Bill was the cornerstone of the CIP’s leaders were strutting around the place, at a former shadow of past glory renaissance of the Ariki. The Ariki wanted the same time the number of Iti Tangata Much discontent had been simmering to sit alongside the Government and be a who were slowly but surely rebelling against below the service since contact with the voice of authority for legislative processes the authority of the traditional leaders was missionaries and this had not abated and government policy. They were so growing. One has to see it from their point when NZ annexed the Cook Islands. This gullible and naive to think that any sane of view. For centuries they and their families discontent which started bubbling up in democracy would entertain the idea of had been at the beck and call of their the 1940’s became a groundswell of major sharing power with a bunch of historical traditional leaders who had literal life or proportions leading to self-government in anachronisms. The Ariki did not have the death over them. In situations such as this 1965. This was a time of high expectation, wit, intelligence or warewithal to mount there are bound to be grievances harboured as a new nation able to make our way in any resistance as 130 years of papa’a by iti tangata over tribute (atinga) they the global family of nations; we had the contact had isolated and marginalised them had to make, labour they had to provide opportunity to be more than the sum of from their traditional lore and their place in and decisions against them that they were our parts. As history tells us we had a lot the new nationhood of the Cook Islands. powerless to prevent. The coming of the of growing up to do. The Cook Islands Party Initially to gain their support, Albert Henry missionaries provided an avenue for them under the leadership of Albert Henry were and others sold the Ariki on the notion of to move away from under the yokel of their instrumental in 1965 in putting together a Royal House of Ariki and as a result the traditional leaders. Christianity gave them a party manifesto that would return the Ariki were seduced into thinking that the access to a world that they would not have traditional leaders to some semblance Act would return them to some semblance been able to access. Education for their of their past glory. The Ariki were sold on of their rightful place. Most Ariki were not children, new ideas, tools, travel and this the idea of having a ‘Royal’ house much that well educated in the toing and froing created the means and the ability for them like Royalty in the UK and this appealed to of political intrigue and brinkmanship and to make informed choices for themselves their overinflated idea about themselves those who did, were quite openly against and their iti tangata. Christianity for some and their place in a modern Cook Islands Albert Henry and the CIP and tried to thwart was seen as the way to secure a future Society. This was the first election post- him at every turn. Alas it was too little and for their families by using Christianity as independence and the ideology of too late, the rikiriki parliamentarians of the the vehicle to get them off the bottom of nationhood was top of the agenda. Striving CIP were very shrewd operators and had no the social ladder. Christianity created two for your country was the axiom, leave no intention of returning the Ariki to their past divergent schools of thought, one in which stone unturned to create the Cook Islands glories. This would have curtailed their own they would commit themselves and their nation, everyone is important and the ambitions and any debate reported in the families to the worship and fellowship of traditional leaders have a role to play in the CIP influenced news media were essentially the one true God. The other school used birth of a new nation. The reality is that this one-sided reporting and a play on words Christianity as a means to get themselves was smoke and mirrors of the worst kind. so that it appeared the Ariki were trying away from the influence of not only their History was to show the insidiousness of to return to the old ways. I submit that the traditional leaders but also family and cronyism, jobs for the boys (and girls if you Ariki were not in any position to be returning friends who had converted. Once away and were lucky), and Cook Islanders in positions themselves to past glories. Too much time usually this was overseas, they gradually of power being promoted to their own had passed; Cook Islanders were no longer moved away from their Christian faith as levels of incompetence. We had faces in the the subservient subjects they once were. the generations came and went. To this day public financial trough and we had gained The god-like positions that the Ariki once many of those descendants are not of the a separate social stratum of parliamentary had or aspired to were now replaced by faith but they still have spiritual beliefs. rikiriki, intent on maintaining power, Christian beliefs and too much water had The New Zealand influence in the prestige and influence at all costs, Ui Ariki passed under the bridge for rikiriki to go 1890’s through the British resident a New by another name. Actually it hasn’t really backwards. However resistance to the Zealander, Frederick Moss, was at first changed all that much from 50 years ago Bill came from very notable opposition beneficial as he strived to work with Ariki to has it. To all intents and purposes a semi- parliamentarians who were very uneasy negate the missionary influence at a time socialist Marxist approach which eventually about the whole ongoing debate and when Ariki and missionary influence was at ended up in a near bankrupt economy and behind closed doors were very disturbed an all time low. Moss had experience of the an exodus of corporate and traditional about what the CIP were doing. Eventually NZ Maori situation and was keen to ensure knowledge out of the Cook Islands and the the Ui Ariki were ostracised and to add that Ariki had some control over their demise of the Pa Enua as an economic fillip insult to injury they had lost control of their destiny. Unfortunately Moss was replaced for the nation. What we also didn’t realise heritage and their ability to be a part of the and in came the autocratic rule of Colonel was that behind the doors of overseas decision making processes for the Cook Gudgeon who was instrumental in depriving ministerial and official international Islands. The Ariki were effectively being NZ Maori of their lands decades before. diplomats they were privately stabbing us shut out of committee meetings, serving With the annexation of the Cook Islands in the back. Well why not we were no better continued next page PB

Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 FEATURE 1 7 on Boards, serving on Island were on a hiding to nothing. So have the political savvy or bigger flowing out of the country in the Councils and why not, they Maori did welcome Christianity picture scenario and thus are event of a law change, already had a House of Ariki. into their lives but not at the easily swayed or dissuaded by The Governments trump card One of the main instigators for cost of their tikanga, unlike the the Government’s calling. It also was the House of Arikis Act and the demise of the Ariki, Albert Cook Islands. NZ Maori have sets in motion that outwardly to more importantly, as long as the Henry was quoted as saying, “it a saying that the missionaries all intents and purposes, the two Government could beat up on must be realised that the Arikis brought the bible to Aotearoa houses are united, but inside the Ui Ariki through the House go on to the House of Ariki, a and preached that we should the two houses is a different of Arikis Act, they’ve got the council itself, but on a higher “look to God in heaven for story going on. This is how you traditional leaders right where plane”, can you believe this sort forgiveness” for our sins. While undermine and negate the they want them. Ineffective, of self serving nonsense and we were looking to the heavens influence of someone who won’t ineffectual and chasing a pipe political grandstanding? It took for forgiveness, they stole or follow your wishes or won’t do dream, relegated to swapping a while for the Ariki to realise tried to steal all the land right out as you instruct, or won’t follow stories and reminiscing about that they were toothless and from under us. Hence NZ Maori your lead, especially if you have the past. Then the biggest powerless in their own country jealously guard and protect them tied up by legislating away akama and shame of it all was and despite some resistance their tikanga, their reo and the their fundamental rights under Ui Ariki apologising to the at first, they had very little role of their traditional leaders traditional lore. Worse if you Government of the day for stamina or stomach to fight the despite Christian influences are being legislated to gain your their part in the sovereignty Government to this very day. and despite decades of anti- support and doubly worse if you movement. Then discussing Would you if your economic Maori sentiment from the NZ cannot see the sham for what it their dirty laundry in the news and financial life depended on Government and the pakeha was. What do you do if you are Ui media about stripping Ariki a handout rather than a handup NZ population. I think history Ariki and you’re between a rock titles of sovereignty supporters from the Government and your will say that ignorance of the and a hard place? The challenge and other inane suggestions all very lifeblood was so bound true relationship that NZ Maori is that over 130 years of talking driven by the Government and up in legislation that you had had with the NZ Government and taking the wrong options the traditional leaders’ fear of become relegated to history. was actually about rhetoric has got the traditional leaders the House of Arikis Act. Wow During that 1960’s debate over concealing a powder keg under nowhere. Governments have and this says a lot about how the House of Arikis Bill, Albert pressure, waiting to explode. come and gone, encouraging they had lost their way and Henry made remarks about how Unlike the Cook Islands, the noises have been made, did not have the fortitude to the NZ Maori did not have a boot is firmly on the other foot traditional leaders have been stand up for their traditional “Royal Heritage” backbone and now for NZ Maori in terms of promised that their concerns will and ancestral rights and more had become strangers in their controlling their own destiny. be agended and the end result is importantly what they really own land. He went on to state Any challenges to NZ Maori more of the same: Nothing. believed in, mana or money? that the Cook Islands with their traditional lore will be met with In 2008 NZ Maori sovereignty Reinforcing that they had no “Royal Heritage” were quite resistance in the highest courts campaigner Bruce Ruatapu control over their destiny, thus well aligned to other sovereign of the land and failing this Mita had led a movement by condemning traditional lore nations who did have a “Royal massive civil disobedience. Can Ui Ariki to revert Cook Islands to the scrap heap of history. Heritage” and he referenced, the Cook Islanders say that they law back to traditional lore. This Letters to the editor of the Great Britain, Tonga and Samoa. would do the same? I think not. movement quickly petered out time, supported the traditional If only Albert Henry had been a Further insult was added by and whilst in principal the idea leaders’ initial stand, but swiftly fly on the wall of the Royal British the Henry led Government with had merit, to my mind it failed voiced their disappointment at family he may well have heard the passing of the Koutu Nui for a number of compelling their capitulation. By this very remarks about “the aspirations amendment to the House of reasons: capitulation, they had given of those savages, to think that Arikis Act in 1972. Effectively this • The Ui Ariki were away a silk purse for a sow’s ear. they could be like us, perish Act gave the lesser traditional divided A reality check people, ‘money the thought”. Another point is leaders the right by law and • They did not have the or the bag’ and it seems money that what Albert Henry failed not lore to their own House stomach for a protracted stoush won out in the end. to realise was that some NZ and in effect displacing the with Government As Maori we have a lot of Maori did have a strong “Royal mana of the Ui Ariki rather • Too much overview sayings and for those who are Heritage” backbone in the form than complementing them and not enough detail patient, there is this saying, of the kingitanga of Tainui. It and this went further towards • Modern Cook Islanders “what goes round comes also had a strong heritage in destabilising the Mana Ui were not ready and would resist round”, and whilst the Ariki are Te Heuheu, paramount chief of Ariki. It also infuriated the Ui ushering in such a move a shadow of their formal selves, Ngati Tuwharetoa of Taupo as Ariki and if you can imagine • The Ui Ariki ‘s mature they are still around and brought well as many other paramount a situation in which an older ages would eventually be a out for ceremonial purposes of chiefs of Aotearoa. He also failed brother and a younger brother factor that would hinder any a bygone era. For Albert Henry to do his homework in another are set against each other. The progress it was a sad day for the so called important area and that was Government treats with either • No thought as father of the nation as within a the missionaries only managed if the Government cannot get to strategic placement of decade he was to be removed to gain a toe hold presence its way with one of the brothers. tradionalists in Government or from parliament on corruption in NZ. The missionaries soon It goes to the tuakana to get a private business roles charges and stripped of his came to realise that without favourable response and when • Private businesses knighthood by the same law tikanga Maori traditional lore that is not forthcoming goes would resist he used to promise, confound as a parallel and complimentary to the teina to undermine the • No thought as to and deny the Ariki. Fitting some mechanism to Christianity, they tuakana. The two brothers do not how to prevent private money would say. Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 VIEWS 18 Bereavement

TeBy Tiana Haxton Vaka n Tuesday the 9th of June, most of the Mitiaro island community gathered at the harbour. Just Notice Ooutside the reef were two of the famous traditional voyaging canoes. Vaka... The MARUMARU ATUA of the Cook Islands and the MATAU A MAUI from New Zealand. The island community set up tables laden with food while the students practised their singing -imene, dancing-aitamu and chanting-pee. Meanwhile, a flat bottomed barge was lowered by the excavator into the harbour waters. The boat was then taken outside the reef, to the side of the Vaka’s on order for the crew members to climb over board and be taken on shore. Only half the crew members made this journey, the other half had to stay on board to control the Vaka’s. A turou, a traditional welcome was carried out along with the beautiful haunting of the blown conch shell. Palm fronds, kikau was laid out across the path leaving the harbour and lit. Smoke filled the air as the Vaka crewmen were called closer and closer to the burning kikau. Once the flames died down leaving just ash and smoke, they were called to walk over. This Maori Tradition is to simply get rid of foreign insects that may cause harm to the Mitiaro environment. After a prayer, song and speeches, the men from the Vaka Akekaro Kairae Chapman Maruariki presented a ferocious New Zealand Maori Haka before a few (Tiatoa Mataiapo and Taratoa Kavana) of them also gave speeches. It is with deep sadness we inform our family and friends of the Following this, they were invited up to the table to eat. passing of Akekaro Kairae Chapman Maruariki (Tiatoa Mataiapo and Meanwhile, the school girls had disappeared to the toilet Taratoa Kavana) on 22 June 2015 in Auckland New Zealand. block to wrap on pareus and titi, a titi is the beautiful costume Ake was born on 6 October 1941 to Kairae Papa and Mata Metuaiti part that wraps around the hips, enhancing the ancient Cook Ngapoko Kairae of Para’I Mauke. Her body will be returned to Rarotonga on Friday 26 June. Islands dance. While our guests were eating, we came out to A requiem mass will be held at the Roman Catholic Cathedral at begin entertaining everyone with dance and song. Not long Avarua at 6pm on the same day. Her body will rest at her daughter’s after the feast, the crew members were taken on a Tiki tour residence in Betela overnight and will be flown to Mauke at 6am on round Mitiaro. While they were away, the islanders ate. When Saturday 27th June. the Tiki tourists returned, they were taken back to the Vaka Ake will be buried amongst her forebears at Araki, Mauke. For further information, please call these numbers and the other crew members who had stayed to take care of Ph 26608 Brian Mason the beautiful boats were brought ashore. Ph 55877 Jean Mason They also thoroughly enjoyed the island. Some were over Akatokamanava Noku e heard to comment, ‘I wish we could stay longer.’ Akatokamanava of Mine I managed to talk with one of the crew members of the Vaka, Sam Napa. He says, “It’s great out there, it’s an amazing E araara tumatetenga teia na to matou Kopu Tangata e te au taeake e kua takake atu na te ara tiroa o te mate to matou Metua experience,” he also mentions how on the Matau A Maui, the vaine akaperepereia a New Zealand Vessel, “ The youngest is 13 and the eldest is a Akekaro Kairae Chapman Maruariki round 19, they are all learning how to navigate.” Tei mou ana I nga taonga ko Tiatoa Mataiapo e Taratoa Kavana. As the sun went down, flaming colours streaking the sky, E tamaine aia na Kairae Papa e Mata Metuaiti Ngapoko Kairae o the crew members began to get back inside small barge to be Para’I, Mauke. Kua anau ia aia i te ra 6 o Okotopa 1941, e kua takake atuaia i te ra 22 o Tiunu 2015 i Akarana, Nuti Reni. taken back to the Vaka. I decided to get inside the boat along Ka akaoki ia mai tona kopapa a teia Varaire ra 26 o Tiunu e ka rave with a few other school students as we really wanted to see ia tona pureanga ki ko i te arepure o te Katorika i Avarua i te ora 6 i the Vaka’s up close. te aiai i tera ra rai. It was my first time venturing outside the reef and as we Ite ora 6 i te popongi Maana ka akaoki ia atu tona kopapa ki tona neared the giants voyaging canoes I started snapping photos ngai Kapuaanga, ko Mauke, e ka tanu ia aia ki Araki te ngai akangaro’i of the silhouettes in the sunset. It was amazing getting up anga o tona au tupuna. Taniuniu mai i teia nga numero kia kite koe i te au akateretereanga o tona tanuanga: close to the canoes. I’ll remember this experience for my ph 26608 Brian Mason whole life. ph 55877 Jean Mason PB

Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 RELIGION 19 How to live with integrity By Senior Pastor John Tangi life matches what we say we n Part 1 I noted that believe. there are people around 2). SUBMIT TO THOSE IN I us who are always AUTHORITY FOR THE LORD’S watching how we behave, to SAKE see what kind of a person we Our integrity is tested on are especially when we are how we respond to authority Christians or believers in the -- people in government, our Lord Jesus Christ. In I Peter boss, spiritual authorities 2v.12 it reads “People who like Pastors, and so on. v.14 do not believe are living all in our reading reads “For the around you. Live such good Lord’s sake yield to the people lives that they will see the who have authority in this good things you do and will world...” Those in authority give glory to God.” People are ordained by God. What watch to see if we have if the Government tells me integrity - meaning Honesty, to disobey God? Obviously Truthfulness, Reliability. Peter your first allegiance is to says that there are 3 things God. Submission sometimes that test our INTEGRITY: means being willing to suffer (1) TEMPATION, the penalty for doing the (2) AUTHORITY, right thing. If there’s a law (3) SUFFERING. that says “Do this” and you How we respond to these 3 know it’s wrong, God says it’s things will determine whether wrong. we are good witnesses for If you don’t obey that law, God or not, and whether we submission means at that have integrity or not. The point ‘being willing to suffer main Bible reading is I Peter for doing the right thing’. Your 2v.11-25. In this passage Boss at work is in a place of Peter is saying, in living with authority over you. The Bible INTEGRITY we need to do 3 says that you are to submit things: and respect your employer 1) Stay away from (boss). “But you don’t know TEMPTATION; my boss!” Doesn’t matter, 2) Show respect for those in v.18 reads “Be good servants AUTHORITY and; to your masters -- not only to 3) Seek God in our good masters, but also to bad SUFFERING. ones.” How’s your attitude at work? Does it show your 1). STAY AWAY FROM integrity? Do you quietly and TEMPTATION gently just accept things that As Born Again Christians we happen or do you complain are free. We can’t lose our like everybody else? salvation. But we shouldn’t 3). INTEGRITY IN SUFFERING use that as an excuse to sin. The greatest test of all will God gave us a model of how Remember that people are Because integrity demands be our response to Suffering. to handle that Suffering with watching us to see How We that we don’t do what is not Nothing reveals our character Integrity. v.21 reads “This is Respond to TEMPTATION, right in the sight of God. In quicker than problems and the kind of life you’ve been to AUTHORITY, and to I Peter 2v.15 it reads “It is pain. That is one of the invited to, the kind of life SUFFERING. Jesus said, “You God’s will that your good reasons why God allows it. Christ lived. He suffered are the salt of the earth...you lives silence those who When you go through suffering everything that came His way are the light of the world...Let foolishly condemn the Gospel it really reveals what you are so you would know that it your light shine before men, without knowing what it can like. People are like tea bags; could be done, and also how that they may see your good do for them, having never you don’t know what they’re to do it, step by step.” Jesus works and praise your Father experienced its power.” God’s like inside until you put them is our model of how to handle who is in heaven.” May you will for our life is that we in hot water. We will always suffering, particularly when have a God blessed week – te live with integrity, that our have problems. Fortunately, we’re mistreated unjustly. Atua te aroa. Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 CHOOKS 20 What drama Just Listen By Lucianne Vainerere e’ve been studying the defects of war in English. Mainly the war between Vietnam W and America where a draft was called over means to Americans, resulting in freshly out of high school and college students to sacrifice and fight. There was a lot of dispute about the draft however because of man’s vast care for reputation, many left and fought and died. The main effect is the aftermath the me soldiers came back with, how everything is muddle up By Teherenui Koteka inside of them and their mentality ran wild. What is drama? Is it just reading words off a script? No They needed someone other than themselves to talk drama is much more than that. Drama is taking the words to and listen. That happens a lot in our community too. and making them jump off the page, drama is making the There are many who talk, who pretend they understand, script come to life. There is a quote in the drama room at but you can’t understand if your not listening. It happens Tereora College that reads “drama is life with all the dull bits to every one of all ages. The children don’t listen to taken out”, I love that quote. parents, teenagers don’t listen to parents, parents don’t For someone like me, someone who loves drama, drama is where you get to unleash your inner diva. A chance to be listen to their children, and elders don’t listen to youth whoever you want to be without looking weird or feeling and vice versa. judged. We live in a diverse and developed society where our Before I took drama I did not know whether or not I was generation was shaped by technology, so most of the keen on it, mainly because I was scared I would not be any time our focus diverts to the small appliances in front of good and people would tease me about it. But, when I finally us whether it be our phones or tablets and what not’s. got up the courage to join, I realized I had nothing to be We enjoy talking and listening to people who make us afraid of, for me drama is sanctuary. forget we have a phone, so the conversation lasts longer Drama is much more than just a class to me. It is a place and means more. As individuals we get so caught up where I can let loose and be as ‘weird’ as I want because I am in our own personal bubble that we forget the people surrounded by a group of people who are there to be just as around us need someone to listen to them, even if we’re weird as me. silent afterward and don’t have any form of advice, our Drama gives you the opportunity to be more than what you are, in drama not only am I Tehere, I am Leonato form mere presence is comfort enough. Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing, I am Nob from Sometimes silence can be the best advice. You just Too Much Punch For Judy, I am anyone I want to be. need to say things out loud and confess or admit for it to In drama class I do not have to feel confined by the rules lift off of your shoulders. society has put in place, rules that dictate what is ‘normal’ It’s a small action that requires a lot of will power but and what is ‘weird’. Through drama I have learnt to discard my it makes them feel better and makes you feel better too. fears of not fitting in. Drama has taught me to be who I want Sometimes it gets tiring listening to others, and giving to be, and do it not caring what anyone else thinks. Being advice but we all go through a point where we’ll need surrounded by the overwhelming amount of confidence that someone to do exactly the same thing. Picture yourself my class mates have has allowed me to embrace my talent and in their shoes, mentally and emotionally affected and grow the confidence to apply it out of the drama classroom. everything inside of you is waiting to explode. But you On those few occasions where I get the opportunity to apply have no one. It starts to get worse. my dramatic talent out of the drama room, I no longer hold back in fear of feeling judged. Even though by nature we are selfishly individualistic Drama has been a big part of my life over the past couple it doesn’t hurt to just sit down for a while and just listen of years. I would love to say that I was born with this much to what people need to say. confidence, I would love to say I could get up in front of a It a simple action of peace and kindness and that’s audience three years ago and perform with just as much self- something many of us have trouble with. It’s a test of assurance as I do now, but the fact is I can’t. patience and friendship and how much you can care for Three years ago I would never have gotten up onto a stage, someone in order to be there for them. drama class has made me feel much more confident in myself, It can take you a very long way just by a simple action. and it has made me feel comfortable in my own skin. I’ve seen it happen in a great way and I’ve seen it fall If you are interested in taking drama, but feel a little scared apart but it all ends with you and what you decide to do or shy, I advise you to remove those negative thoughts from when it comes down to something like listening. your mind, in drama class you will not find someone who was Think of as music, their words are lyrics and you’re not in the same position as you at one stage. helping them with find a melody. PB

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MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT Landholdings Ltd- Rarotonga Foreman Carpenter Request for Tender for the Construction of an Audio-Visual Quantity Surveyor Construction Room for the Ministry of Cultural Development Structural and Civil Engineer The Development Co-ordination Division of the Ministry of To view full job descriptions and to apply for any of these roles, Finance and Economic Management and the Ministry of Cultural please visit www.cookislandsjobs.com today. Development, seek suitably qualified groups or companies to submit a tender for the Construction of an audio-visual recording and video production room. The room will adjoin the existing sound room positioned on the wing of the stage, the Auditorium,Maraerenga, Rarotonga. Tender documents and plans can be obtained from the HUMAN RESOURCE (HR) MANAGER Development Coordination Division, MFEM, Level 3, Cook AND HR OFFICER Islands Government Building, Avarua or downloaded from Employment opportunities exist for an HR Manager and HR the Cook Islands Government Procurement website: http:// Officer at the Office of the Public Service Commissioner. procurement.gov.ck Tender documents are also available from the Tender Manager. Job Descriptions can be downloaded from www.psc.gov.ck. For any enquiries please contact: Tender Manager, Mr Boyd Applications must include a cover letter and CV addressed to: Ellison CEO OPSC, Box 24, Rarotonga, or emailed to daphne.ringi@ Email: [email protected]; cookislands.gov.ck by 4pm on 25 June 2015. Phone: +682 22226 or mobile +682 54221. Tenders Close: 3pm Thursday 9 July, 2015 FOR SALE

MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT

Request for Tender for the Supplyof Emergency Safety Equipment for the Ministry of Marine Resources

The Development Co-ordination Division (DCD) of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM)and Ministry of Marine Resources seek suitably qualified groups or companies to submit a tender for the supply of emergency safety equipment. The request for tender requires that the equipment be sourced and supplied to the Ministry of Marine Resources office in Rarotonga. Tender documents can be obtained from the Development Coordination Division, MFEM, Level 3, Cook Islands Government Building, Takuvaine Valley Road, Avaruaor downloaded from the Cook Islands Government Procurement website: http:// procurement.gov.ck Tender documents are also available from the Tender Manager. For any enquiries please contact: Tender Manager, Mr Boyd Ellison Email: [email protected]; Ph: +682 22226 or +682 54221. Tenders Close: 3pm Thursday9th July, 2015 (Cook Islands Time). PB

Cook islands Herald 24 June 2015 23 CLASSIFIEDS PUBLIC NOTICE Bowls Cook Islands, Inc by BCI Media For the Record, Sport of Lawn Bowls. Rarotonga Bowling Club. Tutakimoa. 2015, Arorangi Bowling Club “Fours” Championship Results: Prize Money : $1,200.00 MEN Round 2. 1. Joseph Ngatikao, William, Iro and Ngatokoa lost to Tatuava Tou, karika, Apii Vavia and Mia Tuteru ( 10 – 15 )

2. Tauu, Karo, Nga and Vaine Tua Lost to Nelson Akava, Adoni, Tokoa and Vaine Henry (9 -17 ) 3. Alex Kairua, Ringo Star, Noo and Papatua lost to G Paniani, Lawrence, Taiki and Tangi( 8 – 17 )

4. P. Urlich, Nga, Allan and Patrick lost to P. Tangi, P.Totoo, Joe Akaruru and Vou Ioana Ina Tou (7.15 )PNG Reps.

5. Ben Mose, Vavaka, Ioane Ina Tou and Noo defeated Ra, A.Turua, Tere Daniels and Tukai (13-0)

WOMEN Round 2. 1. Anna Kairua, Everlyn Henry,Kathy Mataio and Tata lost to Pipirangi, Nooroa, Mii and Vaine ( 14-17)

Public Notice Foreign Enterprise Registration and Approval to carry on business in the Cook Islands 2. Dorothy, Mareta,Tangi and Puni defeated Tamoe, All applications must be received by the 7th of each month in order for it to be considered in the Board meeting of that month. Your cooperation is appreciated. Nono,Barbara and Apii Urlich (12-9) For enquiries regarding the new change please email [email protected] 3. Irene, Porea, Linda Vavia and Tai Tangi (PNG Reps) drew Tai Tou, Maderine,Lucy and Mou ( 11-11 )

4. Linda Tera, Ngametua Tera, Te Iva Tera and Matini lost to Puna Teariki, Tamait, Mellisa and Rufina ( 14-17 )

MEITAKI MAATA NO TE TAUTURU, ITE TAREKAREKA A TE ARORANGI NOTICE TO CINSF REGISTERED EMPLOYERS B.C. Effective 1 July 2015 penalty charges will be applied to employers that are not complying with the CINSAct 2000. NEXT WEEK : For the Records : Round 3 Results This directly affects CINSF Registered Employers that have elected to cease payments to their employee’s superannuation VACANCY accounts. Penalties applied are in accordance with sections 52 and 67 of the CINS Act 2000. Penalty payments are credited to your employee’s superannuation accounts. For more information please contact the CINSF Office on ph25515 or email: [email protected] MINISTRY OF MARINE RESOURCES (MMR) TECHNICAL ADVISER – LABORATORY SERVICES TENDER Applications are invited for a Technical Adviserfor the MMR Laboratory Services. The positionwill support the following outcomes; (1) Short Term: An operational Water Quality &Food Safety Testing Laboratory capable of performing key TENDER FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF TE microbiological, nutrient and chemical assessments. APONGA UIRA MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET (2) Medium Term:ISO 17025 and other accreditation All interested parties should register their interests by (3) Longer Term:Advanced chemical analysis,e.g. heavy contacting the following: Marlene Cuthers on 20054. metal toxicity. This position will be a 12month contract with a salary package of $88,900. Only applicants with post graduate qualifications will be considered. Please contact Uirangi Bishop for further information and a job description,email: [email protected], Ph 28730. Provide a CV with an application letter, addressed to the Secretary, P.O. Box 85, Rarotonga, email: [email protected]. ck. Applications close on Friday 10thJuly 2015 Cook islands Herald 24 June 2014 24 FOOTBALL UPDATE NZF appoints new President New Zealand Football appointed member of the New Zealand Order of Merit Deryck Shaw to the role of President during its Annual Congress in Auckland on Friday.

former WaiBOP board exciting time and look forward governing body of football in a key development, while member, Shaw has sat to working with my Executive New Zealand. continued investment in Aon the NZF executive Committee colleagues, “Deryck has been a personnel and infrastructure committee since being elected management, federations and long time servant to the provided a further boost to in December 2014 and has all those involved in football in community and the work the game. a professional background repositioning our sport in New he started in Rotorua has “Our new statutes deliver a in economic development, Zealand,” the newly-elected continued at a national level more representative approach market research, business Shaw said. following his appointment to to our governance with an development and resource New members of the NZF the NZF executive committee appropriate contribution from management, with over Executive Committee are in 2014,”Chung says. a wider range of stakeholders 30 years of experience in Caroline Beaumont and Scott “The OFC Executive who speak for the entire consultancy. Moran, who join existing Committee is looking forward football community in this Shaw complements his members Mark Aspden, Philip to working closely with Deryck country,” he said. professional success with a Barry, Paul Cochrane, Suzanne and the newly-formed NZF “Additions to the lengthy background in football Griffin and vice-president Executive Committee to organisational structure which includes seven years as Michael Anderson. further develop the beautiful increased our ability to deliver chairman of Rotorua United In addition, the Congress game both in New Zealand on our planned activity AFC and years of coaching and approved the election of Garth and around the region.” and from this position of refereeing at junior level. Galloway as the new Honorary Outgoing NZF President developing structural strength “I am honoured and privileged President. Mark Aspden said 2014 was we can continue to move to be given the opportunity OFC President David Chung a progressive one for with the forward in our efforts to to become President of New says Shaw’s appointment national body’s adoption of reposition football in New Zealand Football at such an spells good things for the a new regulatory framework Zealand.” Krishna tipped to lead iji wonder boy Roy Krishna Buzzetti says. has been tipped to lead For the Labasa-native, the tour Fcountry against club when provides a good chance for Fiji to the Wellington Phoenix take on spend some time together with Fiji in the inaugural Fiji Airways the FIFA World Cup qualifiers just pre-season tour later this month. around the corner. The tour will see the A-League “Hopefully the boys are looking club take on the Fiji national forward to the game because team, while the Phoenix it’s a big opportunity for them Premiers will face the Fiji U-23 as well to prove to coaches that side which is gearing up for next they can play at international month’s OFC Olympic Qualifiers. level, and hopefully some of The matches will be played them can get a contract,” Krishna across two venues, kicking off says. on Saturday 27 June in Suva Buzzetti has named a side with before the teams travel to Ba on experience, with the majority of Tuesday 30 June. his senior side already having Fiji coach Carlos Buzzetti says several international caps. he’s pleased Krishna has chosen “Most of the players have to join the national team as played together in our last they take on the region’s only Olympic team and it’s not Roy Krishna will be key for Fiji when they take on the professional club. difficult training them together,” Wellington Phoenix. Credit: OFC via Phototek “He has opted to play for his Buzzetti says. the country against a team like “With the inclusion of our country first and I’ve very happy “I’m really happy with the Wellington Phoenix. We have a 21- wonder boy Roy Krishna the he will be playing for our national players’ fitness levels and member ssquad currently in camp morale of the players has really team against his own club team,” enthusiasm in representing and preparing well for the fixtures. been boosted.”