DOCSLIB.ORG

Herald Issue 691 06 November 2013

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Herald Issue 691 06 November 2013 PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD6 November 2013 $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 5.30pm-7.30pm Reservations required 22 166 Aroa Beachside Inn, Betela Great Food, Great Entertainment Always the best Goldmine Model, Hinano is selection, best wearing this beautiful necklace, ring and price & best service at bracelet from Goldmine Goldmine! POWERBALL RESULTS Drawn: 31/10/13 Draw num: 911 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:2/11/13 Draw num: 3369 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:5/11/13 Draw num: 1029 Next draw: SUPP: Cook islands Herald 30 OCtober 2013 news 2 PRESS STATEMENT From: Wilkie Rasmussen, Leader of the Opposition Norman George officially resigns from Cook Islands Party he long serving Member Cook Islands Party Constituency “Ultimately the Democratic Tatuava. of Parliament for the Committee of Teenui Mapumai, Party wants to win back both Mr Rasmussen said that with Tisland of Atiu Norman Denina Tuariki on the 24th seats in Atiu. And they were this positive development, he George met on Monday of October 2013. Mr George seats traditionally held by us.” will try and go to Atiu to hear morning with the Leader of informed Mr Rasmussen of this Mr Rasmussen continues to directly from the people there the Opposition and Democratic letter several weeks ago but stand by the position that he and get some directions from Party to discuss his return back Mr Rasmussen asked to cite and the Democratic Party held there. into the Democratic Party. the letter and says that this is a that Mr George must resign “At this stage, I’m agreeable He was accompanied in this positive development in so far as from the CIP and to stand for with Mr George working towards meeting by former Democratic Mr George’s plans to rejoin the the Demo in a by-election or the Demo’s ultimate goals Party MP Eugene Tauava who Democratic Party is concerned. general election Mr George unconditionally and I want him proposes to be the Demo Article 6 (1) (a) of the must win the nomination of the to be patient and take it step by running companion for Mr Constitution of the Cook Islands Democratic Party committee of step until the Democratic Party George at the next general Party provides that any member the constituency that he stands caucus and executives have full elections in just over a year’s of the Cook Islands Party wishing for. confidence in him”. time. to resign and if that member is But the Leader of the Mr George needs to respect Mr George presented Mr a registered financial member, Opposition said that he will my leadership and my style of Rasmussen with his official that member may do so by hold further discussions with management of the Democratic resignation letter from the Cook writing a letter to the Secretary his caucus and Party Executive Party and show loyalty to work Islands Party. This letter was of the Electorate Committee of on the new development and with my team towards winning signed by the Secretary of the the Constituency. indeed with Mr George and Mr the elections. KARERE KI TE ITI TANGATA KUKI AIRANI Turanga matutu o te Demo Na William Heather Jnr (Smiley), Papa Wilkie Rasmussen te Tinito ki tetai uipaanga. Tauturu Arataki O TE Tua Arataki o ta tatou party. Ki aku e maata roa te Akatanotano e te Democratic Te rekareka nei au i uipaanga a teia taeake e Party te akakite atu kit a au aere nei, kare ake rai au i Kia Orana kotou katoatoa turuturu e kite iti tangata kite ake me kua noo mai i te aroa maata o to tatou katoatoa e te Matutu nei ana aia ki te basileia i tetai Atua. E ra mataora teia te turanga o te Demo I epetoma, kore ake rai, oki noku no te mea te kite nei teia ra e kua papa te reira mai no te ori aere, nga mea au i te turanga maraoroi no te tamaki atu i roto i miniti ua ake kite kainga te o ta tatou putuputuanga te ikianga a teia openga rere akaou atu ra. Aue tau koia oki ko te Democratic mataiti ki mua e tu mai teia tu e. Party. Kua akamata ia nei me kore ra i roto i nga Te inangaro nei au i te teia putuputuanga e Papa marama mua o te mataiti tuku i te reo akapumaana Tom Davis e kua “turu ia 2015. I teia au tuatau nei e te akamaroiroi ki te au e Tangata Nekeaere,” i ta kua tuku mai to tatou au taeake anganga o te are te reo imene akakite anga taeake i te pae enua ki vao tunu varaoa o Turoa no te mai kia tatou. Kua tupu i te karere akamaroiroi ki mea kua ka teia ngtuare te Demo ki te maata i teia te Arataki e te akapapu mai I te a’i i teia openga nei e kua Kavamani mai nei ratou e ka autua tatou epetoma i topa ake nei. Te ana i te au tuatau i topa i teia ikianga e tu mai nei. akaaroa. Pera katoa kite ki muri. Kua arataki ia mai No reira kamaroiroi mai au ngutuare tei rokoia e te ana e Papa Pupuke Robati, tatou i Rarotonga nei. tumatetenga mate, na te Papa Terepai Maoate, Papa Kare au i mataora i te Atua e akapumaana mai ia Ropbert Wigmore e i teia rongo anga au e kua rere kotou katoatoa. Kia Orana tuatau kua kite tatou e ko akaou te Prime Minita ki e Kia Manuia. PB Cook islands Herald 30 OCtober 2013 Political View 3 Democratic Party gearing up for General Elections By Wilkie Rasmussen, Leader of are people I respect very the Opposition much. t has been some time Secondly, Papa Kura now since I’ve made Strickland had now put some comments about pen to paper and wrote a I letter to the editor in Maori the status of the Democratic Party and where it is heading expressing his disappointment to. Most of my columns have of this Government. This is in always been about current addition to his calls to the local issues of the day that the radio chat programme where Government has failed to he told the country that he is address or that the public has now shifting his support to the expressed concern about. I’ve Democratic Party. talked about fires destroying This Tuesday however schools and people’s home and was a highlight for me. The the failure of this Government “maverick” MP Norman to stop the arsonist from George, who stood for the CIP setting houses on fire. As if on in the 2010 general elections cue we now hear of the Turoa came to see me and present his Bakery and Saltwater Café letter of resignation from the being gutted by fire destroying CIP which had been accepted the livelihoods of a number of by the electorate Secretary, a local people. I feel deeply for provision required under the them. I’ve also written about CIP constitution. Mr George depopulation, corruption, was a long serving Demo MP high taxation, pensioner being from Atiu, with intermittent taxed, and purse-seine fishing breaks in that membership and so on. and who was elected as a CIP In this column however, MP in 2006. Either he is or SWITCH ON WITH I wish to be a bit different he comes close to being the because of a couple of longest serving MP in the Cook Te Aponga Uira positive developments that Islands. had happened recently. First, I Mr George wants to join the heard on video footage which Demo team and while there Here comes summer was not aired on television may still be some issues to deal comments by Papa Tupui Ariki with over his intention, the and … cyclone season. Henry, son of Cook Islands positive development is that Party founder and first Premier his gesture of meeting with me of our country encouraging the and expressing his intention Grey Power Movement to vote without conditions helps the for the Democratic Party and Demo in gearing up for the next throw this Government out. general elections. Norman He said this at the meeting George presents to the Demos between Grey Power and the the capturing of two seats in Prime Minister Henry Puna Atiu. That excites me because over the failure of the PM to these two seats were looking deal with the pensioner’s tax difficult for the Demo’s to win. problems. Never before have With his unbreakable hold in I heard a Cook Islands PM Atiu I am very confident that heckled and generally talked those two seats will be for the down by the elderly, who Demos after the next general plucked up enough courage to elections. mobilize and protest to those Demo supporters should be in authority. Papa Pui was a prepared to gear up and get ready to battle and wrestle former Minister of the Crown Its summer and that means winds, stormy sea surges – and and a seasoned politician and away the Government from Father Christmas, holidays and possibly destruction. for someone like him to say Henry Puna and Mark Brown. relaxing with the family. Remember, its fun to look “vote the CIP out” signals Both these guys especially But summer is also cyclone ahead to festive times.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Gonna Drink, Get Drunk a History and Ethnography of Alcohol in Rarotonga, Cook Islands
    Gonna Drink, Get Drunk A History and Ethnography of Alcohol in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Vaughn Koops Submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy November 2002 Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society Department of Public Health The University of Melbourne DECLARATION This is to certify that (i) the thesis comprises only my original work towards the PhD (ii) due acknowledgement has been made in the text to all other material used, (iii) the thesis is less than 100,000 words in length, exclusive of tables, maps, bibliographies and appendices. …………………………………………………………………………. ii ABSTRACT This thesis describes the place of alcohol in the lives of people from Rarotonga, Cook Islands. It incorporates historical and ethnographic analyses to provide the broad context of drinking by people aged from their teens to late thirties. The historical component of this study describes specific accounts of alcohol consumption, and situates these with regard to changes that occurred in Rarotonga from the early 19th century. Prior to contact with Papa’a (Europeans), people of Rarotonga neither produced nor consumed alcoholic beverages. Thus, the use of alcohol was a phenomenon intimately bound up with global exploration, proselytisation and trade. I trace historical changes in the distribution of power, resources, religious practice, and social discourse, and show how alcohol practice, distribution, and trade was linked to these changes from missionary contact onward. This history informs the ethnography of contemporary drinking practices. Individual and group practices and understandings of alcohol are described. I also describe the contribution of state policy, commercial interests, government institutions, and religious organisations to the place of alcohol in Rarotonga.
    [Show full text]
  • FORTY- EIGHTH SESSION Hansard Report
    FORTY- EIGHTH SESSION Hansard Report 48th Session Ninth Meeting Volume 10 WEDNESDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2018 OPENING PRAYER MADAM SPEAKER took the Chair at 1.00 p.m MADAM SPEAKER: Honourable Members please be seated. I would like to thank our Chaplin this afternoon for his words of advice as to how we should conduct the business of the House today. Kia Orana to all our Honourable Members in this Honourable House on this beautiful afternoon. To all our people in the Cook Islands who are listening in to our broadcast this afternoon, Kia Orana to you all in the name of our Lord. Kia Orana to our guests in our gallery, welcome to Parliament this afternoon. This morning I received a phone call from the island of Enuamanu and I was asked to make an announcement to the people of our nation. At 4 am this morning, one of our own, Tura Koronui passed away. We all know that Tura was a former Resident Agent on the island of Enuamanu and he was also one of the crew members on our Cook Islands Vaka which sailed around the Pacific. Tura also served our country in many ways. Tura will be buried at 2:00pm this afternoon on his home island of Atiu. Therefore, on behalf of all Honourable Members of the House, I would like to convey our condolences to the bereaved family in Enuamanu, on Rarotonga and all over. I am sure that our two Honourable Members from the island of Enuamanu will also convey their condolences to the bereaved family when they speak later on.
    [Show full text]
  • Herald Issue 806 24 February 2016
    PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD24 Feb 2016 $2 (incl VAT) Congratulations to Woman of the Month, Mrs Lily Vainerere- Patia. Featured here wearing beautiful black Cakes for pearl jewellery all ocassions! from Goldmine Edgewater Cakes Enquiries call us on 25435 extn 7010 Always the best selection, best price & best service at Goldmine! POWERBALL RESULTS Drawn:18/2/16 Draw num: 1031 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:20/2/16 Draw num: 3609 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn: 23/2/16 Draw num: 1149 Next draw: SUPP: Cook islands Herald 24 February 2016 NEWS 2 POLITICAL ROUND UP Campaigning, coalitions, corruption investigations and taxes uring Prime Minister Henry Puna’s Demo leader William Smiley Heather Radio Cook Islands broadcast on to MP Teina Bishop read out to the DFriday 19 February he took the gathering much excitement was in the unusual stance of rebutting a Herald midst and the Deputy Mayor for the last article. Puna denied last week’s Herald ten years Poo Bishop was endorsed as report his six day $70,000 northern the Demo/OCI Mayoral candidate group tour of duty was a masked trip nominated by Demo stalwart Savage to campaign for the 10 March Island Lockington. Let’s hope this time Council elections. Leaving on Monday 29 the erratic Demos are synergised; February his entourage includes Minister last time around they fielded two Mark Brown, and the other three candidates splitting a huge margin Northern group Members of Parliament. and handing the Mayoralty to The cost includes the $45,000 Air John Baxter. Rarotonga charter, travelling expenses To cement the political bond and cash gifts.
    [Show full text]
  • S-0443-0066-0005-00005 UC.Tif
    r .. ·\II • •• ~ ~ ;.I r, $, ,,. ~~ ;,)' ill il1 !1' • :i ~1 ., 1' .. (ti { -91- ,. ~· ;:... ;, ...t;. I" ,,. I, ' if. ""' .~ ,- with th Gove=nmcnt in mntters pertaining to land and native cu tom and any other mattcrs lon whlch tho Government mey require ad.vice from the .J.ri is. On mn.tters t pertaining to la.nd and custom and any other matter specified by law the Rouse of .Arikis tho..il ho.ve the power to rcfe:r back to the Lecislo.tivc As embly and/or , . l Cabinet up to three times,and after the first time may demand c nsultntion wita the ' Cabinet If there hes been no reference back the first time w thin seven dcys, nod ~ ,. within wo deys for the second or third time, the mat'-er shall e consid erod to have bei n c.6Tecd to by the liouse of A.r i kis. {, " ~· Thi High Commissioner shall retain the right to refer bnck as is already ~ .11 " specifi tl in the draft Constitution for the Council of, State. ~- (t ., ,., Al hough it is at prosent recommended that there shall be High Commissioner only,who s:1c.ll represent cler Majesty the Queen, the Government f the Cook Islands . i '" . would 1J o!c f:l.vourably on a proposal thct o.n .Ariki should also r present Her 1,:ajesty ., the Queen if the House cf 1.rikis so requested • 'ii: I •. No j law shall be enforceable on ony is?and where such law r ns counter to "Ill' ,v; ~ tradi ti I nd b.nd uso.ge unless re quo sted by the A.riki s and/or Ka a.na.s of the isl and" • ..
    [Show full text]
  • Herald Issue 707 March 2014
    PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD5 March 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 5.30pm-7.30pm Reservations required 22 166 Aroa Beachside Inn, Betela Great Food, Great Entertainment Always the best selection, best Goldmine Model Jesse is wearing a price & best service at bracelet, necklace and earrings from Goldmine! POWERBALL RESULTS Goldmine Drawn: 27/2/14 Draw num: 928 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:1/3/14 Draw num: 3403 Hitachi 1TB USB 3.0 Portable Transcend 1TB USB 3.0 Portable SUPP: Durable ant-shock silicone outer shell Normally Normally OZLOTTO RESULTS $189 $199 Drawn:4/3/14 Draw num: 1046 Next draw: SUPP: save save $24 $20 PB Cook islands Herald 05 March 2014 news 3 NEWS FLASH Taxing of local Pension may be illegal By Charles Pitt t has come to light that the taxing The proposed changes to enable the yet been enacted, has not been explained. of the local pension may be illegal. taxing of the old age pension under Part IX Government has not yet indicated when IThat is because the amendment to of the Act are contained in the “Income Tax the House will sit. the Income Tax Act 1997 has not yet been Amendment Bill.” The Herald understands that if the VAT passed by parliament. This Bill also contains a raft of other changes are not passed in parliament, The Herald has learnt that the Cabinet changes including the change to VAT.
    [Show full text]
  • FINANCIAL STATEMENT APPROPRIATION BILL 2010-11 SPEECH by the HON. WILKIE RASMUSSEN Parliament Sitting on Wednesday 11 August
    FINANCIAL STATEMENT APPROPRIATION BILL 2010-11 SPEECH BY THE HON. WILKIE RASMUSSEN Parliament Sitting on Wednesday 11th August 2010 Extract from Hansard – Proof Only ORDERS OF THE DAY Second reading of the Appropriation Bill 2010-11. I call upon the Minister of Finance Honourable Wilkie Rasmussen. HON W. RASMUSSEN: Kia Orana again to you Mr Speaker and all the staff members of this House. Kia Orana also to our Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Robert Wigmore, to all Ministers of the Crown, Kia Orana. Members in Government Kia Orana. To the Leader and Deputy of the Opposition the Honourable Tom Marsters and the Honourable Teina Bishop respectively and to your colleagues in the Opposition Kia Orana. Kia Orana to all of us in this Hon. House and I commend us for gathering together as we continue to look at the appropriation for the next financial year. Kia Orana also to all our people who are listening in to our deliberation this afternoon to the Ui Ariki, Ui Mataiapo, the Ui Rangatira and the Aronga Mana Kia Orana. To all our people both in the north and the southern groups and to all our people in Rarotonga I extend greetings to you in the love of our Lord. Mr Speaker, I move: That the Appropriation Bill for 2010-11 be read a Second time And in doing so Mr Speaker, I seek your indulgence to make a statement in relation to that Bill. But first of all I just wish to again commend and say thank you to all Members of this House for the cooperation and the understanding of the situation that we are currently in with regards to the need for the Supplementary and Validation Bill that we had just passed and I say thank you to all that supported that.
    [Show full text]
  • Herald Issue 794 25 November 2015
    PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD25 November 2015 $2 (incl VAT) Goldmine model, Hayley-Rose wearing this elegant necklace with matching earrings 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:19/11/15 Draw num: 1018 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:21/11/15 Draw num: 3583 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn: 24/11/15 Draw num: 1136 Next draw: SUPP: PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD25 November 2015 $2 (incl VAT) Goldmine model, Hayley-Rose wearing this elegant necklace with matching earrings 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:19/11/15 Draw num: 1018 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:21/11/15 Draw num: 3583 SUPP: OZLOTTO RESULTS Drawn: 24/11/15 Draw num: 1136 Next draw: SUPP: Cook islands Herald 25 November 2015 NEWS 2 Snap election predicted for late February - early March Soko Roi - Cook Islands Party Secretary Eddie Drollet - Democratic Party Secretary t’s no surprise to the sizeable balance in place to out belief in winning success, unlike preparations the Demos are discerning political observers muscle the cash less Demos who the Demo campaign overseer starting behind the eight ball.
    [Show full text]
  • 10 February 2005
    Ouro Preto International Final Report Cook Islands Review of Fuel Distribution and Pricing System Prepared for Cook Islands Government October 2005 Alan Bartmanovich Principal Energy Consultant Ouro Preto International Phone/Fax: +61 (0) 2 6161 3606 23 Lumeah Street Mobile: +61 (0) 410 542 534 Narrabundah 2604 ACT e-mail: [email protected] Australia CONFIDENTIAL TO GOVERNMENT Cook Islands Review of Fuel Distribution and Pricing System TABLE OF CONTENTS page 1. Introduction 3 2. Terms of Reference 4 3. Executive Summary 6 4. Recommendations 10 4.1 Recommendation Summary 4.2 Recommendation Detail 5. Specifications and Demand 15 6. Fuel Price Regulation 18 6.1 Cook Islands Fuel Pricing Template 6.2 Wholesale and Retail Fuel Price 7. Fuel Terminals 22 8. Importation, Storage and Distribution 25 9. Standards and Regulations 26 10. Lessons from other Pacific Island Countries 28 10.1 Fuel Excise and Taxation 10.2 ROCE rates used in other Pacific Islands Countries 10.3 Comparative Fuel Prices - Pacific Region 10.4 Independently Owned Fuel Terminals 10.5 Equitable Outer Islands Fuel Pricing – Kiribati and Tuvalu Attachments A. Cook Islands Fuel Pricing Template B. Cook Islands Fuel Pricing Template – Elements in need of Review C1. Mogas Comparative Costing by Island /Group C2. Mogas Comparative Costing – Proposed Changes D1. ADO Comparative Costing by Island /Group D2. ADO Comparative Costing – Proposed Changes E. Progamme of Consultant In-Country Visits F. Agenda – Chamber of Commerce Meeting Ouro Preto International..CI Fuel Review Final Report Oct 2005 v1.2 2 CONFIDENTIAL TO GOVERNMENT Cook Islands Review of Fuel Distribution and Pricing System 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Herald Issue 730 13 August 2014
    PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD13 August 2014 $2 (incl VAT) Congratulations to Woman of the Month Puapii Taurarii pictured here Cakes for wearing a necklace all ocassions! from Goldmine 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: 7/8/14 Draw num: 951 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:9/8/14 Draw num: 3449 NEED MORE HARD SUPP: DRIVE SPACE FOR ALL YOUR MOVIES? HERE’S YOUR CHANCE ALL EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES OZLOTTO RESULTS from as low as POWERED DESKTOP PORTABLES Drawn: 12/8/14 Draw num: 1069 Next draw: 500GB, 1TB & 2TB 2TB & 3TB SUPP: PORTABLE 500GB Special valid until 23rd Aug or while stock lasts Cook islands Herald 13 Agust 2014 News 2 Politicians need to spruce up Parliamentary performances s long as Cook Islands say, but a MP must know what standard performing MPs were to do. It is little wonder Henry politics is personality they mean instead of being never inspired to rise to the Puna is labelled a lazy PM Adriven the Parliamentary dependent on the sub standard occasion due to the equally preoccupied with lavish self performances of our Members advice of the Crown Law Office. juvenile performance of a indulgences and the worst of of Parliament will be woefully The third step is to know how novice Speaker of the House all PMs in 50 years of Cook pathetic and undeserving of to apply the documents of who over indulged her brand Islands self governance.
    [Show full text]
  • FORTY-NINTH SESSION Hansard Report
    FORTY-NINTH SESSION Hansard Report 49th Session Eighth Meeting Volume 8 WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 2020 MADAM SPEAKER TOOK THE CHAIR AT 1.00 p.m. OPENING PRAYER MADAM SPEAKER (N. RATTLE): Honourable Members please be seated. It is a bit different in here this afternoon, Honourable Members. It is nice to be back into your regular seat and we can do our business in the regular way that we do it. First of all, greetings to all Honourable Members that have entered the House this afternoon. Special acknowledgement and greetings to all of our people in the Northern Group, Southern Group and Tumutevarovaro listening in by radio, or viewing on the internet, livestreaming – greetings to all of you. Special greetings to those in the public gallery today, especially the two ladies representing Vai Ora Maori petition – greetings to you both. And to our media representative who is among our guests in the guest gallery today, Kia Orana. I wanted to say how sweet and beautiful the words that was delivered by our Pastor this afternoon and let that be our guide for our deliberations on the business of the day. I think it is really important also Honourable Members that you know you are being livestreamed and people from the Cook Islands, New Zealand, Australia and as far as the USA are watching you online as we do our business today. Often, people do not hesitate with what they want to make comments on about people’s behaviour that is for you to be aware of what is happening. We will now go to our Question Time, for half an hour today.
    [Show full text]
  • Cook Islands Integrated Rural Development Project"
    EVALUATION IHAP PROJECT "Cook Islands Integrated Rural Development Project" AID Grant No. 492-1704 Evaluated by Leonard Maynard, Consultant June/July 1984 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Country Profile II. Project Background III. Project Components IV. Evaluation Methodology V. Project Status VI. Conclusion Attachment A: Interview List of Government Officials Attachment B: List of Recommendations I. COUNTRY PROFILE The fifteen Cook Islands -.thirteen of which are inhabited by approximate­ ly 18,000 people - constitute a total land area of 240 square kilometers scat­ tered over 2.2 million square kilometers of sea. The largest island (65 square kilometers), Rarotonga, is also the center of government and contains about half the total population of the country. The Cooks are an internally self-governing state in free association with New Zealand. The economy of the country is largely agricultural including fishing and to a considerable extent, subsistence. Primary production is mainly in coconuts, fish, bananas, citrus, pineapple, maniota, sweet potatoes and taro. Coffee, cocoa, tomatoes and other specialty crops are produced in modest quantities. Livestock includes cattle, pigs and goats, essentially for home consumption. Some mother-of-pearl shell is also collected, mostly for export. In addition to local handicrafts, small industry includes a fruit cannery and two clothing factories. Tourism has become an increasingly important industry and source of foreign exchange. Primary education is free and compulsary and many students go on to sec­ ondary education and a few to higher education abroad. Free medical and surgical treatment is available to all Cook Islanders, with a general hospital in Rarotonga and cottage hospitals or dispensaries in the outer islands.
    [Show full text]
  • Pearls and Politics : the Impact of the Development of the Cultured-Pearl
    PEARLS AND POLITICS - THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CULTURED-PEARL INDUSTRY ON MANIHIKI A thesis submitted to the University of Canterbury in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Sociology by Raymond Brian Temu Newnham 1989 ii ABSTRACT This study attempts to discern the effects of a new industry on a small, isolated, coral atoll in the central Pacific: pearl farming in the lagoon of Manihiki, in the Northern Group of the Cook Islands. Through a combination of archival research, interviews and participant observation, I discuss the historical development of the cultured-pearl industry as a precursor to analysing the contemporary situation. The research design utilised in the study reflects the position of the researcher as a member of the researched community. A rudimentary theoretical framework is proposed, based on the need for a multi-disciplinary approach to studying the Pacific, by combining Development Theory with other relevant approaches, e.g., Mirab, Smallness. Political control of the industry lies with the Manihiki Island Council, whose view of development has conflicted with that of central government and has disturbed the relationship between Manihiki and Rarotonga. As the industry continues to develop, Manihiki will become more dependent on Rarotonga, and control of the industry will probably return to central government. Socially, the industry has caused an occupational change from gathering wild shell to farming. Families remain the main economic unit of production, but alterations to their income structure and labour allocation result from their level of involvement with farming. A reversal of migration and remittance patterns appears to be occurring, as migrants are attracted back to Manihiki by the development of farming and more money flows out of Manihiki than in.
    [Show full text]