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15 staff lose jobs at Oasis
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
27 March: Up to 15 staff from the Oasis branch of the CITC Food Group have been sacked this week. CITC general manager Gaye Whitta says the staff were dismissed following an ongoing investigation into stock shortages. “The matter is now in the hands of the police,” she said. CITC has begun advertising for workers […]
Pukapuka tender process was 'transparent'
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
27 March: EU screening done by the book says Mike Mitchell Foreign affairs secretary Mike Mitchell is sympathetic to Makirere Poila’s concerns that the design of the Pukapuka cyclone management centre is not going to be designed and supervised by a local company. In yesterday’s paper, Poila expressed his disappointment that an overseas company was […]
Locals get close to Street actors
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 1: Shortland Street extra Marty Iro (at right) says actors Toni Potter (aka nurse Alice) and Will Hall (Dr Kip) have encouraged him with a bit of humour before takes on the scenes where he plays a barman. Iro said having a laugh helped take away the nervousness of saying his few lines. This […]
$3m 'stimulus' may go to tourism
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
27 March: Minister Wilkie Rasmussen revealed yesterday that government is thinking about scrapping its proposed $3 million economic stimulus package for businesses and adding it to the budget for tourism. The minister says he is hoping $1 million of this will be added to the marketing budget for Aitutaki to help promote the island as […]
Manihiki leases still to be settled
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Wednesday 1: Deputy prime minister Sir Terepai Maoate has returned from Manihiki with news that airport landowners have agreed to keep the agreement their forefathers had with government over the use of the land. Last year when a group of landowners wrote to government over the proposed lease of the land, they asked that it […]
WSBC named, told to go
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
27 March: Bank ‘ruining our reputation’ ordered to pay $125,000 in costs and quit the Cook Islands. The lid of secrecy was lifted yesterday on the long running civil court case between the Financial Supervisory Commission and WSBC Bank Ltd. Chief Justice David Williams issued a consent order which allows some details to be published, […]
CIP want Pukapuka seat declared vacant
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Local, National
Enough is enough as CIP take final step to get rid of MP
Leaflet demands deportation
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 26: Leaflets have been distributed around Rarotonga stores demanding that a Fijian woman be deported. In what could be considered vigilante-type action, the poster shows a mug shot of the woman and accuses her of “stealing from your store”. “Do not let her into your shop. Report her to the police and immigration,” it […]
3 arrested for driving offences
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Tuesday 31: Driving related matters landed three people in police custody last week. A woman was arrested for disqualified driving on Saturday outside the Empire Theatre. She was released on bail and will appear in court on Thursday. A 24-year-old male who was involved in a crash in Tupapa will also appear in court this […]
Shorty shoots in Raro
Wednesday 1 April 2009 | Published in Local
Thursday 26: A few locals will get speaking roles and even more will be extras in next week’s filming of a Shortland Street episode in Rarotonga. A large production crew of about 20 will soon be here along with a few of the star cast from Shortland Street. Fans of the show – keep an […]