Breaking the mould in a male dominated workforce

Thursday June 13, 2019 Written by Anneka Brown Published in National In what was once a man’s world, two young women have made firefighting history. Former Tereora College students Terangi Taio and Lotacia Taringa are the first women employed by the Airport Authority fire service. Terangi says: “There have never been any women firefighters; I thought becoming…

St Joseph students delighted with fire station visit

Thursday October 04, 2018 Written by Rashneel Kumar Published in Education It was an exciting moment for more than 50 Early Childhood Education and Grade 1 students from St Joseph School when they visited the Cook Islands Fire Station at the Rarotonga International Airport yesterday. The children were accompanied by their teachers and parents on this tour.…

Crew returns to complete test of landing system

Thursday August 09, 2018 Written by Cameron Scott Published in Local A specialised calibration aircraft was expected to be back on the job testing Rarotonga International Airport’s new $2 million instrument landing system this week. Completion of the exercise, which began in late June, was hampered by bad weather and a lack of accommodation on Rarotonga for…

All go on airport runway

Monday May 28, 2018 Written by Shaun Bamber Published in Local There are “a whole lot of things” going on out on the Rarotonga International Airport runway right now says Airport Authority chief executive Joe Ngamata – and he’s not half wrong. As well as the $2 million new instrument landing system project that has been in…