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I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
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Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Tapaitau and Charlie-Puna released to ‘family jobs’
21 September 2024
Police apprehend four juveniles in connection with motorcycle thefts
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
ICI explains road works delay in front of old Sheraton site
10 August 2024
Diaspora dismayed over lack of Te Maeva Nui livestream
8 August 2024
Everyone is a winner, says Culture
7 August 2024
Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
8 August 2024
Housing crisis hits tourism industry
27 July 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
Articles by Jonathan Milne
Jonathan Milne: Going beyond the call of duty
Friday 28 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
EDITORIAL: This week our son Joe was turning eight. We’d promised to cook him burgers on the barbecue we’d bought off Rarotonga Buy/Sell/Swap page – but surprise, surprise, when I tried to put it together that afternoon, the barbie’s gas inlet had a left-hand thread, and the gas hose had a right-hand thread.
Cooks cleared of tax haven stigma
Monday 24 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Economy
Government promises to thoroughly overhaul company taxes including looking at taxing overseas corporate who make their profits here.
Rain and thunder, but Cooks escape cyclone
Monday 24 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weather
Pacific meteorologists are being criticised for “over-forecasting” the last two tropical cyclones, Vicky and Wasi.
China v US in the Pacific: Uncle Sam wants you!
Saturday 22 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
We know what America wants. We think we know what China wants. But do Cook Islands know what we want for ourselves?
'Plague that's hit our country'
Thursday 20 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Local
Cutting the drink-drive limit to 250mcg is a stopgap measure, but the real solutions will come from our homes, families and communities.
Tennis boys take it to the brink
Wednesday 19 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Other Sports
Maka Maui came back from injury and a tough singles games in blistering heat to help Cook Islands to a victory in the doubles.
Cook Islands cargo ship in middle of firefight between Libyans and Turkey
Wednesday 19 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Economy
Pictures cast doubt on claim by a Libyan militia group to have sunk a Cook Islands-flagged cargo ship.
Jonathan Milne: Isolation is not answer to virus
Tuesday 18 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
EDITORIAL: So how close is the COVID-19 coronavirus? With the news of infected sufferers in the Pacific, in Hawai’i and the Philippines, it feels nearer than ever.
All schools closed as big storm hits Rarotonga
Tuesday 18 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weather
School is cancelled on Rarotonga today as tropical disturbance TD08F hits the island. The seawall road, too, has been closed as big waves smash over the top.
Remembering our war dead: 'Our children can see where they come from'
Monday 17 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
The recognition of the final resting places of six Cook Islands war dead causes us to consider how we remember them, and indeed, all our loved ones. Jonathan Milne explores the common strands linking the small family burial plots of Cook Islands to the sweeping American lawn cemetery of Hawai’i.
Names of Cook Islands war dead inscribed in history
Monday 17 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Local
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has accepted the New Zealand Defence Force’s recommendation to add the names of six Cook Islands army privates to their records.
'No borders for infectious diseases'
Monday 17 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Health
Call for World Health Organisation to be allowed free movement into Asia-Pacific countries to combat fast-spreading virus.
Subbing in: America works to win hearts and minds with expanding presence in Pacific
Saturday 15 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Weekend
As disputes over incursions by fishing fleets spread south through the Pacific Ocean, so too the face of maritime patrols is changing. Jonathan Milne reports from Pearl Harbor, Hawai’i.
Music to the years
Saturday 8 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Entertainment
Pat Williams, 64, was once well-known in Cook Islands music circles; now, he is sharing his familiar warm greeting at the security entrance to the US Consulate in Auckland.
NZ judge freezes CI trust
Saturday 8 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in National
A New Zealand court has handed down a judgment freezing assets in a Cook Islands trust, in a groundbreaking case.
Alleged Ponzi mogul 'hid assets' in Cook Islands
Saturday 8 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in National
Suspected fraudster Mark Nordlicht and his wife are accused of 'hiding assets' in a Cook Islands trust.
'Western diet threat to our quality of life'
Friday 7 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Local
Western diet and lifestyle ‘threatens Polynesian quality of life’, traditional leader warns. Jonathan Milne reports from New Zealand.
'Cut hair – or else'
Thursday 6 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Local
School continues to flout anti-discrimination law despite official warning.
School breaches boy's 'human rights'
Monday 3 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Local
A Cook Islands boy had been told by his school he must get his hair cut – even though his haircutting ceremony isn’t meant to be until next year.
Police plan to muffle loud bikes
Monday 3 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Crime
The Police Service is to target vehicles that aren’t up to scratch – especially those youth riding motorbikes without a muffler.
