Friday 27 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A defence lawyer has stood up in court blamed the severely bruised and traumatised female victim of a violent assault for what happened to her.
Friday 27 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Police are close to finalising an internal investigation nto a police officer alleged to have assaulted a man while arresting him outside Raro Fried Chicken in Avarua this month.
Friday 27 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Former triathlete Melanie Wilson has once again avoided entering a plea to $11,000 in misappropriation charges as the Justice of the Peace grants another adjournment.
Thursday 26 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A man who was charged for assaulting his 76-year-old mother has been convicted and ordered to come up for sentencing in six-months’ time- if called upon.
Thursday 26 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Police helped an injured tourist from the Wigmore’s waterfall yesterday.
Thursday 26 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Police have cleared a senior officer of any crime after he was accused of busting onto a young woman’s property with his armed friend.
Wednesday 25 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in National
Parliament’s Speaker Niki Rattle has called on smaller island nations to address common difficulties and experiences in their parliaments.
Wednesday 25 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Okirua Manuela, who faces several charges for damaging his parent’s property, has been remanded in custody for another month.
Wednesday 25 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A man who allegedly threatened a 20-year-old woman with a firearm in Arorangi over the weekend has been charged.
Tuesday 24 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
The Police have launched two inquiries into the actions of a senior police officer and his associate, accused of confronting a woman with a firearm.
Tuesday 24 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A man is in police custody for allegedly threatening others with a knife near Trader Jacks this weekend.
Monday 23 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A man who faces a rape charge has been allowed by the High Court to undergo a psychiatric assessment in New Zealand before his trial in November.
Monday 23 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A young dad with a drinking problem stole thousands of dollars of alcohol; now he has been sentenced to 15-months in prison.
Monday 23 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weekend
Raewyn Goldsbury first came to the Cook Islands with her family on the tiny 67-metre passenger ship, the GMV Maui Pomare. It was a long way across the ocean to come on such a small boat, not much more than 1000 tonnes.
Sunday 22 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A 24-year-old self-employed man was convicted and fined $250 for a charge of possession of cannabis.
Sunday 22 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
New lawyer Sholan Ivaiti believes that Cook Islanders who have graduated in law abroad should return to the country to help their people and address a general shortage of lawyers.
Friday 20 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Police are expected to lay more charges against alleged drug dealers Rhys Munro Manu and Rodney John Akavi Ngatikao.
Friday 20 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
On Wednesday, six-week-old baby boy LJ’s father was sentenced to six years and four months’ imprisonment. Yesterday, he almost lost his mother as well.
Thursday 19 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Other Sports
The legacy of boxing in the Cook Islands will live on with more young men now training in the sport and hoping to make to the Commonwealth and Pacific Games.
Thursday 19 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Meremaraea Vima Tinirau Macquarie, affectionately known as Meme, passed away on September 10 and was laid to rest yesterday, buried at her home in Nikao.
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