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New heavy duty trailer will protect Aitutaki's road seal
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Outer Islands
Deputy prime minister and Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) minister Teariki Heather visited Aitutaki last Friday to officially hand over a heavy vehicle trailer to the Aitutaki island government.
Boat crew rescue injured turtle
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Environment
An endangered green sea turtle that lost a front flipper after becoming entangled in a mass of orange rope at sea has been safely released back into the ocean.
Puna Ruaau set for election
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Politics
The Cook Islands Party Ruaau Puna is ready for Election 2018.
Police dog in fishing boat search
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Outer Islands
Aitutaki may have seen its first kuri on the island for a very long time, after a police dog was brought over from Rarotonga to inspect the Nino Maravilla, an old Ecuadorian fishing vessel widely rumoured to have been involved in transporting illegal drugs to the Cook Islands.
New Zealand leader in for busy day on Rarotonga
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Politics
Last night New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern and her delegation touched down in Rarotonga as part of the “Pacific Reset” Mission.
Mentors programme of huge benefit
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Local
Of the total number of mentees that took part in last week’s Mentors Programme, 82 per cent were indigenous Cook Islanders, up from 77 per cent a year ago.
Te Mato Vai makes steady progress
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Local
The Te Mato Vai project has been advancing at a rapid pace, with the second stage of the project well underway.
Concerns over Nauru court
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NAURU – A former Nauru chief justice has raised concerns at Nauru’s plans for its own court of appeal.
Cable deal makes progress
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Discussions on a multi-million dollar submarine cable connecting Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea to Australia were progressed in Canberra last week.
Frustration growing in Highlands
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Frustrations are building among some residents in the earthquake-devastated Papua New Guinea of Hela, as aid is slow to come a week after a deadly earthquake.
Tonga – and then Rarotonga today
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern touched down in Tonga yesterday afternoon on the third leg of her Pacific Mission.
Trade deal 'damaging'
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – An analyst says New Zealand’s planned trade deal with the Pacific Island nations could be extremely damaging to their economies.
Pension rules under scrutiny
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The New Zealand government is looking at its pension rules to see if New Zealanders living in Niue and Cook Islands can access payments.
King 'out of town' on Chinese business
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks in Beijing with Tonga’s King Tupou VI last Thursday where they agreed to further promote the strategic partnership between China and Tonga.
New Zealand treads softly in China's footsteps
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says the main goal of her delegation’s visit to Tonga this week was to see how the kingdom and other Pacific Island nations are recovering from last month’s Cyclone Gita – but Ardern and her ministers may also be worried about another force that’s hit the region – China.
Campaign to save law camp
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
An Otago student has started a campaign to save a controversial camp for second-year law students.
Planned to go back in time
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
An anti-census campaigner in New Zealand was hoping to avoid yesterday’s compulsory national count by hiding in a TARDIS, it’s reported.
No option to be a pakeha in latest census
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s introduction of an online census has caused consternation throughout with country, with the absence of an ethnic group choice, accessibility issues for the disabled and elderly, and fears that the nation’s most marginalised people won’t be counted.
Senior National MP hands in his notice
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Steven Joyce summed up his time in politics with, “I like to get on and get things done” – and with his resignation decision, that is what he has done.
Missing dog 'Meg' found five weeks after car crash
Wednesday 7 March 2018 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Meg, a black labrador-huntaway cross, disappeared after a crash in which the car she was travelling in rolled on January 31 in Purakaunui, near Dunedin.
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