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Time to raid poilitician pantry

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, So the government ministries are in on the tax evasion amnesty too, huh.


Vote for change to rebuild this paradise

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,


Te Kuki Airani Film Festival a hit

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Local

The first annual Te Kuki Airani Film Festival took place on Saturday Night at the National Auditorium.

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Firefighters battle blazing house

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Local

Local firefighters were at full strength on Friday night, with around 25 firefighters and four fire engines battling a burning house on the back road in Atupa.

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Tax measures 'absolutely wrong'

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Politics

The announcement that some government departments will benefit from the massive tax write-off reminds former Finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen of the political misdeeds in the early 1990s.

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Soccer stars gather from around the Cook Islands

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Football

Cook Islands football is venturing into new territory with a national men’s and women’s soccer tournament launching in April on Rarotonga. The eight-day event is set to take off from April 14 to 21.


Just Play Village Festivals back in schools for 2018

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Football

The popular monthly Just Play Village Festival is set to come alive with sports and educational activities this coming Tuesday on February 27.

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Chip seal a disaster and waste of money

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor; I write to respond to recent articles about the deplorable state of our chip-sealed roads.


Students benefit from film festival

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Local

Tereora College students were treated to an intimate film seminar and workshop yesterday.

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Why was parliament cut short?

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Why was parliament cut short from its two-week sitting? It is in parliament where some of the country’s issues are raised and discussed, issues of such importance that they may have impact economically, socially, politically, or even religiously at times.


Remembering Papa Tom Hesketh

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Local

It was almost standing room only for latecomers to the memorial service for the late Tom Hesketh at the Edgewater Resort & Spa on Wednesday.

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New Maori children's books celebrated

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Hot on the Rock

A special celebration ceremony was held for the conclusion of the Pacific literacy and school leadership project on Tuesday this week.

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Now is not the time to be silent

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor

My Uncle Nooroa Teavae Tanner and five others formed a group in Auckland called the Polynesian Panthers in the late 1970s, responding to amongst other things Dawn Raids on Pacific Island families by the New Zealand Government.


Ring main works progress out west

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Local

Te Mato Vai ring main commissioning work is expected to be completed earlier than expected.

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Road repairs 'deplorable'

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Local

The deplorable state of sections of the Rarotonga road, particularly Muri and Titikaveka, has drawn the ire of Triad Group principal Chris Vaile, who has blasted the government for its waste of public money.


Around the Pacific

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Regional

Valls favours staying French


Valls favours staying French

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Regional

NEW CALEDONIA – A former French prime minister Manuel Valls says the French government should say before New Caledonia’s referendum what its preferred outcome is. Valls, who was in Noumea last week as the head of a French National Assembly delegation, was speaking at a public debate.


Corrupt officials making Tonga dysfunctional

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Regional

TONGA – Some senior government officials in Tonga have abused foreign-funded projects, Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva has claimed.


Mould-infested tents a health hazard

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Regional

NAURU – Four years after the Australian government was repeatedly warned the mould growing throughout Nauru’s regional processing centres was making people sick, refugee families, including young children, are still being forced to live under rotting canvas in Nauru.


More refugees sent back

Monday 26 February 2018 | Published in Regional

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Thirteen more refugees detained in Papua New Guinea by Australia have been returned to Manus Island from Port Moresby.


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