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Articles by Utopia Support
Concerns over Pukapuka as island floods
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Local
As cargo vessel Lady Moana heads north to Pukapuka despite rough seas and the presence of Cyclone Gita near Cook Islands waters, the island mayor Levi Walewaoa says he expressed concerns to ship owner Tapi Taio before the boat sailed on Thursday.
Room for more brooms
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Local
Like skinning cats, there’s more than one way to make a kikau broom.
Ban could be the last straw
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Regional
HAWAI‘I – A bill to ban the sale and distribution of plastic straws in the US state of Hawaii is gathering support.
Plastic bottles scourge of the Pacific
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – With a number of Pacific countries banning plastic bags in response to the pollution in the ocean, Samoa continues to face a dilemma on how to manage its waste.
Cyclone Gita churns through islands
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Samoa is in recovery mode after Cyclone Gita ravaged the island nation and now the storm system has Tonga in its sights.
Storm lashes islands
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – Cyclone Gita is hitting Samoa and American Samoa with strong winds and torrential rains, and authorities are warning people to stay indoors.
Taufatofua takes his shirt of again
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Regional
TONGA – He did it again.
New Zealand to help Kiribati with marine safety
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Regional
KIRIBATI – New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is planning to look at wider distribution of emergency locator beacons in Kiribati in the wake of last month’s ferry disaster.
Judge orders medivac of refugee teen
Monday 12 February 2018 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Australia has been ordered to bring a young girl from the Nauru detention centre to Australia for urgent psychiatric treatment, with warnings she could take her own life without intervention.
The significance of Ash Wednesday
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Church Talk
Next Wednesday, you might see members of the Catholic Church marked with ashes on their foreheads.
No crew in sight
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Smoke Signals
Under an agreement made with the court, the operators of the ill-fated vessel Tiare Taporo were supposed to provide a crew from New Zealand to sail the ship out of Avatiu harbour whenever it seems likely a cyclone or big storm could strike.
Amnesty beats sleeping pills
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have received the benefit of the government’s tax amnesty and so have many of my family and extended family.
Rasmussen raises ire of EHF
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Esther Honey Foundation (EHF) board of directors and its founder will defend everyone’s right to express their opinion.
Atiu has high hopes for Rongomatane successor
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Outer Islands
Prominent members of the Atiu community hope the successor to the Rongomatane throne will act as a role model for young Atiuans to come home.
Genetic impact of nuke tests needs study
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Regional
FRENCH POLYNESIA – The French Polynesian president Edouard Fritch says he wants a study to be carried out to see if the French nuclear weapons tests caused genetic mutations.
Trip to Pukapuka is smooth sailing
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Outer Islands
The Lady Moana departed for Palmerston and Pukapuka yesterday afternoon with 22 passengers aboard, ahead of warnings, later dropped, that Rarotonga could encounter heavy swells and high winds severe enough to require evacuation of the harbour by today.
Wild weather forces evacuations
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Regional
AMERICAN SAMOA – Some families in American Samoa have had to evacuate their homes due to flooding amid severe weather in the territory.
Sadness and anger as victims mourned
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Regional
KIRIBATI – The director of Kiribati Maritime agency says there is a lot of sadness and anger in Kiribati as the country remembers the more than 80 victims of last month’s ferry disaster.
Journalists forced to delete news files
Friday 9 February 2018 | Published in Regional
KIRIBATI – The Kiribati government has banned a New Zealand TV crew from reporting on the MV Butiraoi ferry disaster.
Cook Islands rugby league dreams big
Thursday 8 February 2018 | Published in League
Cook Islands Rugby League Association president Charles Carlson says he is blessed with incredible talent, but is constantly battling money issues, local expectations and the sport at large.
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