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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Tenants face water bill burden
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Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
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Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
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
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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
Challenging ‘rape culture’
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Thank you Thomas Wynne
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Saturday’s CI News had Thomas Wynne’s plea that as a culture we get around to fixing decades of turning a blind eye to the systematic sexual abuse of our women and girls and on the facing page NZ Prime Minister Bill English crowing about the $15 million that NZ is to contribute to a submarine cable to allow us to play video games all the faster.
Excuses, but no proof, over PM's welcome
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Obviously the House of Ariki president and his advisers needed to justify to their many critics why they copied the New Zealand Maori custom of wero on their marae for the occasion of the New Zealand PM's visit.
New fish-ID app surfaces
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Local
The Pacific Community (SPC) has just released a new mobile application that will aid in recognising Pacific marine fish species, while teaching users how to identify common coastal food fish in Pacific waters.
Museum experts here to advise on exhibits
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Local
New Zealand museum experts are on Rarotonga to speak about best preservation practices.
Cooks leading way for climate funding
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Local
The government has been approved approximately US$700,000 ($965,000) from the Green Climate Fund to carry out readiness activities for 24 months.
Yoga connecting India and Raro one flex at a time
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Local
Yoga enthusiasts in the Cook Islands and all around the world; stretched, twisted and downward dogged in unity yesterday for International Yoga Day.
School culture comp next week
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Local
Highland Paradise is proud to be hosting its sixth Annual School Cultural Competition to be held next Thursday, June 29.
Tuesday closures for land court
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Local
The Ministry of Justice has had to impose a weekly Tuesday closure of its customer services in its Land Court Division to give staff more time to make sure all land court related applications are more robust.
Weed threatens Raro ecology
Thursday 22 June 2017 | Published in Local
An extremely fast growing weed presents a huge threat to the future of Rarotonga’s ecology.
Construction not bothering students
Wednesday 21 June 2017 | Published in Local
Apii Nikao students are progressing well through their second school term despite the nearby building project being under construction day and night.
SPCA to be busy bees this weekend
Wednesday 21 June 2017 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be running a working bee at the SPCA Kennels on Wigmore’s waterfall road this Sunday, June 25.
Rakei Manava inspires our cultural creativity
Wednesday 21 June 2017 | Published in Local
This year’s Rakei Manava event, a platform for creative expression through cultural costumes, promises to deliver the best in Cook Islands-inspired dance costumes.
Fines should quieten noisy dogs
Tuesday 20 June 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
Dog problem. If the police start giving out fines to households for breaking the law concerning dogs maybe we will see more Dog Officers than Traffic Officers.
For those who don't follow vaka-jumping laws
Tuesday 20 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The front page story in the Saturday edition about Rose Brown shows some political hangers-on still don’t understand the law about “vaka jumping”.
Smiley not best choice to lead
Tuesday 20 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Demos have done it again.
Final nail in coalition coffin?
Tuesday 20 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It should be clarified that the member for Teenui-Mapumai Rose Brown made her arbitrary decision to leave the Cook Islands Party following PM Puna’s “gift” of a ministerial position (complete with large salary plus all the “ministerial extras”) which was offered to the then- Demo MP Albert Nicholas of RAPPA, to actively entice him to leave the Demo Party and cross the floor, to join with the CIP government as a new Crown minister.
All smiles at Prime Foods Night Market
Tuesday 20 June 2017 | Published in Local
HUNDREDS of locals and tourists turned out to enjoy the highly-anticipated Prime Foods Night Market at the Punanga Nui Markets last Friday.
High winds topple bus shelter
Tuesday 20 June 2017 | Published in Local
Gale force winds on Friday were likely responsible for a toppled bus shelter in Arorangi.
Napa shares his Origin debut experience
Monday 19 June 2017 | Published in League
Dylan Napa’s recollections of his Origin debut are sketchy at best.
No, the minister for Agriculture hasn't disappeared
Monday 19 June 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
“It was good to see Kiriau Turepu opening the new mural at the new National Environment Service building,” a smoke signaller says.
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