Wednesday 15 March 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW CALEDONIA – Maritime authorities in New Caledonia say 70 so-called “blue boats” from Vietnam have been identified fishing illegally for beche-de-mer in the past nine months.
Wednesday 15 March 2017 | Published in Regional
TONGA – Deportee reintegration is a major concern for Tonga this week as US officials arrived to take part in a three-day conference with the Tongan government and law enforcement officials in Nuku‘alofa.
Wednesday 15 March 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – There is confusion on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island after the Supreme Court this week determined that the regional processing centre for asylum seekers on the island had officially closed.
Wednesday 15 March 2017 | Published in Regional
TUVALU – The importance of small boat safety in the region is being reiterated by the Pacific Community after the successful rescue of two fishermen in Tuvalu.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
Outgoing New Zealand Foreign minister Murray McCully is cramming plenty of travel into his final few months in his long-held position.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
To the editor of CI News and to all the rugby clubs in the Cook Islands
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Outer Islands
Aitutaki’s Araura College has established a performing arts department, with local teachers taking up the roles of music, dance and drama teachers.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Local
When the Civil Court convened at 11am yesterday in the boardroom of the Public Service Commission, it signified a “great victory” for disabled people in the country, says a businessman too ill to climb the Justice ministry steps.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Local
Police are urging gun owners to lock their firearms in a safe place.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Local
Maritime Cook Islands (MCI), the leading ship registry, registered a 6 per cent growth in its fleet in 2016 with 132 new vessels.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Local
Opposition coalition parliamentary leader Rose Brown has one simple solution for paying for what she sees as urgently needed action to address political, social and environmental issues in the Cook Islands – slash the number of public servants.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Local
Monthly uniformed organisation parades took place around the island on Sunday, providing a spectacle for visitors and locals alike.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Local
The much-anticipated McDermott-Matapo report into the October triple shooting tragedy in Vaimaanga has been completed and was expected to be handed to Prime Minister Henry Puna last Thursday.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Local
MPs must go back to work at parliament, says opposition coalition leader Rose Brown.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Regional
An investigation will be carried out on the failed New Lynn culvert and the Ardmore treatment plant that is struggling to filter dirty flood waters.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Regional
Polyfest 2017 is back and it's got all the students in South Auckland upbeat about it.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Regional
More than half a kilogram of methamphetamine has been found on average each day in Auckland's sewers, new research says.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Regional
After talking up the likelihood of tax cuts on Monday morning (NZ time), prime minister Bill English somewhat curbed his enthusiasm for them after a cabinet meeting.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Regional
FIJI – A family in Fiji is mourning the death of their 10-month-old baby who died after choking on a highlighter pen cap.
Tuesday 14 March 2017 | Published in Regional
SAMOA – An accident at Puipa’a in Samoa on Saturday evening, involving a rental car and a bus, claimed the life of a man who died after saving the life of a baby.
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