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CI licences make front page in NZ

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Local

A front page story in New Zealand’s Sunday News newspaper last weekend has drawn attention to this country’s efforts to improve road safety.

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Poor response to gun amnesty

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands Police Service is disappointed at the slow response to the three-month arms amnesty launched in January.

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Taia signs with Super League club

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in League

St Helens have signed back-row Zeb Taia on a deal until 2019 from NRL side Gold Coast Titans, allowing second-row Joe Greenwood to move in the opposite direction.

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Blockade at Port Moresby gas plant

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Villagers in Papua New Guinea are blockading the country’s biggest resources project because the government has not paid them long overdue royalties.


Tonga mourns Queen Mother

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

TONGA – Tonga’s Queen Mother Halaevalu Mata‘aho, has passed away in an Auckland Hospital at the age of 90 years.


Rain closes Tahiti's airport, flights cancelled

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

FRENCH POLYNESIA – Torrential rain in French Polynesia has forced the closure of the international airport on Tahiti for the second time in a month.


McNair takes umbrage at run-off report

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

One could never accuse your reporter, Flo Buchanan, of being greatly interested in objectivity as a reporter.

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Heatwave spells bad news for reef

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

AUSTRALIA – Australia’s Great Barrier Reef could face yet more severe coral bleaching in the coming month, with areas badly hit by last year’s event at risk of death.


Church says resort okay, but no to Russian empire

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

KIRIBATI – The Catholic Church in Kiribati says it won’t be supporting a Russian businessman’s plans buy uninhabited islands on which to revive the Romanov empire.


Actor calls out Australia on treatment of refugees

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand actor, Oscar Kightley, says his country should be calling out Australia over human rights abuses in its offshore detention centres for refugees.


Japanese WW2 submariners killed in Darwin honoured

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

AUSTRALIA – A plaque has been laid overlooking a popular Darwin beach to remember 80 Japanese submarine crew members who died during World War II.


Police chief charges dismissed

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

SAMOA – The Supreme Court in Samoa has dismissed all charges against the suspended police commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil due to insufficient evidence.


PACIFIC BRIEFS 21/2/2017

Tuesday 21 February 2017 | Published in Regional

PNG CAPITAL RUNNING OUT OF WATER PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, has less than a week’s supply of water for consumption and power generation.


Art and dance combine in colourful show

Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Local

NiaVal Ngaro has quickly become well known across the island, with mamas, papas, uncles and aunties alike, all welcoming her and Dione Joseph to the island and supporting their vision to bring contemporary art to the Cook Islands.

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What a deal for the EU!

Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

A mere $8 million for four years for a total of 28 000 tonnes of fish. It works out the EU will pay us $286 per tonne a month or 0.28c a kilo for our tuna, while we who own the fish, live next to the fish and eat the fish, pay $25 a kilo.

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NES information needs a wider spread

Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I know the National Environment Service has given a number to call when people want to complain about damage being done to the environment, but what they don’t realise is that often many people want to know what is going on. If one person phones and gets the answer, all the others don’t know.


Voluntary departure rule used previously

Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals

REGARDING the option Immigration has given Mark Franklin to leave the country voluntarily, wasn’t there a recent case of the footballer from another Pacific country who was also given the option to ‘voluntarily’ leave the country after claims he allegedly acted in an overly hostile way to a young man?


Mainland China partners for CDP communities

Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The Merchant of Paradise (MOP) article headed, “Awareness campaign ends with MOP happy” in CI News on February 11, seems to have brought clarity to the comprehensive development project (CDP) for many readers.


Shedding light on deportation issue

Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

There seems to a certain level of hysteria about the deportation from the Cook Islands (whether voluntary or involuntary) of a certain person. Let’s have some perspective on the matter.


Five accidents over weekend

Monday 20 February 2017 | Published in Local

Police attended five motor vehicle crashes over the weekend. A police report issued on Sunday said two of the accidents were alcohol-related and three were due to driver error and carelessness.

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