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Leaders let someone else take the flak
Monday 13 February 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
So when the going gets tough, the PM and DPM appoint a temporary minister to take the flak and to go into battle when it should be them leading the way.
Tourists ignore road closure sign
Monday 13 February 2017 | Published in Local
It seems it takes much more than stories in CI News, warnings from landowners, road barriers and a large sign saying “Waterfall road closed, stop,” to dissuade tourists from venturing up the toll road to Papua (Wigmores) waterfall.
Meetings to kick off vital projects
Monday 13 February 2017 | Published in Environment
The government is set to move forward on vital infrastructure projects that will ensure that wastewater issues in Muri and Aitutaki are resolved, and that wider wastewater issues in Rarotonga are given appropriate attention.
Man on mission – for himself
Monday 13 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
The Prime Minister promised political reform after getting into power. Now after more than five years there’s absolutely nothing to show for it, except broken promises.
Government will release findings on October shootings
Monday 13 February 2017 | Published in Local
The public can expect the release of the McDermott-Matapo findings into the October 2016 triple shooting once the report is completed by the end of March.
400 whales beached on remote spit
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
NEW ZEALAND – Rescuers were trying desperately yesterday to save scores of pilot whales after a mass stranding on a New Zealand beach thought to be the largest in decades.
Flooding across the Pacific
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – Heavy rains continue to fall across the South Pacific, causing flooding from Papua New Guinea to Samoa.
Asylum seekers offered 'bribes' to go home
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Asylum seekers in the Australian detention centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have been offered bribes to return to their countries of origin.
Kiribati island lease plan well advanced
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
KIRIBATI – A Russian millionaire is in advanced talks with the Kiribati government to lease three uninhabited islands and establish an alternative Russia and revive the monarchy.
Ancient landslide discovered on Barrier Reef
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
AUSTRALIA – Queensland scientists working on the Great Barrier Reef have helped discover the remnants of an ancient undersea landslide more than 30 times the volume of Uluru.
PACIFIC BRIEFS 10/2/2017
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Regional
Australia sells military vehicles to Fiji FIJI – Australia has agreed to sell 10 refurbished military vehicles to Fiji.
NES has Aroko land issue under control
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Environment
A situation where construction material was dumped on wetland at Aroko came about as a result of the property owner not adhering to activity that had approved for the property, says National Environment Service director Joseph Brider.
USP students learn from visit to Japan
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Local
Two Cook Islanders from Cook Islands University of the South Pacific have recently returned from a Japan-East Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) programme in Japan.
'Awareness campaign' ends with MOP happy
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Local
The Merchant of Paradise (MOP) campaign to raise public awareness of its Comprehensive Development Plan for the Cook Islands via the media and face-to-face meetings with residents on islands to be developed ended last month with “objectives achieved,” says MOP developer Tim Tepaki.
ECE centre popular with parents and children
Sunday 12 February 2017 | Published in Local
The number of children attending the Early Child Education centre at Avarua School has increased and there are now over 80 students.
Effort needed to stem outflow of money
Saturday 11 February 2017 | Published in Opinion
With the government’s tax amnesty in the news recently, a CI News reader supplied this feature, which looks at the amnesty in the light of a 2016 economic report.
Indigenous All Stars win big
Saturday 11 February 2017 | Published in League
A first-quarter points-scoring blitz has propelled the Indigenous All Stars to a thoroughly deserved 34-8 win over their World All Stars counterparts.
Meeting delays opening
Saturday 11 February 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
Upskilling is important in public service and workshops are a good way to do this..
Tourists' claims wrong, says upset Papua gatekeeper
Saturday 11 February 2017 | Published in Local
A Cook Islands man says he’s been deeply affected by recent publicity in which two tourists accused him of threatening them and being menacing with a machete.
Check reveals dog health issue
Friday 10 February 2017 | Published in Local
The Esther Honey Foundation is urging dog owners to have their animals checked following the discovery of a heartworm in a dog that was being checked for export to New Zealand.
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