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Graves go, in move to tidy land

Tuesday 20 December 2016 | Published in Local

A NIKAO landowner is standing by her decision to level 15 graves belonging to distant relatives from the outer islands who are buried on her family land because they had none of their own in Rarotonga.

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Celebration time for Tupapa gals!

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Football

Extreme wet weather on Saturday forced a decision on the referee to stop play in the 30th minute of the premier men’s final between Puaikura and Avatiu at the CIFA Complex in Matavera.

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Jetskier lands massive 72kg marlin

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Local

When Flynn Price got up around 4am earlier this month thinking it would be good to follow the Akura boys out to sea, he little dreamed he would be bringing a 72-kilogram marlin home.

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Student wins award for Raro footage

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Local

A MASSEY University student of New Zealand has just received a film award after putting together footage taken on her trip to Rarotonga earlier this year.

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First Cook Islander in NZ Cabinet

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Local

Te ATATU-based National List-MP Alfred Ngaro made history over the weekend when he became the first Cook Islander to be appointed a Cabinet minister in a New Zealand government.

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$12 million boost for energy programme

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Local

THE GREEN Climate Fund (GCF) has approved the funding of a $12 million grant for the Cook Islands to install energy storage systems and support private sector investment in renewable energy.


School's $700,000 trip to Hawai'i questioned by audit office

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Regional

NEW ZEALAND –An audit has questioned a NZ$700,000 trip to Hawai‘i by an entire New Zealand school.


Landslide takes house, almost takes wife

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Regional

FIJI – A Fijian man defied danger and bravely pulled his wife to safety as a landslide destroyed their house on Thursday.


River swim claims life of young Fijian

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Regional

FIJI – Simione Naduva remembers the hour after 10.00am on Tuesday as the most terrifying and chaotic of his young life.


Christmas crayfish tails selling for $100

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Regional

AUSTRALIA – Overindulgence is in keeping with many Christmas celebrations, but eye-popping retail prices for lobster in Australia could mean it is a luxury that is out of reach for many people this festive season.


Fiji's sevens campaign yet to start

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Regional

FIJI – Fiji’s interim-sevens coach has sent out a warning to the world series teams, saying Fiji may have lost out on titles in Dubai and Cape Town but there is plenty of opportunity to contend for a third consecutive series title.


Job to 'tell truth' about West Papua

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Regional

NEW ZEALAND – The man selected by Indonesia’s government as its new ambassador to New Zealand says it’s his mission to relay accurate information about West Papua.


Flooding widespread across Fiji

Monday 19 December 2016 | Published in Regional

TD04F brings rain, flooding and landslides


Showdown set to be a cracker

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Football

DRAMA will be in high supply when Nikao Sokattak meets Titikaveka later today in the Under-17 men’s knockout final at the CIFA Complex.

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Can we do it too?

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

PERHAPS OUR NEW friends at Bluesky, they of the monopoly service, can tell us if we customers who have mobile numbers are allowed to send out spam to hundreds of mobile phones?


Taxpayers need facts

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

PERHAPS Garth Henderson and his staff at MFEM will find the link below to WATSAN useful. It clearly states that the Muri Avana sanitation pilot programme was 95 per cent completed in 2012.


Law clear on 'personal benefit'

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

In reply to Papa Williams views on bribery, the law is clear that if a minister takes a personal benefit in return for exercising his official duties, then he is both corrupt and commits a crime.


Publisher backtracks on Bible 'tweaks'

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Church Talk

THE PUBLISHER of the English Standard Version (ESV) of the Bible has reversed its controversial decision to finalise the text after “tweaking” 29 verses.


Joy to the world – it's Christmas time!

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Church Talk

"JOY TO THE WORLD" is a popular Christmas carol. The words are by English hymn writer Isaac Watts, and are based on the second half of Psalm 98 in the Bible. The song was first published in 1719.

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It's teachers' turn to receive awards

Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Local

It WAS the teachers’ turn to be recognised and rewarded for their hard work throughout 2016 at the annual Teachers Awards Ceremony on Tuesday.

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