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No deal to resettle refugees in NZ

Friday 16 September 2016 | Published in Regional

Immigration minister talks down PM Key’s offer


Hosts Titikaveka still looking for first win

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Football

TITIKAVEKA will play host to Avatiu in today’s feature football match in the 2016 Round Cup Championship.

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Younger Turtles show off their pace and skills

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in League

There was an awesome and exciting turn out to the Cook Islands Rugby League Masters weekly hit out on Friday.

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Anyone for a game of chess?

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

BROWN, BROWN, HEATHER, Heather, Pitt, Pitt, Puna, Pawn. No wonder Parliament is a mess. The lines are blurred on the chess board, there is no Bishop and by George, it looks like the Queen has all the moves!


Raiders gearing up for Panthers battle

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in League

IT’S THE question on every Raiders fan's lips: Will Blake Austin and Josh Hodgson play in Canberra's elimination semifinal clash against the Panthers on Friday afternoon (CI time)?

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Finance minister stands by his texts to Rose

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

JOHN SCOTT seems to take voyeuristic delight in sharing in his most recent letter the private and personal text messages between myself and Rose Brown. I guess this is the journalistic equivalent of sniffing someone's used underwear.

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Police need to give us some answers

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

SOMEONE needs to clarify exactly what it is that the Cook Islands Police Service wants from pet owners.


Fishing report issues clarified

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I WISH to correct the misleading statements in the Cook Islands News of Wednesday September 14 by MP James Beer regarding the final report of the Parliamentary Purse Seine Fishing Special Select Committee and also explain the true situation.

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MPs race through one-sided sitting

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

YOU COULD almost detect a sense of jubilation and achievement filling the airwaves as parliament raced through the remaining business on the Order Paper on Tuesday.

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Cartoon remark is on the money

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

CAN YOU believe PM Puna calling the opposition “childish” for not turning up for a sitting of parliament?

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Cops not best choice for 'policing' animals

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

IS THE government planning on establishing an entity here to “police” the animals?


Wrong about Nicholas

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I REALLY don’t have much to say in response to George Turias childish outburst. Politicians are expected to have thick skin and not let personal insults get to them. His words have as much value as the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.


TV interview shows Nicholas in bad light

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

RAPPA voters, don’t be conned by Albert Nicholas trying to justify himself on CITV last Friday evening as to why he joined the government team.


Cargo plane crash lands on runway in West Papua

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Regional

WEST PAPUA – An Indonesian cargo plane had a serious technical malfunction while landing at an airport in West Papua on Wednesday.


Rich boy's light punishment sparks outrage

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Regional

NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand police have criticised the non-custodial sentence handed down to the teenage son of a multimillionaire who beat a police officer unconscious during a drunken rage.


Fiji PM scoffs at dictatorship claims

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Regional

FIJI – Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is standing by the police decision to arrest his political opponents, and says criticism from the international community is “disappointing”.


Refugees on Manus get ICC response

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Regional

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Refugees on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have received a response to their letter to the International Criminal Court in July.


Courts need to test Fijian's rights

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Regional

FIJI – The head of Fiji’s Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission says Fiji’s courts are the best place to test the robustness of citizens’ constitutional rights.


France secures grip on Pacific politics

Thursday 15 September 2016 | Published in Regional

Territories gain PIF seats in regional power play


PM slams opposition MPs

Wednesday 14 September 2016 | Published in Politics

OPPOSITION members were accused of acting “like kids” as they again failed to turn up for a sitting of parliament yesterday.

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