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Fijian man allegedly beaten and 'left to die'

Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional

FIJI – A Fiji businessman was reportedly beaten and left for dead after being attacked in his home on Tuesday, allegedly by security forces.


British MPs 'baffled' after Norfolk visit

Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional

NORFOLK ISLAND – A cross party delegation of British MPs has called on Australia to review its decision to remove the autonomy of Norfolk Island.


Offshore detention policy foundering

Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional

AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s decision not to renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru has left Australia’s offshore detention policy foundering.


Call for state of emergency in Tahiti

Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional

FRENCH POLYNESIA – There is a call for France to extend its state of emergency in force since last year’s Paris bombings to French Polynesia to counter Islamic radicalism.


Violence plagues PNG rugby league

Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional

Spectator killed in brawl after match in Port Moresby


Somare denies taking bribes

Monday 5 September 2016 | Published in Regional

PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s founding prime minister Sir Michael Somare has denied receiving bribes or inducements, after a Singapore court said he got more than A$1 million from a money laundering scam.


Avatiu to host impressive Nikao Sokattak lineup

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Football

AN EXCITING clash between Avatiu and Nikao Sokattak looms in the Rarotonga Round Cup Van’s premier men’s competition this weekend.

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Stellar year makes Barrett one of NZ's top-earners

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Rugby Union

BY DELAYING his run with the same precision timing with which he hits the line and arcs past flailing defenders, Beauden Barrett has no doubt become one of the best paid players in the country.

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A planet at the crossroads...

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Environment

THIS WEEK sees the start of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress (WCC) in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Dedicated to art of tatau

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Hot on the Rock

DESPITE having grown up in New Zealand, Stormy Kara did not hesitate when the opportunity arose for her to return to her island home to continue her work in the world of Cook Islands body art.

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OCI and CIP contest Aitutaki by-election

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Politics

TWO CANDIDATES have been nominated to contest in Aitutaki’s Arutanga-Reureu-Nikaupara by-election scheduled for next month.


MPs heading home early embarrass government

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Regional

AUSTRALIA – Australia’s prime minister has said he “read the riot act” to three ministers after they went home early, meaning his government lost a series of votes.


Obama makes climate change personal

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Regional

HAWAI ‘I – Barack Obama has issued perhaps his most personal plea yet to overcome the existential threat posed by climate change.


Leaders look to US on climate issues

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Regional

PACIFIC – Pacific island leaders have called for continuity in the region’s relationship with the United States ahead of the imminent change of government in Washington.


Wilson departure a 'serious blow'

Saturday 3 September 2016 | Published in Regional

AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s announcement that it will not renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru is yet another serious blow for offshore detention.


Under 20s ready for historic matches

Friday 2 September 2016 | Published in Football

The Cook Islands Under-20 football side is set for the historic debut in the OFC U20 Championship at Luganville Soccer City Stadium in Santo, Vanuatu today.


All Blacks are beatable, says Bok great

Friday 2 September 2016 | Published in Rugby Union

Former South African captain Jean de Villiers (pictured left) says the Springboks remain the one team that can beat the All Blacks.

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Teens say faith important

Friday 2 September 2016 | Published in Church Talk

A new American Bible Society study has found that practicing Protestant teenagers: those who identify as Protestant, attend church at least once a month, and say their faith is very important in their lives, and who read their Bible, do so the same amount all year long (73 per cent), much like all Bible-reading American teens (69 per cent).


Is this the end for One Cook Islands movement?

Friday 2 September 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Now the corrupt Teina Bishop has been sentenced this should spell the end of OCI as a viable political movement,” a smoke signaler says.


Life in 'paradise' not what it seems

Friday 2 September 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

There is something not right in paradise: Two suicides in two weeks, two young boys.


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