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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
Articles by Utopia Support
Northern needs quite simple
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Ben Ponia’s bribes to the Northern Pa Enua fishermen of fishing tackle, lures and subsidised fuel to try to keep them happy is not what the people want.
Mauke TV reception still found lacking
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you Bluesky spokesman for the partial explanation about the TV reception in Mauke.
More to advice than meets the eye
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, With due respect, the letter by John Scott to your newspaper on New Year’s Eve needs responding to.
Senior politicians, your time is up
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Political commentator Mata-Atua McNair takes a close look at lawyer and political veteran Norman George’s recent suggestions for revitalising the Democratic Party.
Three days of fun for the children
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Local
Get ready kids, because Youth with a Mission Cook Islands is hosting a three day “Archaeology - Jurassic Park” themed holiday programme just for you.
Maggie takes action over drinking youths
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Local
George Maggie is a politician, ex-convict and hedge-trimmer and now he can add taxi driver to his list of colourful occupations in the community.
No fireworks for Pa Enua
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Local
New Year’s Eve went off with a colourful bang on Rarotonga, but celebrators in the Pa Enua were left in the dark due to a “miscommunication” between Bluesky and the government.
Police campaign targets island's speedsters
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Local
Police commissioner Maara Tetava says speed is one of the biggest contributors to road accidents.
Mistook weedkiller for medicine
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
NAVUTOKA – A 62-year-old man from the village of Navutoka, in eastern Tongatapu died at Vaiola Hospital on Monday after drinking from a bottle of hazardous weed killing chemicals.
Five fishermen missing
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Lau islands escaped the full wrath of Tropical Cyclone Ula – but two more fishermen are reported missing bringing the number of people lost at sea in Fiji to five.
Found with rocks tied to ankles
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – A German man was found dead at sea off ‘Eua, Tonga, after he was reported missing between Christmas and New year..
300 guns handed in during amnesty
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
APIA – IN Samoa, more than 300 guns were handed in to police during a recent firearm amnesty which lasted for two months.
Police suspensions step in right direction
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The Acting Deputy Police Commissioner in Papua New Guinea says the suspension of over 40 officers for a range of brutality and misconduct charges is a step in the right direction.
Police boss on leave, not suspended
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji police have confirmed that the acting commissioner Brigadier General Sitiveni Qiliho has not suspended his assistant, Henry Brown, but sent him on leave last week pending an investigation of what they describe as a “serious in-house matter”.
Forum keen to observe on Nauru
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The Pacific Islands Forum says it is keen to send an observer mission to help monitor elections in Nauru but only if invited by the Nauru government.
Candidate confusion in Vanuatu
Friday 8 January 2016 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Campaigning is officially underway in Vanuatu’s snap election set for January 22 amid confusion over the number of candidates taking part.
Price surprises
Thursday 7 January 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller was astonished to see a small electronic item on sale in a local shop recently for $385. The reason for his surprise? He bought exactly the same item in a popular New Zealand electronics chain store for $198. Maybe our retailers could explain why they put such huge profit margins on some goods, and not on others, the smoke signaller says. “I think we are being duped.”
Treat the disease, not the symptoms
Thursday 7 January 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, When good agricultural soil is abused, by over-cropping, by monoculture, by essential microorganisms being killed by chemicals, and if that abused land is then left alone, natural processes call on special plants to restore that land.
Time to deal with more traffic issues
Thursday 7 January 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, News that the police are stepping up speed and drink-drive checks is encouraging.
'I'll do it my way thanks,' says Taio
Thursday 7 January 2016 | Published in Local
Taio Shipping owner Tapi Taio says he has his own contingency plans for removing the disabled vessel Lady Moana from Avatiu harbour in the event of a cyclone or severe storm.
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