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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
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9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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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’
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Articles by Utopia Support
PNG in stranglehold of drought
Wednesday 9 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – People in drought-ravaged villages in Papua New Guinea are eating toxic mushrooms and clay to stave off hunger pangs as crops fail, vanishing water sources become contaminated and food, medical and fuel supplies are exhausted.
Allsworth stance 'hypocritical'
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Paul Allsworth’s article, “Pipeline proposal worth revisiting.”
Muri lagoon weeps at weed invasion
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Our beloved Muri Lagoon is weeping and bleeding at the onslaught and stranglehold of this invasive weed.
Apii Nikao notches up another birthday
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Local
A huge crowd gathered at the Princess Anne Hall in Nikao on Thursday to celebrate another birthday for Apii Nikao.
Free movies
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Local
On Tuesday next week, there will be a free movie night at the Makea Palace grounds in downtown, Avarua.
NZ firm preferred for project's stage two
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Local
New Zealand company Hawkins Infrastructure, has emerged as the preferred tenderer for stage two of the Te Mato Vai Project.
'Little alien' unusual discovery in garden
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Environment
A strange and unusual extension to a local tiare taina tree has been discovered on the west side of the island by a local Rutaki resident.
Calm start to busy week for pageant contestants
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Local
The beauties of the Pacific have begun their adventure for the Bluesky Miss Pacific Islands Pageant 2015.
US tuna payment default looms
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC VIEWPOINT By Netani Rika Islands Business Magazine The United States is on a collision course with Pacific nations as it attempts to get itself off the hook on a fishing deal signed in September.
Authorities contemptuous of lawyer's claims
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, says the opposition needs to be “in tune with the ground realities in Fiji” after its reaction to last week’s allegations of intimidation and torture by a local lawyer.
Election called, jailed MPs banned
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Supreme Court has followed through with invoking the leadership code of its constitution and banned all 15 MPs convicted of bribery from public office.
BSP bank hosts party at Muri
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Local
The Bank of the South Pacific’s annual Christmas party at Muri Beach Hotel served not only as the customary thank you for clients, but also saw the launch of a series of photographs and canvas prints which will be displayed at the BSP branch in Avarua.
What kind of image are we portraying?
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was so happy when I read the December 1 news that Petrocean’s proposal for an over the reef pipeline was rejected.
Water route looks like a BMX track
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Readers of Saturday’s Cook Islands News will have seen a prominent public notice indicating that the Takitumu inland extension of the water mains was halted last week after some of the affected landowners filed a legal proceeding in the Land Division of the High Court.
Difficult decisions on bigeye tuna
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Local
The accidental catch of juvenile bigeye tuna in the Pacific’s skipjack tuna fishery was a hot topic at the annual meeting of the Tuna Commission last week.
Tivaevae colour Ngatangiia
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Local
The mamas of Ngatangiia have been attending Apii Tivaevae this year, and all their hard work is being celebrated in a stunning exhibition of their finished pieces.
Tivaevae donated to Te Papa Museum
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Local
A tivaevae sewn by the late Mama Ina Marona Kautai Tauira Maka Kea in Rarotonga in the mid-1950s has been donated to Te Papa Tongarewa Museum in Wellington.
Apii Te Uki Ou celebrates a year of successes
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Local
The beaming smiles of proud parents were hard to miss at the Api Te Uki Ou primary school prize giving last week.
Red Cross paid price for trust
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Local
The former financial officer of the Cook Islands Red Cross Society has been placed on 24 months probation period and charged with theft as a servant for misappropriating more than $32,000 of society funds.
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