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Review could bring new telecoms option

Wednesday 2 December 2015 | Published in Local

Cook Islanders could be one step closer to having another mobile phone company if the High Court asks the Minister of Finance Mark Brown to rethink his rejection of Orama Ltd’s bid for a telecommunications licence.


Early Christmas for our MPs

Wednesday 2 December 2015 | Published in Local

Christmas has come early for the country’s 24 MPs, with the Chinese government gifting each of them with a 500cc quad bike.

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Jonah laid to rest after private funeral

Wednesday 2 December 2015 | Published in Regional

MANGERE – After sharing their grief with an entire nation for almost two weeks, All Black Jonah Lomu’s family said their last goodbyes at a private funeral for the rugby legend in Auckland on Tuesday.


Pacific voices are heard in Paris

Wednesday 2 December 2015 | Published in Regional

PARIS – Pacific Island nations have told the United Nations climate change summit in Paris they are already feeling the effects of climate change and urgent action is needed.


Islands at risk from rising seas

Wednesday 2 December 2015 | Published in Regional

PARIS – The small island nations that dot the Pacific are aware they exist on the periphery of many geopolitical calculations. They are also among those most at risk to being flooded by rising sea levels.


Tuberculosis emergency in PNG

Wednesday 2 December 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT MORESBY – Health authorities in Papua New Guinea say they could lose control of a tuberculosis “emergency” if they do not get the funds their government has promised them.


Rugby legend laid to rest

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Local

Emotions ran high at Jonah Lomu's private funeral, a service filled to the brim with almost 1000 people turning up to honour the rugby great, including the Prince of Tonga.


Auraka e apiapi to apopo

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Ki te Etita, Kia tika iakoe kia tuku atu i toku manako na roto i taau nuti pepa no runga ite tautai moana e te raitini, e oronga ia nei ei tikaanga tautai no tetai patireia ke i roto ite moana Kuki Airani. Te riro nei ei akakinoanga na tetai papaki ite Kavamani e pera ta tatou ua rai tamaiti tei tu ite pepa apii no teia tuanga koia a Ben Ponia.


Sorrow over Muri lagoon situation

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Hearing on Radio NZ News on Sunday morning that the Cook Islands government has declared Muri a disaster zone just reduced me to tears.

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Divorce tackled in Family Law Bill

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Local

This story is the last in a series about the Family Law Bill 2015, which if passed by parliament, could drastically change the way child protection and domestic violence issues are dealt with in the Cook Islands. This story covers the relationship, separation and support aspects of the Bill. CI News thanks Secretary of Internal Affairs Bredina Drollet for making the series possible.

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Clean water, power transform islands

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Local

More than 300,000 people across 14 Pacific island countries are benefitting from solar power and safe water thanks to the Japanese Government’s PEC Fund administered by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat.


Colourful mamas model muumuus

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Local

The 2015 Mire Tiare Festival of Flowers came to an end following an entertaining ceremony held at the National Auditorium on Friday.

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OCI and Demos part company

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Politics

There is trouble in paradise for the One Cook Islands and Democratic Party coalition, with One Cook Islands severing ties with the main Opposition Party.

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Over-the-reef pipeline rejected

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Local

The Rarotonga Enviroment Authority has rejected a controversial proposal to build an over-the-reef pipeline to supply fuel to Rarotonga.


Dengue fever cases decline

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Regional

PAGO PAGO – American Samoa’s Health Department’s latest report on dengue fever shows that the threat from the mosquito borne disease is continuing to weaken.


Islands discuss climate change with Obama

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Regional

PARIS – The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, Peter O’Neill has announced that he is meeting with United States President, Barack Obama, and the leaders of four small island nations facing the threat of destruction by climate change.


Violent deaths reported across Papua New Guinea

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT MORESBY – Family members of the three victims involved in a car chase in the Papua New Guinea capital, Port Moresby, that ended with one soldier shot dead, have condemned the actions of the police.


Democracy struggling against bureaucracy

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Regional

NUKU‘ALOFA – A year has passed since the elections in Tonga brought a new-look government into power and there is concern that expectations haven’t been met yet.


Suicidal asylum seeker taken to Nauru jail

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Regional

YAREN – There are reports of an asylum seeker on Nauru who has been jailed after attempting suicide.


Cricketer Cairns found not guilty

Tuesday 1 December 2015 | Published in Regional

SOUTHWARK – Former New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns has been found not guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice.


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