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No debt in China deal
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Thomas Wynne: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?
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‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
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Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
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$541.7m tourism earnings
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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
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Police need numbers and bigger budget
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Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
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
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Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
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Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
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Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Police powers should apply across Fiji
Wednesday 11 November 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – An Auckland law professor, Bill Hodge, says unless there is an emergency situation declared, the police in Fiji do have the right to access military installations to carry out arrest warrants.
Military employs accused police
Wednesday 11 November 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Land Force Commander Sitiveni Qiliho – now newly-appointed as acting police commissioner – said the military had good intentions in recruiting three suspended police officers who have been charged with assault.
Fiji's police boss has had enough
Wednesday 11 November 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s police commissioner Ben Groenewald has resigned, accusing the military of interfering with “policing”.
Better off with the Kiwis
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The grant agreement from New Zealand for Tereora College of $11.7 million, signed and sealed on November 5, just three months after John Key announced the grant at the 50th celebrations in August 2015, shows how the New Zealand government has a real commitment to helping the Cook Islands.
Superannuitants have done the hard yards
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Te Tuhi Kelly clearly has a very shallow opinion of Grey Power members and their expectations in their retirement years.
Local resorts win big in Hong Kong
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Local
One of the country’s leading hotel companies, Pacific Resort Hotel Group (PRHG) has scooped major awards in the World Travel Awards Asia and Australasia Gala Ceremony 2015 in Hong Kong recently.
Former MMR Minister faces corruption charge
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Politics
Teina Bishop’s future is now in the hands of the High Court.
Out of control vehicle crashes in gates of royal residence
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – The driver and passengers of a car that crashed into the fence of the royal residence in Tonga at the weekend fled the scene.
Drought to get worse as fears turn to disease
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – As the El Niño weather pattern ensures a long, tough drought season in the Pacific, specialists are warning countries to prepare for outbreaks of disease.
PM criticises Miss Samoa's choice
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, has blasted Miss Pacific Islands, Latafale Auva’a, for choosing the Miss World Pageant over the regional one.
Lagoon dweller appealing eviction
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Regional
Tetiaroa – An appeals court in French Polynesia is to decide the future of a man who has been living in a boat outside a large resort near Tahiti.
Stand-off on Christmas Island
Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Regional
CHRISTMAS ISLAND – Order has been restored to the Christmas Island detention centre following reports of a riot, the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection says.
A new Kon-Tiki voyage underway
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Regional
CALLAO – Norwegian historian Torgeir Higraff, 42, and a crew of 13 people have just left the Peruvian port of Callao and embarked on the sequel to an adventure that began in 1947.
Royal salute for British prince
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Regional
Ngaruawahia – An armada of war canoes formed part of the welcome for Prince Charles when he visited the Maori King Tuheitia in New Zealand’s central North Island.
Australia to fund Pacific drought aid
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Regional
WABAG – Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has announced a $9 million aid package for the Pacific while touring areas affected by severe drought in Papua New Guinea.
'Payment' investigated
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Politics
The Revenue Management division has initiated an internal investigation after a small business owner complained to media she was being targeted for unorthodox lump sum payments by a RMD staff member.
Can Muri Lagoon be saved?
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Environment
Muri beach and lagoon are considered the crown jewels of Rarotonga – but there are now deep concerns whether this magnificent stretch of sand and water is beyond saving.
Local solution to water problem
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Local
Local labour and skills are being used to provide a realistic solution for the people of Aitutaki’s water problems.
Quartet starstruck by the All Blacks
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Local
The Modern Maori Quartet, who will perform on Rarotonga this week were invited to perform at the welcome home event in Auckland for the triumphant All Blacks team last week.
Puna praises of our cultural heritage
Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Politics
Prime Minister Henry Puna spoke of the importance of cultural heritage at the UNESCO General Conference in Paris this week where he said Cook Islands’ cultural heritage was not buildings and monuments. “Our cultural heritage is centuries of calendars for fishing and planting, traditional navigation, using our ocean and environment to signal our weather, drum beats and dance steps. These are the things that have made our country what it is, and are still all in use today.”
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