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Navy support officer heads home
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Local
After three years of giving technical support to officers on the frontline of protecting Cook Islands waters, a New Zealand Navy official is homeward-bound.
NZ Maori king offered Aitutaki land
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Politics
The New Zealand Maori King Movement is to look at land development opportunities in the Cook Islands as part of a new cultural covenant partnership signed earlier this week.
Refugee resettlement at last
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – Papua New Guinea will begin to resettle refugees, three years after the Manus Island detention centre opened.
Concern for plight of gay refugees
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
LOFRENGAU – With the prospect of refugees being resettled, concerns have been raised over the welfare of gay refugees in Papua New Guinea, which is yet to legalise homosexuality.
Police on high alert in Honiara
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
HONIARA – Police in the Solomon Islands capital have gone on high alert over a risk of political unrest following moves to unseat the government.
Abyan becomes focus of refugee debate
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
A pregnant Somali asylum seeker, known as Abyan, has become a focal point in the continuing dispute over Australia’s refugee policies. Her plight has captured global attention. This report is from the New York Times.
Call for Vanuatu prime minister to resign
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Opposition has renewed its call for the Prime Minister Sato Kilman to step down in the wake of the jailing of government MPs.
'Cyber crime' suspected
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The Nauru office of the group ‘Save the Children’ has been raided reportedly because the charity is suspected of violating Nauru’s Cyber Crime Act.
PM snubs Demo Party's open letter
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Politics
Prime Minister Henry Puna has refused to meet with the Opposition to discuss their open letter demanding the recovery of excess unauthorised expenditure of public money.
VIP cars will be out again
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Local
Those infamous VIP cars, last used during the 50th anniversary of self-governance celebrations, will be coming out again next week – this time to transport more than 100 delegates attending the Forum Trade Ministers and Forum Economic Ministers meetings.
New café mixes coffee and art
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Hot on the Rock
With the hum and clatter of the coffee machine, the rustic and stainless steel interior and the sweet tunes, you could be forgiven for thinking you were sipping a flat white in Wellington rather than sitting in Salt Cafe and Art Gallery in Avarua, Rarotonga.
Rescue dogs in need of some love
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Local
Anyone in need of a best friend and loyal companion doesn’t have to look very far, with 10 furry candidates ready and waiting at the SPCA in Titikaveka.
Girl guides celebrate 87 years
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Local
The Girl Guides Association Cook Islands celebrated 87 years of guiding in the Cook Islands last week.
Maintenance not just our problem
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was passing Constitution Park on my way to Lagoon Day on Thursday when I saw a whole lot of Chinese tractors.
Machine handover a sad day
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The noisy commotion at the Constitution Park on Thursday, made by a bunch of Opposition and government MPs over the Chinese government’s gift of more tractors and machines, was unbelievable.
Half of government jailed
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s deputy prime minister Moana Carcasses has been sentenced to four years in jail for bribery and corruption, joining 13 other MPs, or half of the nation’s government, in prison.
'Presidential' pardons ruled illegal
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Supreme Court ruled against the speaker of parliament, Marcellino Pipite, for pardoning himself and 13 other MPs convicted for bribery while acting as president.
Big scores at hockey tournament
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
NEW PLYMOUTH – With Olympic spots up for grabs at the Oceania Cup hockey tournament in Taranaki this week the event descended into farce on the opening day as teams from the Pacific islands conceded 85 goals in three games in Stratford.
Shocking video of women being torturedle
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – A video showing a number of Papua New Guinean women apparently being tortured over suspicion of practising sorcery has appeared on social media.
Government criticised as drought worsens
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – The government of Papua New Guinea is being accused of offering no support as people in the Highlands continue to starve, their food gardens destroyed and their water sources dry up.
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