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Lagoon Day promotes change

Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Environment

Lagoon Day kicks off tomorrow and is set to inspire better environmental choices in the community, as it has since its inception in 2008.

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The world is Natalia's oyster

Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Local

“I still feel like Nat,” says humble Miss Cook Islands 2015 Natalia Short.

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Passports to be valid for 10 years

Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Politics

Cook Islanders will be able to get 10-year passports from December onwards after a law was passed in New Zealand, extending the term for which they are valid.


Piggery operators act above the law

Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Reverend Aitau is quoted in Wednesday’s Cook Island’s News in a story regarding the illegal piggery which has been polluting a stream and the lagoon, as saying that he did not think the piggery reflected badly on the church.

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Problem sites share owner

Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Has anyone else noticed that the two large eyesores and trouble spots with rubbish and piggeries are situated on land owned by the same person who is receiving lease money on both?


PM's treatment by police seen as special

Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The police claim Prime Minister Puna received no special treatment’ for the road accident that has been highlighted in the news lately. However, I believe the truth is that he did get special treatment.

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Revocation of pardons challenged

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT VILA – Court proceedings are underway in Vanuatu, challenging not only the controversial pardoning of corrupt MPs but also the subsequent cancellation of their pardons.


Political stability essential

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT VILA – A representative of the UN children’s agency Unicef Karen Allen says Vanuatu needs political stability for good decisions to be made over the drought situation which will last for months.


Injured by Syrian rocket fire

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional

al hara – A Syrian man who was repatriated from Manus Island by the Federal Government has been injured and his father killed during shelling on his village.


She has the voice of a Polynesian princess

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional

HOLLYWOOD – Walt Disney Animation Studios has tapped Hawaiian newcomer Auli’i Cravalho to voice the title character in the upcoming animated adventure Moana.


Evidence that Polynesians discovered America

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional

New DNA analysis of sweet potatoes, which were first cultivated in the Americas, suggests that Polynesians reached the New World long before Columbus – reports Mother Nature Network.


The chocolate waka arrives in New Zealand

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Regional

NEW PLYMOUTH – A meeting with legendary Bougainville cocoa bean grower James Rutana has lead to an ambitious sea voyage that hit land in New Plymouth, New Zealand, on Monday.


More pigs pollute waterway

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Environment

The Takamoa Theological College has been given until the end of next week to clean up the piggery that has been polluting Ngatangiia’s waterways.

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Aussies and locals mark new relationship

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Politics

Cook Islands, New Zealand and Australian dignitaries gathered on Friday night to celebrate the Cook Islands’ participation in the new Colombo Plan programme, launched in April.

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Minister requests some real action

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Environment

An environmental project spanning from the mountain ridges to the ocean reefs of the Cook Islands began yesterday at New Hope Church.

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'Aere ra' to disability wonderwoman

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Local

It was an emotional farewell for disability advocate, champion and coordinator Pat Farr at Are Pa Metua yesterday.

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Auditorium costs need more explanation

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A press release on the MFEM website relating to expenditure of $796,000.00 for “Costs Associated With the Improvements to The National Auditorium,” needs some explanation from the Minister of Finance, Mark Brown and the Financial Secretary, Richard Neves.


Football kicks off R9 matches today

Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Football

The round nine Round Cup Championship football competition kicks off today with the Prime Foods under-8 and 11 mixed and Hori Signs U17 men’s matches at the CIFA Complex.

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Australians protest in support of raped refugee

Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Regional

SYDNEY – Several hundred people have joined a rally in Sydney in support of a Somali refugee who claims she was raped on Nauru and who is at the centre of a dispute with the Immigration Minister over her treatment.


What should the Pacific do about Nauru?

Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Regional

Policy Consultant The ongoing governance crises in Nauru were noticeable by their absence from the communiqué released at the end of the meeting of Pacific Island Forum leaders in Port Moresby last month.


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