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Top cop position advertised
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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
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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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Marianas escapes worst of typhoon
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Regional
SAIPAN – The Northern Marianas appears to have withstood the torrential rains and howling winds of Typhoon Champi as the storm continues to move away from the islands.
MPs now await sentencing
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Eleven government MPs in Vanuatu who were jailed over a bribery and pardon scandal have been released on strict bail conditions.
Bainimarama seeks to heal rift
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – Fiji’s prime minister Frank Bainimarama has told thousands of Fijians in Sydney he is sorry for the impact of coups on his country.
Bishop has his day in court
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Politics
The Cook Islands Police Service’s prosecution team believes the evidence is stacked against former Minister of Marine Resources Teina Bishop in a significant bribery case.
$800 ambulance fee stuns tourist
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Local
An Australian tourist was stunned to be charged $800 for an ambulance to take his wife to Rarotonga Hospital after she collapsed on a local bus service.
Ridge-to-Reef workshop starts today
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Environment
A two-day Ridge-to-Reef workshop gets underway at the New Hope Church today.
Schools to present variety of projects involving lagoons
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Environment
A varied line up of presentations is planned for the annual Lagoon Day event this week, promising a very educational few days.
What is water worth? Decision time looms
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Environment
Derek Fox, who writes for this paper from time to time was, in a previous life, mayor of Wairoa district in New Zealand for six years, and a councillor for a further six before that.
Mauke unga survey completed
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Outer Islands
The Mauke unga (coconut crab) survey coordinated by the National Environment Service (NES) has been completed.
News gives plenty to think about
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Last Friday’s and Saturday’s Cook Islands News gives us much to contemplate.
Piggery brings shame on church
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If the illegal pig farm run by the good Christians teaching the future pastors of the Cook Islands Christian Church were not enough bad publicity and shame on the morals of the Cook Islands, we now have the additional shame of our reckless disregard for God’s creatures at the abandoned Sheraton site.
Saying it one more time
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For the umpteenth time to the letter-writer “Who gives a ....” local and New Zealand-paid pensioners were never required to pay tax by the CIP and Democratic Government from 1965.
Woman's return to Nauru 'horrific'
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Australia’s Green Party deputy leader Scott Ludlam has described the Australia Federal government’s decision to send a pregnant Somali woman back to the Nauru detention centre where she was raped as ‘horrific’.
Everyone home this week
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Politics
Prime Minister Henry Puna returns to Rarotonga this week after over two weeks of international meetings.
All Blacks downplay quarterfinal thrashing of France
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Regional
CARDIFF – Steve Hansen has warned his side that their 62-13 victory over France has earned the All Blacks nothing more than the right to go training on Monday.
Niueans pin survival of language on youth
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – The tight-knit Niuean community in New Zealand is hopeful a resurgence of interest in their language from youth will keep their culture alive.
Resettlement offered to hundreds of refugees
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Nauru will resettle hundreds of people deemed to be genuine refugees after its government opted to accelerate the processing of asylum-seekers.
At last, some hope for our environment
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was fortunate to be at a meeting to discuss cleaning up the lagoon of invading algae and hear our Minister of Environment Kiriau Turepu say how he is concerned with our Environment and wanting to do something about it.
Orana is the name of a zoo
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in support of Toke Enua (Fri. Oct 16), who confirms what I have always believed to be the correct way to write that well known Cook Islands greeting: “Kia ora ana”.
Powerless to help pigs
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Local
The SPCA says they are powerless to help a group of badly neglected animals at the Sheraton site in Vaimaanga, despite public outcries.
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