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PM in Geneva
Monday 12 October 2015 | Published in Politics
Prime Minister Henry Puna will be absent from his seat at the top of the Cabinet table again this week, travelling from Geneva to Tahiti then on to Japan.
The curse of the Sheraton lives on
Monday 12 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, So the Sheraton remains in stalemate again and the poor contractors now have to deal with more red tape because they changed partners in the project. The curse lives on.
Animals neglected
Monday 12 October 2015 | Published in Local
While tourists and locals run around laughing and playing tag, a number of animals tethered at the Vaimaanga hotel site suffer day after day without food and water.
Esther Honey celebrate 20 years of care
Monday 12 October 2015 | Published in Local
The Esther Honey Foundation is celebrating 20 years of care in the Cook Islands, which has seen much-needed treatment for more than 42,000 animals over two decades.
Girl Guide handbook for a new generation
Monday 12 October 2015 | Published in Local
The Cook Islands Girl Guide Association was excited to receive special training on a new handbook for brownies, guides and rangers last week.
Bluesky defends licensing status
Monday 12 October 2015 | Published in Local
Bluesky have hit back at a Friday call from a local business for them to “turn the TV service off,” and are assuring the public they are in fact fully licensed.
Puna says people's interests come first
Monday 12 October 2015 | Published in Politics
Prime Minister Henry Puna says he had taxpayers in mind when the government signed the failed contract with Pacific Schooners.
Climate changes life in northern Pa Enua
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Environment
The Renewable Energy Project has brought light to the northern Pa Enua, and the Cook Islands government aims to have the country 100 per cent powered by renewable energy by 2020.
Commissioner misses point
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Russell Thomas’ response to my letter demonstrates he is the consummate civil servant.
Some questions about beauty contest
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, So we have officially received the beautiful reigning Miss Pacific Islands (and current Miss World Samoa) Latafale Auva’a here onto our lovely shores to help prepare for the upcoming Miss Pacific Islands Pageant to be held right here on Rarotonga. Awesome!
Tongareva turns on warm welcome
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Outer Islands
Tongareva’s people are welcoming and proud, despite the significant challenges that come with living in the most far-flung of the Cook Islands.
Brown got it wrong, says Beer
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Politics
The Opposition believes the government signed off spending $3.3 million of public money in Executive Council, not the $2.6 million as announced by Minister of Finance Mark Brown.
PM crash row 'smear campaign'
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Politics
Attempts by the Democratic party to get answers from police for not following through with an accident case involving the prime minister have been derided by a government official as resembling a smear campaign.
Facing up to the inevitability of death
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Opinion
There is something that will happen to all of us, something we often don’t want to think or talk about until it’s too late.
Advise sought before airlifting raped refugee
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Regional
canberra – The Australian government will move a pregnant rape victim from Nauru to Australia for medical treatment if doctors advise it, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says.
Aggressive Tonga taken down by All Blacks
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Regional
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE – For 50 minutes, the All Black magic was only sparingly in evidence in front of a 50,985 sell-out crowd at St James’ Park, the world champions being held to a 14-3 half-time lead in their final Rugby World Cup Pool C match by a hugely spirited Tongan side.
Island nations form 'The Vulnerable 20'
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Regional
LIMA – Finance ministers from the 20 countries most vulnerable to climate change have formed a group to call for greater access to climate finance for adaptation and mitigation in the face of the most devastating effects of global warming.
Three Pacific nations still possess death penalty
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Regional
PACIFIC – The United Nations has drawn attention to the three Pacific nations that still possess the death penalty in law.
'Open centre' welcomed by asylum seekers
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – An Australia-based refugee advocate says asylum seekers he has spoken to on Nauru have welcomed the Nauru government’s announcement to open the detention centre there with both “joy and trepidation”.
Medical centre arrives on Tanna
Saturday 10 October 2015 | Published in Regional
Lenakel – A medical centre one step closer to helping the people of Tanna, after two containers full of donated goods arrived on the remote Vanuatu island from New Zealand this week.
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