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Youth look to entrepreneurship

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

AUCKLAND – More than 40 youth leaders from around the Pacific have met in Auckland to discuss how social entrepreneurship can improve their communities.


Finance minister convicted

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

Vanuatu’s Willie Jimmy stands by guilty plea in bribery case. PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s finance minister Willie Jimmy has been convicted in court on two bribery charges, for breaching the Leadership and Penal codes.


Puna shifts focus to island council

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Politics

Prime minister Henry Puna has denied that government’s actions in making a payout to landowners on Manihiki were politically motivated, saying if Rakahanga or Penrhyn had the same issue as Manihiki, he would have reacted in exactly the same way.

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Te Mato Vai 'well on track'

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Local

Stage one of the Te Mato Vai project is well on track, to the extent that nearly half of the Chinese workforce has gone home and won’t be coming back.

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Rogue flag sparks groundswell of support

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

WELLINGTON – Nearly 30,000 people have signed a petition demanding the New Zealand government allow a fifth entry in the controversial contest for a new national flag.


Keys says extra refugees will stretch services

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s emergency intake of hundreds of Syrians will stretch the country’s refugee services, Prime Minister John Key says.


Aussie diggers return to their theatre of war

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

BRISBANE – A group of Australian World War II veterans are on their way to Papua New Guinea to mark the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Pacific and the surrender of the Japanese forces in New Guinea.


PNG league official may be banned after attacking ref

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT MORESBY – The Papua New Guinea Sports Minister says a local rugby league official should be banned for life after attacking a referee at the end of the Digicel Cup final in Port Moresby.


Stern warning for vandals

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, When calling into the Jetsave office on Sunday I saw a really disappointing sight.


Thanks for the clean-up

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We, the residents of Turangi Valley, extend our sincere appreciation to the Takamoa Theological College students who voluntarily cleaned up the sides of the road up to the Turangi water intake.


Time to end pageant disunity

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The first Miss Rarotonga was held in 1960, 15 years after the Second World War and five years before Cook Islands became self-governing.

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PNG supports bid to join tuna group

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Politics

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says his country will support the Cook Islands’ bid to join a group which controls 50 per cent of the global supply of skipjack tuna.


PM joins call for climate change action

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Politics

The Cook Islands is one of seven small islands vulnerable to the impact of climate change to make a bold announcement ahead of the Pacific Islands Leaders Forum summit later this week.


Big brothers asked to be real friends

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT MORESBY – Kiribati, one of the Pacific’s lowest lying island nations, has urged Australia and New Zealand to show they are “real friends” by supporting strong action on climate change at a regional summit.


Military exercise boost for islands

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Outer Islands

A 60-strong multinational military operation led by the New Zealand Defence Force is on Penrhyn upgrading critical facilities on the island.

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Focus on Suwarrow

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Outer Islands

Biosecurity of the Cook Islands’ most treasured island was the agenda of an important meeting last week.

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Tribute to a truly great man

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Local

This tribute to the late Harry Napa was written by his long-time friend Tou Unuia of Atiu. He provides insight into the life of a highly respected and influential man, who packed a huge number of accomplishments into a busy and well-lived life.

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NZ aids Just Play programme

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Football

The New Zealand High Commissioner Nick Hurley and Just Play project manager Michelle Paiti met last week to discuss the Just Play football programme in the Cook Islands.


Pacific region 'awash' with asbestos

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

PACIFIC – For the first time, authorities in the Pacific believe they have an idea of just how much asbestos there is in the region, and are trying to work out how to get rid of it before it becomes a health crisis.


Has Pacific Islands Forum been upstaged?

Tuesday 8 September 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT MORESBY – Leaders from the Pacific Islands Forum countries meet in Port Moresby next week to address regional concerns and issues but they may have been beaten to the punch.


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