Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Environment
Calling all solution finders – this year’s Lagoon Day organisers are looking for bright sparks with innovative ideas to protect the country’s precious waters.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Environment
Ministry of Agriculture secretary Dr Mat Purea says it’s irresponsible of Rarotonga growers to leave empty pesticides and weed killer containers lying in their gardens.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Local
The large new sheltered verandah at Muri Meeting House is bound to become a favourite meeting place now that local mamas can have their own “mini market.”
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Local
The nation took a big leap towards preserving the Maori language this week, with the launch of the new Cook Islands Maori Dictionary mobile application.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was shocked and appalled to read Wednesday’s letter to the Cook Island News regarding Nan Hauser’s research in Rarotonga.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have always lived in village of Titikaveka.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in League
Improvements in the standard of Cook Islands rugby league starts today.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Politics
By advancing 10 Manihiki land claimants thousands in compensation money before all land claims were settled by the Land Court, government has set a precedent which could prompt others to also make demands for advance payments.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Regional
Veteran reporter of news in the Pacific, Michael Field, has shed some light on the recent news of a festering rebellion in the northern hills of Fiji’s Viti Levu.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – In a statement, Nauru’s government blamed suspended MP Kun for the decision by New Zealand to suspend aid and said the move was “misguided”.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – One of the suspended Nauru MPs, Roland Kun, says it’s disappointing that New Zealand has been forced to suspend aid to his country.
Friday 4 September 2015 | Published in Regional
WELLINGTON – New Zealand has suspended aid to Nauru’s justice sector in a move that had been anticipated after its criticism of government actions seen as diminishing the rule of law.
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The Third Pacific Islands Development Forum Leaders’ Summit (PIDF3) has attracted over 300 delegates from over thirty countries to the meeting in Suva.
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Fiji’s Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has accused Australia of undermining the Pacific Islands Development Forum.
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A case before Vanuatu’s Supreme Court implicating 18 of the nation’s MPs in bribery has taken a dramatic twist as finance minister Willie Jimmy entered a guilty plea on two counts on Wednesday.
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Politics
After a delay of over a month, Cabinet is today expected to announce the appointments of remaining Heads of Ministries.
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
APIA – The Commonwealth Games Federation says it’s Samoa’s “sovereign right” to decline Sierra Leone athletes entry to the country because of fears over the Ebola virus.
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Environment
This stunning shot of a humpback whale breaching off Avarua, Rarotonga on Tuesday was taken by Ola Thorsen from the US Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand.
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Regional
GOSFORD – The Anglican Bishop of Newcastle has defended a priest over a sign outside a Gosford church that read, ‘Hell exists and it’s on Nauru’.
Thursday 3 September 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have collaborated with Nan Hauser on Oceania humpback whale research for eight years. In those eight years, I have learned many things about Nan.
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