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Thanks for help with evacuations

Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On Tuesday August 11, we had to undertake two emergency medical evacuations.


More bank raids coming

Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, When members of Grey Power had their accounts raided two days before Christmas in 2013, Prime Minister Puna later told our members that he hadn’t been informed or aware that this was happening and by virtue of this statement, gave us the impression that had he known he would have done something about it.


Chaos as crowds overwhelm Red Cross

Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional

SAIPAN – A desperate crowd of about 2000 people on Saipan forced police to close an important airport route when people spilled into the road and fought with each other as they waited for relief assistance from the Northern Marianas chapter of the American Red Cross in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor.


Typhoon Soudelor was a 'unique storm'

Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional

SAIPAN – The National Weather Service in Guam has ruled out that Typhoon Soudelor brought in super typhoon or Category 5-strength winds when it hit Saipan last week, saying damage sustained by the island was more nsistent with a Category 3 typhoon.


Marianas on typhoon alert again

Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional

A tropical depression is forecast to become Typhoon Goni as it moves through the Marianas this weekend.


Chief's reject rebels cause

Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional

Bainimarama says so-called rebel military units pose no threat.


British army veteran leading 'rebels'

Saturday 15 August 2015 | Published in Regional

TAVUA – Authorities in Fiji believe a British army veteran has been overseeing secret military training in the tropical hinterlands as part of a plot to form a breakaway Christian state.


Workshop seeks Pacific views

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Local

Biosecurity and quarantine officers from 16 Pacific islands countries and territories including the Cook Islands joined representatives of National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) recently at a three-day workshop to review global phytosanitary standards.


Living a positive life

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Church Talk

Kia orana! In part one of this discussion about living positively, we spoke about four reasons why as Christians, God has made it possible for us to live a certain kind of lifestyle.

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Gala day has something for all

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Local

Whether you have a sweet tooth or a love for bouncy castles – or you just want some entertainment, grab the kids and check out Nukutere College’s annual gala day today in town.


Smoke Signals

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Opinion

Bluesky, now it’s time to talk Come on ‘Blueskam’, when are you going to fess up to ripping us off with unexplained excess data charges?

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Call to blacklist bad employers

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Local

Blacklisting local employers who mistreat their foreign employees would be a proactive step towards dealing with what a human rights advocacy group believes is the ‘continuous abuse of foreign workers’ in the Cook Islands.


PM celebrates NZ links

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Politics

The Prime Minister will be swapping island shirts and sunglasses for coats and beanies today when he arrives in New Zealand.

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Charity match kicks off new football season

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Football

The 2015 Rarotonga football season will kick off with a Charity Shield match between the last year’s Premier Men’s Round Cup Champions Tupapa Maraerenga and knockout champions Takuvaine on Wednesday next week.

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MPs should take to tuk-tuks

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Henry Puna said the government did not have time to look into buying a fleet of hybrid cars for the 50th celebration, which is why we ended up with petrol-powered cars.

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Fatty meat something to beef about

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am a corn beef eater - not over the top, but I do eat it every week.


Experts discuss seabed exploration

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Local

New Zealand experts have given their opinions on the opening up of 120,000 square kilometres of seabed for exploratory surveying of minerals in the Cook Islands.

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Boat delay annoys PM

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Politics

The Prime Minister says the Cook Islands government will get their money’s worth from their contract with Pacific Schooners.

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Islands running out of water

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Regional

HONIARA – People who depend on rainwater in the parts of the Solomon Islands are being urged to start rationing their water due to the low rainfall currently experienced as the El Niño season continues.


Rise of 'casual racism' in New Zealand

Friday 14 August 2015 | Published in Regional

AUCKLAND – As a young nation undergoing a rapidly changing demography, New Zealand is learning to grapple with the rise of ‘casual’ or ‘everyday’ racism, the Herald on Sunday reported recently.


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