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Australia's culture of aid in the Pacific debated

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional

MELBOURNE – A former Australian ambassador has questioned the effectiveness of Australian aid to promote democracy and the rule of law in the Pacific.


Lawless Daru town may be new smugglers' base

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional

DARU – Police in Papua New Guinea have raised concerns about a potential new people smuggling route for asylum seekers trying to get to Australia.


Australia moves to head off refugees' case

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional

CANBERRA – The Australian Greens are trying to place conditions on the Government’s operation of offshore immigration detention centres as the Senate debates urgent changes to the Migration Act this week.


Refugees' freedoms contravened

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional

LORENGAU – Papua New Guinea is breaking international law by restricting the freedom of movement of refugees on Manus Island, the United Nations says.


Vietnam quiet over destroyed boats

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional

KOROR – Palau’s President said he hopes Vietnam gets the message that his country will not tolerate more illegal activity by Vietnamese fishing crews in its waters.


Nauru's aid in question

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional

WELLINGTON – New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Murray McCully says he will check whether Nauru is measuring up to its earlier assurances about the integrity of its judicial system.


Indonesia joins Melanesian group

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Regional

HONIARA – Indonesia has been admitted to the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) nad West Papua has been given observer status.


ICI mismanages public funds again

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Politics

Leaders of Infrastructure Cook Islands have been again asked to clean up their act and fix the financial mess in one of country’s largest government departments.


Opposition 'scare tactics' repulsive, says Puna

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Politics

Rubbish and repulsive – that is how Prime Minister Henry Puna is describing the ‘continued scare tactics’ of the Democratic Party/One Cook Islands coalition.


Pacific goes nuts for Coco Nut

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Local

Avarua School students Teio Mariri (left) and Makea Maro are the stars of a new Cook Islands Tourism video taking the Southern Hemisphere by storm.

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Penrhyn solar – 'icing on the cake'

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Outer Islands

Prime Minister Henry Puna is leading a delegation to Penrhyn today to ‘put the icing on the cake’ for the $1.4 million Te Tautua village solar project.

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Police focus on women in leadership

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Local

The Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Womens Advisory Network (PICPWAN) Conference is being held in Auckland this week.

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Silly outburst

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Please advise your publisher Mr Woods his silly little outburst accusing Trevor Pitt of two timing, masquerading and having a conflict of interest smells of professional jealously.


Thank you

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A huge thank you to the members of the public who assisted us after my wife had a bicycle accident (Monday) at the roundabout in town.


Ture turanga anga'anga

Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Local

Tu’anga mua teia o nga karere, mei roto atu i te Taeate Roia, no te ture o te Turanga Anga’anga 2012 i rotopu i te Ona e te aronga anga’anga.


Hero's welcome for Captain Puna

Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Local

Passengers on board Monday’s flight from New Zealand experienced a hero’s welcome as the aircraft made its way across the tarmac through a water arc to the arrivals gate.

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Employment contract basics

Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Local

This is the first in a series of two articles by the Law Society on the Employment Relations Act 2012.


Rebooting the brain to mouth function

Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Features

CINews reporter Sarah Wilson has enlisted in the five-week Beginner’s Chinese Language Course at USP. How she gets on will be covered in this regular diary.

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Quit talking about UN membership

Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, NZ PM JOHN Key, interviewed by Radio New Zealand on June 19, couldn’t have been any clearer “....If the Cook Islands wants UN membership, the constitutional relationship, including the current shared citizenship, will need to change”.

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Poster comp promotes environmental awareness

Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Environment

Time is nearly up for people to vote for their favourite piece in The Cook Islands Environment Poster Competition.

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