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Articles by Utopia Support
No benefits to independence bid
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Politics
Prime Minister Henry Puna has failed to detail benefits that would offset the worrisome costs of becoming independent from New Zealand to gain a seat in the United Nations.
Govt 'a band aid majority'
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Politics
The Cook Islands’ is governed by a ‘band aid majority’ which could fail at any time.
'No more coalitions please'
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Rumpelstiltskin: no more coalitions please. If Cook Islands News applied itself to investigating our current affairs instead of just parroting the skewed opinions of uninformed observers, newspaper readers would learn something of value.
'Almost ready' to let the Games begin
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT MORESBY – Papa New Guinea’s Post-Courier newspaper says Port Moresby is “ready for the Games”.
No lawyers for charged MPs
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – A Nauru Opposition MP, who is one of several MPs facing charges after anti government protests last week, says they are being denied access to their lawyers.
No bookings yet as Pitcairn votes in gay marriage
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
ADAMSTOWN – One of the world’s smallest countries has legalised same-sex marriage, despite having no gay couples to wed.
Fiji's PM backtracks on flag designs
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – The backlash over a mediocre selection of new flag options posted by Fiji’s flag change committee has led to a prime ministerial backtrack.
Double trouble delays Fiji Airways flights
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
FIJI – Fiji Airways passengers waiting at the Brisbane Airport are calling for answers from airline authorities as some of them have missed their vacations and one family missed a funeral.
Nauru MPs remanded in custody
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Two opposition MPs in Nauru have been refused bail following their arrest over last week’s anti-government protests.
Dozens sacked from jobs on Nauru
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – A Nauru opposition MP Mathew Batsiua says there are mounting numbers of jobless on the island as sackings continue in the wake of last week’s anti-government protests.
Carter may don No.10 jersey against Samoa
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
AUCKLAND – Fresh, fit and hungry, Dan Carter is expected to be thrown the No.10 jersey for the All Blacks’ opening test of the year against Samoa, but a different approach may be adopted with Richie McCaw.
Polynesian makes mark at US Open
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
CHAMBERS BAY – At 6-foot-4 and 200 pounds, Tony Finau could have made a name for himself in a variety of contact sports.
Asylum seekers join legal challenge
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
LORENGAU – Almost a third of the asylum seekers at the Australian-run immigration centre on Manus Island are challenging their detention, after 277 of them were added to an ongoing legal case in Papua New Guinea.
Free speech crackdown defended
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – Nauru’s government says its controversial crackdown on free speech, including its move to ban Facebook in the country, is necessary to protect ethnic groups such as asylum seekers.
Pitt, Puna deny coup attempt
Tuesday 23 June 2015 | Published in Politics
News that a coup was attempted in parliament on Friday is absolute bollocks, according to Prime Minister Henry Puna’s advisor Trevor Pitt.
Dirty politics continues
Tuesday 23 June 2015 | Published in Politics
Attempts to seduce members of the government to jump vaka and overthrow Prime Minister Henry Puna failed on Friday, but the opposition maintains hope they can push him out and form a ‘new government of unity’.
Follow George Maggie's example
Tuesday 23 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Democratic Party’s vulnerability to lack of sensible in depth debate initiatives right throughout Parliament came to the fore on the last day of sitting when their Leader William Smiley Heather ‘waffled’ his way incoherently in reply to the second reading of the Income Tax Amendment Bill.
First round rugby thrills and spills
Tuesday 23 June 2015 | Published in Rugby Union
Flare-ups and finesse were all part of round one club rugby union games at the weekend.
More rugby scholarships
Tuesday 23 June 2015 | Published in League
Selectors from Rangiora High School will be back on Rarotonga this weekend to scout for more local rugby talent to bolster the school’s first XV rugby team.
Poster comp wraps up
Monday 22 June 2015 | Published in Local
Te Ipukarea Society, with support from Tourism Cook Islands, has been running a nationwide environment poster competition for Cook Islands schools.
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