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No debt in China deal
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Thomas Wynne: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?
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‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
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Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
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$541.7m tourism earnings
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Cook Islands passport proposal
6 January 2025
Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Articles by Utopia Support
Welcome to the $50 celebrations
Wednesday 27 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I heard on radio, yesterday (Monday), that tickets to the dance festivities at the national auditorium during Te Maeva Nui, will range from $30 to $50, and that it will cost $10 to view the proceedings on an outside screen – each night!
Retaining language good for health
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – A researcher at the University of Sydney says preserving indigenous languages is good for people’s health.
New laws 'unduly restrict freedom'
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
YAREN – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression has called on Nauru’s government to withdraw recent amendments to the criminal code which he says unduly restrict freedom of expression.
Weather delays solar Pacific flight
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
NANJING– The Solar Impulse 2, a completely solar-powered aircraft that was set to make its most difficult leg of its around-the-world journey, cancelled its departure at the last minute amid bad weather this week.
Police chief injured confronting robbers
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SUVA – Four men have appeared in court in Fiji over an attack on the country’s Police Commissioner last week.
Tongans march against women's equality
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
NUKU‘ALOFA – The Tongan government is facing increasing pressure to stop the ratification of a major UN convention on women’s rights with multiple petitions, marches and a parliamentary resolution opposing the move.
Battling for players
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
SYDNEY – The head of the Tonga Rugby Union says it’s a sad fact that some of the country’s best players will not be at the World Cup later this year.
Sorcery killing has police stumped
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
WABAG – Local police say a complaint must be lodged before they can arrest the men suspected of hacking a woman to death in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Vicious tribal fight underway
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Regional
FUGWA – A fierce tribal fight is reportedly taking place at a remote village in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province.
Marine park feedback positive
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Local
The task force set up to work on the policy framework of the proposed Marae Moana marine park has received positive feedback on its second draft.
Wet weather predicted to linger a while
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Weather
The wet and cold weather that has hit the southern Cook Islands is not expected to end anytime soon.
Rain no math for vaka excitement
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Local
Rarotonga school children were out in force in Avana on Monday morning where they braved the rain to form a 1000-plus welcome party for traditional vaka voyagers.
'Ambassador' steals hearts in Muri
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Local
Tourists at Muri Beach are swooning over a local of furry proportions who seems to have been the companion of many visitors over the years.
Rain blesses vaka voyagers
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Local
Rain in Avana on Monday morning was seen as a sign of voyaging ancestors blessing the official opening of the inaugural Te Manava Vaka Festival.
Invasive plant focus of attention on island
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Outer Islands
The National Environment Service is declaring war on the invasive beach burr plant on Pukapuka.
What is Puna getting up to?
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In the New Zealand Listener magazine dated May 9-15, Colin Tukuitonga, described as ‘the Pacific nations’ chief advocate’, reported that our Prime Minister Henry Puna had told him he was thinking of giving up the Cook Islands’ New Zealand citizenship and the New Zealand passport.
Making his mark on the world
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Minister Mark Brown fresh from the ADB meeting in Azerbaijan then goes to Penrhyn and Manihiki.
Something seems fishy
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I may be naive but does it seem strange to anyone else that a Cook Islands-flagged ship gets attacked by a Libyan military jet not once, but twice?
Did PM's wife need to travel?
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am all for women in politics but is it really necessary for Mrs Puna to be accompanying her travelling gypsy husband on official business to Japan and Thailand at the cost of us taxpayers?
Island players admired but little room for inclusion
Monday 25 May 2015 | Published in Regional
BRISBANE – Bending the rules to allow Pacific islanders to play State of Origin league in Australia may destroy what is great about the concept, Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett says.
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