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Evidence backs up round house design
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, ‘Wow’, is my first reaction to Historian’s frenzied rant in Cook Islands News this week.
Compensation a looming issue
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was dismayed to read Saturday’s paper where a story about the water project says, ‘the Te Mato Vai project is not offering landowners any compensation for the use of their land’.
More thanks for hospital workers
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I concur with the sentiments in Stephanie Puiri’s letter to the editor yesterday regarding the amazing staff at the hospital. Over the last six months I have visited the outpatients clinic around six times, the most recent time this morning.
Development takes new turn
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Local
New Zealand-based Herbert Construction Ltd appears to have pulled out of joint proposal with Mirage Group Limited to rebuild the derelict Sheraton Hotel.
Police deny interference in MP cases
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Politics
Police deny there has been any political interference with high-profile investigations into two Members of Parliament, despite the slow progress with both cases.
Nicholas jumps to the other side
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Politics
Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Avatiu Albert Nicholas has changed sides to join the Cook Islands Party.
Tropical Cyclone Pam updates
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – The Vanuatu Government has declared a State of Emergency in Shefa province and is expecting to announce a national state of emergency following the destruction of Cyclone Pam.
Tuvalu hard hit by cyclone
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TUVALU – The prime minister of Tuvalu says nearly half of the population has been displaced by Cyclone Pam.
Potentially worst storm in Pacific's history
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – Cyclone Pam, possibly the worst cyclone in the Pacific’s history, slammed directly into the tiny South Pacific archipelago Vanuatu early Saturday, killing at least eight people and leaving thousands homeless, according to reports from aid organizations.
Cyclone Pam a deadly catastrophe
Monday 16 March 2015 | Published in Regional
PORT VILA – A category five storm has killed at least ten people in Vanuatu in one of the strongest-ever tropical cyclones to have hit the South Pacific.
High seas damage vital causeway
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
TARAWA – The Kiribati government says work is continuing around the clock to repair a vital causeway, but bad weather and high tides are hampering efforts.
Cyclone Pam lashes Vanuatu with direct hit as a category 5
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – The Washington Post reports that Tropical Cyclone Pam –
Cyclone Pam hits Vanuatu: Dozens feared dead
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
VANUATU – Cyclone Pam has made a direct hit on Vanuatu as a massive category 5 storm in what will surely be one of the worst disasters in the archipelago’s history, Fairfax New Zealand reports.
News reports from around the world covering Category Five Tropical Cyclone Pam
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
Dozens feared dead after cyclone hits Vanuatu VANUATU – A report from the BBC News Service says the death toll from a category five tropical storm that has hit islands in the South Pacific could run into the dozens, quoting the UN’s relief agency. Authorities had earlier issued a red alert to residents after the cyclone changed direction and began moving towards populated areas. It has already caused major damage on other Pacific islands, including Kiribati and the Solomon Islands. Tuvalu, a group of nine tiny islands north-east of Vanuatu, has also declared a state of emergency after the cyclone caused flash floods there. “The immediate concern is for a very high death toll but also an enormous amount of destruction and devastation,” Sune Gudnitz, regional director for the UNOCHA, told Reuters news agency from nearby Fiji, which is also expecting to be hit by Pam. There were unconfirmed reports that 44 people had died in Penama province in the north-east of Vanuatu, the UN agency said in a statement on Friday, according to Reuters.
Posts from Facebook
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
The Facebook page Humans of Vanuatu, which typically shares the everyday lives of Vanuatuans, has been providing updates on the cyclone.
Cyclone causes death and destruction
Saturday 14 March 2015 | Published in Regional
A large swathe of the Pacific is currently being thrashed by a category five super cyclone. There have been reports of as many as 44 deaths in Vanuatu where communication to outer islands has been lost after the eye of Cyclone Pam passed just 30km to the east of Port Vila on Friday local time.
Sewerage on the gripe radar
Friday 13 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I seem to have somehow got on to the John Scott gripe radar and raised his ire.
In praise of Rarotonga Hospital
Friday 13 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My teenaged daughter broke her ankle in January.
Work together
Friday 13 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the One Cook Island and Democratic Parties.
Rain determines main match venue
Friday 13 March 2015 | Published in League
Torrential rain causing sports fields to flood is proving to be a headache for rugby league administrators putting together this week’s draw and match venues.
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