More Top Stories

Economy

No debt in China deal

8 February 2025

Economy

$541.7m tourism earnings

25 January 2025

Letters to the Editor
Local

Top cop position advertised

7 December 2024

Culture
Church Talk
Court
Economy
Economy

Articles by Utopia Support

Smoke siganls

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals

CIP executives in bit of a spin What a lot of spin doctors the CIP executives have turned out to be.


Thinking clearly about relationships

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Church Talk

What about the times when you just don’t feel anything but apathy about your relationship? What when a husband no longer loves a wife or a wife no longer loves a husband? What do you do then?

Premium content


Tanker visits would pose new hazards

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am responding to the front page article in Wednesday’s Cook Islands News, in which Glenn Armstrong was quoted extensively.


Minister's comments 'odd and irrelevant'

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Mark Brown’s comments in Wednesday’s paper concerning Spark New Zealand’s sale of its shares in Telecom Cook Islands, is rather odd and irrelevant in my view.

Premium content


Blowing the whistle at the NRL Nines

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in League

Imagine having to boss around Shaun Johnson, Manu Vatuvei, Dave Taylor or Issac Luke.

Premium content


Challenge heats up

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in League

Rugby league games take on extra weight this week as some teams will play to win and progress to the semi-finals of the Navy Epati Memorial Cup challenge.


Busy week of promotions

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands travel promotion team from Rarotonga had a busy week in the US before jetting off to Europe early this week.

Premium content


'Soul mates' discuss joint deployment

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Regional

AUCKLAND – joint deployment of Australian and New Zealand troops to Iraq were expected to dominate talks when Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott flew in to Auckland yesterday.


Sentencing papers for noble released

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Regional

NUKU‘ALOFA – Tonga’s Chief Justice Owen Paulsen has released sentencing documents in the controversial Lord Tu’ilakepa case


Street kids problem a top priority

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT MORESBY – The founder of a group that works with vulnerable children in Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, says the government needs to reassess its priorities if it’s to tackle the growing number of kids living on the streets.


Women in business vital for region

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Regional

PACIFIC – Australia’s Global Ambassador for Women and Girls says more women in business and positions of power will make a difference for livelihoods of the Pacific.


Marianas needs more Japanese tourists

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Regional

MAJURO – The Northern Marianas government is calling on the tourism body to come up with a plan to bring in more Japanese tourists and stimulate the economy.


Is Papua New Guinea heading for a crisis?

Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Regional

This post was first published at the East Asia Forum and in the Australian Financial Review. It is the opinion of Stephen Howes, Professor of Economics at Crawford School and Director of the Development Policy Centre, The Australian National University.


Close encounter with a giant octopus

Thursday 26 February 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT HARDY – A scuba diver on the Pacific north coast of Canada’s Vancouver Island got up close and personal with a giant Pacific octopus on Sunday.


Police work to stop school fights

Thursday 26 February 2015 | Published in Regional

NUKU‘ALOFA – Police in Tonga are trying to develop new ways to end the fighting between groups of students from different high schools.


Papua New Guinea obsessed by porn

Thursday 26 February 2015 | Published in Regional

PORT MORESBY – Papua New Guinea is the most pornography-obsessed country in the world, according to Google Trends.


January visitors short of record high

Thursday 26 February 2015 | Published in Local

Data released by the Statistics Office showed that a total of 6621 tourists arrived in the Cook Islands in January this year, 196 fewer than in the same month last year.


Bike smash kills woman

Thursday 26 February 2015 | Published in Local

A 37 year old Pue resident died on Sunday after her motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car near the Hartal Store at Upper Tupapa.


Presentation pleases Prime Minister

Thursday 26 February 2015 | Published in Politics

Prime Minister Henry Puna spoke on behalf of the Cook Islands to the New Zealand Government on Tuesday (our time) this week, asking for more flexibility in New Zealand superannuation laws.

Premium content


Puna's NZ super presentations 'positive'

Thursday 26 February 2015 | Published in Politics

Prime Minister Henry Puna says his presentations to the New Zealand Parliamentary Select Committee on the Social Assistance (Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau) bill were very positive and well received.

Premium content


« Previous  1    641  642  643  644  645  646  647  648  649    1,715  Next »