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Election: Where and how to vote

Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Politics

Roughly 10,540 electors are registered to exercise their democratic rights by voting in today’s General Elections.

Free data causes headache for Telecom

Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Regional

A huge surge in demand from customers caused major problems for Telecom Cook Islands’ network during the free mobile data promotion last weekend.

Bikinis will be back, says Air NZ

Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Local

Air New Zealand’s controversial ‘Safety in Paradise’ video – which features bikini-clad models demonstrating flight safety procedures – is on a temporary hiatus and will soon return, says a company executive.

PNG: Festival organisers chastised

Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Regional

Papua New Guinea’s sports and events minister says the nation’s Cultural Commission is a national embarrassment and needs a total revamp.

Election: View the preliminary results

Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Politics

Keep up to date with the election results as they trickle in. This page lists the preliminary results from the July 9 vote.

Election: Voters head to the polls

Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Politics

Cook Islanders have been lining up at polling booths today to cast their votes for the General Election.

PNG: Police quell student fighting

Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Regional

Police have broken up clashes between university students in Papua New Guinea over the corruption allegations against Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill.

All on at junior soccer

Wednesday 9 July 2014 | Published in Football

It will be all on at the CIFA soccer fields in Matavera today as junior five-a-side football players give it all they’ve got in the pitch with just one round left in the competition.

Depopulation a key election issue

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Reading your front page article on Saturday on the gloomy outlook for population decline, I was not surprised because depopulation is undoubtedly the major issue for Cook Islanders at tomorrow's election.

CIP: Not a good report card

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The current government’s most recent full page list of “half-term” achievements might better be called half-baked achievements if one actually takes the time to read them.

Netball grand finalists found

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Netball

Closely-fought semi-final netball games at the weekend have set the scene for an exciting grand finals round this week in the 2014 club netball season.

Bumpy ride continues in Avarua

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Local

Construction on the main road that would have provided a smooth ride for motorists travelling from the airport to Tupapa appears to be nowhere in sight.

CIP urged to explain purse seining stance

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Politics

With the election just one day away, Te Ipukarea Society is calling on the Cook Islands Party to front up and clarify its position on purse seine fishing.

Driver dies after crashing into pole

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Local

A 43-year-old man died on Sunday afternoon after crashing into a power pole in Arorangi.

Equality already reached in the Cooks?

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It is disgraceful that a non-government organisation of the stature of PPSEWA (Pan Pacific South East Asia Women’s Association) has now been blatantly politicised by its current president, following her letter to your newspaper on Monday.

Accusation of slanted journalism

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Your editorial opinion piece on the front page of Monday’s Cook Islands News was a classic piece of slanted journalism at its best.

Who is paying for the Demo's ads?

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Cook Islands Party Government has done some good things and some bad things, but the outrageous promises from the Demos go above and beyond!

Kata: Fishing restictions

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Kata

Advance voting closes 1pm

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Politics

Registered voters hoping to get an early crack at voting in advance of tomorrow’s elections have until 1pm today to make their way to the Chief Electoral Office to cast their ballots.

PNG: Unesco call to protect cultures

Tuesday 8 July 2014 | Published in Regional

The United Nations’s science and culture body Unesco is calling on Pacific nations to sign the 2005 Convention on Cultural Diversity to help stop the trafficking of cultural artefacts.