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Church Talk: Let your light shine

Friday 23 May 2014 | Published in Church Talk

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven (Matthew 5:16).


Prized seabed nodule gifted to museum

Friday 23 May 2014 | Published in Local

A genuine Cook Islands manganese nodule has been presented to the National Museum and members of the public are being encouraged to get along and take a look.

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Slow handout for pearl farmers

Friday 23 May 2014 | Published in Local

Aid-funded equipment and materials will only be handed out to members of the Manihiki Pearl Farmers Association if they meet strict criteria, says the group’s president.

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Smokies: Plenty of jobs

Friday 23 May 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller can’t understand what yesterday’s Mr Pruner and other pollies are going on about when they say there needs to be more jobs created in the Cook Islands.

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Fiji: Chief's support needed after rough week

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

Fiji’s prime minister and the leader of the soon-to-be-registered FijiFirst Party has boasted to Fiji media that 18 chiefs have endorsed his party, along with 40,000 officially signed-up supporters.


Call for decolonisation

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

Pacific islanders across the region are being urged to renew support for the decolonisation of Pacific communities still under colonial rule.


Seeking stories from Kokoda Track

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

A team of international researchers is on a mission to gather first-hand accounts of Papua New Guineans’ wartime experience along the Kokoda Track.


Tonga: Accused's father witnesses beating

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

The father of the accused civilian Semisi Kalistiane Manu who is facing a jury trial for manslaughter in the death of a vacationing New Zealand police officer while in custody in Tonga, said he witnessed the police beating up the deceased at the Nuku’alofa police station.


In Brief: Dumped PM says he was 'let down'

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

The new leader of Vanuatu’s opposition and dumped Prime Minister, Moana Carcasses, says his partners let him down.


Fiji: Prison inmates have tuberculosis

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

The Fiji Corrections Service has confirmed that three of its convicted inmates have been admitted to hospital suffering from tuberculosis (TB).


First birthday for Fijian triplets

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

“Being a single mother and raising triplets is not easy but I can never be more thankful to my family and relatives for supporting me throughout.”


Solomons: Red Cross spending queried

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

The Solomon Islands Red Cross has been criticised for spending thousands of dollars on renting rooms for its staff at a Honiara resort.


First refugees released on Nauru

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Regional

The first refugees on Nauru to have been granted visas have been released from Australian immigration detention on the island.


Qweenz win in feisty football

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Football

Five-a-side soccer team No Ordinary Family continued their dominance in the tournament with a 4-1 win over the tenacious Snowbird team.

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New 'boys' in town aim to raise the bar

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Local

A new eatery has opened in Rarotonga and its owners say their goal is to offer the best food and service on the island at the cheaper end of the market.

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Kiwi mentor praises local businesses

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Local

A visiting New Zealand business mentor says he is impressed with the way local enterprises have picked up their game over the past five years.

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Smokies: Diplomacy lessons needed

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals

During the presentation of credentials ceremony at Government House yesterday there was an exchange of gifts between Korean ambassador Yong Kyu Park and Queens Representative Tom Marsters.

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Aurora photos sought

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A colleague of mine from the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ) is trying to track down any photographs of an aurora which was seen from the Cook Islands in 1958 and which was caused by atmospheric nuclear testing at Johnson Atoll.

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Ambassadors received by Marsters

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Local

Queen’s Representative Tom Marsters received two visiting foreign diplomats yesterday during a morning ceremony at Government House.

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PM denies conflict of interest allegations

Thursday 22 May 2014 | Published in Politics

Prime Minister Henry Puna has firmly denied allegations of conflict of interest after media reports that he is about to receive roughly $116,000 in assistance for his pearl farm in Manihiki.

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