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Researchers find healthy marine life

Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Outer Islands

Healthy coral and plenty of fish were some of the findings of researchers who recently returned from an expedition to survey parts of the marine park.


Call for PM to step down

Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Politics

Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen is calling for a snap election, saying the Prime Minister should step down because he has lost control of the government.


Bishop 'let off too easily': MP

Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Politics

Democratic Party MP Selina Napa has criticised the government’s reaction to corruption allegations against cabinet minister Teina Bishop, saying he should be removed from cabinet.


Mongoose honour old mate 'Albino'

Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Rugby Union

Honouring an old mate is the order of the day for members of the Avatiu-Nikao Golden Oldies Rugby Club this evening at their headquarters Rose’s Garden in Tepuka.


Northern group solar tenders

Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes on the northern group solar project: “Word in top public service corridors from the renewable energy division was that all tenders were way above the funds provided.


International Youth Day

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Church Talk

International Youth Day 2013 will be celebrated today under the theme ‘Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward’.


'Misleading' holiday to Raro

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Local

Flight Centre has been accused of misleading customers after a Wellington family’s "five-night" Rarotongan holiday turned out to be four nights with a 2am departure.


Communities preserve language

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Local

The responsibility for maintaining cultural languages rest first with communities says NZ Minister of Education and Pacific Island Affairs Hekia Parata.


Cook Islands direct flights on sale

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Local

Book a holiday to Rarotonga this month on Air New Zealand’s direct services and you will receive a great deal with up to $100 worth of gift cards up for grabs for every return flight.


Free parasite treatment for pets this week

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (CISPCA) will be giving out $5000 worth of parasite worm and flea treatments on Rarotonga from today.


Roaming dogs on the increase

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We have just returned home to New Zealand after a wonderful stay in your beautiful piece of paradise.


Driving in Pukapuka

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I can’t wait to use my New Zealand driver’s licence on Pukapuka when I visit in a couple years’ time.


Hostel progression set in concrete

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Outer Islands

The second floor of the new Pukapuka Hostel was filled with concrete last Thursday, in preparation for building the walls and roof.


Tuariki aims to keep seat in CIP

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Politics

Cook Islands Party candidate Kaota Tuariki is at work getting his Murienua by-election campaign off the ground, and has his sights set on retaining the seat for the CIP.


Praises for Sir Frederick

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Politics

Sir Frederick Goodwin officially passed on the title of Head of State to newly inaugurated Tom Marsters last Friday in a historic ceremony at the National Auditorium.


Eels down Dragons at Swamp

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Rugby Union

The Avatiu Eels senior A grade managed to break out of the ‘chill out’ mode they found themselves in during their game against the Dragons to down the visitors 21-17.


Oldies action

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Rugby Union

Golden oldies rugby players donned their boots and coloured shorts for a muddy run around at the Avatiu field on Saturday.


$10 million for lagoon protection

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Environment

New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully announced yesterday his government will invest extra funds towards an on-going residential sanitation programme in the Muri/Avana area.


Pacific input needed on seabed minerals

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Environment

The Cook Islands and other Pacific nations should have more involvement with the international body for seabed minerals, says local lawyer Alex Herman.


Intense storms

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Local

The Cooks can expect a higher proportion of intense storms this century, according to the Pacific-Australia Climate Change Science Adaptation Planning Program (PACCSAP).


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