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MPs’ travel expenses exceed $350,000 in six months

Cook Islands MPs spent over $350,000 on overseas travel in the first half of the 2024/25 financial year, with a significantly increased budget allowing for further expenditures and calls to upgrade MP travel classes.

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Chief Justice Patrick Keane presided over several criminal matters through an audio-visual link at the Cook Islands High Court yesterday.

Assault accused granted name suppression

A man charged with common assault has been given interim name suppression following his first appearance in court.

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Feeling the pinch at the checkout

Food and non-alcoholic beverages have weighed heavily in pushing up annual inflation.

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Resort staff ditch the suits, grab the gloves for community cleanup

Earlier this week, Club Raro Resort staff took it upon themselves to step out into the community and engage in some environmental clean-up campaign.

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Te Ipukarea Society: Climate change heroes of the deep sea

Deep seabed mining in Cook Islands could disrupt the ecosystem and harm deep sea creatures like the acorn worm, which plays a vital role in the carbon cycle.

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‘Miracle baby’ Mana discharged after 128 days in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

After 128 days in intensive care, “miracle baby” Mana Te-Hine-Toa Pearl Castledine was finally discharged from the Waikato Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in New Zealand.

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Environment agency approves plan to remove grounded ship

The National Environment Service (NES) has completed its environmental assessment for removing the stranded vessel MV Grinna from the Manihiki reef after multiple failed attempts.

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Defence lawyer to appeal interim name suppression decision

Lawyer Norman George will appeal a decision by Justice of the Peace Vania Kenning to deny his client interim name suppression.

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Assault accused to defend himself

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‘We are hurt’: French visitors gutted following brazen theft

French tourists Chauvet Pierre and Ledroit Charlotte are pleading with Rarotonga to reach out to those around them for the whereabouts of their stolen documents. Losirene Lacanivalu reports.

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Airport gears up for Kia Orana Day

Celebrating the richness of people and culture, the Airport Authority Cook Islands will today host a special Kia Orana Day as part of their 50th anniversary celebration on Monday.

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LPG price jumps $0.17 in Aitutaki, fuel remains steady

Petrol and diesel prices remain steady in the latest Price Order, the first for 2024.

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Public input sought on coastal protection projects

The National Environment Service (NES) has received three new Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) permit applications for public consultation.

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Workshop to tackle mental health stigma

Mental health organisation Te Kainga O Pa Taunga is preparing to host a primary care psychiatry workshop for frontline staff and volunteers, to tackle the issue of mental illness stigma in the Cook Islands and improve statistics.

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Tears in court as man pleads for brother’s freedom

The brother of a man facing burglary charges has pleaded through tears with the court to release him, to help care for their wheelchair bound father.

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Tourists robbed in broad daylight

Police have labelled an incident where a visiting couple were robbed of their valuables at a Titikaveka beach on Wednesday afternoon as a ‘disgraceful, brazen act of theft’. Losirene Lacanivalu reports.

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Lewis hands in resignation to CISNOC

New Education Secretary Owen Lewis has handed in his resignation to the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC), while it is understood he will remain in an acting position, unpaid, as secretary general until a suitable replacement is found.

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Running Rarotonga loop for charity

A New Zealand social justice advocate has raised nearly $2000 to help struggling Kiwi youth with the promise of running the 32-kilometre loop around Rarotonga.

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Airport Market Days draw crowds

After the exhilarating Airport Runway experience on Tuesday afternoon, Airport Authority Cook Islands (AACI) got back into gear early yesterday morning for the official opening of their Market Days.

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High sea swells to subside later today, says Meteorological Service

The Cook Islands Meteorological Service says the high sea swells affecting both the Northern and Southern groups are expected to calm down later today.

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Airport seeks funding for phase two

The Cook Islands Airport Authority is moving into the second phase of the multi-million dollar project to replace the old concrete slabs.

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