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‘Serious questions’: Opposition challenges China partnership
15 February 2025
No-confidence motion against PM and his Cabinet faces delays
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Ruta Mave: People’s Republic of China red flag
10 February 2025
No debt in China deal
8 February 2025
Thomas Wynne: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?
8 February 2025
‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
22 January 2025
Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
25 January 2025
$541.7m tourism earnings
25 January 2025
Cook Islands passport proposal
6 January 2025
Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
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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.
Court news
Chief Justice Patrick Keane presided over several criminal matters through an audio-visual link at the Cook Islands High Court yesterday.
Truck driver involved in Muri crash pleads guilty
Truck driver involved in Muri crash granted interim name suppression until next court appearance in November.
Father faces serious charges
Rene James Hand will remain in custody at Arorangi Prison after being arrested on more serious charges including attempted murder.
'Helmet habit saved my life'
Te Ariki Tuavera is grateful for his habit of wearing a helmet whenever he gets on his motorbike.
She's a survivor
Myra Tatakura is a warrior, a vibrant, spirited no holds barred kind of a woman and a survivor of breast cancer and open-heart surgery.
Scam targets Games
Fraudsters are taking advantage of the euphoria surrounding the Cook Islands Games 2020 by attempting to lure people into signing up for non-existent live-streaming of the game’s events.
Keep the fishing boats afloat
Fishing companies and government officials are searching for ways to stop the country’s fishing income plummeting just like the tourism revenues.
'Fighting fires ran through his veins … he will be dearly missed'
“When a call comes in that there is a fire on the west side of Rarotonga, chances are Barry Hill would have been first at the scene.”
Free assembly: Cook Islands among the best in the Pacific
Cook Islands is among the best in the Pacific and Pacific Rim when it comes to protecting its people’s right to assembly and association, an international watchdog has found.
One big bubble: Loosening Covid constraints
Around the world, people are locking themselves in small family bubbles. Today, Cook Islands has the chance to declare itself one big coronavirus-free bubble.
Deserted airport and near-empty plane
Stranded tourists from Canada, Britain and Europe took advantage of the only flight out this week, and a transit window from New Zealand, to chance the long trip home.
'Keeping our island safe'
As Jacopo Dozzo was getting ready to travel back to the Cook Islands from his hometown of Milan in Italy, the first coronavirus fatality in the European country was announced.
NZ judge freezes CI trust
A New Zealand court has handed down a judgment freezing assets in a Cook Islands trust, in a groundbreaking case.
Alleged Ponzi mogul 'hid assets' in Cook Islands
Suspected fraudster Mark Nordlicht and his wife are accused of 'hiding assets' in a Cook Islands trust.
Bye Bluesky, hello Vodafone
Vodafone branding expected to give customers access to cheaper source and packaged deals for products.
Pressure for pesticides ban
Paraquat bans give new momentum to calls for Cook Islands to go organic.
Miss Oceania: 'My mind was just a huge whirlwind'
Tajiya Sahay is happy to be home to the sun and the beach, after two months away participating in the Miss World pageant in London.
3600km across the ocean to a quiet Rarotonga beach
Cook Islands is now hooked up to the world through a 3600km undersea cable just 19mm thick – barely the breadth of an adult’s thumb.
Aussie freight operator fails to deliver the goods
A couple spent some of their retirement savings to hire a container to ship their belongings home to Rarotonga. Now the woman who promised to freight their goods has disappeared with the money.
New Year, new direction
The arrival of 2020 means the Cook Islands has now officially graduated to developed nation status.
Business farewells a very special man
“Loyal,” “faithful,” “cheeky” and “stubborn” were just some of the words used to lovingly describe the life of the Cook Island Motor Center’s longest serving employee, the late Samuela Samuela.
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