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No debt in China deal
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Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
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$541.7m tourism earnings
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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
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Police need numbers and bigger budget
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Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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Cook Islands has its first mosque
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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
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RAC to address mosque legality
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I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
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Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
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Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
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Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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National
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.
Cooks prime minister pays tribute to Tongan leader 'Akilisi Pohiva
Henry Puna has issued a statement honouring the late Prime Minister of Tonga, who died this week in Auckland, aged 78. It is with a deep sense of sadness that we hear of the passing of Tongan Prime Minister Right Honourable ‘Akilisi Pohiva in Auckland this week.
Friday the 13th, lucky for some in Cook Islands
For years, Friday the 13th has been seen as the unluckiest date in the calendar. Some people will spend their efforts avoiding breaking any superstitions such as walking under a ladder, crossing a black cat, or breaking a mirror.
Cooks yacht in $1bn drugs bust
A Cook Islands-flagged yacht has been shipwrecked with an estimated $1 billion of illicit drugs on-board.
King to host meeting of NZ and CI Maori
Maori King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero from Tainui, his wife Makau Ariki Atawhai, family and delegation departed our shores yesterday afternoon after a week’s visit, on his first official trip to the country.
Aitutaki land fit for a King: 'Come back for holiday'
King Tuheitia is to be gifted land in Aitutaki from his relatives of Tai-Te-Atainui o Iva/Ngati Kamire. The gift was confirmed during the Māori monarch's first visit to the Cook Islands outer island.
Our forgotten heroes: Soldiers to be added to Roll of Honour
A small number of Cook Islands men who returned home sick or injured from World War I will this month be named on the New Zealand Roll of Honour, after investigations into their causes of death.
Maori King 'honours' Cooks
Maori King Tuheitia Potatau Te Wherowhero from Tainui, arrived yesterday on his first official visit since 2006 when he inherited the throne from his mother, the late Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu.
Big hopes for Maori King on his visit
Maori King Tuheitia arrives in the Cook Islands today with hopes to develop a package of Aitutaki land gifted to his family generations ago.
Firefighters: Let us help
Volunteer firefighters who revived a teenager in a weekend road smash are still waiting for the Health Ministry to formalise their working arrangement.
Kaireva Beach House: 'Ultimately rude hosts'
Darin Grimes and his family felt so “cheated and deceived” after their stay at Rarotonga’s Kaireva Beach house that they created a website to warn other travellers.
PM: Threat of global crime, migration, espionage
Australia’s commitment to opening a diplomatic mission in the Cook Islands will ease this country’s security concerns, says the prime minister.
Guests told they're 'dirty', 'drunk', 'liars', and their child will be 'punched in face'
Four different families have now come forward to complain of big cash demands for “bogus” dirt and damage at Rarotonga’s Kaireva Beach House.
300-metre ocean outfall on table
Government is running out of alternatives to piping Muri's treated sewage 300 metres out to sea – a solution massively unpopular with local community.
Insulting and embarrassing end' to honeymoon, says Kiwi guest
Beach house owners say they are victims of an online harassment campaign.
Water charges not 'money making'
Government has announced an 18-month review to decide how much Rarotonga households will pay for their water.
'Dirtiest guests of all times': NZ guests asked to pay for clean up
A New Zealand tourist family was asked for $780 to clean up a soiled Rarotonga seaside villa. We pay a visit.
Pressure on PM over 'genocide'
Henry Puna is being challenged to press for United Nations intervention in West Papua, where Indonesia has been accused of genocide.
Court ruling: Back to the ballot box
Te-Hani Brown was seemingly oblivious of her father’s attempts to get her elected to Parliament by chartering a plane for her by-election rally, the court has ruled.
Queen's Rep reappointed
Sir Tom Marsters has been reappointed for a third term as Queen’s Representative for the Cook Islands.
Bread prices go up
The wholesale and retail prices of bread in the Cook Islands will increase from tomorrow.
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