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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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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.
Court action against chlorine
The multimillion dollar project to supply disinfected water to Rarotonga homes has been stalled by a High Court injunction.
Cooks ship detained
A Maritime Cook Islands surveyor arrives in Scotland today to check the condition of a Cooks-flagged cargo ship at the centre of an international row.
Police and prisons pay rise
435 ‘grassroots’ criminal justice, transport and agriculture workers to get salary increase over next three years. Salaries for the lowest-paid government workers will be raised to $15,000.
Visit prepares for Australian High Commission opening
Australia’s foreign affairs minister has arrived in the Cook Islands to negotiate the opening of a High Commission here.
Cooks assist in $300m scam case
The Financial Intelligence Unit, Crown Law Office, and the Cook Islands Police Service helped US investigation into the multi-million dollar fraud case, reports Rashneel Kumar and Melina Etches.
The Wolf of Avarua hid money in ANZ
ANZ Cook Islands is named in a major US ‘Wolf of Wall St’ style fraud case.
Safety fears: Islands lose AM radio
Radio Cook Islands has criticised the decision to demolish the 107-metre Matavera AM radio mast, leaving the outer islands with no secure communications with the outside world.
Extra provisions for new builds
Infrastructure Cook Islands will now demand engineering reports for land development that could cause harm to neighbouring properties, including public roads and drains.
PM Ardern here for holiday
Kiwi prime minister Jacinda Ardern arrived in Rarotonga yesterday for a holiday with fiancé Clarke Gayford and their daughter Neve.
Contractors damaging public roads will be fined
The newly passed Infrastructure Act states that any contractor found to be damaging roads or cutting and digging holes on the road will be liable to pay for these damages.
New climate change trauma
New $500,000 study into helping Cook Islanders and Niueans mentally and emotionally harmed by fleeing island homes.
Locals mobilise against chemical disinfection
A group has been formed to mobilise opposition to chlorine in Rarotonga’s piped water.
Sewage plant secrecy sparks local concern
Warnings that stench from a proposed sewage treatment plant will blow back over Rarotonga.
'I don't know any Cook Islands woman who is shy'
The New Zealand city of Christchurch had been ripped apart by a massive earthquake. Many people were fleeing the city. But in 2012, Munokoa Poto Williams moved to Christchurch.
Local chefs in global challenge
Cook Islands chefs Ngatupa (Vou) Williams and William Pokino were set to demonstrate their cooking skills competing in the Global Young Chefs event in Melbourne yesterday, up against representatives from New Zealand, Australia and Fiji.
Govt backs 'decent work'
In the face of a plummeting local workforce and exploitation of migrant labour,ministers are promising to take action.
Healer accused of indecency: God wanted me to do job
A faith healer from the Cook Islands says he has been curing sick patients for years with his God-given gifts. But he is now facing a criminal charge of indecent assault.
MPs' pay rise 'obscene and outrageous'
A former parliamentarian has called the 45 per cent pay rise for MPs “obscene and outrageous”.
Puna: 'Conservation is in our blood'
Cook Islands’ declaration of two million square kilometres of ocean as “sacred” captured the imagination of delegates at a major oceans conference in New Caledonia this week.
'Fight for human rights' - Herman
After an international outcry at the Cook Islands’ proposal to ban the acclaimed movie Rocketman, Internal Affairs has relented and given it an R18 rating instead.
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