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Big boys break boozed bad boy
Saturday 7 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
John Harry thought he had moved the gear of his rental car into reverse. He was wrong.
Second Virgin breach of Covid-19 travel ban
Saturday 7 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
A third person has entered “voluntary self-quarantine” on Rarotonga after arriving in Cook Islands from one of the countries listed in the coronavirus-related travel ban.
Rakahanga 'will survive on breadfruit and fish'
Saturday 7 March 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Outer Islands
Hawaiian freight vessel Kwai has been told it’s not welcome in Rakahanga due to coronavirus fears, despite carrying important supplies for the Northern Group island.
Tracking a pathogen
Saturday 7 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
A trail of Covid-19 contacts from Italy to New Zealand to Cook Islands provides a textbook example of international cooperation in tracing the virus.
Cook Islands strengthening capability to combat illegal drugs: Herrmann
Friday 6 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Economy
Cook Islands is working on strengthening capability to combat illegal drugs, says Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.
Repeat crim gets 2½ yrs 'to think about his life'
Friday 6 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Daniel Akama has been sent down for a long jail sentence, after breaking into On The Beach Restaurant in Arorangi, damaging the property and taking a safe box.
The price of democracy $17 a vote
Friday 6 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Economy
Some islands are unified, some like Pukapuka are bitterly divided by politics – but now, outer islanders have a chance to enrol to vote on determines their future.
Airline error let in banned tourist
Friday 6 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
A European traveller who had been through coronavirus-stricken Italy was allowed to travel on to Rarotonga, after a mistake at the Auckland airport check-in counter.
Pacific teams up to battle Covid-19
Friday 6 March 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Health
Cook Islands is sending nose and mouth swab tests to New Zealand for advanced testing.
100-plus kids a year nursed for mental illness
Friday 6 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
United Nations human rights committee challenges Cook Islands to tackle rising suicide rates, substance abuse and mental health issues among Cook Islands youth.
'Real men don't have to be hard'
Friday 6 March 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Local
Mental health campaigner says it’s OK to show vulnerability, to talk and to give.
Motorist powerless to argue
Thursday 5 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A builder who knocked down a power pole with his pickup truck is now paying the price – literally.
Smile, you're on candid camera!
Thursday 5 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Big brother is watching you – but you have nothing to fear as long as you behave!
Seven police officers corner fleeing driver near a bar, with two women
Thursday 5 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Driver breath-tested at twice the alcohol limit tells JP he had drunk only two cans of Woodstock.
Legal bid begins to recoup water pipeline damages from Chinese
Thursday 5 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Local
Government is set to head into arbitration process with the Chinese contractor in a bid to recoup $17 million repair cost on the Rarotonga water supply system.
Beautification and the beast
Thursday 5 March 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Outer Islands
The monster of widespread unemployment looms over the northern island of Pukapuka, with 19 government workers sent home from work.
Doubt cast on MP's claim to UN human rights body
Thursday 5 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Economy
A United Nations human rights committee grilled the government yesterday about treating people in same-sex relationships as criminals.
Two banned travellers quarantined
Thursday 5 March 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Health
New Zealand is sending a rapid response medical team to Cook Islands to help respond to the Covid-19 coronavirus.
Fishing crew get virus OK
Thursday 5 March 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
The Spanish purse-seining vessel Rosita C is anchored off Rarotonga for a compliance inspection and change of crew.
100,000 Cook Islanders in 'brain exchange'
Wednesday 4 March 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Economy
More than 100,000 Cook Islanders, scattered around the world like atolls in an ocean. 85,000 in New Zealand. 25,000 in Australia. More dotted around the fringes of the Pacific, the US and further afield in Europe.
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