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Little Ponu will grow to 150kg
Tuesday 10 September 2019 | Published in Environment
They say, if you love something, set it free. But it’s not so simple for a turtle reared in captivity indoors.
Undersea cable raises threat of a cyber attack
Tuesday 10 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Technology
A top online security expert says faster, easier access to the Internet with the arrival of the Manatua undersea cable will also bring increased threats from cyber criminals.
Hundreds of Jehovah's witnesses swell Rarotonga population for regional gathering
Monday 9 September 2019 | Published in Local
Rarotonga’s Jehovah’s Witnesses following swelled from 300 to 1700 at the weekend as brothers and sisters from all over the world gathered for a regional convention in Avarua.
New vessel embarks on first deep sea research in decades
Monday 9 September 2019 | Published in Technology
Four Cook Islanders are to be included in a research team embarking on an expedition to explore the seabed near Aitutaki this month.
'I want to prove I have come to my senses'
Monday 9 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A man who has pleaded guilty to going on a burglary spree will have to remain behind bars for until he faces his fate.
Newspaper a first draft of history
Monday 9 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
Archivists’ work to scan and digitise Cook Islands News editions dating back to March 1957 has been made faster and easier with the Ministry of Culture’s new Scansnap SV600 technology.
Scientists' call: Tax junk food
Monday 9 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Health
All sugary, fatty and salty foods should be taxed, says study. Jonathan Milne and Gray Clapham report. Scientists are urging policy makers to “seriously consider” introducing a broad junk food tax to help curb the obesity epidemic.
Taking the high road
Monday 9 September 2019 | Published in Local
Two mature coconut palms shading the road at Tupapa were the latest collateral damage in the widening of Rarotonga’s main thoroughfare.
KIDS PAGE: 'I can feel the strength and power of the vaka here today'
Saturday 7 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education
Apii Takitumu students presented brilliant detailed handcrafted vaka models using natural and recycled material for their exhibition on Thursday morning.
Women police: 'You can do it'
Saturday 7 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Cancy Maro signed up for the police to follow in the footsteps of her grandfather.
Mentally ill man taken from prison to airport
Saturday 7 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Noah Taio has been released from custody and put on a plance to New Zealand for a mental health examination.
Measles: 'We should expect the worst'
Saturday 7 September 2019 | Published in Health
Health officials charged with preventing a measles outbreak say they are “expecting the worst”.
Muri sewage report drives pursuit of clean treatment
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Environment
There’s new hope for both the lagoon and ocean, with a proposal that Muri’s treated sewage could be dispersed on land in the valley behind Turangi.
Family offer donation to Are Pa Metua
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
The Are Pa Metua were delighted to receive a package dry goods from the Tupa family reunion.
Sale ban is to save reef fish
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Outer Islands
Manihiki has banned the transportation of reef fish to Rarotonga for sale.
Church attacker 'insane'
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
A young man accused of wounding a woman in church has pleaded not guilty on grounds of insanity.
Coco-Rhino beetles not in Northern Islands says Agriculture
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Outer Islands
Coconut rhinoceros’ beetles do not exist in the northern islands and the Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed this.
Cooks yacht in $1bn drugs bust
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in National
A Cook Islands-flagged yacht has been shipwrecked with an estimated $1 billion of illicit drugs on-board.
Takitumu voluntary constables powerless
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local
The warrants of Takitumu Vaka voluntary police constables have not been renewed.
'Passionate' environment officer denies debris claim
Thursday 5 September 2019 | Written by Anneka Brown | Published in Environment
The National Environment Service has hit back at claims they told accommodation owners to throw rubbish back into the ocean.
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