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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
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
Pacific
Government ready to assist Vanuatu community fundraising
Cook Islands Government has expressed its willingness to assist Rarotonga’s Vanuatu community in their fundraising efforts following the recent devastating earthquake in Port Vila.
Fears for families as Vanuatu reels from deadly earthquake
The devastating 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Vanuatu on Monday, claiming the lives of at least 14 people and injuring more than 200, has sent shockwaves around the world, with Ni-Vanuatuans residing in Rarotonga praying for the safety of their loved ones at home.
Nuclear arms lawsuit rejected
Marshalls Islands’ bid fails in international court
Fijian golfer Vijay Singh has his eye on winning the Fiji International golf title this week.
Australian military exercises ‘not aimed at Beijing’
Pacific stance at UN 'shocks' Indonesia
Diplomatic discord after West Papua speeches
Fugitive sailor detained in Pago Pago
TONGA – Tonga Police have confirmed that escaped murder suspect Dean Jay Fletcher had been located in Pago Pago, American Samoa where he is now detained on local charges.
DNA discovery may have health benefits
NEW ZEALAND – A professor from New Zealand’s Massey University has proven travellers from Asia were the first people to settle in the Pacific, thousands of years ago.
Anticipation building in Apia league test
SAMOA – This weekend’s historic rugby league test between Toa Samoa and the Fiji Bati in Apia shapes as a big opportunity for fringe players to put themselves in the selection frame for next year’s World Cup.
Tongan government deadlocked, Pohiva says
TONGA – Tonga’s Prime Minister said his government was deadlocked and struggling because some chief executive officers and top officials did not like him and his government.
Four get prison for beating up woman
VANUATU – The Supreme Court in Vanuatu has sentenced four men to prison after finding them guilty of assaulting and kidnapping a woman who had criticised the behaviour of tourist transport providers in Port Vila on Facebook.
Auckland bust nets meth worth $17 million
NEW ZEALAND – A police operation in South Auckland has netted $17 million worth of the illegal drug methampetamine.
PNG to keep transit centre running
Advocate says court ruling being misinterpreted
Fugitive nabbed in Pago Pago
US murder suspect who escaped from Tonga by yacht is located
High seas pursuit of murder suspect
TONGA – A murder suspect in Tonga continues to evade police on the high seas, after he escaped from a police station in Vava’u on Thursday.
Duterte apologises
PHILIPPINES – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte specifically apologised to Jews on Sunday for his earlier comments in which he compared his war on drugs with the way Adolf Hitler slaughtered millions of Jews during World War II.
Breakthrough in trial for cure of HIV infection
BRITAIN – UK scientists and clinicians working on a groundbreaking trial to test a possible cure for HIV infection say they have made remarkable progress after a test patient showed no sign of the virus following treatment.
'Living hell' as Aleppo battle rages on
SYRIA – Civilians in the rebel-held part of the Syrian city of Aleppo are enduring a “living hell”, the UN humanitarian chief has said, as fighting rages on.
Swarms of termites invade Fiji town
FIJI – Communities around the Fiji town of Lautoka have reportedly been hit by swarms of termites.
New Zealand bans asbestos products
But flow of material into Pacific goes on unabated
Mud men make visit to Sydney
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Four Asaro tribesman have travelled to Sydney’s Australian Museum to take part in the opening of a new exhibition.
MPs reminded to turn talk on SDGs into action
PACIFIC – Pacific MPs have been given a stern reminder of their responsibility to inform their people at a conference on sexual health in New Zealand.
Church could face abuse lawsuits next week
GUAM – Lawsuits are set to be slapped on the Catholic Church in Guam after legislation was passed allowing child sexual abuse survivors to sue at any time.
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