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‘Nothing to worry about’: Prime Minister Brown on China agreement
16 February 2025
‘Serious questions’: Opposition challenges China partnership
15 February 2025
No-confidence motion against PM and his Cabinet faces delays
15 February 2025
Ruta Mave: People’s Republic of China red flag
10 February 2025
No debt in China deal
8 February 2025
Thomas Wynne: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?
8 February 2025
‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
22 January 2025
Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
25 January 2025
$541.7m tourism earnings
25 January 2025
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
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Pacific
Tabuya ‘an ideal Minister for Information’, Fiji’s PM says
Fiji's Prime Minister is set to restore a backbencher to cabinet after she appeared in a private video dancing naked.
Diesel fuel aboard sunken Manawanui still unaccounted for
New Zealand Defence Force figures show more than half a million litres of diesel fuel aboard the Manawanui when it sank has not been taken off it.
New legislation aimed at uncovering historic abuse
GUAM – A bill that would enable victims of historical sexual abuse in Guam to file civil action is a step closer to becoming law.
Southern Cross plots course for new cable
Computer gamers and businesses could benefit most from a new internet cable that Southern Cross Cable plans to lay between New Zealand, Australia and the United States.
How to lay a 9000km cable across the pacific
Earlier this year, a giant cable was laid between Japan and the United States to deliver 60 terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth under the Pacific.
Fijians eating much less fresh fish
FIJI – New research in Fiji shows people badly hit by Cyclone Winston are eating a lot less fresh fish.
Children live in fear of cyclones
FIJI – Thousands of children in Fiji who survived the horrors of Cyclone Winston are still severely traumatised seven months on.
Singsings aren't what they use to be
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A lot has changed over the past 60 years right around the world – and perhaps nowhere more dramatically than in Papua New Guinea’s rugged highlands.
Hail in Samoa was no hoax
SAMOA – Samoa has been hit by a hail storm so rare that it was believed to be a hoax by many of the nation’s inhabitants.
Pitcairn marine reserve becomes a reality
PITCAIRN ISLAND – The Pew Charitable Trusts has joined the Pitcairn Island Council in praising the British government for last week’s designation approximately 830,000 square kilometres of ocean as a marine reserve in the remote waters surrounding the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
Wonders revealed on dive to volcano
HAWAI‘I – US scientists have discovered what might be new coral species and a very rare octopus on an underwater expedition to an previously unexplored extinct volcano in the deep ocean off Hawai‘i
Refugee policy is 'no model'
AUSTRALIA – An Australian lawyer is rejecting a suggestion his government’s policy of offshore processing of asylum seekers who arrive by boat is a model for other countries to follow.
Pacific calls for help with refugees
Nauru touts for ‘more business’ at UN summit
Protesters dispersed
WEST PAPUA – Thousands of Papuans rallying yesterday across Indonesia were reportedly dispersed by police and at least 75 were arrested.
PNA happy to get Pacific Forum endorsement
PACIFIC – The Parties to the Nauru Agreement are celebrating the Pacific Island Forum’s endorsement of their Vessel Day Scheme.
A Polynesian take on Shakespearean drama
NEW ZEALAND – A theatre group in South Auckland is using classic English literature to break down negative stereotypes surrounding Maori and Pasifika people in New Zealand.
PNG capital much cleaner after betel nut ban
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The ban on public consumption of betel nut has made Port Moresby much cleaner, according to the governor of Papua New Guinea’s capital.
Plenty of positives from Rio
PACIFIC – Medals proved elusive but Pacific countries are taking plenty of positives from their performance at the Rio Paralympics.
Fire sparks call for asbestos ban
Asbestos still used in Pacific despite dangers
Refugee policy under spotlight in New York
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers and refugees will come under scrutiny this week as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull meets with world leaders in New York.
Dutton not phased by mishandling of contracts
AUSTRALIA – The Australian Immigration Department has made mistakes in its handling of contracts for offshore detention centres, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has conceded.
Inquiry into 'institutional racism' called for
NEW ZEALAND – Former government minister Dame Tariana Turia is calling for an investigation into institutional racism in New Zealand’s public sector.
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