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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’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Tapaitau and Charlie-Puna released to ‘family jobs’
21 September 2024
Police apprehend four juveniles in connection with motorcycle thefts
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
ICI explains road works delay in front of old Sheraton site
10 August 2024
Diaspora dismayed over lack of Te Maeva Nui livestream
8 August 2024
Everyone is a winner, says Culture
7 August 2024
Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
8 August 2024
Housing crisis hits tourism industry
27 July 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
Pacific
Roadshow not consultation
Non-government organisations are frustrated with the Cook Islands government seabed mineral consultations that are being held in New Zealand, calling for a 10-year moratorium to allow for independent research and capacity building within the Cook Islands.
USP Student body represents 14,000 students
The University of the South Pacific Students’ Association (USPSA) from 14 campuses spanning 12 member countries convened in Rarotonga yesterday representing the voice of 14,000 students.
Obama makes climate change personal
HAWAI ‘I – Barack Obama has issued perhaps his most personal plea yet to overcome the existential threat posed by climate change.
Leaders look to US on climate issues
PACIFIC – Pacific island leaders have called for continuity in the region’s relationship with the United States ahead of the imminent change of government in Washington.
Wilson departure a 'serious blow'
AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s announcement that it will not renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru is yet another serious blow for offshore detention.
Tattooists alarmed by HIV risks
SAMOA – A Samoan tattooist says people wanting to get tattoos – including the traditional Samoan tatau for men and malu for women – should have blood tests beforehand.
Somare implicated in fraud case
Sir Michael named as money laundering recipient
Samoan pageant celebrates 'third gender'
SAMOA – Bright lights, glittering dresses and dazzling smiles are a feature of every beauty pageant, but Samoa’s Miss Fa’afafine is a pageant with a difference – an annual celebration of the island nation’s third gender tradition.
No tsunami after 7.1 earthquake
NEW ZEALAND – A tsunami warning issued following a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake that struck before dawn off the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island was later cancelled,The earthquake, which struck at 4.37am local time, prompted evacuations along the East Coast of the North Island and the upper South Island, but there were no reports of damage.
Security firm abandons contracts
Wilson withdraws from offshore detention centres
Rice quota cut shocks Australia
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Executives from a leading Australian rice company have travelled to Port Moresby to fight the Papua New Guinean government’s decision to impose a 20 per cent import quota on the Australian company.
Panguna's gaping hole a bitter legacy
BOUGAINVILLE – The gaping hole carved into the mountains of Bougainville was at one time the world’s largest open-cut copper mine.
Mine shares row leads to threats to deny licence
BOUGAINVILLE – The Autonomous Region of Bougainville is engaged in a new struggle with the Papua New Guinean government over the ownership of the island’s controversial Panguna copper mine.
Fiji not prepared for coming cyclone season
FIJI – There’s concern in Fiji that homes and schools will not be rebuilt before the upcoming cyclone season.
Tuilaepa worried about food security
samoa – Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has warned that food security in the Pacific is being eroded as people move to the towns and rely on cheap imported food.
Hurricane greets Obama in Hawai'i
HAWAI‘I – Hurricane Madeline showed a surge of power as it churned toward Hawai‘i, peaking at a dangerous category four strength before slackening, US weather officials say.
Danish MPs cancel visit to Nauru
Nauru denies visas to three members of delegation
Environmentalists rescued from island
NORTHERN MARIANAS – A group of environmentalists who went to Pagan island to film a documentary titled Too Beautiful To Bomb and to get first-hand experience of the remote volcanic island had to extend their stay due to the bad weather earlier this month.
Live bombing on remote island opposed
NORTHERN MARIANAS – Their loyalty to the United States of America cannot be questioned but the people of the Pacific’s Northern Mariana islands have their limits when it comes to allowing military use of their land.
Mutineers' pigtails in DNA study
PITCAIRN ISLAND – DNA experts are to investigate a collection of 18th-century pigtails believed to be from the Bounty mutineers who settled in Pitcairn Island in the late 1700s.
Starfish get vinegar treatment
PACIFIC – Small teams of volunteers around the Pacific Islands are fighting to save coral reefs from the dreaded crown-of-thorns starfish.
Refugee cartoonist recieves award for courage
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An Iranian refugee at the Manus Island regional processing centre in Papua New Guinea has been given an international award for his work as a cartoonist.
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