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23 October 2024
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21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
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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
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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’
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PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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Pacific
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
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.
Fijian man allegedly beaten and 'left to die'
FIJI – A Fiji businessman was reportedly beaten and left for dead after being attacked in his home on Tuesday, allegedly by security forces.
British MPs 'baffled' after Norfolk visit
NORFOLK ISLAND – A cross party delegation of British MPs has called on Australia to review its decision to remove the autonomy of Norfolk Island.
Offshore detention policy foundering
AUSTRALIA – An Australian NGO says Wilson Security’s decision not to renew its contract for security at detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru has left Australia’s offshore detention policy foundering.
Call for state of emergency in Tahiti
FRENCH POLYNESIA – There is a call for France to extend its state of emergency in force since last year’s Paris bombings to French Polynesia to counter Islamic radicalism.
Violence plagues PNG rugby league
Spectator killed in brawl after match in Port Moresby
Somare denies taking bribes
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s founding prime minister Sir Michael Somare has denied receiving bribes or inducements, after a Singapore court said he got more than A$1 million from a money laundering scam.
MPs heading home early embarrass government
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s prime minister has said he “read the riot act” to three ministers after they went home early, meaning his government lost a series of votes.
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.
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