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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
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Top cop position advertised
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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
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Tenants face water bill burden
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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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.
Samoa's fa'afafine get ready to rumble
Laughter and tears as transgender pageant nears
Nobles should 'support government'
TONGA – A cabinet minister has called on the Tongan nobility to provide solutions to the kingdom’s problems rather than try and take down the government.
Ben Ryan the most loved 'Fijian'
FIJI – Ben Ryan’s departure will be a loss to Fiji Rugby, says Vodafone Flying Fijians head coach John McKee.
In Tonga a girl may be forced to marry her rapist
TONGA – Young victims of rape have been made to marry their rapists under a law that gives parents the power to approve underage marriages says the Women and Children Crisis Centre (WCCC) in Tonga.
USA quadruples its Hawaiian marine reserve
HAWAI‘I – The United States president, Barack Obama, will travel to a remote atoll in the middle of the Pacific this week to recognise the creation of what will become the world’s largest marine reserve.
Chile triples protected Pacific ecosystems
CHILE – Last Wednesday, the Chilean government officially ordered the creation of the Nazca-Desventuradas Marine Park tripling its protected Pacific oceanic areas.
Cyclone victims struggle to rebuild
Lack of materials sees Fiji villagers living rough
SOS in sand leads to rescue
MICRONESIA – Two people stranded for a week on a remote Pacific island have been rescued after signalling for help with a flashlight and an SOS message written in the sand.
Maori students understand West Papuan struggle
NEW ZEALAND – Hundreds of Maori students marched to New Zealand’s parliament this week calling for freedom for West Papua.
Hiker describes 30-day ordeal after partner's death
NEW ZEALAND – A Czech hiker who went missing a month ago in the snowy mountains of New Zealand has described the “harrowing” ordeal in which her partner died.
Experts debate health and safety aspects of kava
NEW ZEALAND – The debate over whether kava is a killer or a cure was raised at the Pasifika Medical Association conference in Auckland this week.
Still waiting four years on from cyclone
SAMOA – An elderly Samoan couple has spoken up about how the government is still ignoring their cry for help to rebuild their home that was destroyed by Cyclone Evans four years ago.
Poverty blamed on church demands
Poor villagers struggle as churches ‘bleed them dry’
Living proof of rural poverty
SAMOA – A recent report has revealed that there is extreme hardship in Samoa and for one family at the village of Siumu, they say they are the living proof.
Few medals despite strength and enthusiasm
PACIFIC – Residents of the Pacific islands aren’t used to seeing their compatriots win Olympic medals.
He dances, but he's not celebrating
KIRIBATI – There are plenty of ways to celebrate victory at the Olympics.
Protestors call for 'real Pacific Solution'
NEW ZEALAND – Activists in Wellington say New Zealand and Australia should come up with a joint plan to deal with asylum seekers without putting them through detention.
Danes to check out Nauru camp
NAURU – Danish members of parliament are set to travel to Nauru to visit the island’s controversial detention centre and study the use of offshore settlements for asylum-seekers, one of the MPs said.
Olympic medal eight years overdue
Samoa’s Opeloge to get silver from 2008 Games
Tongan cargo ship stuck on reef off Fiji's Kadavu island
FIJI – Six Tongan crewmen are reported to be well and have been taken to land after the vessel they were on, MV Sitka became stuck on a reef in Kadavu Island, Fiji in the weekend, due to mechanical problems.
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