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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
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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.
Fijian national on trial for people trafficking
NEW ZEALAND – A Fijian woman who the Crowns says was trafficked into New Zealand wanted to give her seven daughters a better life, a jury has been told.
Students and university attempt reconciliation
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Reconciliation with management is a priority for University of Papua New Guinea students preparing for resumption of studies next week.
New Zealanders experience discrimination
AUSTRALIA – Australia’s Minister for Multicultural Affairs Zed Seselja says he cannot understand why New Zealand migrants feel resentful towards their adopted country and report higher levels of discrimination than other groups.
Email hacker declares 'cyber war'
New website theatens to expose ‘Fiji’s traitors’
Petition aims to derail trade deal talks
PACIFIC – A petition calling for a suspension of any decision on the proposed regional free trade agreement known as Pacer Plus has been presented to regional trade ministers.
Worker speaks out on abuse she witnessed on Nauru
NAURU – Another Australian worker has spoken publicly about conditions at Canberra’s detention facilities in Nauru in defiance of Australian law.
War of words over distribution of mining shares
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Landowners around the site of the Panguna mine in central Bougainville are to meet with their provincial president, John Momis, this Friday to discuss the furore surrounding the Rio Tinto mine shares.
Date announced for American Samoa elections
AMERICAN SAMOA – American Samoa’s chief election officer has officially proclaimed this year’s general election date in November.
Concern voices of seasonal workers not heard
NEW ZEALAND – Regional trade unions have raised concerns about the lack of representation of workers at the inaugural Pacific labour meeting which is taking place this week in Christchurch, New Zealand.
PM warns new airline about debt
SAMOA – Samoa’s prime minister has warned the new airline Talofa Airways to be wary of piling up debt – by being lenient with fares for church ministers and MPs.
KEY TB STATISTICS IN PNG:
- 529 cases per 100,000 population = one of the highest prevalence rates in the world.
A slow-motion catastrophe
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Kids at age 10 are usually a ball of energy, running around.
Tuberculosis killing PNG children
Health NGO warns of devastating cost of inaction
New airline begins service between the Samoas
SAMOA – A new airline, Talofa Airways, has been launched in Samoa and will start flying next week.
Valuable portraits stolen from trust board
NEW ZEALAND – Rare paintings are missing, feared stolen, from a Maori trust board in Waikato.
King gives backing to Maori Party
NEW ZEALAND – The Maori King should stay “above the ruck” of political affairs and remain neutral, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says.
Women not just disaster 'victims'
PACIFIC – UN Women says Pacific women are often painted as victims first and decision makers second in the aftermath of disasters.
Australia must front up to obligations
Court rules on closure of PNG detention centre
Kiwi girls lead New Zealand's Rio medal haul
OLYMPICS – The future is female for New Zealand sport with more women medallists than men at the Rio Olympics, writes Tony Smith for Fairfax Media.
Lydia Ko wins silver and gets to meet Richie
OLYMPICS – With an Olympic silver medal dangling around her neck, Lydia Ko’s other big wish came true.
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