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15 February 2025
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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
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7 September 2024
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.
Eliza is New Zealand's soaring star
OLYMPICS – New Zealand’s latest Olympic darling and surprise pole vault medallist Eliza McCartney has had a taste of the big time and, frankly, she likes it.
Protesters back off LNG blockade
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s LNG Project is set to resume normal operations after protesting landowners in Hela province reached agreement with the government.
Ryan says its time to move on
FIJI – Fiji cannot afford to pay its Olympic gold medal winning rugby sevens coach, Ben Ryan, to stay on.
Welcome home for sevens heroes
Fijians line the streets to greet Rio gold medallists
Visits to schools part of defence force effort
TONGA – A New Zealand Defence Force lieutenant says school visits should be a regular part of humanitarian efforts by military forces in the Pacific.
PNG excited to host world cup matches
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Rugby League World Cup organisers are confident Papua New Guinea will be an excellent host during next year’s tournament.
Global platform for Pacific stories
PACIFIC – An online initiative, the Pacific Resources for Education and Learning (PREL), has launched the Pacific Storytellers Cooperative, an internet-based platform for sharing contemporary stories from all Pacific islands with a global audience.
Islanders begin relocation
BOUGAINVILLE – At only 1.5 metres above sea level at their highest point, the Carteret Islands are some of the first to succumb to the rising ocean tides.
Pacific coconut under threat
Disease and climate change put iconic palm at risk
Home births aim to empower Pasifika women
NEW ZEALAND – A new short film about New Zealand families and their homebirth experiences aims to empower more Pacific women to give birth at home.
Fiji farmers turn back to traditional crops
FIJI – Fiji farmers are being encouraged to return to growing traditional crops and using traditional farming practises.
Battling corruption in the Pacific
PACIFIC – The fight against corruption is gaining momentum in the Pacific, according to the UNDP regional office in Fiji.
Oiled-up Tongan says he's focused
TONGA – Tonga’s Pita Taufatofua insists he is focused and ready for his Olympic debut this weekend.
Anti-Muslim tirade leads to court
FIJI – Fiji’s Public Prosecutor has charged the Fiji Times newspaper with inciting communal antagonism over an article against Muslims.
Castaway refugees going home
Lost asylum seekers spent 18 months on Yap
Queries over multi-million dollar airport spend
SOLOMON ISLANDS – Questions are being raised about New Zealand spending millions of dollars on an airport development in Solomon Islands when the airport will still not be fully usable.
Nauru's Waqa says abuse claims 'cooked up'
NAURU – Nauruan President Baron Waqa has reiterated that he believes allegations of abuse lodged by asylum seekers and refugees on Nauru are “cooked up”.
Barrier Reef perceived as vanishing
AUSTRALIA – In a reversal of the normal travel bucket list, tourists are rushing to see the Great Barrier Reef before it dies, the Guardian reports.
Water contamination puts town in shock
NEW ZEALAND – A contaminated water supply is being blamed for a mass outbreak of gastroenteritis that has closed all the schools in a New Zealand town.
Detainees 'wary' of closure
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Australia has agreed to close the controversial asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island off the remote north coast of Papua New Guinea.
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