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23 October 2024
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Stop-the-boats policy condemned
AUSTRALIA - Two United Nations agencies and dozens of human rights, legal, religious and medical groups have demanded the Australian government put a stop to the suffering of asylum seekers and refugees in its offshore processing regime, following the publication of the Nauru files.
Poverty and hardship in Samoa easing
SAMOA – A report on Samoa’s hardship and poverty has shown a remarkable progress in food and basic needs for people but macroeconomic and poverty trends has revealed warning signals.
Asylum seeker tells of beatings
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An asylum seeker who has spent three years in detention on Manus Island claims he has been assaulted up to a dozen times by security guards.
Leaked documents reveal saga of abuse
Rights groups call for closure of offshore camps
Medical advice from 'magic box' welcomed
VANUATU – Until recently, residents of the remote village of Naviso, in Vanuatu, had to hike an hour up a mountain just to get mobile phone reception.
Close to identifying new species
SOLOMON ISLANDS – An Australian museum expedition to Solomon Islands believes it is just weeks away from describing two new species of mammals.
Short games for most Pacific Olympians
OLYMPICS – The Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands and American Samoa all began competition at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
Eight killed on Highlands Highway
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea police say eight people died in two road accidents in the same area of the Eastern Highlands on Sunday.
Refugee's body still on island
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea and Australian governments are yet to give clearance for the repatriation of the body of a Pakistan refugee who died on Manus Island last week.
200,000 people struggling to find food
PNG highlanders still need aid after El-Niño drought
Rare bird sighted, new species discovered
SAMOA – Placing the once thought extinct tooth-billed pigeon on the national pedestal as Samoa’s national bird, may have worked.
Surfing legend catches last wave
AUSTRALIA – Australian surfing champion Bernard Farrelly, best known as ‘Midget’ for his slight size, has died aged 71.
Landowners block access to gas plant
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The operators of the huge ExxonMobil LNG plant in Papua New Guinea say work is continuing normally despite a protest by landowners.
PNG moves away from trade deal
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea does not need an independent bilateral arrangement with Australia and New Zealand to achieve its trade goals.
Tonga cracks down on booze abuse
250 arrested so far in ‘Operation Safe Streets’
Vanuatu losing $1m a week over airport saga
VANUATU – The chair of Airports Vanuatu says the ongoing runway saga at the country’s main international airport is costing the country a million dollars a week.
Tonga's flag bearer steals the show
Oiled-up Olympian puts world media in meltdown
Hurricanes win Super Rugby final
NEW ZEALAND – The Hurricanes have ended a 20-year nightmare after Beauden Barrett engineered a 20-3 victory over the Lions for their maiden Super Rugby title.
Church apologises for abuse of alter boys
GUAM – Guam’s Catholic Church has apologised to victims of a former priest who told local media on Thursday that it was “possible” that he abused altar boys there in the 1950s.
Australia accused of 'systematic abuse'
NAURU – Australia’s government has rejected a report which found that it is ignoring appalling human rights abuses against people held in detention on Nauru.
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