More Top Stories
‘Nothing to worry about’: Prime Minister Brown on China agreement
16 February 2025
‘Serious questions’: Opposition challenges China partnership
15 February 2025
No-confidence motion against PM and his Cabinet faces delays
15 February 2025
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.
Marshalls rejects human trafficking criticisms
MARSHALL ISLANDS – The Marshall Islands government says human trafficking is not a prominent issue despite a US report condemning the country’s record.
Tourism sparks mini building boom on Niue
NIUE – Tourism – and families returning to Niue – have prompted a mini housing boom on the island.
Tongan passport sales a bone of contention
NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand Prime Minister John Key welcomed his Tongan counterpart in Auckland this week – ‘Akilisi Pohiva is on a first diplomatic visit, with both leaders dealing with concerns over the sale of Tongan passports.
Samoa's PM farewells Olympians
SAMOA – Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has given his blessings to Team Samoa for the Rio Olympic Games.
Australia to be shifted north
AUSTRALIA – Australia is to shift its longitude and latitude to address a gap between local co-ordinates and those from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
Owner sorry for fatal bus crash
SAMOA – The youngest survivor of a bus crash in Samoa that claimed one life and left many more in hospital is a three-year-old toddler.
Future of Melanesian economies studied
PACIFIC VIEW By Sally Andrews
More sharks than fish in reef pass
FRENCH POLYNESIA – Marine researchers have found that shark numbers outnumber prey in a French Polynesian shark sanctuary.
Aussie wins resort in a raffle
MICRONESIA – An anonymous Australian man has won his own remote Pacific island resort in a raffle after shelling out just US$49 for the winning ticket to claim the paradise property.
Detention secrecy law challenged
AUSTRALIA – The Border Force Act prohibiting workers in Australia’s detention centres from sharing confidential information is to be challenged in the High Court by a group of doctors who say it is having a “chilling effect on their profession”.
Reagan attacker released
USA – John Hinckley Jr, who wounded US President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt, is to be freed after 35 years to live with his mother, a federal judge has ruled.
Pope says world at war
POLAND – Pope Francis has warned that a recent wave of jihadist attacks in Europe is proof that “the world is at war”.
Youth spoke of church attack
FRANCE – The teenage Islamic State follower who cut the throat of a Catholic priest celebrating mass in northern France was released from prison despite being determined to join jihadis in Syria.
Trump encourages Russian hackers
Moscow incited to intercept Clinton’s emails
Tonga wants to be taken seriously at Winter Olympics
TONGA – The Royal Tonga Ski Federation has high hopes for Winter Olympic success after last month’s admission to the International Ski Federation in Switzerland.
Obesity gene helped colonise Pacific
PACIFIC – By studying the genomes of more than 5000 Samoans, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have uncovered a single gene that boosts a person’s obesity risk by upwards of 40 per cent.
Refugee makes plea to Australia
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A Rohingyan refugee held on Manus Island for more than two-and-a-half years has pleaded for Australia to “end this political game” and find resettlement for refugees in a safe country.
Disputed reef under scrutiny again
MINERVA REEF – The status of the disputed Minerva Reef is likely to come under scrutiny after a landmark ruling on China’s activities in the South China Sea.
Asylum seeker 'secretly deported'
AUSTRALIA – A Sudanese man who fled war and persecution and was injured in riots in Manus Island in PNG has been secretly deported from Melbourne to Christmas Island.
Refugees want out of PNG
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea immigration officials have been given until Monday next week to respond to five refugee statements filed in the Supreme Court.
« Previous 1 … 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 … 395 Next »