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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
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.
Veteran PNG swimmer to give it one more go in Rio
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The veteran Papua New Guinea swimmer Ryan Pini said he’s feeling fresh and was excited to compete in his fourth and final Olympic Games next month.
RAMSI marks final anniversary in Solomons
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The final anniversary of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands has been celebrated in conjunction with the start of a yam festival.
Company liable for crimes against humanity
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The company that has taken over the management of Australia’s offshore immigration detention regime has been warned by international law experts that its employees could be liable for crimes against humanity.
New Zealand rat and possum free by 2050
NEW ZEALAND – The New Zealand government has announced a “world-first” project to make the nation predator free by 2050.
Trial of 16 Fijians accused of sedition heard next year
FIJI – Sixteen people accused of sedition in Fiji have had their trial dates moved back to February next year.
Bus crash claims life of loved son
SAMOA – An accident in Samoa last Friday where a speeding bus flipped and landed on its crushed roof has claimed one life. The dead man was one of more than 50 bus passengers admitted to the hospital. Va’a Opetai, of Siumu, died on Sunday night from injuries he received during the crash. His mother, Gau’ula Opetai, said before her son passed away, he was able to speak to her and voiced one last wish. He wanted her to send his regards to all the other victims of the crash and their families.
Payments to MPs for votes denied
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The office of Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has denied that MPs who committed to Peter O’Neill in the vote of no-confidence last week received massive cash payouts.
Five front case for all refugees
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Supreme Court was given the names of the five refugees who are refusing to be resettled in PNG as part of a test case involving all refugees.
Refugee test case adjourned
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A court case involving five refugees at the Australian-run detention centre on Manus Island has been adjourned until next week.
Fijian volunteers get wastewater training
FIJI – A group of Tasmanian and Fijian volunteers is hoping to improve conditions in remote Fijian villages hit by Tropical Cyclone Winston.
Teenager Samoan swimmer relishes Olympic call
SAMOA – Samoan swimmer Brandon Schuster is ecstatic to be represent his Pacific island country at the Olympic Games.
Australians raffle off Pacific island resort
MICRONESIA – An Australian couple who own a tropical island resort have decided to raffle it off rather than sell it to the highest bidder – and the move has sparked interest from around the world.
Fire destroys Solomon Islands hospital
SOLOMON ISLANDS – A fire has completely destroyed an old hospital in Solomon Islands. SIBC’s Sina Adrian, who witnessed the blaze, said the situation was one of despair as the only firefighter in Gizo, the capital of the Western Province, could do nothing to save the building or any equipment. Aidan said the fire quickly razed through the building’s main structure which will leave the Gizo hospital authority with millions of dollars in losses. “There were explosions coming from gas bottles and other things so it scared the public away from the burning building,” he said. Gizo police have confirmedthat a mentally challenged man is in police custody in relation to the fire. - SIBC
Bold idea for PNG trade route
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A Papua New Guinean economist has put forward a proposal to open up the whole island of New Guinea for trade purposes.
Unitech to restart lectures
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea University of Technology in Lae will push on with the academic year, despite months of student protests and ethnic clashes.
'It's time to move forward'
PNG parliament told to ‘move on’ as vote fails
New Zealand-based mosquito could transmit Zika
NEW ZEALAND – The Ministry of Health is awaiting further testing after a mosquito commonly found in New Zealand was discovered to potentially be a transmitter of the Zika virus.
No compensation for Maori in marine sanctuary
NEW ZEALAND – One of the world’s largest ocean sanctuaries will be named the Rangitahua Ocean Sanctuary – but no compensation will be paid to Maori or commercial fishing companies.
Clarke polls low in 'secret' UN leadership vote
NEW ZEALAND – It is not helpful to jump to conclusions about a poll that delivered a blow to Helen Clark’s bid to become the next United Nations Secretary General, Foreign Minister Murray McCully says.
Samoans asked if Samoa is safe
SAMOA – The 60 Minutes coverage of the rape of an Australian tourist in Samoa last year – that posed questions about the security of the country’s prison system – has raised questions about the safety of Samoa as a holiday destination.
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