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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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8 October 2024
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
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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
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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
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Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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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.
Samoa tourism in damage control mode
SAMOA – The man entrusted with the task of selling Samoa as a tourism destination to the world remains upbeat.
'We promised reality, not the moon'
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – We are not a government that promised the moon, we promised reality for our people.”
PM's interview 'shames Samoa'
Critic says not all Samoans are so ‘dumb and callous’
'Criminals waltz in and out of prison at will'
The multiple escapes from Samoa’s top prison by a serial criminal who attacked an Australian honeymoon couple last year has done Samoa a lot of damage, writes Samoa Observer editor Mata’afa Keni Lesa.
60 Minutes report a blow to Samoa
SAMOA – Samoa is reeling this week in the wake of a damning current affairs report by Australia’s 60 Minutes programme.
State owned firms draining Pacific economies
PACIFIC – State owned enterprises in the Pacific are a significant drain on island economies according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank.
Pressure on as vote looms
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Pressure continues to build on Papua New Guinea’s prime minister to stand down to face fraud allegations.
Medical charity cancels PNG visit
Political upheaval scares off heart surgery team
'Rogue' police set traps at traffic lights in Samoa
SAMOA – The Office of the Ombudsman in Samoa has been receiving reports that members of the public are being stopped by police officers on traffic duty for “no good reason”.
Fiji diplomatic ties becoming 'normalised'
FIJI – As tensions around a history of military coups continue to fade, Fiji’s diplomatic and trade relationship with Australia has almost normalised, according to a senior Fijian government minister.
Minister agrees Asian businesses 'of concern'
SAMOA – Concerns from members of the business community about the influx of Asian-owned companies taking over the retail sector are not being lost on Samoa’s government.
Big challenges facing Pacific journalism
PACIFIC – Media educators and trainers have come together to form a new regional body to address the concerning issue of a decreasing number of journalists and educators in the Pacific.
Anxiety as 7s squad named
FIJI – A Fijian mother who used to sacrifice food so her husband could pay for the bus fare to watch their son play rugby at the weekend is coming to terms that her boy will be playing in the Olympic Games rugby sevens in Rio next month.
Dogs chasing athletes 'not funny'
Village dogs giving Samoa’s tourism a bad name
'Let's see your numbers on Friday'
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – “We have 91 members of parliament in the government as we speak,” PNG’s Finance Minister James Marape said as government MP’s flew to a “camp” in Alotau at the weekend.
MPs flown to remote camp
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – At least 81 members of the ruling People’s National Congress Party and their coalition partners are now camped in the Milne Bay provincial capital of Alotau.
PNG awaits no confidence vote
Both opposition and O’Neill confident of winning
Traumatic memories of the night he was beaten by police
FIJI – One of the three Fijian men caught allegedly cultivating marijuana by a team of police and military officers in 2009 says he still does not understand why they were tortured.
Faiths called upon to pray for the Pacific
PACIFIC – The Pacific Climate Warriors movement is calling on people of different faiths to collaborate and discuss the environmental difficulties that face island nations.
Stream of climate change refugees feared
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand is being warned to prepare for an impending stream of refugees from the Pacific as low-lying atolls are swamped by sea-level rise over the coming decades.
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