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16 February 2025
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15 February 2025
No-confidence motion against PM and his Cabinet faces delays
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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
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.
Indonesia rejects abuse claims
WEST PAPUA – Indonesia has strongly rejected statements about West Papua by Vanuatu and Solomon Islands at the UN Human Rights Council session last week.
Hawaiian charger injured in Mexico
MEXICO – South Africa’s Grant “Twiggy” Baker has taken out the Puerto Escondido Big Wave Tour Challenge in firing 20-to-35-foot surf that saw Hawaiian champion Makuakai Rothman injured in the final.
Papua rights abuses under the spotlight
west papua – Allegations of human rights abuses in Indonesia’s Papua region, or West Papua, have been highlighted at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva this week.
Food scarce four months after cyclone
FIJI – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation says a shortage of fresh fruit, vegetables and fish in the wake of Cyclone Winston is leading to cases of malnutrition.
Rabuka apologises to women for coup
FIJI – The new leader of the main opposition Sodelpa party says he has given a special apology to the women of Fiji for his part in the 1987 coups.
Diabetic amputations 'depressing'
FIJI – A doctor in Fiji says the large number of amputations that have to be undertaken because of diabetes is depressing.
Treatment of Nauru MP 'evil'
NAURU – A former President of Nauru says he’s dismayed there is little international reaction against the treatment of elected MPs in his country.
Student killed in attack on campus
Tear gas used to disperse rioting ‘marauders’ PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A student is dead and buildings have been b
PNG celebrates close ties with Finland
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – While Britain is distancing itself from Europe, Papua New Guinea has this week been celebrating its close ties to Scandinavia.
Brexit: NZ beef-up, or sacrificial lamb?
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand exporters are closely watching the next moves by the UK and the EU after Britain voted to go it alone to ensure primary producers can keep the same access they have had to the two markets.
Regional diplomats visit West Papua
WEST PAPUA – New Zealand’s government has confirmed its ambassador to Indonesia, Dr Trevor Matheson, visited Jayapura and Merauke in West Papua last week. The visit took place at the invitation of Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Luhut Panjaitan.
Manus closure enforcement nearer
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A lawyer for detainees on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island says the Supreme Court has given further direction over enforcement of April’s ruling that their detention was illegal.
Crash victims still in hospital
VANUATU – Two young Queensland brothers remain in hospital five days after they were seriously injured in a deadly Vanuatu bus crash.
University buildings set on fire
Police say campus vandalism a law and order issue
Nauru hits out at activist journalism
THE GOVERNMENT of Nauru has this week issued a statement via its website denying it has any form of media ban in place.
American Samoa's Zika babies in good health
AMERICAN SAMOA – In American Samoa, initial reports on the first babies born to women who contracted the Zika virus say they are in good health. Fourteen pregnant women in American Samoa are confirmed to have contracted the Zika virus since the territory recorded its first case in February.
Electioneering underway in territory
AMERICAN SAMOA – A candidate for lieutenant governor in American Samoa has criticised the incumbant government for accumulating long-term debt of nearly US$150 million.
Students riot at university campus
Vehicles set on fire in clash with security guards
Team Fiji managing Olympic medal expectations
FIJI – The Fiji Olympic Committee is carrying the weight of the nation’s expectations as it targets a first ever Olympic medal.
University students seek mutual apologies
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Students of the University of Papua New Guinea have requested a formal reconciliation process with the institution’s administration before returning to class.
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