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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.
Students to continue boycott
UPNG move to resume semester classes ignored
Future still uncertain for asylum seekers on Manus
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s Foreign Minister said progress was being made in closing down the asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island, but he refuses to say if there was a time-line.
Cyclone recovery slower than expected
VANUATU – More than a year after Cyclone Pam brought devastation to Vanuatu, many small businesses and schools are still struggling to find their feet.
Tonga can't afford to lose Games hosting
TONGA – Tonga’s Sports Minister says the country can’t afford to lose hosting rights for the 2019 Pacific Games.
Students meeting to decide
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Student Representative Council of the University of Papua New Guinea is to meet to decide whether to continue its boycott of classes after the University announced that lectures would resume.
University to restart semester
UPNG council backs down after protest stand-off
McCully rejects aid budget report
New ZEALAND'S Foreign Minister, Murray McCully has dismissed claims that his government's aid programme is struggling to spend its annual budget.
Sepik mine plan alarms scientists
A FEASIBILITY study for the first large-scale copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea's environmentally-sensitive Sepik River catchment suggests it will be even bigger than expected.
Violence against women at 'epidemic' levels
An INTERNATIONAL aid organisation says cuts to Australia's aid funding could see it fail in its commitment to reduce domestic violence in the Pacific.
Marae opens doors to homeless families
NEW ZEALAND – A South Auckland man has opened his home to give temporary accommodation to homeless families. He’s one of many who have heeded the call from Mangere Bridge’s Te Puea Marae to help those in need.
Labour and Greens to team up for election
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand’s Labour and Greens parties have signed a historic agreement to fight the National government in the run up to the 2017 election. The parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, the first formal agreement between the two parties of any sort. The one-page document states the two parties will “work together in good faith and mutual trust” in order to defeat the conservative National party in the 2017 election. It also lays out the possibility of a joint policy announcement or campaign. However, the agreement only lasts until the election, and is not indicative of a formal coalition. The National government – led by John Key – has had three consecutive terms in power after taking over from Helen Clarke’s labour government in 2008. Since the departure of Helen Clarke from the Labour party, Labour have failed to put in place a leader that could match Key’s charisma and widespread popularity. The 2017 election is due to be held before November next year. “It is our intent to build on this agreement to offer New Zealanders the basis of a stable, credible and progressive alternative government at the 2017 General Election,” said Labour leader Andrew Little in a statement. “The MoU is a fresh start and a sign of newfound strength in our relationship and our mutual commitment to changing the Government.” Little said the only portfolio to have been discussed in a possible government was finance – and that appointment would go to Labour’s finance spokesman Grant Robertson. Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei said the two parties were stronger together than apart. “When Labour and the Greens have actively cooperated and campaigned together, New Zealanders did perceive our parties as a credible alternative to National,” she said. “We are separate parties with our own policies and ideas, but with more than enough in common to work together. We are a good match for building a better Aotearoa New Zealand,” Turei said. Despite optimism among Labour and the Greens, the agreement was met with scepticism from other par
Maori leaders defend tax on cigarettes
NEW ZEALAND – The Maori Party is defending their decision to support the tax hike on cigarettes following criticism from one of Maoridom’s leading tobacco health researchers.
Professor calls tobacco taxes 'racist'
NEW ZEALAND – A crackdown by the New Zealand government on tobacco has been labelled racist and discriminatory towards Maori and other minority groups by one of the country’s leading tobacco researchers.
Government must abide by Games contract
TONGA – The Pacific Games Council says the Tongan government needs to abide by its contractual obligations related to the 2019 Games.
Students can remain on campus
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The National Court in Papua New Guinea has slapped an interim injunction on the University of PNG, stopping it from evicting protesting students from its two Port Moresby campuses.
Carved heads to be returned
Speaker ordered to return artefacts to parliament
Focus on Cook Islands at NZ museum
THE Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand has chosen the Cook Islands as the first Pacific Island nation to be the focus of their Pacific Collections Access Project.
Tonga to enforce new public smoking laws
TONGA – Tonga launched a hard-hitting campaign highlighting the dangers of smoking around children on World No Tobacco Day.
Oppression creating groundswell of oppostion
NAURU – Prospective candidates for this year’s election in Nauru are selling food to fund their campaigns after the government hiked nomination fees.
Tonga PM and Games committee still at odds
TONGA – A battle between the Tongan Prime Minister and one of his predecessors is again threatening to derail Tonga’s plans to host the 2019 Pacific Games.
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