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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
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16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
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6 November 2024
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23 October 2024
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21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
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
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2 September 2024
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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
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Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
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Pacific
Cook Islands National Council of Women welcomes NZ High Commissioner
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) welcomed New Zealand’s new high commissioner to the Cook Islands, Catherine Graham, at their office in Takuvaine yesterday.
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.
West Papua the neglected story of our time
FIJI – Giving voice to the voiceless and championing the rights of all people is essentially about “telling the truth”.
Vanuatu rejects MSG appointment
VANUATU – Vanuatu’s Council of Ministers has reiterated that it won’t accept the appointment of the Fijian Amena Yauvoli as new director-general of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
Sentences dismay asylum seekers
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Two men found guilty of murdering asylum seeker Reza Barati will spend just over three more years in prison, Papua New Guinea police say.
Petrol in diesel tank suspected
SAMOA – A report from an inquiry into the diesel fuel tank explosion at Apia’s Matautu Wharf three weeks ago has suggested a mixture of petroleum and diesel may have caused the tank explosion sparked by welding works.
Guerrero arrested
NORTHERN MARIANAS – The former department of public safety commissioner in the Northern Marianas, James Deleon Guerrero, has been arrested.
Lifeline thrown to Tonga rugby
TONGA – The Tonga government has agreed to cover debts owed by the Tonga Rugby Union as part of a tripartite agreement reached following talks with World Rugby.
Civil servants told not to take part in tribal battles
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Police in Papua New Guinea’s southern highlands province of Hela have warned public servants to refrain from inciting tribal fights.
'Ebola with wings' 10km from Australia
A deadly new strain of drug resistant tuberculosis is incubating on the small PNG island of Daru, 10 kilometres off Cape York, Australia’s most northern point. Infectious disease experts say the disease is ‘Ebola with wings’, and want Australia to lead a regional response. ABC reporter Jo Chandler travelled to Daru for this special report.
Two kings cause chaos on Wallis
WALLIS AND FUTUNA – France is expected to announce who of the two kings installed in Wallis at the weekend is the legitimate one.
Situation close to anarchy
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader Don Polye has called for Police Commissioner Gary Baki to stop victimising his officers and let the investigation into Prime Minister Peter O’Neill take it’s course.
Fraud case divides PNG police
PORT MORESBY – Rival elements of Papua New Guinea’s police force are in open confrontation in Port Moresby.
Guam concerned by missile threat
Guam – One of the issues that comes from being a US territory in the Western Pacific is that you could become a target of Washington’s many enemies.
Students taught in Samoan language do better
American Samoa – Recent results have shown that American Samoan school students achieve more when taught in their own language.
Journalists focus on human rights
FIJI – A group of Pacific island journalists are meeting in Nadi this week to strengthen and build their capacity to understand what human rights is about and how they can use human rights lenses when reporting news in the region.
Loan to improve Fiji's infrastructure
FIJI – Fiji stands to receive $US50 million to improve infrastructure in the country as part of its re-engagement with international donor partners.
New Zealand fisheries tour 'useful'
NEW ZEALAND – A series of workshops in New Zealand last week for Pacific fisheries ministers and officials to look at how to improve the management of their fisheries has been called “very useful”.
Airport repairs 'not enough'
VANUATU – Vanuatu’s government says emergency repair works at the country’s international airport should be finished by the weekend – but Air New Zealand say the temporary repairs aren’t enough.
Depression saturates Fiji again
FIJI – Heavy rain in Fiji over the weekend has caused flooding and road closures on the island of Vanua Levu, as the country was hit by yet another tropical depression.
Fiji quick to deny supposed South China Sea support
FIJI – Fiji’s government insists it has no position on the South China Sea dispute, after China’s foreign ministry suggested otherwise.
Dance delivers message
SAMOA – Samoan and New Zealand choreographer, Lemi Ponifasio, has been chosen by UNESCO to write and deliver the official message for this year’s International Dance Day.
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