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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
Cook Islander describes ‘severe’ impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred in Australia
Cook Islander Archie Atiau says the impact of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, which affected South East Queensland and the New South Wales North Coast, Australia, has been severe.
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.
Guam seeks vote on its political status
GUAM – Voters in Guam may finally get the chance to vote on the territory’s political status, with the governor announcing an ambitious plan to add a plebiscite, or referendum, to November’s general election ballot.
No faith in police commissioner
FIJI – The former Fiji Police head of intelligence and investigations says he has no confidence in the country’s recently confirmed Police Commissioner, Sitiveni Qiliho.
Sheriff guilty, not Fiji PM
FIJI – Fiji’s Prime Minister didn’t plagiarise someone else’s Easter message after all.
Tsunami threat passes
VANUATU – The tsunami threat from a magnitude-7.2 earthquake that struck off Vanuatu has largely passed, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWS) says.
Fiji bracing for weather bomb
FIJI – People in Fiji are being warned of heavy rain and flash flooding over the next few days.
Tusi Pisi signs for Bristol
SAMOA – Samoan rugby union international Tusi Pisi has signed with English Premiership Championship rugby club Bristol ahead of the 2016/17 season on a two year deal.
Samoa's prison inadequate
SAMOA – The shocking state of Samoa’s Tafa’igata Prison facilities, which is housing a growing number of prisoners, has been highlighted once more.
Sacked Tonga coach not paid a cent so far
TONGA – The sacked Tonga sevens coach Andy Katoa says he has not been paid at all during his 18 months at the helm.
Global obesity epidemic getting worse
Over 12 per cent of adults are now obese, a ratio that has more than doubled since 1975 and will swell to 20 per cent by 2025, a major survey reported Friday.
Tonga PM dismisses claims he's blanking media
TONGA – The prime minister of Tonga has rejected criticism that he and his government are not making themselves available to the media.
Contaminated dam 'dewatered'
SOLOMON ISLANDS – The process to empty the tailings dam at a closed gold mine in Solomon Islands has begun after a long wait.
Museums struggle after funding cuts
HAWAI‘I – Museums with world class Pacific island collections are suffering major funding cuts forcing them to look for ways to pay their own way.
Powerful families benefit from refugee processing
NAURU – Some of Nauru’s most powerful families are benefiting financially from the island’s multi-million-dollar Australian-funded refugee processing centres.
Refugee prefers Manus Island detention centre
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An Iranian refugee who was “resettled” in Papua New Guinea’s second-largest city has tried to go back to detention on Manus Island.
Scientists make Zika virus breakthrough
Scientists have worked out the structure of the Zika virus in a breakthrough that will aid the development of treatments to combat infection.
No confidence move tossed out
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – An attempted motion of no confidence in Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, Peter O’Neill, has been thrown out by the acting speaker of parliament.
Atolls running out of water
MICRONESIA – Some parts of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are experiencing their worst drought in recorded history, with some atolls close to running out of drinking water.
Melanoma rate highest in the world
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand now has the highest rate of melanoma skin cancer in the world – eclipsing Australia as the most dangerous place to be exposed to the sun.
Voyaging canoe delivers cyclone aid
FIJI – A traditional Fijian voyaging canoe – the Uto Ni Yalo – has carried tonnes of cyclone relief supplies to the country’s former capital, Levuka, which was devastated by category five Cyclone Winston in February.
Cyclone a saviour for homeless man
FIJI – An 80-year-old man in Fiji who became homeless 16 years ago after he lost his family in a tragic car accident has found Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston to be a saviour of sorts.
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