More Top Stories
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
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
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
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.
Kiwi nurse heading up new family health centre in Vanuatu
PORT VILA – A Christchurch nurse has returned to Vanuatu to run a new health centre in the hope of helping address the region’s “huge need for healthcare”.
Natural wonder of the world under threat
TOWNSVILLE – Fears of an imminent mass coral bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef have prompted Australian authorities to issue an urgent warning on the natural wonder, which is under threat from climate change.
Coral bleaching may continue into 2017
BRISBANE – The third global coral bleaching event to be recorded is snaking its way around a warming globe, devastating reefs and now threatening the world-heritage listed Great Barrier Reef.
Surfer's life saved at Banzai Pipeline
BANZai PIPELINE– A notorious Hawaiian wave which severely injured Australian surfers Owen Wright and Bede Durbidge in December came close to ending the life of a body boarder at the weekend.
Vote confirms a one-party state
APIA – “The results of the general election confirms a one-party state for Samoa,” said Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia, Radio New Zealand International’s correspondent in Apia, the capital.
HRP Party given resounding mandate
APIA – Samoa’s prime minister has attributed his party’s resounding victory in last Friday’s general election to his government’s ability to deliver on its promises.
Hundreds pay their respects to Dr Ranginui Walker
ORAKEI – New Zealand’s country’s academia is mourning the death of Maori’s leading academic Dr Ranginui Walker.
Gratitude and sorrow in cyclone's wake
SUVA – Grateful tales of survival and sorrowful stories of tragedy continue to emerge from shattered towns and villages on the mainland and offshore islands of Fiji where the people are still reeling in disbelief two weeks after Cyclone Winston struck.
O'Neill clarifies Manus Island statement
MELBOURNE – Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister has clarified comments he made at Australia’s National Press Club (NPC) that he wants the Manus Island regional processing centre to eventually close.
Samoa's opposition party decimated
APIA – Samoa’s ruling party has won another landslide victory according to preliminary results from Friday’s election.
Biggest win of 30 years in power
APIA – Samoan voters have returned the ruling Human Rights Protection Party in the biggest landslide victory in the party’s 30 year rule.
Detention centre 'damaging'
CANBERRA – Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says Australia’s asylum seeker detention centre on Manus Island is a problem that has damaged his country’s reputation.
High Micronesia cancer rate explained
GUAM – A lack of medical understanding – and also geography – have been put forward as reasons why the rate of cervical cancer in Micronesia is so high, according to one of the region’s leading cancer research centres.
US tuna treaty deal salvaged for 2016
PACIFIC – The Forum Fisheries Agency says US vessels are to resume tuna fishing in the region in a matter of days, thanks to an extraordinary effort on the part of Pacific island countries.
But no need for tourists to stay away
SUVA – A committee has been activated in Fiji to get tourists back to the country as it looks to recover post cyclone Winston.
Half of Fiji's houses need rebuilding
Vanua balavu – The commander of the Fiji aid mission to the battered Lau island group in the country’s east says he is amazed that the death toll is not higher from Cyclone Winston.
Death of great Kiwi cricketer
AUCKLAND – New Zealand cricket great Martin Crowe has died at the age of 53.
Samoa vote set to make history
APIA – Samoa went to the polls yesterday for the country’s general election. Voting opened at 8.00am and was due to stop at 3pm in an election that is regarded as a foregone conclusion.
One chance to change the flag
WELLINGTON – New Zealanders have begun voting on whether to adopt a new flag, in a referendum Prime Minister John Key has called a once-in-a-generation chance to ditch Britain’s Union Jack from the national banner.
Zika case prompts health emergency in Marshalls
MAJURO – The President of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, has declared a state of health emergency to push the country’s response to the Zika virus into high gear.
« Previous 1 … 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 … 394 Next »