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No debt in China deal
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$541.7m tourism earnings
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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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Cook Islands has its first mosque
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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
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RAC to address mosque legality
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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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.
Medical teams tell of Fiji's devastation
suva – It was the most devastating tropical cyclone to ever strike the Southern Hemisphere. When Cyclone Winston made landfall in Fiji on February 20, it took more than 40 lives, and left a trail of destruction affecting 350,000 people.
Kiribati elects a new leader
TARAWA – Kiribati was to elect a new president yesterday as Anote Tong completed the maximum 12 years in power.
Refugees prefer to go home
CANBERRA – Two refugees transferred from Nauru to Cambodia as part of a $55 million deal with Australia have returned home, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says.
Marshalls bracing for king tides
MAJURO – People in the Marshall Islands are being warned of flooding due to very high tides combined with a storm brewing in the area.
Pacific receives funding to target cancers in region
HONOLULU – Pacific islanders are suffering higher rates of cervical cancer, while betel nut use is driving up oral and throat cancers in the region.
Millions in gold bullion confiscated in Solomons
HONIARA – Police in Solomon Islands have confiscated an undisclosed amount of what is believed to be gold bullion found on a sunken ship in the Ontong Java atoll.
Villagers describe the surge of the cyclone
SAVUSAVU – Villagers of Nukubalavu village in Savusavu, Fiji, have told how they watched in awe as waves broke and headed towards shore, growing to great heights as they drew closer to land.
Marshalls ramps up efforts to stop Zika
MAJURO – The Marshall Islands is the latest Pacific island country pulling out all the stops to try to prevent pregnant women from contracting the Zika virus.
Marshalls' court battle begins
THE HAGUE – An international court in The Netherlands has this begun hearings in a nuclear disarmament battle brought by the Marshall Islands.
Mata'afa likely to be named deputy PM
APIA – Samoa’s ruling Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) has selected the country’s first deputy leader of a political party following a landslide victory in Friday’s general elections.
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.
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