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16 November 2024
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19 November 2024
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23 October 2024
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
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8 October 2024
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
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23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
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7 September 2024
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3 August 2024
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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
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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.
Petition tries to save territory's tuna industry
PAGO PAGO – A new grassroots movement in American Samoa is hoping to collect 10,000 signatures in a bid to help save the local tuna industry.
Jonah didn't know what hit him
MANGERE – Jonah Lomu probably died from a blood clot that formed during a long-haul flight to New Zealand, one of his medics has said, as plans were unveiled to honour the legendary winger with a public memorial.
Political impasse continues in Vanuatu
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s opposition says the prime minister should step down if he can’t agree to form a unifying government to last until next year’s election.
Deputy PM denies racism claims
SUVA – In Fiji, the opposition Sodelpa Party’s whip wants the acting prime minister to resign over what he says was a “racist gesture”.
Everyone has a right to a sanitary toilet
It’s time Pacific leaders start talking about toilets. World Toilet Day is the perfect opportunity to start the conversation about the urgent issue of inadequate toilets in the Pacific, write Alyse Schrecongost and Katherine Wong for the ABC’s Australia Plus news magazine.
One family's outreach to drought-hit orphans
MOUNT HAGEN – An Australian family has decided to raise money to send to an orphanage in Papua New Guinea, where the drought crisis has led to a critical food shortage.
Papuan separatist leader released from jail
JAYAPURA – A high-profile West Papuan separatist leader has been released from prison after more than a decade behind bars, in a fresh sign that Indonesia may be easing its tight grip on the restive eastern region.
Jonah remembered with love
MANGERE – Great rugby star Jonah Lomu has been remembered as an inspirational dreamer, whose heart never left the Tongan community of South Auckland.
Vanuatu tries to solve impasse
PORT VILA – The acting speaker in Vanuatu summoned parliament to sit for its annual second session yesterday which would hopefully allow the government to pass a budget.
Book tells castaway's story
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyone in recorded history—as told to journalist Jonathan Franklin in dozens of exclusive interviews.
Memorial service for Jonah
AUCKLAND – Jonah Lomu’s family have confirmed that a public memorial service will be held for the rugby superstar, although details have yet to be revealed.
'A lesson' for Solomons MPs
HONIARA – Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has named Vanuatu as an example for his country’s Opposition to learn a valuable lesson from, when the Vanuatu Supreme Court sentenced 14 members of parliament to jail for corruption.
14 convicted MPs lose appeals
PORT VILA – A court in Vanuatu has dismissed appeals by 14 government MPs against their convictions for bribery.
Is Hawai'i an occupied nation?
THE NEWS IN DEPTH By Taylor Kate Brown BBC News Magazine An upcoming election has highlighted the deep disagreement between native Hawaiians over what the future should look like.
Pacific foods face challenges
AUCKLAND – Food and beverage exporters from the Pacific say one of the greatest challenges they face is having to constantly adapt to and overcome the effects of climate change.
All Tonga mourning for Jonah
NUKU‘ALOFA– The Tonga Rugby Union says the whole country is in mourning after the death of Jonah Lomu.
Military interference reaffirmed
SYDNEY – The former head of Fiji’s police force said military interference in efforts to prosecute those involved in vicious assaults, played a big part in his decision to walk away.
Giant Tongan hero is no more
AUCKLAND – Former All Blacks rugby union star Jonah Lomu has died unexpectedly at the age of 40.
Fighting to stay on his blue lagoon
An appeals court in French Polynesia is to decide the future of a man who has been living in a boat outside a large resort near Tahiti. Teiki Pambrun and his family lives in the lagoon of Tetiaroa atoll, which was purchased by the American actor Marlon Brando in 1967, who developed a small village and airstrip.
Tributes flow for rugby's first superstar
AUCKLAND – Tributes are flowing for All Blacks great Jonah Lomu, whose sudden death has left the rugby world in shock.
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