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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
Tenants face water bill burden
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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
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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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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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Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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Challenging ‘rape culture’
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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.
Half of government jailed
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s deputy prime minister Moana Carcasses has been sentenced to four years in jail for bribery and corruption, joining 13 other MPs, or half of the nation’s government, in prison.
'Presidential' pardons ruled illegal
PORT VILA – Vanuatu’s Supreme Court ruled against the speaker of parliament, Marcellino Pipite, for pardoning himself and 13 other MPs convicted for bribery while acting as president.
Big scores at hockey tournament
NEW PLYMOUTH – With Olympic spots up for grabs at the Oceania Cup hockey tournament in Taranaki this week the event descended into farce on the opening day as teams from the Pacific islands conceded 85 goals in three games in Stratford.
Shocking video of women being torturedle
PORT MORESBY – A video showing a number of Papua New Guinean women apparently being tortured over suspicion of practising sorcery has appeared on social media.
Government criticised as drought worsens
PORT MORESBY – The government of Papua New Guinea is being accused of offering no support as people in the Highlands continue to starve, their food gardens destroyed and their water sources dry up.
Women on a mission to help Vanuatu schools
PORT VILA – A shipping container brimming with toys, books, games and stationery was donated to schools in Vanuatu, thanks to the help of two New Zealand women.
Charity offices raided again
YAREN – The offices of charity Save the Children have been raided again by police in Nauru.
Pacific push for reps on World Rugby Council
PACIFIC – Pacific nations are increasingly confident of securing equal representation on the World Rugby Council.
Police charged over brutal beating
SUVA – Fiji’s director of Public Prosecutions has charged three police officers and two military personnel in relation to the beating of a man which was shown in a video leaked online almost three years ago – drawing worldwide condemnation.
Indo fire haze reaching the Pacific
PACIFIC – Indonesian forest and agricultural fires cloaking South-East Asia in acrid haze – which has sent air quality levels up to “very unhealthy” levels in neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore – are now affecting the Pacific nations of Guam, Palau and the Northern Marianas.
Pasifika education centre's future uncertain
AUCKLAND – New Zealand’s oldest Pasifika community education provider could be forced to shut because of funding cuts.
Troubled times in Solomons' parliament
HONIARA – In Solomon Islands, seven government ministers have resigned from the Manasseh Sogavare led Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) government.
Catamaran built from timber mill offcuts
Nuku‘alofa –A 6.4-metre catamaran, built with offcuts from a sawmill on the Tonga island of ‘Eua, arrived in Nuku‘alofa recently.
Revocation of pardons challenged
PORT VILA – Court proceedings are underway in Vanuatu, challenging not only the controversial pardoning of corrupt MPs but also the subsequent cancellation of their pardons.
Political stability essential
PORT VILA – A representative of the UN children’s agency Unicef Karen Allen says Vanuatu needs political stability for good decisions to be made over the drought situation which will last for months.
Injured by Syrian rocket fire
al hara – A Syrian man who was repatriated from Manus Island by the Federal Government has been injured and his father killed during shelling on his village.
She has the voice of a Polynesian princess
HOLLYWOOD – Walt Disney Animation Studios has tapped Hawaiian newcomer Auli’i Cravalho to voice the title character in the upcoming animated adventure Moana.
Evidence that Polynesians discovered America
New DNA analysis of sweet potatoes, which were first cultivated in the Americas, suggests that Polynesians reached the New World long before Columbus – reports Mother Nature Network.
The chocolate waka arrives in New Zealand
NEW PLYMOUTH – A meeting with legendary Bougainville cocoa bean grower James Rutana has lead to an ambitious sea voyage that hit land in New Plymouth, New Zealand, on Monday.
Australians protest in support of raped refugee
SYDNEY – Several hundred people have joined a rally in Sydney in support of a Somali refugee who claims she was raped on Nauru and who is at the centre of a dispute with the Immigration Minister over her treatment.
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