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23 October 2024
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21 October 2024
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24 September 2024
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8 October 2024
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5 October 2024
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25 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
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23 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Tapaitau and Charlie-Puna released to ‘family jobs’
21 September 2024
Police apprehend four juveniles in connection with motorcycle thefts
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
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23 August 2024
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22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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10 August 2024
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Everyone is a winner, says Culture
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Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
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Pacific
Tahiti sailors win 2024 Regatta in Raro
Sailors from Tahiti edged over Rarotonga, proving to be very competitive taking out first place in both the Lasers and the Optimist classes, winning the 2024 sailing challenge overall trophy.
Former PM Puna first Cook Islander elected to East-West Center Board
Former Cook Islands prime minister and secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, has been confirmed as the first Cook Islander appointed to the East-West Center Board of Governors based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Weather delays solar Pacific flight
NANJING– The Solar Impulse 2, a completely solar-powered aircraft that was set to make its most difficult leg of its around-the-world journey, cancelled its departure at the last minute amid bad weather this week.
Police chief injured confronting robbers
SUVA – Four men have appeared in court in Fiji over an attack on the country’s Police Commissioner last week.
Tongans march against women's equality
NUKU‘ALOFA – The Tongan government is facing increasing pressure to stop the ratification of a major UN convention on women’s rights with multiple petitions, marches and a parliamentary resolution opposing the move.
Battling for players
SYDNEY – The head of the Tonga Rugby Union says it’s a sad fact that some of the country’s best players will not be at the World Cup later this year.
Sorcery killing has police stumped
WABAG – Local police say a complaint must be lodged before they can arrest the men suspected of hacking a woman to death in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Vicious tribal fight underway
FUGWA – A fierce tribal fight is reportedly taking place at a remote village in Papua New Guinea’s Hela province.
Island players admired but little room for inclusion
BRISBANE – Bending the rules to allow Pacific islanders to play State of Origin league in Australia may destroy what is great about the concept, Brisbane Broncos coach Wayne Bennett says.
New Zealand putting Pacific relationships at risk
REGIONAL NEWS OPINION New Zealand has long prided itself on warm relations with its Pacific island neighbours.
Marshalls woman receives posthumous honour
TAIPEI – A Marshallese woman who died fighting for justice for the survivors of US nuclear weapons tests on her country’s islands is being honoured in Taiwan this week with the Global Love of Lives award from a Taipei non-profit foundation.
Language provides classroom confidence
AUCKLAND – A primary school teacher in Auckland says allowing students to speak Samoan at school, helps with their confidence to learn in the classroom.
Extra $35m in Australian aid for Vanuatu
CANBERRA – The Australian Government has committed an extra A$35 million of aid to help with the cyclone recovery effort in Vanuatu.
Japan pledges $578m to Pacific
IWAKI – Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has pledged A$578 million in aid to Pacific island nations to help them combat climate change and natural disasters.
Accused 'witch' hacked to death
PORT MORESBY – A woman who was saved from being killed in a sorcery-related attack in Papua New Guinea’s Highlands earlier this year has reportedly been hacked to death by a group of men.
Pacific peoples benefit from Budget 2015, minister says
WELLINGTON – Pacific people in New Zealand will benefit from Budget 2015 through our government’s focus on supporting families and reducing hardship, Pacific Peoples Minister Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga said.
Pacific islanders are too poor to be thin
PACIFIC – When it comes to being overweight or obese, the causes and remedies are far more complex than they might at first appear.
Rotumans look to revive endangered culture
SUVA – The Fiji Rotuman Association is hoping the government can aid them in efforts to save a culture which is on the UN Endangered list.
Island to export medical marijuana
KINGSTON – A decision to grant a licence to grow medicinal cannabis on Norfolk Island has sparked renewed calls for the drug to be made available to Australian patients.
Refugees offered resettlement
LORENGAU – 129 asylum seekers at the Australian-run centre on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have been officially declared refugees and are being offered the choice of staying in PNG.
Nauru abuse referred to commission
CANBERRA – A Royal Commission into child sex abuse in Australia has been asked to include recent allegations of abuse on children in Australia’s offshore immigration detention centres, including the asylum seeker processing camps on Nauru and Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island.
Arrows fired in market clash
PORT MORESBY – A man had an arrow fired into his eye socket after a tribal fight in the suburbs of Papua New Guinea’s capital this week.
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