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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Tenants face water bill burden
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Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
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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
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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.
Australia in grip of 'ice' epidemic
SYDNEY – Australia is in the grip of an ice epidemic and hundreds of clandestine drug labs are springing up around the country each year, in suburban homes, motels and even in car boots and trucks.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: GUN FIGHT SUSPECTS APPEAR IN COURT
SAMOA – One of the men involved in a gun fight with police in Samoa before Christmas last year has been charged with possession of narcotics.
Remittances affecting value of education
A Tongan social worker says remittances have contributed to a culture of dependency which is affecting how people value education.
King tides wash through islands
MAJURO – There’s been widespread flooding in Marshall Islands after a king tide battered the shores of several islands, including the capital Majuro.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: CALL FOR POLICE TO BE DRUG TESTED
AMERICAN SAMOA – Senators in American Samoa have called for police officers to undergo mandatory drug tests.
Prime minister apologises
SUVA – Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama has offered a heartfelt apology to all Fijians for water issues affecting the country.
What will it take to shock us?
Reports coming out of Manus Island right now should be enough to shock us, but they aren’t. What will it take? Australian barrister Julian Burnside and an advocate for human rights and fair treatment of refugees has some ideas.
Protest after police raid
PORT MORESBY – Thousands of villagers have converged on police headquarters in Port Moresby to protest the alleged police shooting of a young man.
PACIFIC BRIEFS: SIX CHILDREN DIE FROM MEASLES IN PNG
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – A remote region of Papua New Guinea bordering the provinces of Enga and East Sepik has been hit by a deadly measles outbreak.
Call for action against corruption
HONIARA – Solomon Islands’ chief justice has called on the newly-elected government of prime minister Manasseh Sogavare to tackle corruption and halt the appointment of “cronies” to top jobs.
Jaws fails to deliver the juice
Pe‘ahi – The World Surf League (WSL) Big Wave Tour’s (BWT) Pe’ahi Challenge in Maui, Hawai‘i has been postponed, just 24 hours after being greenlighted to get underway on Thursday morning.
Opposition should focus on the people
SUVA – Fiji’s Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama appeared not moved by the Opposition’s rejection to the funding allocation provided by parliament to political parties’ saying they needed to turn their attention away from themselves and concentrate on addressing the needs of the ordinary people.
Air cargo uncertainty for Tonga
NUKU‘ALOFA – Tongan businesses say they are worried about Air New Zealand’s plans to phase out the Boeing 767-300 planes on the Tonga to New Zealand route.
King tides swamp low islands
MAJURO – A king tide has caused widespread flooding in the capital of Majuro and at least four remote outer islands in the Marshall Islands.
Fiji Government in no rush to change Media Industry Development Decree
The president of the Fiji Media Association says the government will be in no rush to agree to calls to change the Media Industry Development Decree.
Tonga's new PM denies nepotism claim
NUKU’ALOFA – The gloves are off in Nuku’alofa. Tongan Prime Minister ‘Akilisi Pohiva has denied claims of nepotism made by failed political rival ‘Eliesa Fifita.
Communications at Manus restricted
LORENGAU – A refugee advocate says asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have been banned from using a phone and talking to their case workers.
Hunger strike detainees jailed
LORENGAU – Asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre have vowed to continue their hunger strike despite the temporary jailing of more than 40 men from Delta compound.
Restoring confidence in police
NUKU’ALOFA – The Minister of Police in Tonga says he will work hard to restore confidence in the local force and will not stand for police misbehaviour.
Opposition cries 'foul play'
suva – The opposition parties in Fiji have called changes to the parliamentary funding system a disaster and claim it has plunged the parliament into crisis.
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