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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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21 October 2024
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
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
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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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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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.
In Brief: 7.2 earthquake north of New Zealand
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck near New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands at a depth of 30km, the US Geological Survey says.
Fiji: New party enters arena
Another proposed party is expected to enter the political scene ahead of Fiji’s September 17 election.
Fiji: 'Military won't step in'
The head of Fiji’s military says any government that tries to rewrite the constitution post-election would become illegal but it is not for the army to step in.
NZ: Deceptive coconut cream
Consumer New Zealand says coconut cream labels with Samoan words and imagery on them – but actually made in Asia – could be seen as “misleading and deceptive”.
Pacific rowers winched to safety
Four men taking part in a rowing race across the Pacific have been rescued after their boat began to take on water 160 kilometres off the Californian coast.
Asylum seekers paid to go home
Australia is offering asylum seekers in its Pacific immigration camps up to A$10,000 if they voluntarily return to their home country, a report said yesterday, prompting outrage from refugee campaigners.
PNG: Legal ruling welcomed
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has welcomed the decision by the High Court of Australia upholding asylum seeking processing on Manus Island.
PNG: O'Neill claims 'political plot'
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister says he will ask the police commissioner to investigate the head of the axed anti-corruption taskforce Sam Koim and opposition MP Sam Basil, accusing them of a “major political plot” to bring down the government.
PNG: Public frustration growing
Public frustration is mounting in Papua New Guinea about the political storm surrounding the prime minister’s implication in a major corruption case and the disbanding of the anti-corruption taskforce.
Fiji: Indonesia to intensify contact
The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says Indonesia wants to intensify its involvement with Pacific nations through the Pacific Islands Development Forum.
Fiji: New Pacific aid paradigm
Tonga’s former Finance Minister Siosiua Utoikamanu has welcomed the Australian government’s new approach to aid announced this week by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Fiji: 'Selfish Australia' singled out
Fiji’s interim prime minister Frank Bainimarama has accused the global community of abandoning Pacific island nations to “sink below the waves” instead of tackling climate change.
Vanuatu: 'Women treated like they don't exist'
The Vanuatu National Council of Women says it wants the government to stop treating women like they don’t exist when it comes to workforce development.
Tides disturb the dead
Skeletons of second world war soldiers are being washed from their graves by the rising Pacific Ocean as global warming leads to inundation of islands that saw some of the fiercest fighting of the conflict.
Great whites making a comeback
A new look at research on great white sharks in the eastern north part of the Pacific Ocean indicates the population is likely growing rather than endangered, according to an international research team.
Indonesia's president makes first visit to Fiji
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has become the first Indonesian president to visit Fiji, as both countries seek to strengthen bi-lateral relations.
Japan kills 30 minke whales
Japan has slaughtered 30 minke whales in the Pacific off its northeast coast in the first hunt since the UN’s top court ordered Tokyo to stop killing the mammals in the Antarctic.
More price hikes likely for fishing
Pacific nations have warned foreign fishing countries, including the United States, to expect more price hikes to the cost of fishing in their territorial waters.
Papua New Guinea in turmoil
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill has disbanded the country’s main anti-corruption body after an arrest warrant was served on him earlier this week over corruption allegations.
NZ: America's Cup a 'waste of money'
The New Zealand government should not waste any more money on Team New Zealand’s bid for the next America’s Cup but fund winning teams like the All Blacks to Samoa and its world champion waka ama teams says Mana Party candidate for Mangere James Papali’i.
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