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I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament’s 12 sitting days sufficient for business: Clerk
24 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
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
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
ICI explains road works delay in front of old Sheraton site
10 August 2024
Diaspora dismayed over lack of Te Maeva Nui livestream
8 August 2024
Everyone is a winner, says Culture
7 August 2024
Local women outshine global peers in business leadership
8 August 2024
Housing crisis hits tourism industry
27 July 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
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.
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.
PNG: Jail term for police boss
Papua New Guinea’s Police Commissioner Toami Kulunga was jailed for seven months for contempt of court on Friday – but he has been granted bail to appeal against the sentence in the Supreme Court.
PNG prime minister faces charges
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Papua New Guinea’s prime minister.
Samoa: Minister rewarded after resignation
Samoa’s former minister of finance, Faumuina Tiatia Liuga, has reportedly been appointed by the prime minister as the new Associate Minister for Natural Resources and Environment.
Fiji: Plea for fugitive father to come home
“Daddy, please come back home. I forgive you.”
Growers excited as kava ban lifted
Kava growers around the Pacific are hoping the industry can come back to life, following the overturning of a 12 year ban on kava.
PNG: Action demanded on sorcery
The United Nations has issued an appeal to Papua New Guinea to take further action to prevent attacks on women accused of sorcery.
Fiji: Leaders called to reveal salaries
A new candidate for this year’s election in Fiji says the government ministers should make their salaries public, now that the Fiji First party has been registered and launched.
Fiji: Rejected party fights back
The proposed Fiji United Freedom Party intends to seek further clarification with the registrar of political parties following the rejection of its application to register as a political party last week.
Big names set to take on Fiji regime at elections
Fiji’s biggest opposition party, and the party most likely to hurt the September election prospects of the regime-led Fiji First Party, has named its list of election candidates – with some high profile Fijians putting their weight behind the Social Democratic Liberal Party.
Samoa: Key's support seen as a political gimmick
The idea of the New Zealand All Blacks playing a Pacific test match on Samoa soil is just a political gimmick to gain recognition and support from the Pacific people as the voters go to the country’s election in three months’ time.
First Pacific test for All Blacks?
The IRB has pledged to put its weight behind the All Blacks’ proposed first ever test in the Pacific Islands as the historic fixture edges closer to becoming a reality.
NZ: Climate change 'not taken seriously'
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key is not taking climate change seriously, the Green Party says.
Pacific rowers head for Hawai'i
The Great Pacific Race, a rowing competition where 13 crews in seven-metre boats row more than 3400 kilometres from Monterey, California, across the Pacific to Waikiki, Hawai’i, began on Monday.
Fiji: Pledge of media freedom
The leader of Fiji’s new National Federation Party, economist Professor Biman Prasad, has pledged to review the controversial media decree and pass a freedom of information law if it gains power in Fiji’s September general election.
Resurgence of leprosy cases
A resurgence in the number of cases of leprosy throughout the Pacific has experts saying the disease is far from eradicated there – with several cases reported in New Zealand.
83-days to cross Papua New Guinea
Two hardy British adventurers have walked, climbed and paddled for 83 days across one of the world’s wildest and least explored countries.
Fiji: Telecoms spying admitted
Anti-regime websites in Fiji are confirming there is cause for concern over possible phone and internet tapping by the Fiji government leading up to the election.
Loans board backtracks on Fiji student stripped of scholarship
A student in Fiji has had his government scholarship reinstated after he was reportedly stripped of it for becoming involved in politics.
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