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$541.7m tourism earnings
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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
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Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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Cook Islands has its first mosque
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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
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
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
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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
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
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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
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Pacific
War on drugs: Fiji soldiers may be deployed to assist police, says Govt
Fiji’s government has announced that military personnel may soon join police in addressing the country’s drug crisis.
Balancing tourism and culture
Cook Islands Tourism’s transparent, inclusive and practical planning public consultation which explored the challenges and opportunities tourism brings in all areas of wellbeing, drew a good number of community members.
Flosse accuses France of causing his 'political death'
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse says he is in mourning because the French state has signed his political death by banning him from political office for five years for abusing public funds.
In brief: News from around the Pacific
Health authorities in Fiji are concerned about the staff shortage and the lack of shelter at medical clinics in the capital Suva.
Second body found, memorial service held for victims of Solomons boating tragedy
The body of a child has been found in Solomon Islands and police say he's one of nine children who went missing at sea on New Year's Day.
Covid-19 Fiji: 7 more deaths, 417 new cases in the community
Fiji has reported seven more deaths and 417 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.
Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders
The Cook Islands has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated New Zealanders, but with less fanfare and more trepidation than last year's kick-off.
Ex-England rugby forward eyes switch to Fiji
Former England rugby international and Number 8 Nathan Hughes has announced his availability to play for his country of birth, Fiji.
Cyclone Cody forces Fiji climate refugees to take shelter at school
Two hundred climate change refugees in Fiji's north, who were relocated in the wake of Cyclone Ana last year, were forced to take shelter at a school last weekend.
US Army Commander apologises to Marshall Islands
US Army Commander Col. Thomas Pugsley offered his personal apology to the people of the Marshall Islands for last week's "breakdown of established protocols" for Army repatriation groups arriving at the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll.
French Polynesia Covid-19 numbers on the rise again
There has been a surge in Covid-19 cases in French Polynesia, with 179 new cases reported over the last five days.
Post-cyclone: Fiji public urged to clean up amid 'LTDD' warning
Fiji's government has warned of a rise in diseases with the potential to prove deadlier than Tropical Cyclone Cody which hit the country on Monday.
Omicron advances in New Caledonia
New Caledonia's health authorities say half of Covid-19 infections are now of the Omicron variant, which was detected for the first time in the middle of last week.
Air Moana to fly across French Polynesia
French Polynesia's newest domestic airline has started recruiting staff in the hope of launching flights in April.
Protest in New Caledonia against govt's pandemic policies
An estimated 1,000 people in New Caledonia joined a protest march against the government's policies to fight the pandemic.
Fiji murder trial: Accused tried to bring dead family to NZ
The High Court in Fiji was told a former New Zealand resident charged with multiple murders had planned to bring his victims to Aotearoa.
In brief: News from around the Pacific
The president of New Caledonia's Southern Province said she will support Emmanuel Macron in April's French presidential election.
Tonga's King will open Legislative Assembly
Tonga's King King Tupou VI will open the first session of the Legislative Assembly of Tonga this morning.
Call for govt to clearly communicate Covid-19 Omicron outbreak plan
New Zealand is being urged to heed the lessons from Australia's Covid-19 testing debacle in the event of a similar explosion in Omicron cases in Aotearoa.
Fiji refutes tourist's claims of mistreatment by locals
The Australian Government is assisting its citizens stranded in Fiji who also claimed they were mistreated by the locals after testing positive to Covid-19 when they arrived in the Pacific Island nation on Boxing Day.
Body found in search for missing 14 in Solomons
Police and maritime officials in the Solomon Islands have found the body of a woman they believe is one of 14 people missing at sea since New Year's Day.
Three US Army personnel test positive for Covid at Marshall Islands border
The US Army ignored agreed-to Covid prevention rules for entry into the Marshall Islands this week and the result was the first border cases of Covid in the Marshall Islands in over a year.
