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$541.7m tourism earnings
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‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
22 January 2025
Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
25 January 2025
Cook Islands passport proposal
6 January 2025
Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
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
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
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
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 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
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
Challenging ‘rape culture’
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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.
Bougainville's tough stance at latest referendum talks
The President of Bougainville has taken a tough stance with Papua New Guinea in the latest talks over the independence referendum.
Group to plead with UN over New Caledonia referendum
A pro-independence delegation from New Caledonia has left for New York to raise its opposition to the December 12 independence referendum with the United Nations.
In brief: Sports news from around the Pacific
Koroisau signs new deal; new Solomons football trophy; and Hunters coach hurdles a barrier.
Pacific Languages Survey: Call for more support to NZ's realm states
A Pacific community leader in New Zealand says the government must take some responsibility for the decline in the number of Pasifika language speakers across Aotearoa.
US, Aust confident amid Omicron variant in Fiji
Australia and the United States will continue to allow their citizens - thousands of them - to travel to Fiji amid the Pacific island nation recording its first cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus this week.
Guam Catholic Church offers up to $US34m to sex abuse victims
Guam's Catholic Church has come up with a revised payment proposal of up to $US 34 million to those who claimed they were raped or sexually molested by priests and other clergy when they were minors, dating back to the 1950s.
Fijians test positive for Omicron variant - Govt
Health authorities in Fiji have confirmed two people who had arrived in the country from southern Africa last month have now tested positive to the Omicron variant.
Solomon Islands: Sogavare defeats no confidence motion
The Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has defeated a motion of no confidence by 32 votes to 15 with two abstentions.
FAST party to challenge provision allowing two extra women MPs
The appointment of two women Members of Parliament in Samoa under section 44 of the Constitution, is set to be challenged in court by the Fa'atuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party.
Eleven NZ police bound for tense Solomons capital
Eleven New Zealand police personnel will deploy tomorrow for Solomon Islands in response to major unrest in the capital Honiara.
Dubai 7s: Fiji loses opening game against France
Olympic champions Fiji lost their first game in the second leg of the Dubai sevens tournament last night, going down 22-17 to France.
Rule options now available for community rugby
World Rugby will allow community teams to use 10 players, play shorter matches and change the size of the ball as part of flexible new rules described as a “landmark” move for the sport.
Senior HRPP MP calls for Tuilaepa to move aside
A former Cabinet Minister in Samoa has called on former prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and other opposition party leaders to "hang up their boxing gloves", following the HRPP's crushing electoral defeats.
Pacific police chiefs vow to help troubled Solomons
Police chiefs around the Pacific say community engagements through policing is key to restoring peace in the Solomon Islands.
Banks and links to illegal logging under fire again in PNG
There are claims in Papua New Guinea that some of the country's banks are implicated in illegal logging and the human rights abuses that plague the sector.
Vanuatu's Shefa province recognises West Papua government
Vanuatu's Shefa province is recognising Benny Wenda as the interim president of a provisional West Papuan government.
New Banking Tax levy in PNG sparks controversy
A new tax announced in last week's Papua New Guinea 2022 Budget has sparked widespread controversy.
Solomons govt warns instigators are planning more unrest
The Solomon Islands government has warned that instigators are planning what it calls "another evil plan" to decimate the whole of Honiara.
COP26 Glasgow Climate Pact - “We didn’t come home empty handed”
Opinion - The odds are always stacked against the Pacific region in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, and at COP26 we faced the additional challenge of Covid-19.
Fiji steps up entry conditions amid Ormicron threat
Fiji has strengthened its strict conditions for entry for all travellers from red list countries.
