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Cook Islands passport proposal
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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
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Pacific
NZ looks forward to talks with Cook Islands govt
New Zealand has indicated to the Cook Islands Government that they are looking forward to discussions between relevant officials on their concerns related to the China / Cook Islands agreement.
Cook Islands seeking New Zealand expertise for Sovereign Wealth Fund
The Cook Islands government has taken further steps towards establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), with officials currently in New Zealand holding discussions with financial experts, Prime Minister Mark Brown told Parliament this week.
New Zealanders still waiting for summer
NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand has been warned to “batten down the hatches” as another stormbdars down on the country.
Third man dies after electrocution
AMERICAN SAMOA – An electrocution accident which happened over a week ago in American Samoa has claimed the life of a third person.
Tahiti awash after heavy rain
French Polynesia declares state of natural disaster
Landslides reported
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Reports emerging from Bougainville indicate a number of landslides after yesterday’s magnitude 7.9 earthquake.
Six new parties register for Fiji's next election
The Fiji Times reports that this includes the proposed HOPE party, created by the youth activist Peter Waqavonovono and former opposition leader Mick Beddoes, who both defected from the main opposition Sodelpa party.
Growing disquiet over election rule changes
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – There’s growing disquiet in Papua New Guinea over government plans for tweaking election rules ahead of the upcoming polls.
Indecision over Pacific Games golf venue
TONGA – Freeze that back swing – a golf venue isn’t quite guaranteed yet for the 2019 Pacific Games.
MOU for floating city is signed
French Polynesia agrees to ‘seastead’ proposal
Pacific ministers in Tokyo for development talks
PACIFIC – Pacific island ministers are in Tokyo this week to discuss the region’s development partnership with Japan.
MSG membership criteria discussed
VANUATU – The chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group has arrived in Port Vila for discussions that cover membership guidelines.
Hall of Fame for snubbed coach
FIJI – Despite not being up for coach of the year at the inaugural Fiji Rugby Awards, former Olympic Gold medal winning coach Ben Ryan has been inducted into the Hall of Fame. The award nominations sparked controversy when Ryan was left off the list of finalists for coach of the year in favour of three local club coaches. The apparent snub came a month after Ryan had tangled with the Fiji Rugby Union over player payments. However the FRU said Ryan had simply not been nominated by any local club affiliates. The Fiji Rugby Union had earlier this month hit back at the former coach saying in a statement it was disappointed at Ryan’s constant remarks about the Fiji Sevens team and his ongoing tweets about their performances at recent sevens events. CEO John O’connor said it seemed difficult for Ryan to move on.
Australia 'deeply disappointed'
Whaling deplored in wake of Sea Shepherd photos
Scouts in NZ representing their country
A GROUP of Cook Islands Boys Scouts is representing their country at the 21st New Zealand Jamboree in Blenheim, South Island.
Tonight's family fireworks fizzle out
THE NEW Year Family Festival scheduled for this evening at the new Constitution Park has been cancelled.
Festive joy moves south
THE SOUTHERN group islands are getting plenty of joy from this festive season following an influx of visitors, including tourists, to their shores this month.
New Zealand vote seen as 'declaration of war'
NEW ZEALAND – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly told New Zealand’s foreign minister that support for a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement-building in the occupied territories would be viewed as a “declaration of war”.
Bodies of bus crash victims on way home
TONGA – The bodies of the two Tongan victims killed in a bus crash in Gisborne on Christmas eve will be returned to Tonga on Saturday.
Asylum seekers hold peaceful protest
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Detainees on Manus Island are demanding answers about the death of a refugee as advocates call for a royal commission into medical care at Australia’s offshore detention centres.
Pleas for treatment were ignored
Unwell refugee’s friends wrote letter asking for medical intervention a week before he died
Samoa's Olympic silver is official
Eight years after Beijing, Ele Opeloge’s Olympic success is recognised