Some beauty product manufacturers test their shampoos on guinea pigs; here, a young entrepreneur is testing her shampoo bars on her daughter!

When the helmet law was first introduced, I had just turned 16. I was able to get a secondhand bike and a licence.

Cook Islands businessman Stephen Lyon’s tilt at a seat in the New Zealand Parliament looks to be over even before it began.

Four people have died as a result of road crashes this year, police say. They were all riding motorbikes – and none was wearing a helmet.

When more than 60 passengers were left stranded by budget airline Jetstar, good-hearted locals came to their aid.

Finance minister promises income tax review – but also answers call for spending on health, education and infrastructure.

The manufacture of the 3600km Avaroa Cable has been completed and engineers will begin laying it later this year – but authorities are still awaiting Rarotonga landowners’ agreement to bring it ashore at Rutaki.

Te-Hani Brown is enjoying an all-expenses-paid trip to Fiji to talk about what it means to be a young MP – even though she was forced to quit Parliament.

Ministers and delegates attending the Cook Islands Christian Church General Assembly will converge in Atiu this week.

After an exhausted tourist confronted Henry Puna and poured out her heart to him, he has ordered Cook Islands Tourism to look into the budget airline’s treatment of travellers.