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Culture

Major support in bid to repeal anti-gay laws

A Cook Islands-based organisation that supports LGBTQI rights is welcoming the calls from Pope Francis to decriminalise homosexuality and calling on the Cook Islands Government to follow suit.

Manuae Enua Conservation Trust sets out its goals in policy document

Employing rangers, stamping out the illegal taking of pa’ua and establishing eco-tourism are top of the priority list for the Manuae Enua Conservation Trust.

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PM Brown holds talks with Japanese Foreign Minister on nuclear wastewater discharge

The incoming Forum Chair and Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, is leading a Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) delegation to Tokyo this week to convey concerns and requests of Pacific Leaders for deferral of Japan’s planned discharge of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific.

Environment

Manuae Enua Conservation Trust sets out its goals in policy document

Employing rangers, stamping out the illegal taking of pa’ua and establishing eco-tourism are top of the priority list for the Manuae Enua Conservation Trust.

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Environment

Rarotonga warmer and dryer, reveals climate change report

Rarotonga is getting warmer and dryer as surveys show increasing temperatures and decreasing rainfall. - ‘Annual rainfall has decreased significantly in Rarotonga since 1951’

Sports

Triathlon gears up for annual Team Tri Competition

Cook Islands Triathlon Association is looking forward to the annual BSP Team Tri Competition this Saturday, February 11.

Sports

Pacific Oceania loses in dramatic tie

Brett Baudinet’s Pacific Oceania tennis team lost a dramatic Davis Cup tie in Barbados by three games to two.

Ruta Mave: The silence is deafening

The Silence of the Lambs is a horror thriller movie from 1991 about a serial killer psychologist Hannibal Lecter helping FBI agent Clarice Starling to track down another serial killer, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata

Kata: Traffic Police

Features

Serving with dignity and respect

After three years on watch as the Police Maritime Surveillance Advisor, Lieutenant Commander Mark Te Kani MNZM, departed Rarotonga last month with his wife Deb and grandson. He has been described as a ‘true gentlemen’ one with mana, who carried himself with quiet dignity and respect for maritime and the crew.

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Providing an experience to remember

An Aitutaki-based lagoon cruise tour company allows guests to choose their own adventure, giving them an experience to remember.

National

PM Brown holds talks with Japanese Foreign Minister on nuclear wastewater discharge

The incoming Forum Chair and Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Mark Brown, is leading a Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) delegation to Tokyo this week to convey concerns and requests of Pacific Leaders for deferral of Japan’s planned discharge of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific.

Fiji

Restoring Pacific Islands Forum to its full solidarity: Puna

Henry Puna, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum says he is delighted with the announcement from the President of Kiribati Taneti Maamau confirming their return to the Forum.