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Bank teller blames supervisor for missing $18k

A former bank teller with the Bank of the Cook Islands in Atiu charged with taking more than $18,000 assigned to a community hall fund, has told the Court her supervisor was responsible.

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Cooks’ economy vulnerable: ADB

Covid-19, measles outbreaks, cyclones and the Hunga Tonga eruption have shown how vulnerable South Pacific economies are says the Asian Development Bank in a report this month.

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Palmerston considers opening to visitors after vax rollout

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Punanga Nui Market’s new toilets open for business

Crime

Drunk tourists stumble out of a plane as police work returns to the ‘old days’

Grassroots kick off Rarotonga football season

Week 1 of the football season makes a start today at CIFA Complex in Matavera. The Fiery Grassroots will be taking the field today, kicking their way into the new season!

PET TALK: Caring for your pet’s teeth

It was a proud moment, not to mention a profitable one, when I lost my first tooth. Most people lose their first tooth at 5 or 6 – I was 8.

Opinion

Kakerori record breaking numbers

The Kakerori or Rarotonga Flycatcher found in the rugged interior of Rarotonga, as well as now on Atiu, has conservationists flapping with joy from this year’s Kakerori census, writes Alanna Smith of Te Ipukarea Society.

Features

Kava ‘o Aotearoa

A Cook Islands Māori filmmaker has looked into a collective of Pasifika cultural guardians reactivating the ancient Tu’i Tonga kava ceremony for contemporary use in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Rangi Henry’s beautiful blessed songs of Gospel

Music brings joy and unites people together and is a powerful medium the world over, says musician and composer Rangi Henry.

Pacific Islands

Pacific news in brief

China helping PNG's fight against illegal drugs; Vanuatu chiefs want presidency; and increase in HIV in Fiji.

Regional

Chief justice orders amendment of constitutional application against dissolution of parliament

The chief justice of Vanuatu has ordered the amendment of a constitutional application against the dissolution of Vanuatu's parliament to exclude the president of the republic from the case.