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33 months jail for $240,000 Police theft
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Electoral petitions lodged in Cook Islands
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Holmes facing tough decision
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Sad ending to save beached baby whale
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Weaving research with tradition
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Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team wins gold medal
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Rugby World Cup trophy arrives in Raro
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Cooks welcome meeting with President Biden
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Competitor at heart
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Final counting underway
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A tribute to principals of Apii Arorangi
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Celebrating Cook Islands language in New Zealand
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Cooks manage top five finish
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New Zealand education leaders visit Cook Islands
A group of current and past New Zealand education leaders with Pacific ties are visiting the Cook Islands to share their knowledge and strengthen relationship with local counterparts.
Drowning victim died of natural causes
Cook Islands coroner says the Australian visitor who died while snorkelling near Fruits of Rarotonga on Sunday died of natural causes.
Jury trial adjourned
A High Court jury trial had to be adjourned for a day because of the lack of people available for jury.
Feasibility study discusses aged care services in the Cook Islands
Key services to support Cook Islanders over the age of 60 years were discussed at a workshop held late last month.
Ei tiare maori for the Queen
A special image of Queen Elizabeth II photographed at Buckingham Palace adorned with two tiare maori ei all the way from the Cook Islands has surfaced following Her Majesty’s death last week.
PM slams world superpowers for lack of action on climate change
Prime Minister Mark Brown criticised world superpowers for lack of action on climate change in his speech at the Green Climate Fund (GCF) conference in South Korea yesterday.
Kiwi to pay over $8k in reparations
A New Zealander who crashed into a motorcyclist, injuring them in the process has agreed to pay more than $8000 in reparations and court costs.
‘20+ years timeframe’ for award winning town plan
An award-winning plan for the development of Avarua is not a project with a single cost, and has a view to the next 20 years of development in the town.
Pawpaw export plan
Local pawpaw growers are planning to supply New Zealand market with their produce in less than 12 months and it’s just the beginning, says one of the export organisers.
Church launches 200-year Gospel project
Over 3000 people are expected to attend the 200-year commemoration of the arrival of the Gospel to Arorangi which will be celebrated next year on July 26 and 27.
‘Clean Up the Cook Islands’ campaign
Cook Islands residents are being urged to join the annual Clean Up The Cooks event on Friday, September 16.
Cook Islands’ exclusion from US meet ‘curious’
The Cook Islands might not have been invited to the Pacific leaders’ summit later this month in Washington so more progress could be made on a deal, says one geopolitical analyst.
Metcalfe appointed director for economic planning
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) has appointed senior macroeconomist Tristan Metcalfe as the new director for economic planning.
PM Brown to attend Queen’s state funeral in London
Prime Minister Mark Brown will be attending the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey in London.
Petition struck out
The Cook Islands High Court has struck out the petition filed by the Democratic Party, challenging the result of the Amuri-Ureia seat.
Literacy Week a hit in the north
This week schools in the Cook Islands celebrated literacy as the foundation of all learning with a range of activities in support of International Literacy Day.
Creating hope through action
Cook Islands will join the rest of the world to mark World Suicide Prevention Day today.
Vaccine requirement dropped
The vaccine requirement for travellers to the Cook Islands has now been dropped.
‘QR’ effectively becomes ‘KR’
Queen’s Representative Sir Tom Marsters will now be referred to as the King’s Representative following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Man escapes prison sentence for breaching community service order
A Justice of the Peace has expressed his frustration at a man who breached his community service order for the second time in the space of a week.
Pacific nations make their own decisions, says SBMA
Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) says it respects the right of Pacific nations to make decisions regarding the sustainable development of resources in response to French Polynesia’s vote to temporary ban seabed mining projects.
Titikaveka seat to be recounted
Hearings on three electoral petitions accusing the recently re-elected MPs of bribery and treating will take place in the Pa Enua, while a recount and a petition challenge will take place for the Titikaveka seat.
