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Red flags surround after-hours health plan
Government plans to provide a permanent after-hours health service for primary and urgent care in Wanaka are already flawed, according to a local doctor with over 40 years’ experience. Health New Zealand is working on providing permanent 24/7...
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League standards rise in Cook Islands domestic competition
Tupapa Panthers finished the 13s competition unbeaten, claiming the Minor Premiership for finishing top after the round-robin competition and the premiership title after beating the Arorangi Bears 32-12 in the final at the National Stadium in...
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Cook Islands urges diaspora to invest in homeland industries
Business Trade, and Investment Board (BTIB) chief executive officer Repeta Puna at the Cook Islands Cultural and Creative Industry Strategy Forum held in February this year. MELINA ETCHES/25022707 Cook Islanders abroad are being urged to reinvest...
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Papa Turtle: Popular Cook Islands tour owner Tuhe Piho accused of putting lives at risk
Local police have issued a warning to Piho after Yu laid a complaint against him. Her story follows more than a dozen allegations against Piho, either shared with the Herald directly or made to the country’s tourism board, police or online. Other...
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Cook Islands and Czech Republic commit to strengthening collaboration
Left - right: His Excellency Sir Tom John Marsters, KBE, King’s Representative of the Cook Islands, receives the letter of credence from Her Excellency Jana Tyrer, Ambassador of the Czech Republic. MFAI/25032605 Ambassador Jana Tyrer of the Czech...
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‘Become a Māori again’: Rebuilding education the Cook Islands way
The first Ranga Ia Te Korero - Historic Education and Heritage Symposium, held over four days, drew100 attendees each day. MELINA ETCHES/25050822 A significant national event dedicated to revitalising education through culture, language and...
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Thomas Wynne: Honouring the Cook Islands Anzac heroes
Thomas Wynne. Anzac is not just about what we should never forget, it is also what we choose to remember., writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne. In the windswept fields of Europe and the burning sands of Sinai, Cook Islanders, and many others from the...
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Measles outbreak: Pacific countries issue alerts as cases rise in New Zealand
“Your action can save lives and protect our communities from another measles outbreak,” Samoan health authorities said. “Measles is a highly contagious and deadly disease, especially for young children. It can cause severe complications –...
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Pacific news in brief for 28 October
Angau Memorial Hospital (file image) Photo: RNZI Papua New Guinea Power outages in Papua New Guinea is affecting Angau Memorial General Hospital in Lae, Morobe province, the regional hospital's chief executive says. The National newspaper reports...
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Cook Islands women summit sets action plans for key issues
Cook Islands National Council of Woman (CINCW) wrapped up its three-day Uikaraurau (summit). Pictured are the new office bearers: vice president (Southern Group) Nga Teao-Papatua (left), president Vaine Wichman, and Rosie Blake, a founding member...
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Wale slams Government’s plan to send health workers to Cook Islands
LEADER of Opposition Matthew Wale has slammed the government’s intention to explore a labour mobility scheme that would see Solomon Islands nurses and doctors sent to the Cook Islands, describing it as short sighted and reckless. In a statement...
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Solomon Islands considers sending health workers to Cook Islands
The Solomon Islands flag Photo: RNZI A potential labour mobility scheme with the Cook Islands could see Solomon Islands nurses and doctors employed in the New Zealand realm country. Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele confirmed the discussions...
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Plans to send health workers to Cook Islands slammed
Government’s intention to explore a labour mobility scheme that would see Solomon Islands nurses and doctors sent to the Cook Islands has been slammed by the Opposition Hon Matthew Wale describing the move as ‘short sighted and reckless.’ In a...
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Cook Islands welcomes Marshall Islands’ accession to Treaty of Rarotonga
Prime Minister Mark Brown met with the President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Hilda Heine in Tonga in August last year. MFAI/24082613 Cook Islands, a key advocate of the Treaty of Rarotonga since its inception, commended the...
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Cook Islands women unite for healthy, happy and safe homes
Cook Islands National Council of Women president Vaine Wichman, and Ministry of Internal Affairs’ Social Impact Fund manager Angie Tuara. MELINA ETCHES/25030312 More than 60 women dressed in vibrant colours gathered for the launch of the Vaine...
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Cook Islands welcomes Marshall Islands’ accession to the Treaty of…
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The Cook Islands has welcomed the Marshall Islands by signing the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga. In welcoming RMI’s signing, Cook Islands Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Tepaeru Herrmann, reflected on...
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Health ministry explores water fluoridation to battle tooth decay
The proposal to fluoridate the country’s drinking water supply was on the agenda for TMO’s public consultation this week in Rarotonga, which focused on marketing restrictions of unhealthy food and non-alcoholic beverages to children and infants,...
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Cook Islands must find new solutions to old gender equality problems, says Tuarae
The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) 2023 Annual General Meeting on 1st August. MELINA ETCHES/23080129 Despite global efforts, the Cook Islands National Council of Women’s three-day summit this week highlights that the core gender...
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Cook Islands: Why a tiny nation has unnerved bigger Pacific countries, clue lies in China
Cook Islands’ shift towards China however has stirred political tensions in the country. Recently, protests broke out in Rarotonga - the largest Cook Island that also hosts the capital and the parliament read more The Cook Islands might be a small...
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Pressure mounts on Cook Islands Deputy PM over Rarotonga water tariff petition
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A Rarotonga advocate says that to end the controversial water tariffs introduced last year, their petition only needs the signature of Deputy Prime Minister Albert Nicholas. Rarotonga’s water authority, To Tatou Vai (TTV), implemented the tariffs...
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