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Pitmasters fire up for a good cause
Cook Island News
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June 21, 2025
From left, Thomas Bevan of Uncle Toms BBQ, Steven Cook from Cook Cartel New Zealand and Peter Hughes. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25062008 A two-day BBQ competition is being held as part of the Raro Fire and Food Festival, aiming to raise funds for the...
15-year-old among 12 forbidden from driving
Cook Island News
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June 17, 2025
Cook Islands Police checkpoint outside of Police Headquarters in town. COOK ISLANDS POLICE SERVICES/25060913 A 15-year-old was among the 12 people forbidden from driving over the week, according to Cook Islands Police. Police media and strategic...
19-million-year-old bird fossil identified as ancient relative of Australian magpie
Interesting Engineering - New York
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June 29, 2025
In a significant discovery that reveals New Zealand’s epic biodiversity, researchers identified a 19-million-year-old relative of the Australian magpie. Published in the journal PalZ, paleontologists have recently identified a large passerine bird...
Parvati Shallow Compares Her Past Marriage to Childhood Cult in New Book
Us Weekly
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June 20, 2025
Parvati Shallow was learning survival skills long before she just stepped on the Cook Islands for her first appearance on Survivor in 2006. In her new memoir, Nice Girls Don’t Win, Shallow — who would go on to play Survivor four more times...
EBA matters adjourned
Cook Island News
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June 16, 2025
Cook Islands High Court. 24050916 The High Court of the Cook Islands adjourned all criminal matters related to excess breath alcohol (EBA) as advice is being sought from Crown Law on the procedures done to conduct the EBA tests. Five cases were to...
Letter: PM ‘overstepping the Mark’
Cook Island News
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June 20, 2025
The people of the Cook Islands suffer from PM Brown’s arrogant bad behaviour. Yet again, our PM is a source of embarrassment to the nation by having our $18 million aid from New Zealand suspended, for his political flirtations with communist...
Victoria Park hosts Origin showdown
Cook Island News
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June 20, 2025
Mafu Kalas at the front training with his team. CIRL/25061342 Tupapa’s Victoria Park will host the final leg of the Cook Islands Rugby League State of the Origin Series between the Town Blues and the Country Maroons this Saturday. The Blues,...
Proposed permit limits ‘unfairly target’ Pacific and Asian migrants
Cook Island News
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June 20, 2025
The Cook Islands Immigration office in Avarua. PHOTO: ISTOCK The proposed mandatory breaks and permit limitations for expat workers ‘unfairly targets’ Pacific and Asian migrants, says the law firm that successfully challenged the Cook Islands’...
Letter: Seabed consultation
Cook Island News
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June 19, 2025
All Cook Islanders should be very proud of the comments Helena Keenan-Williams made about one of the Australian DSM (deep sea mining) meetings reported in the Cook Islands News June 5th edition. She is clearly a woman of no fear, strong intellect...
Finding Home and Hope at USP
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
At just 20 years old, Ayen Mae Montagot is proving that determination, adaptability, and the power of education can transform even the most uncertain paths into stories of strength and purpose. A second-year Bachelor of Commerce student in...
‘Partnership, not paternalism’- PM slams NZ aid pause as ‘patronising’ amid China deal row
Cook Island News
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June 20, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown in Parliament on June 16, 2025. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU / 25061621 Cook Islands engages with countries “who respect our sovereignty”, says Prime Minister Mark Brown, calling New Zealand’s decision to pause $18.2 million in...
Government revives ammunition supply
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown in Parliament on June 23, 2025. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU / 25062320 Prime Minister Mark Brown has announced several new initiatives aimed at enhancing firearm regulation and safety across the Pa Enua. This includes the...
China’s Xi tells NZ’s Luxon ‘no conflicts of interest’
The Sun Daily
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June 20, 2025
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that Beijing had “no fundamental conflicts of interest” with New Zealand, as he welcomed Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on an official visit. Luxon’s trip comes at a time of tension with New...
Faith over fear: Pastor Bobby Matapo’s miraculous journey
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Pastor Tevai “Bobby” Matapo was diagnosed with myeloma cancer. Since returning home in April 2023 from gruelling treatment in New Zealand he threw out his medication. He solely relies in his deep belief in receiving Jesus Christ as Lord and...
Tereora College students stone carving journey
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Tereora College students with Master Carver Mike Tavioni in Nikao. LOISRENE LACANIVALU/25062711 Tereora College students are currently carving a stone at the gallery of Master Carver Mike Tavioni in Nikao. A concept of the design selected as the...
A name, a promise, a reunion: How a 1984 encounter led to a lasting bond
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
Karlena with her mum, Trish Nixon (middle), her husband and two children. TRISH NIXON/ 25062709 A New Zealand couple successfully reconnected with an Aitutaki family on social media, whom they befriended 40 years ago and whose baby inspired the...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – June 20 – June 26, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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June 28, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Maori language at the heart of learning in Mauke’s only school
Cook Island News
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June 19, 2025
Apii Mauke, the only school on the island, is ensuring its students stay grounded in their identity and culture through the use of Maori language as the primary medium of instruction TALAIA MIKA/25061810/25061812 While the national spotlight...
Clean-up efforts underway as dengue cases rise to 33
Cook Island News
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June 19, 2025
One of the Health workers on duty conducting peri-focal and block spraying outside the residence of a confirmed dengue case earlier this month. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25060918, 25060919, 25060920 Cook Islands has recorded 33 dengue cases since the...
NZ citizenship – right or privilege?Land, legacy and the futureNZ citizenship – right or privilege?
Cook Island News
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June 27, 2025
Master of International Development student Sieni Tiraa. Massey University/25062611 For Master of International Development student Sieni Tiraa, land is more than a resource, it’s about belonging, history and responsibility. Her research at Te...