Cook Islands
Cook Islands Opposition calls for Agriculture Bill rethink
The Cook Islands opposition says the 2020 Agriculture Bill is flawed and needs a complete rethink.
Cook Islands border restrictions loosened
The Cook Islands border rules have been loosened slightly to allow Cook Islanders to return home under strict conditions.
News in Cook Island Maori for 1 September 2020
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New king crowned on Mangaia in the Cooks
The island of Mangaia in the Cook Islands came to a standstill yesterday for the coronation of its new king.
News in Cook Islands Maori for 29 August 2020
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Time travelling with a climate scientist
Dead corals cast up the shore of Aitutaki, in the Cook Islands, provide a window into the Pacific Ocean's marine climate hundreds of years ago. Audio
Our Changing World for 27 August 2020
A time-travelling climate scientist is using dead corals to investigate past marine climates in the Pacific. Audio
Cook Islands border closure to be reviewed on Sunday
The Cook Islands cabinet will decide on Sunday whether or not extend a ban on incoming air travel.
Prominent Cook Islander lays out plan for political reform
Former Cook Islands MP Iaveta Short says the Westminster parliamentary system, imposed by New Zealand, is not the right fit. Audio
News in Cook Islands Maori for 26 August 2020
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News in Cook Islands Maori for 25 August 2020
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Activists claim Cook Islands Govt set to illegally use chemicals in water
An activist group in the Cook Islands is appealing for public help for its legal challenge over plans to use chemicals to treat the Rarotonga water supply.
Cooks Deputy PM promises changes to water system set up
The Cook Islands Government is promising changes to the legislation to establish the agency that will manage the huge new water system on Rarotonga. Audio
NZ announces next High Commissioner to the Cook Islands
Tui Dewes will be New Zealand's next High Commissioner to the Cook Islands.
News in Cook Islands Maori for 22 August 2020
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News in Cook Islands Maori for 21 August 2020
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Cook Islands DPM says free water for Rarotonga residents, unless excessive use
The Deputy Prime Minister in the Cook Islands is assuring residents on Rarotonga they will not be charged unless their water use is excessive.
Non-Covid patient medevacced from Cook Islands to NZ
The Cook Islands government has confirmed this week a 47 year old woman was medevacced from Rarotonga to New Zealand.
Cook Islanders call for cuts to proposed water fees
Hopes are high the Cook Islands parliament will reconsider some of the water charges planned to pay for the agency that will run Rarotonga's new reticulation system.
High achieving physcist with Cooks' whakapapa takes up UK role
Dr Patrick Ledingham is about to begin a career as a physics lecturer and researcher at the Universiity of Southhampton. Audio