PM Manele pushes back on international media ‘block’ narrative over PIF dialogue partners

BY IRWIN ANGIKI Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele has pushed back at ‘unfortunate’ international media narrative describing his government as ‘blocking’ forum dialogue partners from attending this year’s leaders’ meeting. The 54th Forum leaders...

How to watch Papua New Guinea vs Fiji: Live streams as Kumuls face Bati in Pacific Championships

The Kumuls face the Bati for victory in the Pacific Bowl in the rugby league Pacific Championships You can watch Papua New Guinea vs Fiji today as the two side’s face off for victory in the Pacific Bowl in Rugby League’s Pacific Championships,...

Former Reserve Bank boss Adrian Orr joins Cook Islands Super board

Adrian Orr quit as RBNZ governor in March after a dispute over future funding of the bank. Photo: Former Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr has become a member of the Cook Islands National Superannuation Fund (CINSF) board. Orr has family links to...

Pacific Defence Ministers escalate militarisation across the region

The 10th annual South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting (SPDMM) convened in Viña del Mar, Chile from October 22-24, amid the escalating imperialist war drive across the region, led by the United States, aimed against China. Delegates to the South...

Former Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr joins Cook Islands Super board

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Fair Recruitment At The Heart Of Sustainable Reintegration

Press Release – PACER Plus Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Peter Shanel Agovaka said his government is honoured to host the regional meeting. Pacific Labour Mobility Annual Meeting 2025 To Convene In Honiara...

Best Beaches for every month of the year

3.4K There’s a beach for everyone and for every month: from the stunning sands of Latin America, to the beautiful British coast, onwards to the Mediterranean and then down to a Pacific island paradise. JANUARY – San Juan del Sur Bay, Nicaragua...

Cook Islands announces protection zone for migrating Oceania humpback whales

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown arrives at Tuurangawaewae Marae Photo: Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ Cook Islands prime minister Mark Brown has announced the creation of a zone to protect the migratory corridors of the endangered Oceania...

Peters rejects claim Aotearoa funding freeze to Cook Islands is ‘patronising’

Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. Photo composite: Newsroom/25070713 New Zealand Foreign Minister Vaovasamanaia Winston Peters rejects suggestions that pausing of development funding to the...

Cook Islands Rugby League tackles ball shortages with new partnership

Cook Islands Rugby League has secured a new sponsorship deal with TVATI, covering the full cost of 160 official balls for training and match for all grades from juniors to international every year for the next three years. Cook Islander Dr Graham...

Cook Islands engages at global platform for Disaster Risk Reduction 2025 in Geneva

Emergency Management Cook Islands Director John Strickland (far right) emphasised that “greater access to technology to support national-level efforts to strengthen resilience can help overcome some of our remoteness and connectivity challenges....

Cook Islands creates Pacific’s first ocean protection zone for whales

Prime Minister Mark Brown with Sandrina Thondoo, director of Treaties, Multilaterals and Oceans Division at the Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration. PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM/25060904 Cook Islands is creating the Pacific’s first...

Thomas Wynne: Redefining Cook Islands’ nationhood

Thomas Wynne. As we edge toward August 4th and mark 60 years since the Cook Islands gained self-government in free association with New Zealand, we find ourselves again in turbulent constitutional waters, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne. Two recent...

PM urges nation to move forward with ‘clear eyes and clear hearts’

Prime Minister Mark Brown breaks into a dance yesterday to celebrate the Cook Islands’ 60th anniversary of self-governance in free association with New Zealand. 25080408/25080427 Prime Minister Mark Brown, in his address to mark the Cook Islands’...

Family, faith, and firsts: Cook Islands set for historic debut

GOLD COAST (Australia) - For the first time in history, the Cook Islands women's basketball team will step onto the court at the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 Division B - and it’s not just a debut, it’s a dream come true years in the making....

Letter: Cook Islands superannuation returns

Dear Editor, This is a response to Ellena Tavioni (Cook Islands superannuation, July 7, 2025). Kia Orana Ellena, Thank you once again for your follow-up letter. I commend your ability to construct a house for under $30,000. Based on your...

Legal Tender Dennis Rodman Silver Trading Coin for ANA Show

Former star basketball player Dennis Rodman is the latest sports figure to be portrayed on a new series of trading coins created by Celebrity Mint™ (www.CelebrityMint.com) of Houston, Texas. The one-ounce .999 silver Rodman coins will make their...

Letters: Penrhyn hub a political hoo-haa?

Tuesday 2 September 2025 | Written by webmaster | Published in Dear Editor, The recent announcement by the Ministry of Marine Resources of turning Tongareva (Penrhyn) Island into a fishing hub in the northern Cook Islands has to be one of the...

Athletics lead Team Cook Islands’ final medal push at Mini Games

Team Cook Islands hosted a thank you ceremony for their village mayor, the village liaison, the state governor for Ngaraard (the sister state), the Palau Community College president and their sister state liaison over the weekend. CISNOC/25070650...

PM speaks of close relationship with PNG

The Prime Minister has reaffirmed New Zealand's growing friendship with Papua New Guinea, amid shifting dynamics in the Pacific. Christopher Luxon was welcomed with a 19-gun salute, military inspection and a state dinner in which Papua New Guinea...