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Pet Talk: Veterinary outreach to the Pa Enua
Cook Island News
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July 2, 2025
Te Are Manu provided veterinary services to the southern Pa Enua — Mangaia, Mauke, Mitiaro and Atiu — alongside its partners at Cook Islands Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. TAM/25070103 In the last few months, I had the privilege...
TEAMS READY FOR OFC WOMEN’S NATIONS CUP
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July 3, 2025
Final preparations are underway for the four Group- A teams ahead of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2025, with day one match set to kick off at Lautoka’s Churchill Park tomorrow. This morning, the head coaches and captains of Cook Islands, defending...
Letter: Keyboard warriors
Cook Island News
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July 15, 2025
Dear Editor, I see a lot of debate around “keyboard warriors” lately, some see them as all talk, no action, I’m a self-confessed keyboard warrior and damn proud as. But I’d suggest a different lens, some of our most strategic, intelligent, and...
Seabed Strategy: Why Nauru Should Be Central to Trump’s Deep-Sea Mining Vision
[your]NEWS
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July 14, 2025
By Emmanuel Ogbonna In an executive order issued in April 2025, President Donald Trump emphasized the strategic necessity of offshore critical minerals in building U.S. supply chains that are independent of adversarial nations like the People’s...
NZ film Tinā set for US release after Rialto Distribution acquires global rights
Newstalk ZB
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July 16, 2025
The global rights to New Zealand film Tinā have been acquired by Rialto Distribution, with a United States theatrical release date set for next month. One of the most successful local productions to date, Tinā – which was written, co-produced and...
Nassau mobilises against dengue
Cook Island News
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July 1, 2025
Apii Nassau students helping the community with collecting plastics or cans all around the island of Nassau in June. APII NASSAU/25061805 A remote Cook Islands school on the northern group island is joining forces with its community to keep the...
Plastic bags banned
Cook Island News
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July 2, 2025
Local stores have welcomed the prohibition on plastic shopping bags and are committed to abiding by the new Act. FILE PHOTO / 14071412 Cook Islands has banned plastic shopping bags, and retailers supplying them for the purpose of distributing...
Report dangerous taxi drivers to police: Transport Ministry
Cook Island News
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July 2, 2025
Secretary for Transport John Hosking. FILE PHOTO / 25022319 The Ministry of Transport encourages the public to report any issues they may have with taxi operators directly to the Cook Islands Police, who are the enforcement agency for land...
Tyla’s crusade: The grieving mum who wants her son’s death to make a difference
Newstalk ZB
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July 15, 2025
There was pain on the streets of Whangārei, raw and unfiltered, in the form of a march led by Tyla Simona who became a mum at 21 and the mother of a dead child just three years later. That march last week was the second she has led, trying to find...
Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 15 July
RNZ
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July 14, 2025
Manu Samoa got their Pacific Nations Cup campaign back on track. Photo: World Rugby Manu Samoa Manu Samoa rugby team head coach Lemalu Tusiata Pisi says he is working with players who are in the squad for Friday's one-off Test match against...
Overlooked lock given chance to push Test case
ESPN Philippines
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July 14, 2025
Lukhan Salakaia-Loto will have another chance to push his case for Wallabies selection, with the lock included in the First Nations and Pasifika squad to face the touring Lions in Melbourne. Editor's Picks 2 RelatedAfter turning out in the AUNZ...
Pacific News In Brief For 15 July
Scoop
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Samoa - elections In a historic milestone for Samoa, two prominent members of the Samoa Fa'afafine Association (SFA) have announced they will be candidates in the upcoming general election. Afioga Falesaopule Seimaleula Vaialia Iosua will be...
Security guard Leon Saufoi who ‘badly assaulted’ Uber driver allowed to keep licence
The New Zealand Herald
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July 15, 2025
McConnell, in her decision, confirmed the assault conviction was grounds for disqualification and therefore a mandatory ground for cancelling Saufoi’s certificate unless a waiver from disqualification was granted. She accepted his actions were out...
Ruta Mave: ‘Fit, healthy, active, proud nation’ 60 years ago
Cook Island News
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July 14, 2025
Ruta Tangiiau Mave. Photo: CI NEWS There is a lot of talk about the New Zealand China thing right now but what no one is talking about is the elephant in the room, writes Ruta Mave. Us, our people, we are the elephant in the room, and not one lone...
Building national readiness: Exercise Itiki’anga
Cook Island News
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July 14, 2025
Exercise Itiki’anga brought together emergency services, government agencies, NGOs and community leaders to test our disaster readiness, and strengthen it. OPM/ 25071322. Exercise Itiki’anga, a national emergency preparedness simulation that...
Group A Teams Ready For OFC Women’s Nations Cup Kick-Off In Lautoka
Scoop
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Final preparations are underway for the four Group A teams ahead of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2025, with match day one set to kick off at Lautoka’s Churchill Park this Friday. (Photo/Supplied)This morning, the head coaches and captains of Cook...
Iran beat Mongolia in FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 Division B
Tehran Times
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July 15, 2025
TEHRAN – Iran’s women’s basketball team defeated Mongolia 89-55 in the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 Division B on Tuesday. Negin Rasoulipour scored 20 points for Iran and Tsatsral Bayarmaa and Khulan Onolbaatar collected 10 points for Mongolia....
ICI actively seeks external funding for key projects, says Wright-Koteka
Cook Island News
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July 1, 2025
Elizabeth Wright-Koteka. MFAI/22120248 Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) says that they have been proactive in trying to find partners to implement programmes that have been identified as priorities but not funded at an adequate level by the...
Negin Rasoulipour wants to rewrite history
Tehran Times
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July 14, 2025
TEHRAN - For Negin Rasoulipour Khameneh, the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025 is more than just another tournament. It is a chance to rewrite history. Now in her third appearance for Iran at the Women's Asia Cup, having played in 2021 and 2023,...
Now travel abroad without visa: Countries you can visit with just a passport
Asianet Newsable
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July 1, 2025
38 Image Credit : Freepik Many countries now offer visa-free travel for Indians. These include Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia, Oman, Qatar, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Bhutan, Nepal,...