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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
Rugby League aims to boost the number of officials for next season
Cook Island News
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June 30, 2025
Taua Benioni with Cook Islands rugby league referee and former sprinter Patricia Taea, who is also the Cook Islands Rugby League Referees Association vice president, with Auckland rugby league trainer Willie Toelau. SUPPLIED/ 25062704 With 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,...
2025 Pacific Mini Games: flag bearers journey
Cook Island News
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June 30, 2025
The 2025 Pacific Mini Games opening ceremony in Palau, which took place on Saturday (Cook Islands time), featured Alanna Smith and Brendon Heath, team Cook Islands flag bearers, alongside the aquatics team, Talissa Koteka, who is competing as an...
Salary increase for ICI engineers
Cook Island News
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June 30, 2025
ICI workers at the Tupapa backroad carrying out some maintenance work last week. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU / 25062907 With the 2025-2026 financial year now in effect with a new pay structure; Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) will see an increase in...
France has agreed to create a new 'state' near Australia. What does it mean?
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 14, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron hailed it a historic "new chapter" for New Caledonia, bringing a peaceful end to devastating turmoil that has rocked the Pacific territory. Leaders from New Caledonia, one of Australia's closest neighbours, emerged...
Hausia-Haugen’s Last-Minute Heroics Fire Tonga To Victory
Pacific Scoop
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July 13, 2025
Press Release – Oceania Football Confederation A dramatic 90th-minute strike from Leila Hausia-Haugen sealed Tongas first win of the OFC Womens Nations Cup 2025. With both teams chasing a positive end to their campaigns, it was Tonga who struck at...
Mataiea stop offers profound reconnection with ʻohana, place for Hōkūleʻa, Hikianalia crews
Big Island Now - Hawaii
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July 13, 2025
Photo Courtesy: Danee Hazama Crews of traditional voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia resumed their journey through French Polynesia this week, beginning with a meaningful and emotional 4-day stop in Mataiea, Tahiti. The double-hulled waʻa...
Vaka Puaikura welcomes first-time performers for Te Maeva Nui 2025
Cook Island News
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July 12, 2025
Choir group finding the perfect melody to follow to blend in with the boys and the rest of the girls. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25071005 Fifteen-year-old Maraea Wichman is one of the youngest dancers at team Arorangi’s Vaka Puaikura, marking her first year...
Celebrating 130 years of faith and education
Cook Island News
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July 12, 2025
Provincial Leader of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, Sister Allison Macalister (left), former principal of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, is visiting Rarotonga for the school’s 130th anniversary celebrations next week. She is pictured...
Thomas Wynne: Voices from the taro patch
Cook Island News
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July 12, 2025
Thomas Wynne. As a columnist, my inbox and Facebook Messenger are often full of people expressing their thoughts, disagreements, agreements, or sharing other ideas, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne. As we celebrate 60 years as a nation in the coming...
Fearless Avatiu at Raro round 1 football season
Cook Island News
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July 12, 2025
Avatiu FC and Puaikura FC Premier Men’s in Round 7 last season. CIFA MEDIA/25071115 Avatiu will field a young and fearless side, full of promising talent from their U18 team at today’s round one of the 2025 Rarotonga Football Season as they face...
Australia Obstructed Probe Into Deadly ‘Rainbow Warrior’ Bombing
Consortium News
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July 10, 2025
Forty years later, David Robie, the only journalist on board the Greenpeace ship in the weeks leading up to its bombing on July 10, 1985, looks back on this act of French state terrorism in a New Zealand port. The Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior...
The Biggest Misconception About the Philippines’ South China Sea Case Against China
The Diplomat
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July 12, 2025
On the ninth anniversary of the Philippines’ historic legal victory over China regarding their maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) it is disheartening after so many years that think tank analysts, academics and...
Making a splash for a good cause
Cook Island News
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July 12, 2025
The splashy event aimed to raise funds for the school’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) playground, with participants leaping off the wharf in pursuit of the biggest splash or most entertaining jump. MELINA ETCHES/ 25071127 Apii Nikao dived into...