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‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage All Blacks coach

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NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins
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Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

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‘The girl from Tahiti’ – Pacific Islands in the Epstein files

French sailors hunker down in an inflatable
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French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026
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Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on ocean conservation

The Cook Islands Maritime Authority says the Bertha is deceptively continuing to use Cook Islands Identifiers
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Sanctioned oil tanker falsely using Cook Islands flag, authority says

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Cook Island activists peacefully confront the Nautilus at Rarotonga port last month, holding banners proclaiming "Don’t Mine The Moana"
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Growing local opposition to seabed mining decision has forced Cook Islands...

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Cook Islands activists confront the EV Nautilus on its return to Rarotonga
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Not enough known about seafloor to begin mining, says Cook Is...

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Cook Island activists peacefully confront the Nautilus
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Pacific protesters against deep sea mining challenge US exploration ship

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October 22, 2025
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Prime Minister Mark Brown says the New Zealand-Cook Islands relationship is too strong
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Mark Brown rejects talk of ‘strategic shift’ in Cook Islands-New Zealand...

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August 6, 2025
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NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters with Minister for Pacific Peoples Shane Reti celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Cook Islands constitution in Tāmaki Makaurau
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‘Right to choose’ key to Cook Islands-NZ relationship, says Peters

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The streets of Avarua came alive with colour and culture to kick off the Te Maeva Nui 2025 celebrations
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‘People have stopped using it’: Culture secretary warns of complacency over...

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August 4, 2025
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Porirua Cemetery manager Daniel Chrisp speaks at the Family Forum beside the chapel, as Mayor Anita Baker and whānau gather to honour 1800 patients buried in unmarked graves
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Pacific leaders demand respectful involvement in memorial for unmarked graves

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July 21, 2025
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The Cook Islands' outer islands, or Pa Enua, are emptying as people make the pilgrimage to Rarotonga for constitution celebrations
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Cook Islanders flock from outer islands for 60th anniversary celebrations

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July 21, 2025
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Cook Islands will mark 60 years of self-governance in free association with New Zealand on August 4
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Luxon and Peters to miss Cook Islands’ 60th Constitution Day celebrations

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July 15, 2025
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Under the Cook Islands constitution, New Zealand cannot pass laws for the Cook Islands
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Nearly half of Kiwis oppose automatic citizenship for Cook Islands, says...

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A Cook Islands resident, Jackie Tuara,
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Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark blames Cook Islands for crisis

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June 21, 2025
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
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Mark Brown: Cook Islands ‘not consulted’ on NZ-China agreements

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June 20, 2025
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (left) and NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters
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Why New Zealand has paused funding to the Cook Islands over...

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June 19, 2025
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Mele Ikiua with four of her five children: Eunique Ikiua (from left), Kaira-Jo Talagi-Ikiua, Topui Jnr Talagi-Ikiua, Mele, and Hannah Edwards-Ikiua
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Pasifika recipients say King’s Birthday honours not just theirs alone

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June 2, 2025
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The Cook Islands has declared an outbreak of the viral infection dengue fever
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Pacific dengue cases surge but don’t cancel your holiday yet, says...

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May 25, 2025
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Former Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General Henry Puna
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Environmentalists question Henry Puna’s role in deep sea mining firm

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May 19, 2025
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Hundreds of people peacefully rallied at sea to protect the ocean from seabed activities in August 2024
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Cook Islands environment group calls on govt to condemn Trump’s seabed...

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May 6, 2025
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Greenpeace International activists display a banner in front of the Maersk Launcher
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Trump signs ‘deeply dangerous’ order to fast-track deep sea mining

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April 25, 2025
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Pacific flags . . . advancing advance discussions on the the Blue Pacific
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Pacific Islands Forum leaders advance discussions on regional reforms

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March 28, 2025
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Cook Islands Christian Movement interim secretary William Framhein believes that the country should be declared a "Christian nation"
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Churches push for Cook Islands to be declared a Christian nation...

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March 6, 2025
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The historic signing of the nuclear-free pact, also known as the Treaty of Rarotonga, took place in Majuro during the observance of the Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day on 3 March 2025
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Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

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March 5, 2025
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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"I am worried about the implications of any law that bans a chant by exiled people"
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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USP and AUT journalism collaboration
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