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Vandalised Nikao Cemetery
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Cook Islands war veterans’ graves vandalised at historic Rarotonga cemetery

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September 11, 2026
An Israeli military offensive in January 2024 damaged parts of the Deir El Belah War Cemetery
Cook Islands

Māori and Pacific soldiers’ final resting place in Gaza – don’t forget their story

Isolation hasn't been the greatest enemy for the people of Tongareva; arguably, it's engagement with the outside world that's done them more harm
Cook Islands

Minerals, military strategy draw the eye of Trump to isolated atoll and its 230 people

NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters (from left), Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and the US Deputy State Secretary, Christopher Landau
Cook Islands

US pushes critical minerals agenda in Cook Islands with Penrhyn ‘lifeline’

The Realm of New Zealand's four leaders
Cook Islands

New Zealand says its ties with its Realm countries remain strong and stable

Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown
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Mark Brown’s Cook Islands Party set to govern for historic fifth...

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August 27, 2026
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The Beachcomber Island resort off Nadi in Fiji
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Pacific ‘catastrophe’ awaits if nations not alert to deep sea eco...

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August 26, 2026
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Caretaker Prime Minister and Cook Islands Party leader Mark Brown with supporters on election night
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Stability key driver in Cook Islands Party’s election performance, says analyst

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August 21, 2026
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Cook Islands caretaker Prime Minister Mark Brown and US Ambassador Jared Novelly exchange gifts
Cook Islands

‘Teeming with life’: Cook Islands officials enthuse over NOAA deep dive

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August 20, 2026
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Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke-Browne
Cook Islands

Democratic Party pledges ‘honest review’ after preliminary election wipeout in Cook...

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August 18, 2026
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Mangaia's Agnes Armstrong
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Mangaia trio backs CIP, bringing ‘supermajority’ within reach

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August 17, 2026
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Cook Islands

Cook Islands election: preliminary results starting to come in

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August 13, 2026
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The Cook Islands Parliament
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Polling booths open in Cook Islands election

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August 13, 2026
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Cooks Islands leaders participated in a youth debate on Monday
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Cost of living, water tariffs, mining on Cook Islanders’ minds ahead...

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August 12, 2026
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Contesting the Cook Islands elections
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Two-way battle – no clear majority as Cook Islands prepares for...

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August 11, 2026
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political parties appear to have lost their "attraction, drawcard and magic touch".
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Cook Islands election: ‘The political party system is facing extinction’

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New US Ambassador Jared Novelly to NZ
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New US ambassador to New Zealand says Cook Islands a top...

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King's Representative of the Cook Islands Sir Tom Marsters
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Cook Islands set to head to the polls in six weeks...

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June 26, 2026
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Cook Islands says bulk-buying and stockpiling places pressure on supply for everyone and is not necessary
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A timeline of how the fuel crisis impacted on the Pacific

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June 25, 2026
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A protester at the Anzac Day rally in Auckland Tamaki Makaurau today
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PSNA calls on McKee to condemn Israel’s bulldozing of NZ war...

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April 25, 2026
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TVNZ 1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
Cook Islands

‘There’s volatile times ahead’ for the Pacific, warns Barbara Dreaver

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March 13, 2026
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1News Pacific correspondent Barbara Dreaver
Cook Islands

Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

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March 12, 2026
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New All Blacks head coach Dave Rennie
Cook Islands

‘I know she’d be really proud’ – NZ’s first Pasifika heritage...

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March 5, 2026
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NZ First leader Winston Peters (left) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins
Cook Islands

Labour’s Chris Hipkins accuses Winston Peters of ‘pure racism’ in Parliament

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February 19, 2026
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"Tahiti is mentioned in various email exchanges involving Epstein"
Cook Islands

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

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February 16, 2026
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French sailors hunker down in an inflatable
Cook Islands

French shrug off cocaine case costs with new smugglers ‘strategy’

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February 5, 2026
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Taiātea Symposium at Waitangi 2026
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Indigenous and Pacific leaders unite at Waitangi with shared messages on...

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February 5, 2026
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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
Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

Former broadcast minister defends NZ journalism fund, state-funded media independence

1News political editor Jessica Mutch-McKay talks to the main party leaders in last night's debate
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NZ election 2023: Exposing National leader Christopher Luxon’s Māori health falsehood...

Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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NZ’s covid-19 mandates end: GP group says some mask-wearing, self-isolation still...

The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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BEARING WITNESS

Journalist and video storyteller Cole Martin
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Journalist Cole Martin tells it ‘like it is in reality’ in...

Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
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Ignoring genocide – the bill for Australia’s silence has arrived

"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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27 years after Biak massacre in West Papua, human rights crisis...

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Fijian iTaukei leaders discuss contemporary issues, such as women's representation in Fijian society
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Fijian journalists use talanoa and tradition to find their voice

Fijian women journalists face abuse, harassment and spam online.
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Online abusers ‘shaming, silencing’ Fiji women journalists, say researchers

Islands Business general manager Samantha Magick (right)
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Islands Business: ‘Big picture’ style journalism is the future for...

QUT student journalist Maxim Bock with Fiji TV's director of news, current affairs and sports Felix Chaudhary (right)
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