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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 poll

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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

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

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 China deal

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

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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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
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Aukus ‘going against’ Pacific nuclear free treaty – Cook Islands leader

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Jubilant scenes at the end of FestPAC 2024
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FestPAC 2024: Delegates wrap up with standing ovation for Kanaky, Vanuatu...

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June 17, 2024
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (centre) during his trip to China
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China confirms ‘in-depth exchange’ with Cook Islands as New Zealand faces...

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February 14, 2025
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TVNZ's 1News and Kiribati
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Mediawatch: NZ media in the middle of Asia-Pacific diplomatic drama

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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown speaking at a media conference in Avarua after returning from China
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‘No areas of concern’, says Cook Islands PM on NZ’s China...

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February 17, 2025
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In the Eye of the Storm
Cook Islands

Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

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March 19, 2021
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New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters with Samoan Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
Cook Islands

Pacific wants open discussion on AUKUS to keep region ‘nuclear free’

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February 12, 2024
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Barbara Dreaver: Cook Islands travel bubble pressure a bid to ‘strong...

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July 15, 2020
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (centre)
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China’s whirlwind Pacific tour a slight success with several signed deals

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June 3, 2022
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Starlink has become or is becoming available around the Pacific
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Pacific nations gradually embracing Elon Musk’s Starlink

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April 9, 2024
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
Cook Islands

Cook Islands ‘not qualified’ for UN membership, says prime minister

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January 3, 2025
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Cook Islands dancers in rehearsal
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FestPAC 2024: Largest celebration of indigenous Pacific islanders kicks off

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June 6, 2024
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown
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Cook Islands crisis: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the...

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February 10, 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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Cook Islands

‘Don’t risk our lives’ over covid, warns opposition Cook Islands Democrats

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August 14, 2020
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Honouring Hisoshima Day and the International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples this month
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Brown’s ‘backflip’ over Japanese nuclear wastewater dump poses challenge for Forum

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August 16, 2024
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who is currently in Apia for the 27th Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), was bestowed with a Samoan matai title
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‘We’ll be talking about the future of negotiations’, says Rabuka on...

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October 24, 2024
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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
Cook Islands

Marshall Islands signs treaty banning nuclear weapons in the South Pacific

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March 5, 2025
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Pacific Islands Forum "troika-plus" leaders have visited Kanaky New Caledonia on a fact-finding mission
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Pacific leaders’ mission to Nouméa – Mapou says New Caledonia at...

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October 30, 2024
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Speaker Niki Rattle
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Cook Islands Speaker rules against banning political journalist

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July 2, 2020
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French Polynesia has just played host to a 15-nation 'Marara' military exercise
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French Polynesia hosts ‘Marara’ military exercise for Asia-Pacific

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June 14, 2024
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Pacific verdict on COP29
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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...

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Cook Islands

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Pacific Climate Warriors
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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
Coronavirus

Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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Sawana Village on Fiji's Vanua Balavu island was partly destroyed by Cyclone Winston in 2016
APJS newsfile

Not up for debate: Fijian journalists in the climate crisis response

Professor David Robievideo
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David Robie: Pacific lessons in climate crisis journalism and combating disinformation

USP and AUT journalism collaboration
Bearing Witness

Pacific ‘voice of the voiceless’ media in renewed post-covid struggle

Bearing Witness

Return to Rabi on the horizon for Ossies climate doco crew?

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Banabans climate change student documentary chosen for third festival

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

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The Bradbury Group features Palestinian journalist Yousef Aljamal, Middle East report...

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