Tag: Cook Islands News
Newshub closures: creating waves of change across the Pacific
By Alana Musselle of Te Waha Nui
Cook Islands News, the national newspaper for the Cook Islands, is one of many Pacific news media agencies...
Pacific Islands Forum chair ‘reassured’ over AUKUS nuclear submarine deal
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum chairman has been assured by the United States that the AUKUS agreement will honour the Treaty of Rarotonga after...
Mark Brown confirmed as Cook Islands PM with slim grip
RNZ Pacific
The Queen's Representative in the Cook Islands, Sir Tom Marsters, has confirmed Mark Brown as the Prime Minister.
In a statement issued from Mark...
Ruling party in Cook Islands closer to power after gaining 2...
RNZ Pacific
The Cook Islands Party has gained two more seats following the final count of the general election, edging it closer to power.
The party,...
Marjorie Tua’inekore Crocombe – An exceptional Pacific life
By Rod Dixon in the Cook Islands News
Marjorie and Ron Crocombe lived up to exacting standards in their personal and professional lives and their...
Cook Islands News appoints new editor and senior editorial team
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Cook Islands News has appointed senior journalist Rashneel Kumar to lead the paper through a challenging time for the country and...
Cook Islands Speaker rules against banning political journalist
By Katrina Tanirau of the Cook islands News
Parliament’s Speaker Niki Rattle has ruled against banning Cook Islands News political editor Rashneel Kumar from reporting...
Cook Islands MPs seek to ban political editor for story on...
By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
Cook Islands Members of Parliament want to ban a journalist from Parliament for what they claim...
Cook Islands News on journalist ban bid: MPs are all in...
EDITORIAL: By Jonathan Milne, editor, Cook Islands News
For the past few months, our Cook islands Parliamentarians have said repeatedly, “we’re all in this together”....
Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The Cook Islands censor has backtracked on its initial decision to ban Rocketman.
Instead, the Cook Islands Internal Affairs has followed the...
Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the...
Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a...
Cook Islands media call on ministers to ‘front up’ over issues
By Florence Syme-Buchanan in Avarua, Rarotonga
One of the Cook Islands' top broadcasters and newspapers want government heads of ministries and ministers to be more...
