Police media and strategic advisor Trevor Pitt reported a “relatively good long weekend” with no recent numbers of drunk driving or significantly impactful road accidents. According to Pitt, most ...

New Zealand has paused millions of dollars in funding to the Cook Islands, citing a breach of trust and lack of consultation regarding the Cook Islands’ recent agreements with China. New Zealand has ...

Te Tuhi Kelly on 28/06/2025 As talk grows around “full sovereignty” and aid independence, let’s be real, this isn’t a simple path. It’s a complex journey shaped by decades of agreements like the 1980 ...

The Cook Islands joined global leaders, experts, and stakeholders at the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025) in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 2–6, under the auspices of the ...

The 2025 Rising Stars Championship finals in rugby and netball were held on Friday at Raemaru Park in Arorangi. In the Under-11 Rippa rugby boys’ competition, Avarua Red finished on top, followed by ...

Cook Islands engages with countries “who respect our sovereignty”, says Prime Minister Mark Brown, calling New Zealand’s decision to pause $18.2 million in development assistance “patronising” and ...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says the Middle East conflict was one of the discussions of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), and Pacific leaders "took note of what is happening". The ...

The 2025/26 Cook Islands National Budget, totalling $336,135,968, has been scrutinised and reviewed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which has recommended its passage in Parliament. The ...

Though the moment has passed, the impact of Tiaretaina Raera Brown’s journey to the Pacific Australian Emerging Leaders’ Summit in Canberra last November is still being felt - both in her life and in ...

Many of the Cook Islands short films emerged from the Through Our Lens programme (2018–2019), a collaboration supported by the New Zealand High Commission and delivered in partnership with UNESCO, ...

Opposition Member of Parliament Teariki Heather has raised concerns about the funding allocated to families for funeral assistance. Heather said a lot of Cook Islanders returning to the country from ...

As we mark 60 years of self-governance, we also mark a critical economic shift, from transition to transformation. Transition was our response to crisis. When COVID-19 brought global tourism to a halt ...