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Cook Islands engages in regional dialogue on social impacts of labour mobility
Cook Island News
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July 1, 2025
Cook Islands participated in the Regional Workshop on the Social Impacts of Labour Mobility, held in Apia, Samoa, last week from June 23-26. MFAI/25063025 Cook Islands, led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, participated in a...
Group A Teams Ready For OFC Women’s Nations Cup Kick-Off In Lautoka
Scoop
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Final preparations are underway for the four Group A teams ahead of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2025, with match day one set to kick off at Lautoka’s Churchill Park this Friday. (Photo/Supplied)This morning, the head coaches and captains of Cook...
Saving the Cook Islands Māori language
Cook Island News
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July 1, 2025
The top three students from the Tateni Kōrero Apii Tuātai (Primary Schools Māori Speech Competition) held yesterday at Te Are Karioi Nui (National Auditorium). Pictured from left: Ana-Nui Wichman – Apii Takitumu (3rd place), Hinamoana Olah – Apii...
Young, proud, and ‘ready to roll’: Sāmoa women pursue glory
Pacific Media Network
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Sāmoa’s national women’s team is “ready to roll” for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup, which kicks off in Fiji on Friday. With eight teams competing from 4 to 19 July, the tournament will showcase the best female football talent from the Pacific....
Cook Islands launches first-ever National Awards system: Te Tango Raumaire o Avaiki
Cook Island News
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June 30, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown. SUPPLIED. The Office of the Prime Minister is proud to announce the establishment of Te Tango Raumaire o Avaiki: The Cook Islands National Awards, an historic milestone to recognise and honour outstanding service,...
The Tree of Life: Honouring the Coconut Tree's Sacred Place in the Cook Islands Culture
Infonews NZ
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You’ve seen it in nearly every photo of our little paradise — the iconic coconut tree. It’s the unmistakable symbol of tropical life, a mark that you’ve arrived somewhere truly special. But in the Cook Islands, the coconut is more than just a...
PNG WOMEN’S NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM HEADS OFF TO FIJI
PNG Haus Bung
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July 1, 2025
The Papua New Guinea women’s national football team departed for Fiji this morning at 10am to compete in the 2025 Oceania Women’s Nations Cup, set from July 4–19. Returning as reigning champions after their 2022 title win, the team is focused and...
Cook Islands heads to Fiji with renewed hope for OFC Women’s Nations Cup
Cook Island News
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June 26, 2025
Cook Islands national women’s football team departed yesterday for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup. CIFA MEDIA/25062522 The Cook Islands national women’s football team departed yesterday for the 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup, set to kick off in...
Team Cook Islands in high spirit
Cook Island News
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June 28, 2025
The Cook Islands swim team. KIERAN CHAN/ CISNOC-25062710 The young swimming team from the Cook Islands is in Palau, filled with high spirits and ready for the 2025 Pacific Mini Games. Chef de Mission Mark Short says, “We have a very young team in...
Cook Islands unveils historic National Awards system
Cook Island News
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June 27, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown in Parliament this week. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU/25062316 Cook Islands has established its own national awards system, Te Tango Raumaire o Avaiki, to recognise outstanding service and achievement across all sectors of...
PNG women told to bring back OFC Nations Cup
The National
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THE Papua New Guinea women’s football team departs tomorrow for Fiji to defend their OFC Nations Cup title, with PNGFA president John Kapi Natto challenging them to “bring back the Cup”. Few days’ shy of their tournament opener on Friday against...
Cook Islands blocks 37 individuals with gang links at border
Cook Island News
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June 26, 2025
Thirty-seven (37) individuals have been stopped from entering the Cook Islands between June 2024 and April of this year due to their affiliations with gangs overseas. COOK ISLANDS TOURISM/25062530 Thirty-seven (37) individuals with overseas gang...
2025 Pacific Mini Games day two: Tahiti continues dominance, baseball 'field is not playable'
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
Va'a V6 women's 500m medallists: gold: Team Tahiti; silver: Team Fiji; bronze: Team Palau Photo: Palau 2025 Pacific Mini Games/Facebook All baseball competition matches at the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau in the last two days have been put on...
New Zealand citizenship ‘by right, not privilege’, says Cook Islands PM Brown
Island Times
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June 27, 2025
RAROTONGA (COOK ISLANDS NEWS)—Cook Islanders are New Zealand citizens “not by privilege, but by right”, said Prime Minister Mark Brown in response to a recent poll conducted in New Zealand on citizenship rights. The nationwide poll, commissioned...
Cook Islands Parliament passes 2025/26 Budget
Cook Island News
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June 25, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown in Parliament on June 23, 2025. LOSIRENE LACANIVALU / 25062320 The Cook Islands Parliament on Tuesday passed the 2025/26 Budget after just over a week of debate, with Parliament sitting only half-days during this period....
Pasifika Sipoti in brief for 2 July
RNZ
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July 2, 2025
Semi Radradra of Fiji is tackled by Sam Costelow of Wales during the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between Wales and Fiji at Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux on September 10, 2023 in Bordeaux, France. Photo: Adam Pretty - World Rugby/World Rugby via...
Cook Islands qualifies for 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Beach Handball
Cook Island News
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June 24, 2025
Cook Islands men’s beach handball team has officially qualified for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games, following a determined showing at the 3rd IHF Men’s Youth Beach Handball World Championship in Hammamet, Tunisia. SUPPLIED/25062303 History was made...
Kuoni: “Shipwreck” among the 20 most heavenly beaches in the world
Tornos News
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July 1, 2025
A Greek beach is among the top 20 in the world, most frequently described by travelers as “paradise”. According to a survey conducted by luxury vacation travel company Kuoni, Shipwreck Beach in Zakynthos is 8th in the global ranking of beaches...
Heath and Smith named Cook Islands flag bearers
Cook Island News
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June 25, 2025
Team Cook Islands co-flag bearer Alanna Smith, right, and Twinna Tangirere are teaming up in the national beach volleyball team for the 2025 Pacific Mini Games in Palau. 25062416 Cook Islands beach volleyball players Brendon Heath and Alanna Smith...
NZ Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll reveals nearly half of Kiwis oppose automatic citizenship for Cook Islands
RNZ
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June 24, 2025
Under the Cook Islands constitution, New Zealand cannot pass laws for the Cook Islands. Photo: Supplied / PMN A new poll by the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union-Curia shows that almost half of respondents oppose the Cook Islands having automatic New...