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Finalists announced for 2025 Cook Islands Tourism Awards
Cook Island News
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August 30, 2025
Finalists have been announced for the 2025 Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards, celebrating excellence and continuous improvement within the Cook Islands tourism industry. The winners will be announced at the Awards Gala event on Saturday,...
‘Politicians die, the cartoons live on’
Cook Island News
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August 30, 2025
John A. Lent, professor emeritus at Temple University in Philadelphia, United States, is a novelist and renowned comic art scholar on a mission to document cartoonists from all around the world. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25082913 A renowned comic art...
Cook Islands to compete in ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier
Cook Island News
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August 29, 2025
Cook Islands women’s cricket team during the Bali Bash International T20 Tournament in April year. CICA/25082816 Cook Islands Cricket is thrilled to announce the national women’s team’s participation in the upcoming 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup...
Cook Islands launches its own insurance company to tackle soaring global costs
Cook Island News
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August 29, 2025
Left to right, CIIC general manager corporate services Jasmine Davis, CIIC chair Fletcher Melvin and CIIC chief executive Allan Jensen. CIIC/25082803 The Cook Islands Government has established its first-ever locally owned insurance company, the...
Tech entrepreneur shares business insights
Cook Island News
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August 30, 2025
From left, chair of Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce, Addrienne Tinirau-Hosking, Bob Shaw, co-owner of Serko, and his wife Marina. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25082810 A New Zealand tech entrepreneur shared his journey of building a global travel management...
FEATURE | What will this take? Securing and sustaining our Blue Pacific
The Fiji Times
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August 30, 2025
First of all, I pay my deepest respects to traditional owners of lands on which we are meeting. I acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander elders, chiefs – past, present and emerging. Thank you. I am deeply honoured to be invited to...
UNICEF and WHO to headline Cook Islands Health Conference
Cook Island News
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August 29, 2025
Secretary of Health Bob Williams. TMO/24040122 The Cook Islands Annual Health Conference 2025, which is to be held in Rarotonga on October 1-2, will see guest speakers from UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) and the World Health Organization...
Autism Cook Islands athletes to compete on world stage
Cook Island News
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August 29, 2025
Autism Cook Islands will represent the Cook Islands at the 2025 Virtus World Athletics Championship to be held in Brisbane in October. AHC/25082817 In a milestone for inclusive sport, three athletes from Autism Cook Islands will represent the Cook...
Cook Islands hosts successful 47th Pacific Maritime Transport Alliance conference
Cook Island News
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August 26, 2025
Cook Islands Ports Authority (the Ports) has wrapped up a successful 47th Pacific Maritime Transport Alliance (PMTA) Conference, held in Rarotonga from 18–19 August 2025. PORTS/25082505 The Cook Islands Ports Authority (the Ports) has wrapped up a...
Penrhyn proposed as Cook Islands’ commercial tuna transhipment hub
Cook Island News
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August 28, 2025
Penrhyn has been identified by the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) as a potential commercial transhipment and servicing hub for tuna in the Cook Islands. Tayla Beddoes/Cook Islands Tourism/25082714 Cook Islands is exploring the possibility of...
Pacific Islands focus: health, environmental, security and geopolitical updates
Croakey Health Media
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August 28, 2025
Calls to tackle violence against women in the Pacific region, efforts to alleviate the impacts of extreme heat, new guidelines to assist in protection of whales, and concerns about deep sea mining are among the topics covered in the latest edition...
Not your average Joe: One Cook Islander's inspiring journey to the Strongman Games
Pacific Media Network
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A proud Pacific woman is ready to represent her Cook Island roots on the world stage, after securing a coveted spot at the official Strongwoman and Strongman Games in the United States later this year. Born and raised in Manurewa, South Auckland,...
Pacific Officials Gather For 32nd SPREP Meeting
Newsline Samoa
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August 29, 2025
DCIM\101MEDIA\DJI_0768.JPG More than a hundred Pacific government officials, partners, donors and stakeholders are gathering in Apia, Samoa, next week to discuss strategic issues pertaining to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment...
Pacific Islands News Roundup – August 22 – August 28, 2025
Pacific Islands Report
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August 29, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are undergoing a web host migration process and may need to make necessary modifications to our format and frequency over the next several weeks. Thank you in advance for your understanding. Political Leadership and Regionalism,...
Iro urges NRL stars to back Cook Islands World Cup bid
Cook Island News
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August 27, 2025
KL Iro has pledged his allegiance to the Cook Islands’ bid to qualify for next year’s World Cup and urged more eligible NRL players to follow his lead. NRL.com/25082620 Sharks star KL Iro has pledged his allegiance to the Cook Islands’ bid to...
Cook Islands government invites proposals for climate adaption projects
Cook Island News
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August 26, 2025
Eileen Story. SUPPLIED/22032108 Cook Islands Government, through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM), as its accredited entity, alongside the Office of the Prime Minister and Climate Change Cook Islands, is inviting community...
World Cup games, state's 250th anniversary could mean big tourism numbers in 2026
Worcester Business Journal - Massachusetts
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Take this as either an advertisement or as a warning: next summer will be like no other. In a six-week span starting in June, Massachusetts will celebrate the 250th anniversary of July 4, 1776, host seven men's World Cup matches, and welcome...
Henry Srebrnik: Cook Islands find themselves in political storm
Telegraph-Journal
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August 27, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links TJ Comment Columnist Archipelago of 15 islands between New Zealand and Hawaii has been self-governing in free association with New Zealand since 1965 Published Aug 27, 2025 • Last updated 1 hour ago • 4 minute read One Foot...
Operation Island Chief reinforces Pacific unity against illegal fishing
Island Times
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August 29, 2025
HONIARA (FFA)—The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) has concluded Operation Island Chief 2025 (OPIC25), part of its ongoing programme of surveillance and monitoring operations to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing...
Many Pacific Islanders lack access to clean water, sanitation
Solomon Star
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August 28, 2025
A staggering number of Pacific Islanders continue to face water and sanitation challenges, according to the Communiqué issued at the conclusion of the 9th Pacific Water and Wastewater Ministerial (PWWM) Forum held in Honiara from 25–26 August...