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Mana Tiaki: Our heritage, our stand, our future
Cook Island News
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August 16, 2025
Mirella and Katoa of Arataki Organic Tours, an example of successful eco-tourism and regenerative agriculture. (Photo used with permission)/25081511 The Cook Islands’ recent agreements with China and the United States to conduct deep-sea mining...
Paving the way for young Pacific athletes
Cook Island News
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August 14, 2025
Cook Islander Sharne Pupuke-Robati against the Australia Opals. Photo/Jeremy Ward/Photosport/25081348 Despite the financial hurdles faced by many Pacific families in New Zealand, the 25-year-old Cook Islanders rise in basketball showcases the...
FBI upgrade enmeshes New Zealand in anti-China war plans
Friends of Socialist China
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August 18, 2025
In the following article, which was originally published on Consortium News, Mick Hall analyses how the recent visit to New Zealand by Kash Patel, Donald Trump’s far-right Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he announced a...
Japan-funded inter-island vessel to arrive in early 2026
Cook Island News
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August 15, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Brown and Makoto Osawa, Ambassador of Japan to the Cook Islands, holding a picture of a shipping vessel funded by Japan and scheduled to arrive in the Cook Islands in early 2026. OPM/25081415 Prime Minister Mark Brown met with...
Foxtel boosts rugby league offering with Ashes rights
Sportcal
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August 18, 2025
Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV operator owned by sports OTT service DAZN, will air the upcoming men’s Rugby League Ashes, with the international series between Australia and England returning after a 22-year absence. Under the rights deal, Foxtel...
Finland charges oil tanker captain over undersea cables sabotage
Nautical Voice
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August 13, 2025
Finland’s national prosecutor’s office announced on Monday that it has charged the captain and first and second officers of the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S. The charges stem from the alleged cutting of undersea cables in the Gulf of...
ACT + Northland’s crime wave + Newtown’s crime wave + FBI – It’s all connected man
The Daily Blog
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August 17, 2025
Right, this is occurring… 90 extra police officers sent to Northland amid surge in violent crime …because ACT legalised Pseudoephedrine which allowed local gangs who didn’t have the overseas contacts to ship meth in to cook it themselves and it is...
Breakfast briefing: Rarotonga cooks up huge undersea mining deals
interest.co.nz
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Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news in search of short-term riches, the Cook Islands is establishing itself as a haven base for deep sea mining, it be used by both great powers. But first,...
Finland charges oil tanker captain over undersea cables sabotage
The Santa Clarita Valley Signal - California
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August 12, 2025
By Owen Evans Contributing Writer Finland’s national prosecutor’s office said on Monday it had brought charges against the captain and first and second officers of the Cook Islands-registered Eagle S oil tanker over the cutting of undersea cables...
New Zealand and Australian leaders discuss stronger military ties against China
World Socialist Web Site
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August 15, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon [Photo: AP/Jason Edwards, Finnish Government]Australia’s Labor Party Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with New Zealand’s right-wing National Party Prime Minister...
Fisherman shares 'yummy' recipe using highly destructive fish: 'My mouth is just watering'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 16, 2025
"When you see it on the reef, it's always important to take it out." by Jamie SpekaAugust 16, 2025 A phenomenal fisher shared how to catch and eat the most invasive fish in Hawaiʻi, the blacktail snapper. The fish was introduced to Hawaiʻi in the...
FEATURE | Jackson Mar – The 2012 pensioners’ bati and a true son of Fiji
The Fiji Times
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August 15, 2025
THE late Jackson Mar was a remarkable citizen of Fiji, contributing in so many ways and arenas to making Fiji a better place, while inspiring others. While Jackson had no formal academic qualifications, he understood more real accounting...
Finland charges oil tanker crew over Baltic undersea cable damage
NHK
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Finland's prosecutors have filed charges against the captain and two officers of an oil tanker suspected of damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea last December. They say the Cook Islands-flagged tanker cut five cables by dragging its anchor...
Nina Agdal Channels Vintage Vibes for Italian Wedding With Logan Paul
Sports Illustrated - New York
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August 16, 2025
Nina Agdal is officially a married lady! According to PEOPLE, the model wed her fiancé, PRIME brand founder and YouTube star Logan Paul, on Friday, Aug. 15, in a beautiful ceremony in Lake Como, Italy. The couple, who share a 10-month-old...
Finland charges captain, two officers of Russia-linked oil tanker that damaged undersea cables
The Globe and Mail
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August 11, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:FILE - The Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S is anchored near the Kilpilahti port in Porvoo on the Gulf of Finland, Dec. 30, 2024. (Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva via AP, File)Jussi Nukari/The Associated Press Finnish...
Finland charges ship captain over Baltic cable sabotage
EurActiv
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August 11, 2025
The captain and first and second officers of the Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S are alleged to have dragged the ship's anchor on the seabed for around 90 kilometres, damaging five undersea cables in the Gulf of Finland.They have been...
Deep-sea mining is unregulated. Some want to forge ahead anyway
WRVO - New York
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August 11, 2025
The Trump administration announced this past week that it has entered talks with the Cook Islands to research and develop seabed mineral resources. The Polynesian archipelago is one of only a handful of countries worldwide that has begun...
Council-backed venue brings Pacific-led theatre to Auckland stage
Te Ao Maori News
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August 16, 2025
Auckland Council is bringing Pacific-led theatre to the heart of the city by funding the venue for Tafatolu, a new 50-minute play blending Sāmoan mythology, live music, and physical theatre. The production has not received direct council funding,...
MFEM’s role in managing new shipping vessels questioned
Cook Island News
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August 12, 2025
Dear Editor, I write to raise serious concerns about the Government’s decision to place the management of two newly acquired shipping vessels – one from Japan and one from China – under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM)....
The International Seabed Authority’s war with itself
Grist Magazine
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August 15, 2025
For the last three decades, the United Nations’ agency called the International Seabed Authority, or ISA, has been working in relative obscurity on negotiating the regulations that will govern a field of enterprise that remains purely speculative:...