カテゴリー: Cook Islands
Exclusive: Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and Nauru question whether to remain members amid bullying claimsLeaders of Micronesian countries are contemplating abandoning the Pacific Islands Forum altogether, after a fractious vote for a new s…
A global treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons becomes international law today. But the fight to rid the world of these dismal weapons continues.In 1995, thousands of people marched peacefully hand-in-hand through the Tahitian capital of Pape’ete. The pal…
Residents will be able to travel between the two countries without isolating from early next yearNew Zealand and the Cook Islands have agreed to a travel arrangement, the leaders of the two countries have announced, while Australians must wait a while …
New Zealand PM says Australia’s higher tolerance of Covid community transmission ‘problematic’As South Australia experiences a new Covid-19 outbreak, the New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has conceded there is very little chance of an operati…
Experts to travel to Cook Islands this weekend to assess travel to Covid-free country that’s heavily dependent on tourismCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand is inching closer towards establishing its first travel bub…
Optimism abounds as leaders from Fiji to Papua New Guinea welcome the new US president-electJoe Biden’s presidential ascension had not even been settled when Fiji’s forthright prime minister was already urging greater US action on climate change from t…
Displacement is growing in the Asia-Pacific region, and a new policy paper argues migration policies must be established nowAustralia should establish a new “Pacific Access” visa category that could be used by Pacific islanders forced from their homes …
Mark Brown’s multiple ministries prompt opposition to suggest PM lacks confidence in his cabinetThe Cook Islands’ new prime minister has allocated himself 17 portfolios in the country’s government.Aside from the premiership, Mark Brown is the minister …
Joseph Williams, who practised as a GP in Auckland, is praised as a ‘pioneer’ who will be greatly missed in both countriesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA former prime minister of the Cook Islands, Joseph Williams, has died…
While the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic has so far spared the Pacific, its economies are in free-fall, the region’s chief diplomat warnsBeyond the health and economic crises of Covid-19, the global pandemic has the potential to cause political instabi…
Cook Islands’ deputy prime minister says archipelago ready to accept tourists next week but Ardern says no dates have been setCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s first travel bubble could be on its way after the Co…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific Islands • Sign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for th…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsSign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of Covid-19 cases across the Pacific stands at 314, with new cases reported this…
Covid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsHere is the latest news about the Covid-19 outbreak across the Pacific, from Dan McGarry and Tess Newton Cain on Wednesday 10 June.The total number of cases of Covid-19 infection across the re…
Environmentalist Jacqueline Evans says she was dismissed from the Marae Moana for urging caution on deep-sea miningThe public champion of the world’s largest marine reserve – the Cook Islands’ Marae Moana – has said she lost her job managing it because…