The Globe And Mail

Over 30 visitors from Mitiaro are spending the festive season on Mauke, gathering to celebrate family, faith and community, including the 80th birthday of Mama Mii Tua.

Cook Islands News

Local student pursues priesthood to address clergy shortage ↗

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A Rarotonga mother received the best Christmas gift of all after giving birth to a baby girl on Christmas Day – three weeks before her due date.

Cook Islands News

Baby Rheymata arrives three weeks early on Christmas Day ↗

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Cook Islands has updated its customs tariff to include a duty-free threshold for one-off private imports under $750, a move welcomed by locals and customs agents for lowering costs and streamlining clearances despite potential impacts on local businesses. Losirene Dasalusalu reports.

Cook Islands News

Customs duty-free threshold jumps from $100 to $750 for private imports ↗

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Cook Islands safety and support agencies are urging families to prioritise responsibility, sobriety and mutual respect to ensure the festive season remains a peaceful time of joy rather than a period of domestic harm.

Cook Islands News

Police and support agencies call for a violence-free festive season ↗

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Kia Orana, as we come together to celebrate Christmas, I would like to acknowledge our people of the Cook Islands everywhere, here at home and across the world.

Cook Islands News

Christmas message: Celebrating our journey ↗

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Atiu families will miss out on some Christmas supplies after a domestic shipping vessel was unable to offload all its cargo, following an incident involving the barge used to transport goods from ship to shore.

Cook Islands News

Atiu shipments halted after government barge takes on water ↗

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The former principal of Tereora College is taking legal actions against the Secretary and Minister for Education, along with the Attorney General, following a controversy over her suspension and a confidential exit agreement reached last month.

Cook Islands News

Former Tereora College principal files judicial review over ‘confidential’ exit ↗

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Prime Minister Mark Brown made multiple attempts to meet with his New Zealand counterpart, Christopher Luxon, and Foreign Minister Winston Peters after official-level talks failed to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the two governments. Losirene Dasalusalu and Rashneel Kumar report.

Cook Islands News

PM Brown’s repeated pleas to New Zealand leaders revealed ↗

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