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Top Stories


$55m offer for exploration
Cancer screening for MPs
Decision ‘not ours to make’
Joint effort to remove whale carcass from lagoon
Farm stench makes House
Rasmussen takes over as opposition leader
Airline subsidy blamed for blowout
Just bee happy
Tuna label design comp
Heroes idea ‘fantastic’
Produce export problems ‘not new’
Airline subsidy rises to $12.5m
Norman George for Opposition leader?
NZ pension portability off the table
McCully reaffirms support to Cooks
Parliament expected to sit for two weeks
Silveria sets example by removing graffiti
Court to hear Tepuka claim
‘Bad export deals can be avoided’

 

General News

Media explores suicide reporting
Suicide forum planners meet today
Costs of flights ‘part of the territory’
CISNOC ‘decrepit, failed, corrupt’
Govt ‘not running to big daddy’
Island Feast comes to the Cooks!
Govt accused of ‘free spending’
Air NZ subsidy not fair: George
Leader confirms ‘it will be torrid’
SPC celebrates 65th birthday
More global action against financial crimes
‘Spend money to make money’
Tribute to Dame Margaret
McCully inspects Forum Leaders venues
Govt grants $30,000 for suicide summit
Self-help training for Mangaia youth
Govt to review tourism strategy
Budget blowout detailed
Roadhouse burgled
House gutted in Turangi fire
The doctor arrives in Pukapuka
Family support group re-launched
New health clinic for Palmerston
They are just like us
Bonefisherman’s labour of love
Sharing the romance at Te Papa
Mauke farewells Teau Marae Tapu Ariki
Govt ‘not rushing out of deal’
Education master plan under review
Mangaia people air views on education
Footpath and ducts part of road works
Muso couple shoot for Fresh TV
14 prefects inducted at St Joseph’s
Rutaki prefects told to lead like captains of a vaka
Parents called to Tereora College meetings
Dead whale stuck on Aitutaki reef
Open day at animal clinic
Adventures in Mexico
Mental health versus mental illness
There is no health without mental health
Democratic leadership to be discussed
Changes to create space at market
New job for strategic planner
Pa Ariki wants govt to prioritise health
New market starts in Ngatangiia
New health clinic: a closer look
Pa floats idea of ‘coconut festival’
Island Hopper helps Are Pa Metua
Power outage possible today


Sports News

8 games of fun in the sun at touch today
Young sailors back home to polish skills
Primary school football tourney kicks off
Sports minister pleased with CISNOC progress
‘Govt cannot direct changes’
Puaikura-Titikaveka on track at T20
D-league is a knockout!
Sports minister gives credit to Blake
Big hits and runs at the Swamp and Raemaru Park
Sharks prove worth despite loss
Swim series continues in Tikioki
Big guns to pick new national team
Thriller league
Experienced heads score runaway wins
Pressure mounting in 20/20 cricket
Cookies in ‘Ethkick’ soccer tourney
Masters up the tempo in curtain raiser
Keith Lulia ready for baptism of fire
Primary school soccer kicks off
Aitutaki league president supports CIRL president
Rally call to ‘masters’ athletes
Foster reappointed as CI netball coach
Heath in line for Olympic team
Badminton going strong
Just Play soccer heads to Aitutaki
Sharks and Bears in showdown


Court News

Assault on a female ‘not acceptable’
Police accused of ‘Gestapo techniques’
Theft, receiving, forgery dealt with

 

Letters to the Editor

1-day summit not a good investment
Bring in competitor airlines
Traditional titles are ‘family formations’
Put NZ super back on the table
Wrong motive
Sand mining should be banned
Pointed questions on CISNOC accounts
Pole dancing, what’s next?
Internet issues ‘authentic’
Out with the old, in with the new
Is the ‘new way’ really necessary at Punanga Nui?
Call for progress report on super
Illusionary misconstruction


Smoke Signals

Tough times, not markets, closing stores
What’s the Air New Zealand deal?
Leadership posturing is just opportunism
When will the rot stop at CISNOC?


Kata

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Environment

Turtles tracked for protection
Guides gather to ‘save our planet’
Turtle team heads to Palmerston
Marine park target is August
Rubbish issues tackled on Mauke
Problem ‘swept under carpet’
Clean Pacific training underway


Features

New life for Vaka Te Au O Tonga
Atiu relic fetches $176,000 at auction
New hands at Muri club
‘Cookie in the Cooks’ comes to town
Taku puka tata’anga no te au ra
H Factor pays tribute to CI legend

 

Churchtalk

Get out of the junk business!
If suicide is the answer, what is the question?


 

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