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The Cook Islands' daily (English-language).
Penrhyn port deal puts focus on military use of infrastructure in the Pacific – law expert
Reports the NZ- and US-funded Penrhyn port upgrade in the Cook Islands, with NZ presented as a co-funding partner, and a law expert warning that such dual-use infrastructure risks drawing the Pacific into military competition.
NZ anti-nuclear veterans fulfil historic Cook Islands invitation
Cook Islands News reports warmly that 19 New Zealand veterans of the 1973 anti-nuclear deployment visited Rarotonga to present plaques and thank the Cook Islands for its support, finally taking up an invitation they missed 53 years ago. The text is truncated by a paywall.
NZ anti-nuclear veterans fulfil historic Cook Islands invitation
Cook Islands News reports warmly that 19 New Zealand veterans of the 1973 anti-nuclear deployment visited Rarotonga to present plaques and thank the Cook Islands for its support, finally taking up an invitation they missed 53 years ago. The text is truncated by a paywall.
Cook Islands and NZ renew health partnership for overseas patient referrals
The Cook Islands health ministry, Te Marae Ora, has renewed its partnership with Health New Zealand so patients can be referred to NZ for services not available in the Cook Islands. The text is truncated by a paywall.
Cook Islands joins Kiingitanga celebrations
The Cook Islands High Commission and diaspora attended the Māori King movement's annual Koroneihana in New Zealand, with the High Commissioner stressing deep historical and cultural bonds with the Kiingitanga and an enduring Cook Islands–Aotearoa relationship.
Greenpeace Aotearoa slams US-NZ Penrhyn Port deal as ‘resource grabbing’
Cook Islands News reports Greenpeace Aotearoa's fierce condemnation of the US-NZ co-funded Penrhyn port upgrade as colonialism and a front for US deep-sea mining, with NZ cast as complicit. Peters and Luxon's defences are included, but Greenpeace's voice dominates.
Cook Islands lands $101 million US-NZ funding commitment for Penrhyn Port upgrade
The Cook Islands has secured a joint US-NZ pledge of over $100 million to upgrade Penrhyn's port. New Zealand is portrayed as a co-funder (NZ$17.5m) and the project implementer, and Peters is quoted praising the partnership.