RAROTONGA, 14 SEPTEMBER 2026 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) —Cost of living and housing are among the major items on the agenda for the incoming Cook Islands Party-led government in their first 100 days in office, Prime Minister Mark Brown has confirmed. Brown led the CIP to a 13-seat majority win in the 2026 general election last […]
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China a ‘good friend, but NZ is family, says Cook Islands PM Mark Brown
RAROTONGA, 22 APRIL 2026 (RNZ PACIFIC) —Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown says New Zealand is “family” while China is “a very good friend”. Brown spoke to Checkpoint on the relationship between his nation and New Zealand. The two governments recently patched up a major diplomatic fallout that resulted in New Zealand pausing nearly $30 […]
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MMR announces significant tuna fisheries funding
RAROTONGA, 08 DECEMBER 2025 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) — Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) secretary Pamela Maru joined Heads of Fisheries from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, signing the latest schedule for their share of a regional fund worth USD 60m annually, or USD 600m for the decade to 2033. […]
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Cash-strapped Cook Islands Govt asks for more money
RAROTONGA, 24 FEBRUARY 2020 (COOK ISLANDS NEWS) — The Cook Islands Government plans to ask Parliament for more money to get through the rest of the year. Finance minister Mark Brown said his officials were working on a Supplementary Budget for next month’s sitting. The additional money was mainly for the multi-million dollar Rarotonga water […]
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Cook Islands submarine fibreoptic cable going live in May
Residents of Rarotonga and Aitutaki in the Cook Islands are looking forward to faster cheaper internet this year with the Manatua One Polynesia fibreoptic cable scheduled to come online in May. In a statement the Cook Islands government said the cable was finally brought ashore in Rutaki village on Rarotonga this week after earlier attempts […]
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Cook Islands submarine fibreoptic cable going live in May
Residents of Rarotonga and Aitutaki in the Cook Islands are looking forward to faster cheaper internet this year with the Manatua One Polynesia fibreoptic cable scheduled to come online in May. In a statement the Cook Islands government said the cable was finally brought ashore in Rutaki village on Rarotonga this week after earlier attempts […]