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Tsunami warning issued to Russia, Pacific islands, South America on 8.7M quake
EconomyNext
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July 30, 2025
ECONOMYNEXT – A tsunami warning has been issued for Russia, Pacific Islands and South American costs after an 8.7 magnitude earquake off the East Coast of Russia. Waves as high as 3 meters could hit some coasts, the warning from the Pacific...
New fund for Cook Islands business dreams
Cook Island News
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July 9, 2025
MSME Day cake cutting celebration with New Zealand High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Catherine Graham, second from right. SUPPLIED /25070812 The MSME Day Celebration, hosted by the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce and Business Link Pacific, at...
Peters rejects claim Aotearoa funding freeze to Cook Islands is ‘patronising’
Cook Island News
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July 8, 2025
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown and New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters. Photo composite: Newsroom/25070713 New Zealand Foreign Minister Vaovasamanaia Winston Peters rejects suggestions that pausing of development funding to the...
Letter: Cook Islands superannuation returns
Cook Island News
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July 8, 2025
Dear Editor, This is a response to Ellena Tavioni (Cook Islands superannuation, July 7, 2025). Kia Orana Ellena, Thank you once again for your follow-up letter. I commend your ability to construct a house for under $30,000. Based on your...
Celebrating our people and the place we call home: 2025 People’s Choice Awards now open
Cook Island News
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July 29, 2025
Cook Islands 2024 People’s Choice Awards - Captain Tama’s Lagoon Cruises – Business category winner. COOK ISLANDS TOURISM/25072801. Cook Islands Tourism has announced that the 2025 Cook Islands People’s Choice Awards (PCA) are open for...
The Cook Islands’ Dilemma: To Mine or Not to Mine
Triple Pundit
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This article is part of our series on responsible mining solutions. The push for clean energy is fueled by a growing demand for minerals, but conventional mining has a track record of harmful social and environmental impacts. Deep-sea mining is...
Cook Islands engages in regional dialogue on social impacts of labour mobility
Cook Island News
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July 1, 2025
Cook Islands participated in the Regional Workshop on the Social Impacts of Labour Mobility, held in Apia, Samoa, last week from June 23-26. MFAI/25063025 Cook Islands, led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, participated in a...
Letter: Cook Islands superannuation
Cook Island News
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July 7, 2025
Dear Editor, We’ve just built nine small units costing less than $30,000.00 each which could house up to two people. I was being generous about the $50,000.00 cost for a little unit. Therefore, I do know what I’m talking about 100%. Depreciation,...
Ruta Mave: The reality of immigration in the Cook Islands
Cook Island News
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July 7, 2025
Ruta Tangiiau Mave. Photo: CI NEWS Immigration is the international movement of people from one country to another and is a fundamental aspect of human history, though it was as divisive hundreds of years ago as it is today, writes Ruta Mave....
Live: First tsunami currents reach parts of New Zealand after 8.8 quake off Russia
RNZ
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July 30, 2025
A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast on Wednesday triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of the most active volcano on the peninsula. The...
Thomas Wynne: Redefining Cook Islands’ nationhood
Cook Island News
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July 5, 2025
Thomas Wynne. As we edge toward August 4th and mark 60 years since the Cook Islands gained self-government in free association with New Zealand, we find ourselves again in turbulent constitutional waters, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne. Two recent...
Saving the Cook Islands Māori language
Cook Island News
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July 1, 2025
The top three students from the Tateni Kōrero Apii Tuātai (Primary Schools Māori Speech Competition) held yesterday at Te Are Karioi Nui (National Auditorium). Pictured from left: Ana-Nui Wichman – Apii Takitumu (3rd place), Hinamoana Olah – Apii...
Deep-sea mining meeting closes without resolving whether mining can start in July
Pacific News Service
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As meetings to oversee deep-sea mining on the high seas draw to a close, it remains unclear whether regulators will allow it to commence in the near future. At the 07-31 March meetings in Kingston, Jamaica, of the International Seabed Authority...
Russia earthquake and tsunami: What to do if you're going on holiday to Japan, Hawaii or other affected areas
Nine
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July 30, 2025
A tsunami has been triggered by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Russia. It has already hit parts of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. Other areas popular with Aussies are also under tsunami warnings. READ MORE: Packing dos and don'ts:...
Baltic security: Keeping an eye on the Kremlin
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 30, 2025
Russia looks to be preparing major NATO provocations, including hybrid attacks and military buildup near Nordic borders, and may test Article 5. Lithuanian soldiers stand with drones during the NATO Quadriga military exercise, in Pabrade,...
Letter: Pension, not piggy bank
Cook Island News
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July 10, 2025
Dear Editor, I think people are getting their knickers in a twist and imputing their interpretation laced with emotion and a lot of emotion and confusion around the Superannuation Fund, and that’s completely understandable. When it comes to...
From transition to transformation: Our economic journey
Cook Island News
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July 7, 2025
Financial Secretary Garth Henderson. SBMA/23011838 As we mark 60 years of self-governance, we also mark a critical economic shift, from transition to transformation. Transition was our response to crisis. When COVID-19 brought global tourism to a...
GUEST BLOG: Talk Liberation – Bank Staff Must Testify: Talk Liberation, WikiLeaks Lawyers Win Key Concession in Icelandic Court
The Daily Blog
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July 7, 2025
Represented by WikiLeaks’ Icelandic lawyers in an epic court showdown three years in the making, on June 19th independent software development house, Talk Liberation (the creators behind viral social media project Panquake) proved that justice is...
Curbing single-use plastic starts with a reboot
Global Environment Facility
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The global plastic crisis is a tale of numbers. Here are just a few: - The world produces more than 400 million tons of plastic waste each year. Of that, 11 million tons end up in the ocean, equivalent to a garbage truckload every minute. If this...
Why Flying Can Be Good For Climate Change And Local Economies
Forbes
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Young Asian woman carrying suitcase, walking by the window at airport terminal.getty Has flying become the ultimate climate sin? Air travel is often cast as a scapegoat when it comes to tourism, but the numbers may tell a different story. Only 11%...