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Cook Islands youth ready for Auckland U17 Badminton Open
Cook Island News
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September 3, 2025
Fourteen young athletes from Badminton Cook Islands are in New Zealand this week to compete in the Auckland U17 Open tournament. SUPPLIED/25090201 Fourteen young athletes from Badminton Cook Islands are in New Zealand this week to compete in the...
Cook Islands to participate in inaugural EU-Pacific Business Forum
Cook Island News
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September 3, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Tingika Elikan. MFAI/25090219 The Cook Islands Government will be represented by the Tingika Elikana, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, at the inaugural EU-Pacific Business Forum, scheduled...
Autism Cook Islands launches Te Kara Run 2025
Cook Island News
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September 5, 2025
Sponsors, friends, families and Autism Cook Islands members at the launching of Te Kara Run 2025 on Wednesday. RADIO COOK ISLANDS/25090418/25090427. Autism Cook Islands (ACI) officially launched the Air New Zealand Te Kara Run 2025 at a special...
Obese surpass undernourished youths, UNICEF warns
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . United Nations, United States 10 September, 2025, 10:56 Obesity has skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by ‘unethical’ marketing of junk food, outpacing undernourishment to become the leading form of...
Indonesia beats Fiji by 42 runs in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier
Fijivillage
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Indonesia defeated Fiji by 42 runs in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier this afternoon at Albert Park in Suva. Fiji scored 101 runs in 19.3 overs, while Indonesia posted 143 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. This is Fiji’s...
Obesity now more common than underweight in world’s youth, says UNICEF
The Sun Daily
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September 10, 2025
LONDON: Obesity has likely surpassed underweight as the more common condition among school-aged children and adolescents worldwide according to a new UNICEF report. The UN children’s agency attributed this shift to increasingly unhealthy food...
Fiji currently playing Indonesia in the ICC Women's T20 World Cup EAP Qualifier
Fijivillage
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Fiji is currently playing Indonesia in the 2025 ICC Women's T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier at Albert Park in Suva. Fiji requires 138 runs from 18.2 balls at a run rate of 7.52 runs per over. Indonesia finished its innings with 143 runs...
Obese surpass undernourished youths for first time, UN warns
Yahoo News
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Obesity has skyrocketed among children and adolescents bombarded by "unethical" marketing of junk food, outpacing undernourishment to become the leading form of malnutrition worldwide for the first time among those age five to 19, UNICEF warned...
Cook Islands’ top diplomat resigns amid diplomatic tensions with New Zealand
Cook Island News
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September 2, 2025
The outgoing Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Tepaeru Herrmann. MFAI/25090116 The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) has resigned after about a decade in the role, a surprise decision that comes...
Cook Islands women take lead in professional and service sectors
Cook Island News
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September 1, 2025
Maritime Cook Islands staff with four of the guest speakers at Women in Maritime breakfast in May this year. The Women in Maritime breakfast featured guest speakers and work professionals Tiare Alice Story, Vaine Nooana-Arioka, Mona Taio, Kiahani...
Cook Islands work with IAEA to strengthen national nuclear security framework
Cook Island News
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September 1, 2025
L-R: Foreign Secretary Tepaeru Herrmann, Director General IAEA Raphael Grossi, Prime Minister Mark Brown, Foreign Minister Tingika Elikana and MFAI Director Treaties, Multilaterals and Oceans Sandrina Thondoo during the visit to the Cook Islands...
Cook Islands children's book on deep sea nodules is about facts, says author
RNZ
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September 1, 2025
In Brief A charity founded by a deep sea mining company sponsored a children's book about polymetallic nodules, the rocks that could be mined. The book's author says she had editorial control but needed the book signed off by the charity. Merio...
Hōkūleʻa visits with Rarotonga voyaging community in the Cook Islands
Hawaii Public Radio
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September 3, 2025
Ten years after it sailed to Rarotonga during the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage, Hōkūleʻa has returned to the most populous island in the Cook Islands as part of a multi-year voyage. The double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoe and the safety...
Winning start for Fiji Women’s Cricket team
FBC News
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September 9, 2025
The Fiji women’s national cricket team started their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup East Asia Pacific Qualifier campaign with a resounding nine-wicket win over the Cook Islands. The match took place at Albert Park in Suva, with Fiji chasing down their...
How to regulate an unregulated area: the deep-sea mining challenge
The University of Rhode Island
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September 13, 2025
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. Experts are exploring...
13 women referred to New Zealand for breast cancer treatment
Cook Island News
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September 8, 2025
Nurse Tohoa Cummings, coordinator of the 2025 mammogram breast-screening programme, registering all women from Nassau, Pukapuka and Manihiki in July 2025. TEITIMOANA TAIRI/25072215 Thirteen women have been referred to New Zealand for breast cancer...
NZ pressed Cook Islands for months over China deals, documents reveal
Cook Island News
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September 2, 2025
Cook Islands Foreign Minister Tingika Elikana, left, with New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters in March 2024. Peters even asked Elikana “to share the text” of the China agreements eight months earlier in May 2024 when the pair met at a...
Fiji set to host ICC Women’s T20 WC East-Asia Pacific qualifier
The Statesman (India)
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September 8, 2025
The East-Asia Pacific region is poised for a historic moment in women’s cricket as Fiji prepares to host the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 East-Asia Pacific (EAP) Qualifier, beginning on Tuesday at Albert Park in Suva. Apart from Fiji, the Cook...
Fiji Set To Host Landmark ICC Women's T20 World Cup East-Asia Pacific Qualifier
MENAFN
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September 8, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Suva, Sep 8 (IANS) The East-Asia Pacific region is poised for a historic moment in women's cricket as Fiji prepares to host the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 East-Asia Pacific (EAP) Qualifier, beginning on Tuesday at Albert Park....
Fiji to host ICC Women’s T20 World Cup East-Asia Pacific Qualifier for the first time
The Assam Tribune
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September 8, 2025
Suva, Sep 8: The East-Asia Pacific region is poised for a historic moment in women’s cricket as Fiji prepares to host the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 East-Asia Pacific (EAP) Qualifier, beginning on Tuesday at Albert Park. Apart from Fiji, Cook...