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  •   Home > News > Politics

    New Zealanders are being reminded Rarotonga is part of our realm

    New Zealanders are being reminded Rarotonga is part of our realm


    The Cook Islands have run up a bill of more than 50-million dollars, on a business wage subsidy.

    Its Prime Minister's now says the Island nation may need New Zealand to fork out some funding.

    About 70 per cent of the Cook Islands' GDP comes from tourism...

    Council for International Development's Josie Pagani says we should do something.

    She says there's never been a crisis - and Covid-19 is no exception - where the poor come out better off.

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    Entertainment:
    Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been ordered to appear before the US Congress to give evidence about his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein 18:42

    Law and Order:
    A woman pinged for excessive kissing on an Air New Zealand flight's been sent to prison 18:37

    Politics:
    Trump signs bill to end longest government shutdown in US history 18:27

    Law and Order:
    The Police Commissioner's instructed specialist investigators to see whether the McSkimming scandal amounts to a perversion of justice 18:17

    Entertainment:
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    Law and Order:
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    Entertainment:
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    Technology:
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