Cook Islands Māori in decline as English language dominates in NZ
Cook Islanders' knowledge of their native tongue is waning.
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Cook Islands close border to all incoming flights due to New Zealand's Covid-19 outbreak
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Kia orana! Museum lights up for Cook Islands Language Week
The Auckland War Memorial Museum has a colourful welcome for the week.
Jet Raro swoops on old Virgin route, despite no Cooks air bridge
Although the air bridge is nowhere to be seen, the Cook Islands may gain an airline.
Customs busts family-based tobacco smuggling ring
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Pacific preschools 'set back 30 years'
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Grant ends war vet's NZ 'jail sentences'
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Time to change rules
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Record numbers of NZ gay, bisexual men diagnosed with HIV
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