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The Oceania Under 17 Women's Football Championships gets underway in Cook Islands this afternoon, with eight teams hoping to earn qualification to the World Cup in Jordan later this year.

A special weather bulletin has been issued for the Northern Cook Islands on tropical depression T-D-0-8-F.

A stoush is brewing between Wellington City Council and the local district health board over who will provide hospitals with emergency water.

More public consultation will likely be needed on the issue of compulsory motorcycle helmets once it is put before cabinet, the Cook Islands Internal Affairs Minister says.

Cook Islands authorities insist a main swimming area off Rarotonga is safe for swimmers despite a growing bloom of algae.

New Caledonia has lifted its cyclone warning for the country as Cyclone Ula weakens on its southward track.

Two injured visitors to New Zealand were rescued in seperate incidents after setting over emergency beacons that were picked up on the other side of the world.

The Cook Islands is set to lose millions of dollars in fisheries revenue following the barring of United States tuna vessels from much of the Pacific.

Leaked emails suggest the Cook Islands ministry of marine resources is planning a spending spree in an attempt to woo support from fishermen for a purse seining agreement with the European Union.

Cook Islands opposition MPs have accused the prime minister of misleading the world over comments he made at an international summit.

Severe gusts over 140 kilometres per hour have been recorded in Wellington delaying dozens of flights as bad weather continues to lash parts of the country.

Ten years after tuatara were released for the first time on mainland New Zealand in more than 200 years, researchers have gone bush to find out how they are faring. Audio

The Pacific Islands Forum has accepted an invitation from Vanuatu to send an observer group to the snap elections on the 22nd of this month.

A former MP in Vanuatu says he should have been cleared to contest this month's snap election, accusing the Electoral Office of poor screening processes.

The former Cook Islands Financial Secretary has been questioned by police about government spending during the last financial year.

Tropical cyclone Ula is passing near the northern island of Vava'u as the government has declared a state of emergency.

The Fiji Meteorological Service says Tropical Cyclone Ula is not expected to intensify at this stage.

A tropical depression near Samoa could develop into a category one cyclone, the Fiji Met Service says.

Large areas of the North Island's coast are off-limits for shellfish gathering, with high levels of the toxin that causes paralytic shellfish poisoning found.

Disaster authorities in the Cook Islands are calling for more powers to allow them to communicate directly with government ministries during disasters.

Cook Island leaders have missed the opportunity to officially put the call for compulsory motorcycle helmets back on the table in Parliament.

The murky green algae blanketing the floor of a major tourist attraction in the Cooks Islands is set to stay put over the Christmas period.

The Cook Islands Ministry of Marine Resources has been given a slap on the wrist for awarding a computer contract to a company whose director was working as the government department's IT manager.