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Cook Islands News on journalist ban bid: MPs are all in this together

June 24, 2020

But their unanimous vote was not to introduce a new weapon in the fight against covid-19; it was to condemn Cook Islands News for its reporting on MPs’ travel allowances. They went further and asked Speaker Niki Rattle to require that Cook Islands News journalist Rashneel Kumar withdraw from reporting Parliament for an (as yet ... <a title="Cook Islands News on journalist ban bid: MPs are all in this together" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/24/cook-islands-news-on-journalist-ban-bid-mps-are-all-in-this-together/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands News on journalist ban bid: MPs are all in this together">Read more</a>

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Virus tourism collapse threatens many in Pacific with poverty

April 28, 2020

PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch The collapse of tourism across the world in the face of the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic could plunge thousands of people into poverty in the Pacific, predicts a new International Labour Organisation report. Thousands of jobs in countries like Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are ... <a title="Virus tourism collapse threatens many in Pacific with poverty" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/04/28/virus-tourism-collapse-threatens-many-in-pacific-with-poverty/" aria-label="Read more about Virus tourism collapse threatens many in Pacific with poverty">Read more</a>

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Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban

June 24, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The Cook Islands censor has backtracked on its initial decision to ban Rocketman. Instead, the Cook Islands Internal Affairs has followed the New Zealand censor’s classification and rated the film R18, reports Cook Islands News. The censor announced the ban last week, after Samoa banned screenings of the film due to ... <a title="Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/24/cook-islands-backtracks-on-rocketman-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands backtracks on Rocketman ban">Read more</a>

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Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban

June 18, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A prominent Cook Islands lawyer intends to take a court challenge against the censor’s impending ban of the film Rocketman, reports the Cook Islands News. Lawyer Heinz Matysik announced he would challenge the ban, if it proceeded. “If the chief censor wants to roll this way, I will bring a full legal ... <a title="Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/18/outrage-opposition-to-cook-islands-rocketman-ban/" aria-label="Read more about Outrage, opposition to Cook Islands Rocketman ban">Read more</a>

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Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman

June 17, 2019

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk The movie Rocketman is likely to be banned in the Cook Islands, despite having already been in the cinema for a week, reports the Cook Islands News. The film, a biography of English pop singer Elton John, was banned in Samoa last week due to its graphic depiction of gay sex. ... <a title="Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/06/17/cook-islands-to-follow-samoa-and-ban-rocketman/" aria-label="Read more about Cook Islands to follow Samoa and ban Rocketman">Read more</a>