A question of theft and fraud has been answered in ongoing deliberations involving dishonesty charges against recently reinstated Deputy Prime Minister Robert Tapaitau, former National Environment Service (NES) director Nga Puna, and his wife and former Secretary of Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI), Diane Charlie-Puna.
Robert Tapaitau has been reinstated as Deputy Prime Minister for the second time after suspension amid criminal charges, but a leader of an Opposition party says the reinstatement is ‘unfair’.
A question of theft and fraud still remains among delays hampering the outcome of a high-profile corruption trial involving a suspended Deputy Prime Minister and two former senior public servants.
It's the Rugby World Cup opener that's too close to call - with the All Blacks slight favourites among local bookmakers but France given a small edge overseas.