Saturday 8 April 2023 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Features, Weekend
Caren Rangi, a highly qualified Cook Islander who lives in New Zealand, has just completed seven and a half years on the Board of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC) – one of the government’s most powerful agencies. She shares her journey of community service and governance with Rarotonga resident and prominent Kiwi journalist Derek Fox.
Saturday 18 March 2023 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Local, National
A woman who was a civil servant responsible for one of the worst hit areas damaged by Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle on the eastern seaboard of Aotearoa, will be the guest speaker at a special dinner at Coastal Kitchen in Tupapa, next Saturday. Derek Fox reports.
Saturday 17 December 2022 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Features, Local, National
I don’t think young Vaine Nooana spent time as a child dreaming about one day running her country’s bank. But as the eldest of a family of five, she did have a sense that her parents had expectations of her and, that in time she needed to live up to them, writes Derek Fox.
Monday 17 October 2022 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Features, New Zealand, Regional
Kiwi 471 lifted off from Rarotonga airport a bit after 8am on Friday, October 14. On board the Royal New Zealand Air Force C130 Hercules transport aircraft, were 52 passengers and crew, heading for Manihiki atoll in the northern group.
Saturday 11 June 2022 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Local, National
Over my lifetime I’ve often heard people referred to as one of a kind, an icon the like of whom we may not see again. In most cases the rhetoric hasn’t been borne out by the facts – but in Jack Cooper’s case it may just be true, writes Derek Fox.
Saturday 11 December 2021 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Features, Weekend
Movember, the programme kicked off by two Australians in 2003, whereby people focus on men’s health in the month of November – has caught on in many places around the world - including the Cook Islands.
Saturday 6 November 2021 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Features, In Depth
When I was first asked to write this, I resisted. You see like all blokes I wasn’t interested in having my internal workings and ailments publicly aired. But then I thought of my soldier friend, whose company I might still be enjoying if he’d got help earlier, writes veteran broadcaster Derek Fox.
Saturday 5 December 2020 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Features, Weekend
In 1976, a 15-year-old boy from Mauke was about to sail out into the world. Up until then Mauke was his world; he’d never been anywhere else, and for 15 years had enjoyed an idyllic island boy life.
Friday 4 December 2020 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Local, National
As the MV Taunga Nui prepares for her maiden voyage, veteran journalist Derek Fox caught up with barge captain Panapasa Vonokula and the fellow Fijian Captain Sitiveni Sese who will take over.
Wednesday 25 November 2020 | Written by Derek Fox | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The MV Taunga Nui - owned by Cook Islands General Transport - will arrive in Rarotonga on Thursday after a two-week long delivery voyage from Australia. Derek Fox writes about the vessel and its planned role to support projects in the Pa Enua.