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Articles by Losirene Lacanivalu
Te Ipukarea Society: We know little about our deepest oceans
Saturday 29 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Environment
OPINION: Without more environmental data, deep sea mining activities could cause damage that an already over-stressed ocean cannot recover from.
US satellite splash-down
Saturday 29 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Weather
It was in September 1964 that NASA launched the satellite OGO-1 into orbit to study Earth’s magnetic environment and how the planet interacts with the sun.
Bishop Tutai Pere : Open communication with God in a time of lockdown
Friday 28 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Church Talk
OPINION: Every lock is made to lock things inside – money inside a bank, a vault, security box, a till, a savings account or investment. We lock our motorbikes or vehicles so that no one gets on or in to steal or drive it away. We lock gates and doors to secure our homes, businesses, offices, store houses and private properties to prevent thieves from getting in to steal, do harm or damage.
Tim Tepaki: Christianity embedded in constitution
Friday 28 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
I refer to the letter by Samuel Greig (“I AM not amused at religious graffiti”, August 22).
Community puna is told to get out
Friday 28 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
$25,000 work to upgrade Muri clinic for local healthcare is jeopardised by eviction order.
Dengue bites in Pa Enua
Friday 28 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Health
Blood tests have been sent to New Zealand to confirm whether island faces outbreak.
Rangi Mitaera-Johnson: Eating back from the brink
Thursday 27 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Art
RECIPE: In the Cook Islands we really love our food, love it to the point where we are literally eating ourselves to death – there, I said it.
Iaveta Short: Building a Parliament fit for purpose
Thursday 27 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Cook Islands needs a smaller, less adversarial political system – not one that encourages special treatment for family and political supporters.
Jailed for stealing $60K from resort
Thursday 27 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Wedding and events manager convicted of banking money into her own accounts, but remains defiant.
Marsters gets his act together
Wednesday 26 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in League
An upcoming national rugby league star dealt with personal and family issues over the past six months that led to emotional eating and piling on weight.
Teenager jailed for aggravated robbery
Wednesday 26 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Crime
Repeat offender, who tossed a store till at the Social Centre gets hefty jail sentence.
Exciting battles loom in round three football
Wednesday 26 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Football
The round three Rarotonga football competition kicks off today with some exciting battles between the age group teams.
Protecting assets from coastal erosion
Wednesday 26 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
Coastal construction works similar to those being done in Vaima’anga are underway in Rutaki to manage coastal erosion.
Helping make children's dreams come true
Wednesday 26 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Education
A year and a half ago, former Miss Cook Islands Reihana Koteka-Wiki started planning a project. She called it her “Dream Journal” or “Te Puka Orama”.
Philip Duncan: NZ and Cook Islands open a weather- bridge
Tuesday 25 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
WEATHER: The travel bubble between New Zealand and Cook Islands hasn’t happened yet – so Mother Nature has stepped in to help, bringing balmy Cook Islands weather to New Zealand.
We are sailing
Tuesday 25 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Local
The Avarua and Avatiu harbours are setting-off points for a diaspora this week.
Hat trick highlight of 'astounding' football win to Tupapa
Monday 24 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Football
Grover Harmon took the first goal, to begin an extraordinary display of football by Tupapa this weekend.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé : Winter is coming? Winter is here
Monday 24 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: We should have planned for the future. Is it now too late?
Breast checks how-to clinics
Monday 24 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Health
Sessions starting tomorrow will coach women on how to check for breast cancers.
Moana Moeka'a: Quality not quantity
Monday 24 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, With team registrations due this week, I'm hoping that excellence -- and not just celebration -- will be the order of the day at the Cook Islands Games in October.