Articles by Supplied

Fiji’s 2022 General Election gets underway as voters turn up in numbers

Tuesday 13 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Fiji, Regional

Scores of people along the Nasinu-Suva corridor in the Central Division lined the premises of their designated polling stations as early as 6am today to cast their votes in the Fiji 2022 General Election.

LETTER: UN Membership bid: NZ behaving ‘like a coloniser’

Tuesday 13 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, If the Cooks wanted to become a sovereign nation, it needed its own citizenship. Cook Islanders would remain New Zealand citizens but “if they want to change it, they can”. Then Prime Minister Helen Clark said in June 2001. “If they want to exert full independence, New Zealand will not stand in their way.”

Cook Islands hosts U.S Diplomatic Envoy

Tuesday 13 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in National, Politics, Regional

United States (U.S.) Diplomatic Envoy to New Zealand Thomas Udall arrived in Rarotonga yesterday afternoon for three days of meetings with Cook Islands Government representatives, including Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) Mark Brown and Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Tepaeru Herrmann.

Kata: Cook Islands law

Monday 12 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: Private security

Monday 12 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

PR recipients join in ceremony on Rarotonga

Monday 12 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

Fourteen remaining recipients of permanent residency (PR) have be awarded their PR certificates during a ceremony to be held at the VIP lounge of the Rarotonga International Airport.

LETTER: Have we earned our NZ citizenship, or not?

Monday 12 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

If the Cooks wanted to become a sovereign nation, it needed its own citizenship. Cook Islanders would remain New Zealand citizens but "if they want to change it, they can." Then Prime Minister Helen Clark said in June 2001 "If they want to exert full independence, New Zealand will not stand in their way."

Tupapa too good against Titikaveka in Premier Men’s Football semi finals

Monday 12 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

It was a busy weekend of football at the Cook Islands Football Association grounds on Saturday.

Conservation successes in the Cook Islands

Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Environment, Local, National

The delightful little kākerōri, or Rarotonga flycatcher, has been brought back from the brink of extinction in a Cook Islands conservation success story.

Expo offers Antarctic experience to islanders

Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Education, National, Outer Islands

Being able to step from the sweltering sandy climate of the Cook Islands into the freezing environs of the Antarctic will be a novelty for the community of Aitutaki.

Former Tereora College students reunite, reminisce

Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Local, National

Tereora College students from the 1950s and 1960s reconnected with one another sharing an evening of laughter, songs and nostalgia, indulging in enjoyable recollections of their past at the country’s national college.

LETTER TO EDITOR: Homosexual Law reform remains in limbo

Friday 9 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

‘Science shows us that people are born LGBTQ+’

Battle of the fittest

Thursday 8 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

The fiercely contested Rarotonga Football competition Knockout Cup semi-finals will get underway this afternoon at CIFA Complex in Matavera.

PET TALK: We want to serve the Pa Enua

Wednesday 7 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

Te Are Manu is the only vet clinic in the Cook Islands. And we want to serve the community of the Cook Islands, not just Rarotonga. We hope to be able to visit as many of the Pa Enua as we are able at regular intervals, writes Te Are Manu Veterinary Clinic services vet Dr Michael Baer.

Cook Islander researching research and uplifting ‘the homies’

Tuesday 6 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Education, Features, National

Pacific health research generally leads with the best of intentions, but does it actually have an impact? University of Otago Research fellow Dr Troy Ruhe (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Mauke) will spend the next four years finding out.

Historic Tuna management procedure adopted

Tuesday 6 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Business, Economy, Environment, National

A management procedure was adopted at the 19th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in Da Nang, Vietnam over the weekend but one NGO says it’s “disheartening” the agreement is non-binding.

‘Vicious and uncivilised’ marijuana laws

Tuesday 6 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Did you know that under the Ministry of Health Act 2013 that marijuana fits the description of a medicine? In the Act it reads in part that, “Medicine means any substance whether of animal, plant or synthetic origin which is used internally or externally for alleviating disease”.

Being prepared for future emergencies: Govt supports refurbishment of community halls

Tuesday 6 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

Cook Islands Government is scoping and partly funding refurbishment of community halls on Rarotonga so when there is a cyclone or emergency, there will be suitable centres or facilities available to accommodate the wider community.

Lawmakers – Hypocrites or pearly white?

Monday 5 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, This writer sat in the High Court, Criminal Division, on Friday and watched two sentences handed down from the 2021 Police operation on Aitutaki – the operation that brought an end to the international, million dollar drug cartel carried out by the young criminals of that island. I would have sat through more of the sentencing, but it was just too painful seeing young lives destroyed.

Big win earns Avatiu semis spot

Monday 5 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

Takitumu Field had supporters stunned after Avatiu trampled hosts Matavera in the premier men’s knockout battle on Saturday setting themselves up for an epic semi-final next week.