Articles by Supplied

CHURCH TALK: How you can be the salt of the earth

Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

Last week I queued up with many others in our community to participate in a nation-wide health survey carried out by Te Marae Ora.

Cook Islands author gets $5000 research grant

Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

Kuki Airani novelist Maria Samuela has been awarded a $5000 Research Grant out of four participants in New Zealand for her novel about young Cook Islands women migrating to New Zealand between the 1930s to 1950s.

LETTERS: Lost tourists and duty of care

Friday 2 September 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Kia orana editor, There was a recent front-page story about tourists who became disoriented and lost their way while doing the cross-island trek. In response, the Police media spokesman seemed to think that prosecution of lost tourists to recover the costs of potential rescue efforts might be a way to deter such occurrences. In fact, […]

Titikaveka and Tupapa start mid-week football fixtures

Thursday 1 September 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

Today will be the first of the football season’s senior fixtures, where Titikaveka FC and Tupapa Maraerenga FC will be taking the first lot of mid-week games.

New officers help to keep our airport safe

Wednesday 31 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

Eight new security officer graduates are working to ensure the safety of passengers and aircraft at the Rarotonga airport.

Football season kicks off tomorrow

Tuesday 30 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

The much awaited 2022 Rarotonga Football Season will be making a start tomorrow, at the CIFA Complex in Matavera.

LETTERS: ‘Rubbish not picked up’

Saturday 27 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor It is with some regret that I have turned to your newspaper in order to bring attention to selected items of rubbish not picked up on our Tuesdays rubbish collection. Local neighbours in our vicinity take the time to select and separate tins, plastic and bottles into specific containers but as the picture […]

LETTERS: Proposed medicinal cannabis plan

Saturday 27 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, What it means for individuals who require access to cannabis for medicinal purposes. This is by no means a blueprint for our medicinal cannabis plan but merely an outline or rough draft if you will, based somewhat on Canada’s plan in 2016 for medicinal cannabis before they legalised all marijuana use. Individuals with a medical […]

LETTERS: ‘Save Nukupure Park’

Friday 26 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

The other night, there was a CITV news item about the newly-elected Ngatangiia MP, Kaka Ama showing the damage to the Nukupure Park football field from the recent huge wave surges that have occurred in Ngatangiia and Titikaveka. It was very pleasing to see that the debris was being cleared with the assistance of the ICI team. Well done.

CHURCH TALK: Breaking the poverty spirit Part 3

Friday 26 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

Today we wrap up a three-part series looking at ‘Breaking the Poverty Spirit’, writes Paul Kauri, lead pastor at The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church.

Kata: Potatoe Fries

Thursday 25 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Assessing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Thursday 25 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Economy, National

The establishment of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in 2016 – and the decision by Western donors, with the notable exceptions of the US and Japan, to join it – seems somewhat remarkable from today’s vantage point.

Educational filmmakers triumph for Kuki Airani Reo

Thursday 25 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Culture, National

Community leader Mama Teremoana Maua-Hodges in Porirua, Wellington is spearheading a project called E Reo Nuku that consists of a series of ten 30-minute video resources. Mama Teremoana is the Presenter, and it is being co-produced by Taputukura Raea, aided by facilitator Samson Samasoni who is providing directorial guidance.

LETTERS: Lost in the mountains

Thursday 25 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Dear Editor, glad to read that the two persons who got lost up in the highlands did indeed get out safely the next day and without too much drama for the Police, and Search and Rescue.

Kata: Petrol

Wednesday 24 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: ‘We need competition’

Wednesday 24 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, speaking as someone who has been to the Cooks 20 plus times, including a few weeks ago, it currently costs me US$698 (about NZ$1126) to fly return Seattle to Tahiti on the new Air Tahiti Nui nonstop.

Kata: New Sport

Tuesday 23 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

OPINION: Combining disease surveillance and climate modelling to pre-empt future pandemics

Tuesday 23 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Within less than three years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared two public health emergencies of international concern: Covid-19 in February 2020 and monkeypox in July 2022. At the same time, extreme weather events are being reported continuously across the world and are expected to become more frequent and intense, writes Arindam Basu, Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Environmental Health, University of Canterbury.

LETTERS: Medicinal cannabis industry

Tuesday 23 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, in your Saturday paper it was really underwhelming to read that Chamber of Commerce chief executive Rebecca Tavioni was touting the French Polynesia top three products – fish(tuna), black pearls, and vanilla to be incorporated into the Cook Islands economy.

Kata: Weather

Monday 22 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion