Articles by Supplied

Time to rethink tourism

Friday 8 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, there has never been a National Sustainability Plan to mitigate mass tourism negative outcomes, (focus is only on positive gains) that affect and impacts our environment, culture, socio- economic and way of life.

Bank launches annual Christmas Giving Tree initiative

Friday 8 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

An annual initiative to deliver presents around the Cook Islands over Christmas was launched late last month.

LETTER: ‘We’re still living in the past’

Thursday 7 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Kia orana e te ititangata kuki airani. No te mea e ko teia taku tataanga mua kia kotou, te aravei nei au ia tatou, i roto i te aroa o te Atua. Manea tikae te Ra o te Ui Ariki ta matou i akaepaepa i Nukuroa nei i te ra tai o Tiurai. Kua tae mai oki te Kaumaiti Nui, koia a Tou Ariki pera katoa, a Tiatava Tiki Tetava Ariki ki Nukuroa nei. Kua maeva e kua mataora te Ra o te Ui Ariki.

Women’s team off to Oceania Football Nations Cup

Thursday 7 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

Players from Tupapa Maraerenga FC dominate the 20-member national women’s squad heading to Fiji for the 2022 OFC Women’s Nations Cup.

LETTERS: Air NZ pricing ‘atrocious’

Wednesday 6 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Dear Editor, the airfares currently being charged by Air New Zealand in early January are atrocious for the distance travelled and Air NZ must be taken to task. Perhaps via the NZ government.

CIFA completes ‘successful’ coaches’ course

Wednesday 6 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

Fourteen participants from clubs in Rarotonga and three from the Pa Enua attended the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) OFC Senior C License Coaching course which came to an end over the weekend on July 2.

PET TALK: End of life care for pets

Wednesday 6 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Pet Talk

Your old friend is lying on a blanket on the verandah unable to control her bladder or bowels, unable to stand, unable to move out of her own mess.

Kata: Bats

Tuesday 5 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Vetiver developments in the Cook Islands gains momentum

Tuesday 5 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Environment, National

Cook Islands has been featured by The Vetiver Network International (TVNI) as a case study Small Island Developing State in a review of Vetiver System applications.

Writer’s first book balances realness and representation

Tuesday 5 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

Cook Islander Maria Samuela has been writing stories for children since the 1990’s. This year, her first book for older readers, Beats of the Pa’u, was published by leading New Zealand publisher, Te Herenga Waka University Press. By Simone Kaho of Tagata Pasifika.

LETTERS: 'Respect must be earned'

Tuesday 5 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, we should still respect our arikis but I am just amazed at how we humans seem to be more concerned about our own laws than God’s.

Natura Kuki Airani chair attending regional workshop

Tuesday 5 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

This week, Natura Kuki Airani chair Io Vakapora is attending the Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community (POETCom) Regional Workshop in Nadi, Fiji.

From reluctant coach to inspiring leader

Monday 4 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Rugby Union, Sports

The funny thing is Aaron Mauger never considered himself the right man to lead Moana Pasifika on their version of Mission Impossible.

George Crummer: Picturing the Cook Islands

Monday 4 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries George Crummer built up a business taking pictures of Cook Islanders and general scene photographs in Rarotonga, Aitutaki, and Mangaia.

Capturing the Cook Islands in two different centuries

Monday 4 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Weekend

A celebration of community offering glimpses into lives lived in the Cook Islands over 100 years ago, feature in a new photography exhibition.

Kata: Future leaders

Monday 4 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Pasifika communities shattered at NRL’s axing of mid-season representative round

Monday 4 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Rugby league, Sports

The Pacific Islander community feel let down by the NRL’s decision to scrap the mid-season round of international matches, saying it was their time to shine and represent their cultural heritage.

LETTERS: Sparking a challenging Kuki's team

Monday 4 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, we need to sell the vision to those Cook Islanders playing in the Kiwis and Kangaroos about potentially sparking a challenging Kukis team similar to what Tonga has done with MMT in international footy.

Kata: Traditional leaders

Saturday 2 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Refinement by fire – Akapakari atu ki te A’i

Saturday 2 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

Yesterday, July 1st marked our countdown to August 1st Cook Islands General Election, another big challenge to see if all our contesting political parties can beat our one Covid death case only by setting an historic record of a zero tolerance to corruption or bribery petition claims at least for once, at this forth coming general election, writes Bishop Tutai Pere of the Apostolic Church of the Cook Islands.