Thursday 25 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Thursday 25 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Thursday 25 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports
Defending champions of the Rarotonga Football Senior Women’s Competition, Avatiu will face Nikao Sokattak at the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) complex today, as they are eager to start the season with a win.
Thursday 25 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Economy, National, Pacific Islands, Regional
A Cook Islands delegation led by the Minister for Internal Affairs attended the Women’s Triennial Conference and Women Ministers Meetings in Marshall Islands this week.
Thursday 25 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
For years I’ve been concerned about the mistreatment of cattle kept around the town end of the runway. A lot of them are kept in areas where there is no grass but mimosa pudica plants that are toxic to cattle.
Thursday 25 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I am shocked by the continued dangerous operations of Taio Shipping.
Wednesday 24 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The Sovereign Wealth Fund meetings by Government is a real farce. There is no harvesting, no transportation of minerals to markets, no pricing, no sales, nothing!
Wednesday 24 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in New Caledonia, Pacific Islands, Regional
Geopolitics in the Pacific has become so intense that it permeates the national life of some island countries. Jostling for influence between the United States, China, their allies and partners was one of the hot topics of the recently concluded 2024 Pacific International Media Conference in Suva, Fiji (July 4-6) hosted jointly by the University of the South Pacific Journalism Programme, the Pacific Island News Association (PINA) and the Asia Pacific Media Network (APMN). By Shailendra Bahadur Singh and Amit Sarwal.
Wednesday 24 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports
The 2024 Rarotonga Football Season gets officially underway today, marking the start of an exciting new chapter as teams across the island gear up for intense competition.
Tuesday 23 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Tuesday 23 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
You have reported that construction company T&M Heather Ltd appears to admit to an ‘offence’ under the Environment Act 2003 by cutting mature trees on the foreshore at Tikioki, not only without consent, but after being told by National Environment Service (NES) that the cutting was not allowed. Perhaps a legal type can correct the writer, but is ‘offence’ just a nicer word, at law, for ‘crime’?
Tuesday 23 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Kia Orana. Reading about the major destruction of Toa trees in the Akapuao/Fruits of Raro area, and NES’ comments in the Cook Islands News (20 July, 2024).
Monday 22 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Monday 22 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, This Olympics thing from CISNOC (Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee) is the biggest junket ever and historically always has been.
Monday 22 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Environment, National
Cook Islands Prime Minister and Pacific Islands Forum chairman Mark Brown says Japan’s discharge of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean does not violate the Rarotonga Treaty.
Saturday 20 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Saturday 20 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise
One of the most significant ways the traditional Cook Islands culture is passed down to the youth is through celebrations, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Saturday 20 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Sports, Swimming
Cook Islands Aquatics Federation has secured timely sponsorship from ANZ Cook Islands.
Friday 19 July 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
By focusing on faith and fearing God’s judgment, we can avoid prioritising worldly possessions and lead a more meaningful life, writes Bishop Reynaldo Bunyi Getalado msp of the Catholic Church.