Articles by Supplied

Kata: Fertiliser shortage

Friday 22 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Churchtalk: Taking control of your circumstances

Friday 22 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

A beautiful and powerful message, most appropriate and relevant at controlling compelling or confrontational situations, conditions, age and time, was preached by Elder Peter Graham of the Apostolic Church of Rarotonga on Sunday 10/03/24.

Letter: Broken trust

Friday 22 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I am still trying to wrap my mind around the justification made by (Minister) Tingika Elikana during the recent consultations that because we now have more money compared to 10 years ago, this warrants increasing our number of Ministers in Parliament.

Kata: TAU Billing

Thursday 21 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Annual School Tournament enters fourth week

Thursday 21 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

The Annual School Tournament, held every week, enters its fourth week tomorrow at the CIFA Complex in Matavera.

Cooks need win to keep Nations Cup hopes alive

Thursday 21 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

The Cook Islands national men’s football side is all focused on getting their OFC Nations Cup Qualifying campaign off to a winning start when they face Samoa tomorrow.

Letter: Spot on, Iriti!

Thursday 21 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Kia orana, a couple of great Letter to the Editor from Iriti Maoate.

Letter: Life’s most important lesson

Thursday 21 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, We can all wonder what our under-paid school teachers, sweltering in sauna-hot classrooms think about our ‘honourable' members of Parliament, in their aircon offices, crying for more money so that they can skip work more often.

ADB helps Cook Islands improve WASH facilities in schools

Thursday 21 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Education, National

The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Cook Islands Investment Corporation (CIIC), is delighted to announce the successful completion of project works to enhance water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) facilities in schools across the Cook Islands ahead of the 2024 academic year.

Kata: Metre Reader

Wednesday 20 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: Hemp legal in Cook Islands

Wednesday 20 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, In an article in the Cook Islands News on December 12, 2023, the esteemed senior defence lawyer Norman George pointed out that hemp, not being a prohibited drug, saying it should not even be mentioned in the amendment.

Kata: Dog repatriation

Tuesday 19 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Fierce competition anticipated at the annual women’s triathlon event

Tuesday 19 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Sports, Triathlon

Cook Islands Triathlon Association is eagerly looking forward to the annual BSP Women’s Triathlon Race which will be held this Saturday at the Tikioki Tri Site, starting at 2pm.

Cook Islands aims to conquer OFC Qualifiers, despite underdog status

Tuesday 19 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

Cook Islands national men’s football team has landed on Tongan soil with a singular, burning ambition – to conquer the OFC Nations Cup Qualifying stage and progress into the OFC Men’s Nations Cup scheduled for June.

Letters: Avatiu football

Tuesday 19 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I am a recent convert to soccer. I have followed the progress of the Avatiu Women’s soccer team at the OFC tournament in the Solomon Islands.

Letters: Paychecks and proxy votes

Tuesday 19 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Overworked? Underpaid? Daily stress trying to get the job done? And all the while still facing the weekly family financial burdens with cost of living, inflation, etc.

Kata: Cabinet

Monday 18 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Avatiu FC bows out of OFC Women’s Champions League without a win

Monday 18 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

Hekari United have confirmed their place in the semi-finals of the OFC Women’s Champions League in the Solomon Islands with an impressive 5-0 victory over Cook Islands’ Avatiu FC in wet conditions in Honiara over the weekend.

Open invitation to attend the Memorial of Christ’s death

Monday 18 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

Jehovah’s Witnesses in Rarotonga are inviting the whole Cook Islands community to join them for the 2024 commemoration of Jesus Christ’s death at sundown on Sunday, March 24.

Virtues in Paradise: Our thoughts lead to our actions

Sunday 17 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise

We live in our minds. We dwell in our thoughts. The world’s sacred texts speak of thought as the source of our being, our very reality. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7)