Articles by Supplied

Cook Islands highlights demographic transition at Asia-Pacific Population Conference

Wednesday 29 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Economy, National

Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration (MFAI) Tingika Elikana led the Cook Islands delegation to the 7th Asia and Pacific Population Conference held earlier this month.

Letter: Friday Night Christmas dinner and fundraiser

Wednesday 29 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Not everyone goes out at night to boogie and brawl! The smarter ones, the older generation does it all in style! And it is not an all-out boozing party like the excuses some of our friends give not to attend. Most of us don’t drink! Alcohol and non-alcohol drinks are available.

Letter: ‘Keep shaking the tree, Thomas’

Wednesday 29 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I agree with much of what Thomas Wynne has been writing in the Cook Islands News over the last three Saturdays with regard to re-examining the Albert Henry Case of 1978-79

Cook Islands bolster Solomon Islands’ biosecurity measures

Wednesday 29 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Environment, Local, National, Regional, Solomon Islands

Cook Islands biosecurity officers are in Honiara, Solomon Islands, to provide much-needed reinforcement to the local team due to a significant surge in arrivals for the Pacific Games.

It’s a wrap for rats on Cook Islands atoll

Wednesday 29 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Environment, National

A rat eradication operation has wrapped up on Cook Islands’ Palmerston Atoll (500km from Rarotonga), with the hope that introduced rats never return to menace the atoll’s community and ecosystems.

Kata: Crash

Tuesday 28 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Netball in Paradise: A celebration of sports and tourism

Tuesday 28 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Netball, Sports

Netball in Paradise 2023 marks its 10th year anniversary this year with over 200 players and supporters set to live it, love it and play netball in paradise between Saturday, December 2 to Thursday, December 7.

Hunter attends Pacific Public Service Commissioners meet in Wellington

Tuesday 28 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Local, National

Cook Islands Public Service Commissioner Carl Hunter joined 18 other Pacific Island countries attending the Pacific Fono 2023 for Pacific Public Service Commissioners (PPSC) held in Wellington, New Zealand, earlier this month.

Letter: Quad bike accident

Tuesday 28 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I am writing to you as a continuing returning tourist whose family have rewardingly participated in most tourist activities the island has to offer over approximately a 20-year period.

Letter: Wynne’s note omits key fact

Tuesday 28 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I wish to comment briefly on “The Last of the Pooh-Bahs”, by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne, 18 November 2023, although I do not wish to relitigate the “fly-in voters” case.

Kata: Cost of goods

Monday 27 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: ‘Pontificating without knowledge’

Monday 27 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I too have been dismayed and concerned about Thomas Wynne’s scurrilous article “The last of the pooh-bahs” in the Cook Islands News (Saturday, November 18) attacking Sir Gavin Donne and others of the Albert Henry saga.

Kata: Rain dancer

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Virtues of Paradise: Healing family violence

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise

How do we stop family violence? How do we heal multi-generational abuse?

Weed busting success in Rarotonga

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Environment, National

There was a satisfied sigh across Rarotonga recently. Two visits by Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research NZ researchers to the Pacific island had revealed that the natural enemies introduced over the past few years to attack various weeds were all performing, or beginning to work, as expected.

Letter: Caring is sharing – Taporoporo, Tu’atu’a mamarie

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Meitaki maata our dear Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Awakened in the early hours of Friday, November 24, to a most extraordinary sound of music so nice, cool, silent and gentle but lo, it was only raindrops falling.

Letter: Quad bike accident

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I am writing to you as a continuing returning tourist whose family have rewardingly participated in most tourist activities the island has to offer over approximately a 20-year period.

Letter: A champion of the rule of law

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I did not witness the earlier years of Albert Henry’s reign so cannot comment on his contribution in that period, but when I returned to Rarotonga to work as a lawyer in 1975, Albert had become a tyrant committed to staying in power. This was at the expense of hundreds of Cook Islands families who stood up against the abuses of government. Most were forced to leave their homeland to survive.

Kata: Crash

Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Welcome!

Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Paddling, Sports

Turou … Oro Mai, Aere Mai ... Kia Orana e te au toa oe vaka no va’o mai te akau ia Rarotonga.