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Stage set for Youth Festival

Friday 14 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Art, Features, Football, Sports

Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) is excited to kick off their 4th edition of the Kia Orana Youth Football Festival which is set to begin in Rarotonga in a week’s time.

God’s timeless mystery at work in our midst

Friday 14 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

Easter is not a single Sunday in the year. Rather it has to be a way of life, a daily process of transformation assuring us of our divine destiny – a life in God, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue of the Catholic Church.

Letter: Delay in court hearing

Friday 14 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I wish to complain about the poor attitude of the Ministry of Justice in allocating the sittings of the High Court of the Cook Islands.

Kata: Seabed exploration

Thursday 13 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Triathlon gears up for 41st Maori Auri Tinman Race

Thursday 13 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Sports, Triathlon

The Cook Islands Triathlon Association will be holding their annual Maori Auri Tinman Race for the 41st time this Saturday, April 15, at the Tikioki Tri Site.

Cook Islands and Saudi Arabia establish diplomatic relations

Thursday 13 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Economy, National

Cook Islands has formalised diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through the signing of the Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations in Wellington this week.

Presentation on Paikea and ancestral connections

Thursday 13 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Art, Features

Cook Islands archaeologist and Pacific programmer at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Ma’ara Maeva will be making a special presentation at the National Museum this afternoon from 12 noon to 2pm on “Paikea: Ancestral connections and stories woven in the stars”.

Kata: Dalai Lama

Wednesday 12 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Netballers step up for 2023 season

Wednesday 12 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Netball, Sports

The Rarotonga Netball season has kicked off this week.

Three spend Easter weekend in jail

Tuesday 11 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Court, National

Three people spent the long Easter weekend in lock-up, Police said in a statement.

Letter: Rarotonga roads

Saturday 8 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Big and humungous meitaki maata once again to our road workers for consistently extending nice and smooth hot mixed tarsealed roads, the longest and farthest so far, especially from as far as Avana and fast passing Tupapa Super Brown.

Letter: Selling seabed mining story

Saturday 8 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Wednesday’s headline, “Prime Minister sells the United States a seabed mining story.”

Local residents lose over $70k in ‘Samsung Lottery’ scam

Saturday 8 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Crime, National

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and the Cook Islands Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is calling on the public not to engage with any fake lottery scammers.

Kata: Don't worry

Thursday 6 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Hope and forgiveness

Thursday 6 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

The gospel is a message of hope. The word “gospel” is derived from old English to literally mean “good news”. This good news is centred around the life, ministry, teachings, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, writes Tamatoa Jonassen of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Letter: Search for truth and justice

Thursday 6 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Lissette Gonzalez Brito disappeared seven years ago and for all that time, I have fought tooth and nail to get her justice.

Letter: ‘Please be better, read situations better’

Wednesday 5 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Kia Orana editor, I hope this letter finds you well, I would like to bring to light a couple of issues I experienced while being treated at Tupapa Outpatients on March 15.

Kata: Air NZ

Wednesday 5 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: Sea Floor Mining

Tuesday 4 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Bill to repeal MIDA Act tabled in Fiji Parliament

Tuesday 4 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Fiji, Regional

Fiji’s Attorney General Siromi Turaga has tabled the bill to repeal the Media Industry Development Act 2010.