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Articles by Supplied
LETTER TO EDITOR: Dog problem ‘getting out of hand’
Saturday 25 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The animal welfare group and Dog Registration and Animal Control Committee (DRACC) who are looking at changing the Act and legislation relating to animal welfare are wasting their time and should leave it alone – karuke i te ture – it won’t do any good.
Mosquito-borne diseases become climate reality in warming Pacific
Friday 24 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Health, National
Disease surveillance by the WHO shows mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever are rising sharply. By Catherine Wilson of Al Jazeera.
Tackling Raro’s dog problem
Friday 24 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, After reading this article (Authorities ramp up dog euthanasia on Rarotonga, Cook Islands News, February 23, 2023), I’m really disheartened to see that the Cook Islands Police are clearly just blatantly shooting people’s pets. The numbers just don’t add up? 34 dogs killed in January by the Cook Islands Police – two involved in attacks and eight strays. That means that 24 of the dogs that were shot were obviously people’s pets? Was there substantial and fair effort made to contact the owners? Did they have time to come and collect their pets? Were they fined or given warnings before their fur family members were shot dead?
A Father’s love and sacrifice
Friday 24 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in
Throughout the holy scriptures, and even in nature and in our history, we can find examples of love and sacrifice, writes Tamatoa Jonassen of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Under pressure, high school staff offered ‘gift packs, massages and wellness checks’
Thursday 23 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I write in response to Mathew Littlewood’s article, “Under pressure high school staff offered ‘gift packs, massages and wellness checks”, of 22nd February 2023.
Solomon Islands strike TV deal to ensure Pacific Games coverage
Thursday 23 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Regional, Sports
The Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation (SIBC) have signed an agreement with the Solomon Telekom Company Limited that should see coverage of the 2023 Pacific Games broadcast nationwide on TTV’s transmitters and streaming application TTV.
Ministry of Finance and Economic Management responds
Wednesday 22 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana, Further to the letter to the editor published on the 20 February, 2023 under the heading “MFEM’s ‘sheer arrogance’” , I would like to respond to some of the comments made by the writer as follows: The decision to release details of any costs does not rest with the Financial Secretary, the Director of Revenue Management or anybody else in MFEM. The decision rests with the Court and until the court makes the documents public, which can only be done at the instruction of the judge who heard the matter, any release of information contained in the judgement can result in prosecution against the person who released the information.
Cooks not approached on Russian Olympic Games ban
Wednesday 22 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Sports
Cook Islands appears not to have been approached to add weight to growing support for an international ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions, in the face of an attempt by the International Olympic Committee to allow them to compete at next year’s Paris Olympics.
Cyclone Gabrielle: Displaced seasonal workers helping rebuild community
Tuesday 21 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in New Zealand, Regional
A group of Pacific seasonal workers who “lost everything” during Cyclone Gabrielle say they are determined not to let the ordeal get the better of them. Christine Rovoi of Stuff reports.
Bank burn-off . . . unhappy in the valley
Tuesday 21 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, This weekend past a local bank had a burn-off in a residential area in Takuvaine. This is where the bank burn off sensitive printed documents and paper waste, among other things. Without consulting the neighbours, this burn-off went ahead resulting in plumes of acrid smoke hanging over the whole neighbourhood.
LETTER TO EDITOR: MFEM’s ‘sheer arrogance’
Monday 20 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The sheer arrogance that MFEM (Ministry of Finance and Economic Management) is displaying with regard to the Air New Zealand tax refund debacle, and subsequent legal fees Cook Islands as a country has incurred trying to fight this issue, is quite ridiculous and mind boggling (Cook Islands News, 13 February, 2023).
Tupapa FC raring to go
Monday 20 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports
Tupapa Maraerenga FC look to capitalise on strong start to OFC Champions League Qualifying tournament in Samoa when they take on Ilaoa & To’omata at 1pm today.
‘We will wait and see’: PM Brown on President Biden’s ‘proposed’ visit
Monday 20 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in
Prime Minister Mark Brown confirmed he had invited US President Joe Biden to the Cook Islands during the US–Pacific Island Country Summit in Washington last year.
Forum summit in ‘final quarter of the year’: PM
Monday 20 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Business, Economy, Local, National
Cook Islands is looking at the final quarter of the year to host the 52 nd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Summit.
Commitment of doctors recognised
Saturday 18 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features
With a father who worked in health administration in the Cook Islands, it’s probably understandable Dr Te Ariki Faireka decided to study medicine.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Paikea and the whale
Saturday 18 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in
I’ve been following with interest the discussion of Paikea in this newspaper, and I’m writing to add some of my personal experiences, encounters, and reflections to the conversation. In either the late 70s or early 80s, I visited a marae in Whangara on the east coast of New Zealand.
Tupapa Maraerenga FC strike first
Saturday 18 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports
Cook Islands side Tupapa Maraenga FC have made a superb start to the OFC Champions League Qualifying tournament in Samoa. They have beaten Tongan champions Veitongo FC 1-0 in the first match of the tournament played in searing heat at the Football Federation Samoa National Headquarters in Apia yesterday.
‘Unknown’ underdogs have high hopes
Friday 17 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports
Ilaoa & To’omata have flown under the radar but see themselves as dark horses for the OFC Champions League qualifying tournament starting in Apia, Samoa on Saturday (Samoa time).
Hope – even in the midst of difficult circumstances
Friday 17 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features
Many of us today have misplaced our hope in the things that don’t last. We have not really understood let alone rediscovered God’s purpose for our lives, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
‘Partition’ of Nukupure Park
Friday 17 February 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, This is sad for all the people of Ngati Tangiia and Rangiatea (Court application to determine the future of Nukupure Park, Cook Islands News, February 14, 2023). The biggest issues here is greed for dollars. There’s a lot of people that came through that club and they left their legacy behind in that […]