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Articles by Utopia Support
Letters: Dangerous to rely on 25yo laws
Saturday 16 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, I don’t wish to cast a sour note – but it concerns me that the announcement regarding the presentation of “law books” to the library will suggest to the public that this will be a convenient research venue to find out what the law is on any given subject.
Alanna comes back from the cold
Saturday 16 November 2019 | Published in Environment
Back with Te Ipukarea Society as conservation programme manager, Alanna Smith tells of her year away studying her Masters degree in New Zealand.
Letters: Bringing country to its knees
Saturday 16 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The function of Parliament in Rarotonga is being denied by the elected members of each electorate.
Letters: Yes helmets saves lives, but is this really the problem!
Friday 15 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
How about looking into the alcohol side of things first, because all major fatal accidents are alcohol-related.
Letters: You don't need to be a neuroscientist
Friday 15 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Some mamas won’t be happy if the helmet law is changed but safety is important for every road user. Drink-drivers will always get the blame, but if you didn’t know:
Moeka'a and Ra'ea reunions
Friday 15 November 2019 | Published in Local
Sisters Castella Terita, left, Taputurangi-O-Tangaroa and Kapuvai-O-Anautoa with copies of a book on their great-grandfather, Rangitukua, launched at the Moeka’a ‘Ingatu reunion in Sydney, Australia.
Matavera aims for maiden win in football comp
Thursday 14 November 2019 | Published in Football
The hunt for their first win in the domestic football competition continues for the Matavera-Ngatangiia women’s side.
Letters: Lessons from CM insolvency
Thursday 14 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Although it is too late for those people who have already lost their money, it is important for anyone building a house to get a lawyer to prepare a building contract before they pay anything.
Letters: God, man and woman
Thursday 14 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia Orana e Tama, On Sunday 10 th November 2019, the Cook Islands Religious Advisory Church Council held a service for the people of the Cook Islands to come together and pray as we are in the hurricane season, asking for God’s protection and abundance of blessings.
Jaewynn McKay: Some of my best friends are 'criminals'
Thursday 14 November 2019 | Published in Opinion
Nelson Mandela once said, “leaders will have to give clear and decisive leadership towards a world of tolerance and respect for difference”.
Letters: Same sex law sending 'wrong message'
Thursday 14 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have lived in Finland, Europe, for the past ten years. I have always been proud to tell people where I´m from and represent the Cook Islands. I´m proud of my heritage, my culture and my people.
Letters: Pa Enua concerns
Wednesday 13 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Democratic Party candidate for the Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua constituency in Atiu, June Baudinet, is to be commended for her courage to accept and stand in the by-election. She has been selected by a strong core group of concerned Atiuans with very strong moral and ethical values, wanting to reinstitute the mana and economy of their society, which has sadly been in decline for a number of years.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: God created 500 species that show homosexual behaviour – what was he thinking?
Tuesday 12 November 2019 | Published in Opinion
Let’s talk about sex baby, let’s talk about you and me, let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things of sodomy, let’s talk about sex! Or so the song goes – is that what we are talking about with the laws criminalising same-sex relations?
Letters: CM Contracting insolvent
Tuesday 12 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
So sad!! These young entrepreneurs started their business with pure intentions and heart, but maybe needed to sit back and do all the paperwork first.
Letters: Papa Mandela smiling in heaven
Tuesday 12 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
After we recovered from total blackout following the All Blacks’ defeat by England, most of us Cook Islanders turned to our old rugby nemesis South Africa, to knock the daylights out of the arrogant Poms.
Letters: Others were too scared to run for Atiu
Monday 11 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Me ka tika iakoe e te Etita o te Cook Islands News kia tuku atu koe I taku pepa ki roto I taau nuti pepa no apopo i te Maanakai
Puaikura and Avatiu evenly matched
Monday 11 November 2019 | Published in Football
Big crosses set up goals for men; Puaikura women come back on the rebound to draw.
Letters: Banking in Rarotonga
Monday 11 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Fifty years ago on November 10, 1969 the National Bank of New Zealand opened for business in Avarua in premises adjacent to the Post Office.
Letters: Most sexual abuse is by straight men
Monday 11 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor I would like to respond to letters about same-sex law reform (Letters, Nov 8).
Jaime makes innovator Short-list
Monday 11 November 2019 | Published in Local
Cook Islands’ young director of waste and sanitation has been named as a leading innovator on a ‘top 40 under 40 list’.
