More Top Stories
Cook Islands passport proposal
6 January 2025
Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
8 July 2024
Articles by Utopia Support
Small populations have right to MP representation too
Monday 26 March 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Mata Atua McNair's two letters of March 15 and 20 touches on the smaller populated islands of the northern islands, in this case Rakahanga and Penrhyn, and the role they will play in this year's 2018 Election.
Ball back in Crown's court on Te Mato Vai negotiations
Monday 26 March 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you for publishing the letter in relation to issues raised by the Takuvaine Water Catchment Committee (TWCC) in relation to the Te Mato Vai Deed of Access.
New building good news for Aitutaki
Monday 26 March 2018 | Published in Outer Islands
The people of Aitutaki are the grateful recipients of the newly-completed Te Kainga Wellbeing Extension Centre building, donated by the people of Japan.
NZ Maori doctor guest speaker at Red Cross gala
Monday 26 March 2018 | Published in Local
A New Zealand Maori doctor who was nominated New Zealander of the Year in 2014, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Cook Islands Red Cross Gala.
Candidacy row heads for court
Monday 26 March 2018 | Published in Politics
Members of the Titikaveka Cook Islands Party (TCIP) committee are likely to face court action after they failed to confirm Margaret Matenga as their candidate for this year’s general election.
Burning questions on water supply
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, News that a limited liability company has already been formed to act as the interim water authority is now in the public domain.
The tale of the Tiare Taporo
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Local
As the often controversial and much-beleaguered vessel the Tiare Taporo prepares to set sail again for the first time in almost two years, CINews takes a look at the boat’s turbulent past.
New bid to stimulate agriculture
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Outer Islands
The week-long meeting to discuss the Cook Islands Ridge to Reef programme “Pa Enua Agriculture for Resilient Livelihoods” (PEARL) finished last week on a high note, said Ministry of Agriculture policy director Patrick Arioka.
Non-alcoholic option for beer drinkers
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Local
Road safety council president Brent Fisher hopes that the option of a non-alcoholic beer will help deter people from drinking and driving.
Sean Smith voted new CIRU president
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Rugby Union
Local lawyer Sean Smith has been elected the new president of the Cook Islands Rugby Union (CIRU).
Sea Eagles look for another win
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in League
Nukupure Park will host the domestic rugby league’s competition game of the week this afternoon, as the Ngatangiia/Matavera Sea Eagles host the Titikaveka Bulldogs.
It's time to take action together
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Opinion
Does it really, as the old saying goes, take a village to raise a child? And if so then when children and or people and families fall through the cracks, should we just look to government or the police or the social services agencies, which we all know work with their own limits or should we look back to the village? As we sip our coffees and peruse through the daily newspaper in the morning, again and again we see the cracks appearing in our villages in our communities, with a sense of absolute frustration as to how to remedy the situation Often our first response is to look to who should be responsible for picking up the pieces. Or out of sheer frustration with a lack of justice, a lack of response or accountability we close our doors, close up our lives and hurt. Because people are hurting. When the sanctity of their home and property is invaded by theft they hurt. When a crime is committed against those they love, they hurt. Right across our communities here in Rarotonga and sadly in the pa enua, people are hurting. And as we read of a man sentenced this week for the most terrible crimes against the young and vulnerable, people are hurting. And one has to ponder as I did, what help is there for those poor victims in that broken community, victims of these terrible crimes. Who is responsible, where is the justice, and what is going to be done about it, are questions that seem to be circulating and resonating for too many people in our communities at the moment. It’s not just the potholes in the road that are of great concern, in fact it is the potholes left in people’s lives that need attention. And yet where or how do we get the respite we need for these social ailments? What do we do when we feel hopeless, or helpless in our situation and there doesn’t seem to be the help we so desperately need? We can target the layers of government, and yes, questions need to be directed there because some of these agencies have a mandate to respond to these social ills. But again, can I suggest as we look outwards and look to others to remedy our situation, we forget one vital part of the answer and that part of the answer is closer then we think. Because that part of the answer is you and me. If it actually does take a village to raise a child, then maybe the answers have always been in the village, in our communities, in our neighbourhoods, in our cluster of homes, in our relationships in our families and in our hands. As we have looked to others, have we negated our own power and agency to effect change in our own locality because “love” has always been a verb, something demonstrated, but never just a description of deep connection. Sometimes we acknowledge society has changed. We notice children’s values have changed and we blame Facebook, mobile devices and a changing world for this divergence. But we forget that we can still influence that world around us and we can be agents for change if we do what we have always done, and work together. A village is a group of people that not only live next to each other. It is also a group of people who live love and work together, because that is their choice. They know their neighbours, they care what happens to their children, they respond to cries for help from over the fence, they watch and are attentive to who comes in and out of their street and driveway. Maybe the need is to strengthen our villages, to strengthen our communities because a strong village, with the tools to make change -namely the people in it, will bring the change we so desperately seek. And village means everyone, absolutely everyone in that village and that community, those clusters of people who call these villages home. When was the last time we had our neighbours or a collective of houses over for dinner? When did we last go over for a coffee, or take notice of children crying or home alone, or a mama sitting there alone all day every day, week after week. When was the last time we met as a community to address issues in our community, taking advantage of the power we have together. Or are we just too busy? Have we stopped caring, have we stopped noticing, have we stopped functioning as a village? Do we now live in a little bubble, once in a while looking over the fence and making assumptions about the neighbours we know little about, and haven’t taken the time to care? “Busy”, is the default answer we give to everything nowadays. But can we really afford to be too busy to care? Let us together take the simple step of taking time with those around us. Let us together build the village so it is strong and robust and most importantly, so that it cares. Spend some time this week with your neighbour; meet with the cluster of houses in your area, and be part of the village you want it to be, because the power has always been ours to make it so. We are going to address some of these issues in Puaikura next week. We will be looking to work together in our village with those who are willing. We will build together with anyone who wants to join us. Because together we have always been stronger, and we have to do something. I enjoy working and discussing how we can build a stronger country and community much more than I do discussing to distracting questions of nationalism. This country’s first premiere, Albert Henry, once said, “No-one in the tribe gets left behind”. I am going to take him at his word, because no-one, means no-one. - Thomas Tarurongo Wynne
Dereliction of duty harming our country
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For the past few years, our government has intentionally caused harm to our country and people, as a result of their drive to ruin our paradise country.
Mental health study recommended
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the people of the Cook Islands.
CITC acknowledges tourism
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Local
Founded in 1891, the Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) is the longest serving and largest business enterprise in the Cook Islands.
Trade mission focuses on Cook Islands
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Hot on the Rock
Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) Australia is committed to increasing economic opportunities in the Cook Island and a delegation is travelling to Rarotonga on an export and tourism mission from Tuesday April 3 to Friday April 6.
Get creative with empty plastic bottles
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Environment
Plastic bottles are one of the leading contributors to marine litter in our oceans.
Insurance directs disaster response funds quickly
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Local
Getting disaster response funds to where people need them and in a timely manner is often a challenge in the Pacific.
New parliament recording equipment
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Politics
New parliament recording equipment got its first run this Tuesday at a select committee sitting, replacing some gear that was likely 20 years old.
PNG seeks deadline for refugee resettlement
Saturday 24 March 2018 | Published in Regional
PAPUA NEW GUINEA – The Papua New Guinea government wants Australia to set a deadline to get refugees from Manus Island out of the country.
« Previous 1 … 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 … 1,715 Next »