Articles by Utopia Support

Kata July 23

Tuesday 23 July 2019 | Published in Kata

Norman George: A week to remember for our people

Monday 22 July 2019 | Published in Opinion

Two major events on the Rarotonga calendar in one week shot our little nation to great heights!

Kata July 22

Monday 22 July 2019 | Published in Kata

Te Ipukarea Society: Drinking water for the remote Tokelau atolls

Saturday 20 July 2019 | Published in Environment

Tokelau is a small island (big ocean) territory of New Zealand, located west of Pukapuka and north of Samoa. It has a total population of only 1500 people, with less than 10 sq km of total land area.

Letter: Transparency, or a lack of integrity?

Saturday 20 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I am surprised and shocked to find that Cook Islands News has decided on a policy of not allowing non de plume names for letters to the editor.

COOK ISLANDS NEWS JOURNALISM CHARTER

Saturday 20 July 2019 | Published in Opinion

Respect, responsibility, integrity, fairness and accuracy. These are the principles we will strive to uphold.

Kata July 20

Saturday 20 July 2019 | Published in Kata

Pastor Tevai Matapo: Take the initiative, seize the moment

Friday 19 July 2019 | Published in Church Talk

Even those who don’t go to church, who don’t have social status, who are unemployable, can be blessed if only they have faith, says Assemblies of God Pastor Tevai Matapo.

Nurses, doctors walk the walk of health

Friday 19 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor Last week I attended the Health Conference in Rarotonga. My mother is from Areora village in Atiu and I am an Auckland anaesthetist.

Opinion: Suppressed tried and true

Friday 19 July 2019 | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, Mr. Wynne’s piece “In Sickness and in Health” states: “… one cannot look at our history from 1915 to 1965 and dismiss the critical role… our Ariki and Mataiapo have played in where we are today”.

Football eyeing bronze medal

Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Football

After losing their final match to Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands women’s football is now eyeing a third place finish in the Pacific Games.

Meth, marijuana and our schools

Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, The education department has a real battle on its hands if it is to fight and win the battle against meth.

Time to fight for anolyte

Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, The merit of “anolyte” is its ability to kill germs, bacterium, protozoa, and viruses, unlike chlorine which fails to eliminate all the major nasty bugs, and just ends up smelling and tasting of the chemical chlorine.

Mark Brown trying to walk on water

Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, By now Mark Brown, the deputy prime minister, must be thinking he can walk on water.

Kata July 18

Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Kata

The line for locals

Wednesday 17 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Are we welcome here? Depends who you are dealing with.

Kata July 17

Wednesday 17 July 2019 | Published in Kata

Norman George: Norman's nagging nightmare

Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Opinion

Tighten your seat belts, it is going to be a bumpy ride. Have you ever thought of your worst nightmare? Waking up to find out that we are no longer in control of our country? The prime minister and Queen’s Representative under the control of a foreign interest?

Alcohol kills on roads and in homes

Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The problem with statistics is they can be taken out of context and used to misrepresent the whole, as we have seen with the chlorine debate.

Bluesky: Shape up or ship out

Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We recently spent a lovely two weeks in Rarotonga. Lovely, that is, except for a chaotic failure to connect with wifi.