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Letter: Confirming our cannabis status

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, With reference to recent opinions penned and stories published in Cook Islands News. I want to confirm that it is against the law to bring any form of cannabis product into the Cook Islands including CBD – cannabidiol – which is an ingredient in cannabis and has some therapeutic uses, without providing the ‘high’ that some cannabis users seek.

Ruta Mave: Friends and family sharing what we should remember

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion

Happy Day of the Dead tomorrow, it is Halloween, the time when the veil between those living and those departed souls is the thinnest, so communication can be made with loved ones, or as the movies tell it, with those in the past who have a grudge against you.

New pilot programme to provide in-homecare support to elderly and vulnerable in Rarotonga

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features

Rarotonga Home Healthcare ‘Toku Nei Ora’anga Ora – My Health, My Life’, a local privately owned health care service provider on the island is pleased to announce a recent new partnership with Pacific Homecare, a Charitable Trust organisation providing home-based health care and Whānau Ora services in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Te Ipukarea Society welcomes legal personhood of whales in international waters

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Environment, National

Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) has welcomed the recent news on Maori and Pacific Leaders proposing legal personhood of whales in international waters to the United Nations.

Cook Islands Friends of Fiji to accord traditional welcome to PM Rabuka in Rarotonga

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in National, Pacific Islands Forum

Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will be accorded a full Fijian traditional welcoming ceremony when he arrives in Rarotonga for the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting.

Cook Islands YWAM leader pays tribute to organisation founderal

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Local, National

A Cook Islands Christian leader has given thanks following the passing of a founding member of an interdenominational training organisation.

Claim of cocaine in the Cooks

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Court, National

A New Zealand DJ (disc jockey) facing multiple drug charges wants his bail conditions changed so he can work on Rarotonga.

Rarotonga bustling with weekend cruise ship visit

Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Local, National

Rarotonga was bustling on Saturday with a visiting cruise ship and a Rugby World Cup final.

Kata: Public Expense

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

A jet-setting spree : MPs’ travel bill draws criticism from former politicians

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Economy, National, Politics

Cook Islands Members of Parliament (MPs) have incurred significant travel-related costs in recent months, but no one from the Government or Opposition has yet justified the spending.

Cook Islands claims third place

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Netball, Sports

The Cook Islands netball team clinched a last-minute winner against Canada on Friday night to secure third place in their final match at the Mirxes Nations Cup in Singapore.

Rarotonga football season heats up with nail-biting matches today

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

The football season is about to heat up as a series of nail-biting matches are scheduled to take place today. The first set of matches will be held at the CIFA Complex, with the second set unfolding at the Avatiu Field.

Men’s Touch team puts faith in youth for Pacific Game

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Pacific Games, Sports, Weekend

The Cook Islands open men’s touch team is gearing up for next month’s Pacific Games in the Solomon Islands with a squad dominated by youth.

Virtues in Paradise: Too blessed to be stressed

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

Here in Paradise, we have an abundance of Tall Poppy Syndrome. This happens when someone has a reputation for being responsible, knowledgeable, and helpful and ends up overextended, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Nuku Day brings joy to attendees

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Church Talk, Features

More than 600 members from the six Ekalesia of the Cook Islands Christian Church (CICC) on Rarotonga came together on Nuku Day (Gospel Day) celebrations to commemorate and celebrate the arrival of Christianity.

Uproar: A heart-warming, heart-wrenching coming-of-age story

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Joanne Holden | Published in Entertainment, Features

As the credits rolled on the Cook Islands premiere of New Zealand feature film Uproar on Tuesday night, a packed Empire Theatre erupted in applause.

Community comes forward to dispose of ‘legacy waste’

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Environment, National

The initial phase of the “Titā ki te Titā kore Project – Legacy Waste Collection” throughout Rarotonga completed successfully this month.

Thomas Wynne: Beyond disagreement: A plea for peace and justice

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

How do we disagree, without becoming disagreeable, or when our disagreement is as James Baldwin said, rooted in another’s oppression or the denial of another’s humanity or right to exist, even find a place to agree? Thomas Tarurongo Wynne writes.

Letter: A matter of life and death …

Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

The writer’s home is located close enough by the Sheraton that most errands or travel requires driving past the hotel on the way, and again on the way back.