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‘Honesty costs nothing, lying could cost you everything’

Monday 4 October 2021 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion

Honesty is a very expensive gift, so don’t expect it from cheap people. It’s written that it pays to be honest, and time and time again it’s proven to be true.

LETTERS: Freedom of expression

Monday 4 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Letters for Monday October 4, 2021

Care for caregivers: Looking after those who look after you

Monday 4 October 2021 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Features

Te Vaerua Community Rehabilitation Services Inc held its first workshop to train people in basic caregiving skills to care for people with long term illnesses and disabilities, earlier this week. A caregiver who attended the course was moved by the stories that were expressed.

Sailors stay dry at national championships

Monday 4 October 2021 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Local, National

They’re about 1 metre in length, weigh 5 kilograms and rip through the water at high speeds.

NGOs snubbed in Seabed Minerals Licensing Panel

Monday 4 October 2021 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Environment, National

The non-inclusion of local non-government environmental and social expertise in the recently announced Seabed Minerals Licensing Panel ‘is an obvious gap’, says a local environment group.

Covid-19: Fiji Govt urged to let people into church

Saturday 2 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Fiji, Regional

Some church leaders in Fiji want the Government to allow non-vaccinated people to enter their houses of worship.

New Caledonia extends lockdown again, due to Covid-19 crisis

Saturday 2 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Caledonia, Regional

The lockdown in New Caledonia has been extended by two weeks due to the worsening Covid-19 crisis in the French territory.

Table Tennis Association hosting national championship

Saturday 2 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Other Sports, Sports

Cook Islands Table Tennis Association will be hosting a national championship from October 12 to 14 at the Nikao Primary School Hall.

Home is a story

Saturday 2 October 2021 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features

Two times Cook Islands News journalist Emmanuel Samoglou has been on the road for close to a decade after he first left Canada. He’s now heading back and shares his views on home.

KATA: Women in leadership

Saturday 2 October 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Kata, Opinion

The way our ancestors travelled

Saturday 2 October 2021 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Opinion

Sailing feels like reconnecting to the ways that our ancestors travelled. Don’t poke fun, I certainly had my fair share of Moana moments onboard Vaka Marumaru Atua, writes Terena Koteka-Wiki of Te Ipukarea Society.

‘Voices of dissent’ follow authorities to public meetings

Saturday 2 October 2021 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Health, National

A minority group are still ‘pushing their agenda’ to influence people in decision making as the rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations for children aged 12 to 15 gets underway next week.

KATA: Conspiracy to defraud

Friday 1 October 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Kata, Opinion

Survey 'honest snapshot' of Fiji's poverty position, says sacked statistician

Friday 1 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Fiji, Regional

The man sacked for publishing Fiji's household and income survey says the report is an 'honest snapshot' of the country's poverty situation.

In brief: News from around the Pacific

Friday 1 October 2021 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional

Samoa Airlines explains delay; Samoan sailors head for work abroad; Tongan brothers killed in US city; Tongan brothers killed in US city

Top of the table clashes

Friday 1 October 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Cricket, Sports

Defending champions Turangi and Matavera remain on track in the Rarotonga Cricket Club Competition after three wins each.

CHURCH TALK: Living a contagious Christian life

Friday 1 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Church Talk, Features

It’s interesting when some people smile, they ignite smiles in people around them. They have contagious smiles. If that’s what a contagious smile is, what is a contagious Christian life? Pastor Eric Toleafoa from the Seventh-day Adventist Church explains.

LETTERS: Making the vaccine decision

Friday 1 October 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Letters for Friday October 1, 2021