Editorials
Ruta Mave: The weather apps can’t seem to get it right
Monday 7 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
There are places in the world who need rain – you should be grateful, you should feel blessed, writes Ruta Mave.
Thomas Wynne: Free association with New Zealand has never been free
Saturday 5 August 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
As we celebrated 58 years as a country, on the 4th of August 1965, we, like so many other countries reflect on that journey to statehood and the challenges ahead for our country today, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Letter: Government loans to businesses
Thursday 3 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Dear Editor, The $7 million loaned out during the Covid pandemic by the Government for business start-ups and development needs to be fully accounted for to ensure all loans have been spent for the purpose intended (Cook Islands businesses receive $7 million in Government loans, Cook Islands News, July 27).
Ruta Mave: Rarotonga roosters: ‘Proud by day loud by night’
Monday 31 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Roosters are bold and beautiful during the day, strutting around in their fancy plumage of sun kissed orange, yellow sandy creams, rich emerald greens and poignant dark ebony. Proud by day loud by night, what is the point of them? Ruta Mave explains.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: The prophecy of Uia- Who are the heathens?
Saturday 29 July 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The word heathen is a word which conjures up thoughts of darkness and savagery, people living and interacting in a way that is primitive, without science, philosophy, understanding or self-worth, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Ruta Mave: A balancing act of diversity and protection
Monday 24 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
As immigration works to diversify, protect and control the number of workers into our country and culture, the parallels to the myna bird are many, writes Ruta Mave.
Thomas Wynne: ‘Broken vessels’: Gospel messengers to Cook Islands
Saturday 22 July 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Although much has been said by historians in this paper on the missionising of the Cook Islands, the missionaries’ journals and writings paint a picture much broader and more challenging than the compliant and instantly converted narrative we are often told, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Reuben Tylor: Looking at Cooks fisheries
Tuesday 18 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
In this, my second article, I want to look at some of the reasons our fisheries resource appears to be in serious trouble.
Ruth Mave: Keeping an eye in the sky
Monday 17 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
A long time ago sky father Ranginui and earth mother Papatuanuku were bound so closely to each other their children lived between them in darkness.
Te Tuhi Kelly: Looking outside the box to be connected
Saturday 15 July 2023 | Written by Te Tuhi Kelly | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Here’s a what if. In the Cook Islands the main internet provider is Vodafone with other ISP’s snapping at the heels and the crumbs left on the table, writes Te Tuhi Kelly.
The Kumara does not sing of its own sweetness
Saturday 15 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Driving my aunty around this morning to get forms filled out, and then to do some shopping, I asked her what it was like being a widow here in Rarotonga.
Reuben Tylor: Looking at Cooks fisheries
Tuesday 11 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Most people in the Cook Islands know there is a problem with our fisheries resource. I want to have a look at this problem in this first article and then in subsequent articles look at some of the reasons this might have happened, as well as identify the social and economic impact on our country, writes Reuben Tylor.
Ruth Mave: The power of any message lies in the singer, not the song
Monday 10 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Hallelujah is a song originally penned and sung by Leonard Cohen that has been sung by many singers where some elevate the song greater than others, writes Ruth Mave.
Smaller papers explained
Saturday 8 July 2023 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Editorials, National, Opinion
Readers have been asking why Cook Islands News has reduced the number of pages in mid-week editions in recent weeks.
EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Daily Newspaper For Sale
Thursday 6 July 2023 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The owners of Cook Islands News are seeking expressions of interest from parties interested in acquiring the publishing and printing business.
Ruta Mave: ‘We are privileged, we have first world problems’
Monday 3 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
As Rose lay huddling on the floating door, Jack clung to the side of it while his body was immersed in the freezing waters after the Titanic had hit the iceberg.
Thomas Wynne: How do we treat strangers in our land?
Saturday 1 July 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
As a son of migrant parents, and having endured the time we now know as the Dawn Raids, I have always been cognizant of the racism we felt as a community of migrant workers, and the children of migrant workers, into a country that at first welcomed us with open arms and then, closed that door again with Pacific people still being deported in New Zealand in the middle of the night, writes Thomas Wynne.
Ruta Mave: Whistleblowers versus the people in power
Monday 26 June 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The power of people in power to intimidate is not absent from our little community, writes Ruta Mave.
Thomas Wynne: We walk in two worlds
Saturday 24 June 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
‘E rua oku, takai’anga vaevae i teia nei ao’ is a phrase often thrown around by many of us that walk in te ao Maori and te ao Papa’a, but how true is it, questions Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Ruta Mave: Standing up for what is right
Monday 19 June 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The absence of courage in our society these days is not cowardice, it is complacency, conformity and contradiction, writes Ruta Mave.
