Monday 18 September 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Step right up, step right up ladies and gentleman, welcome to the greatest show on earth. The circus is here where everything is an illusion and people are notably con-artists turning tricks looking for the next score. Welcome to our government.
Saturday 16 September 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
We should not dismiss the fact that a South Korean religious cult, who have embedded themselves into the Fijian community and business sector are on the ground, speaking to people of influence and in the Cook Islands.
Tuesday 12 September 2023 | Written by Te Tuhi Kelly | Published in Editorials, Opinion
I went to the morning session on the second day of the Pacific Medical Association’s conference here in Rarotonga, I was particularly interested in the role of traditional health and wellness models that countries with native populations ringing the Pacific had developed, writes Te Tuhi Kelly.
Tuesday 12 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Dear Editor, By letter of August 3, 2023 Covid Bank said “the taxpayers look forward to a full public report on these loans given out during Covid and before the election”. A totally reasonable request.
Monday 11 September 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
She came to us from Esther Honey. A white long haired fluffy puppy with a toffee brown patch on her floppy ears. We called her Roxy, Aunty called her Rosie Rocky Richie or Racey - like mothers do when they are trying to remember which child until they hit the right name – Roxy.
Saturday 9 September 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Watch a movie like Moana Roa, or any movie prior to the 1960s in the Cook Islands, and what a stark contrast it is, of our people before the proliferation of a western diet, and just how fit, lean and active we were.
Monday 4 September 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
We are now opting to live a life of hand outs with no drive or inclination to give ourselves a hand up. We win the beggars award because we have so many hands out to so many countries
Saturday 2 September 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Shame, on you, those are the words I heard across the table, when I missed a conversation in Māori, that generally I can do ok in. Thomas Wynne writes.
Thursday 31 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
As I sit in the Cook Islands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration at the government’s consultations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and National Wellbeing in preparation for the 2023 SDGs Summit in September, I am filled with immense hope for the future that truly leaves no one behind, writes United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRCO) Themba Kalua.
Monday 28 August 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
They can debate climate change and how everyone else in the world needs to tighten their carbon emission belts while sitting smugly in new electric cars, that ticks some sustainability box.
Saturday 26 August 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
On the 29th of January 2014, newly elected Member of Parliament for Christchurch East, the Honourable Munokoa Poto Williams, daughter of Nahora and Maryan Williams (nee Masters) stood up in Parliament delivering her maiden speech. By Thomas Wynne
Saturday 19 August 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Ei’ia to matou Tu Oe? Where are our navigators? Because, kare o te Vaka to'ie'ie Tu Oe – A drifting Vaka has no navigator, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Saturday 19 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Love isn’t just a feeling. It’s much more. Love is a virtue, a state of being, a practice. Love is a choice. Of all the virtues named in the sacred scriptures of the world’s religions, love is at the heart of them all.
Saturday 12 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Nearly four decades since the Treaty of Rarotonga was signed, which established the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, it is more important than ever before, writes Australian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Phoebe Smith.
Saturday 12 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Prime Minister Mark Brown, who is the Pacific Islands Forum chair, had the first formal meeting of the Troika Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) in Suva, Fiji, this week.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.