Editorials
Ruta Mave: The sun has set and the day has started with the sun rise
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.
Thomas Wynne: The darkest and longest shadow . . .
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.
Ruth Mave: It’s a Tupperware party
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
Thomas Wynne: E toto, e kiko e ivi, the blood that runs in our veins, our heart, and in our bones
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.
Much more than lip service, leaving no one behind
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.
Ruta Mave: Be real, be authentic, be transparent
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.
Thomas Wynne: We thank you
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
Thomas Wynne: The vaka of language revitalisation
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.
Virtues of paradise: What is love? The greatest virtue of all
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.
A region committed to peace: 38 years of the Treaty of Rarotonga
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.
PM Brown meets with Troika Leaders to discuss Forum priorities
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.
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.
