Opinion
Please don't panic pastor, it's just fake news!
Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, With reference to a regular column writer in the weekly paper: it seems Pastor Ngarima George has gone crazy, along with millions of social media users, regarding the statement reputedly made by Pope Francis, that "Hell does not exist".
CIP's broken reform promises…
Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Cook Islands Party, leadership through Henry Puna promised political reform quite early into its first term of Government.
Undersea cable needs discussing
Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Oh great, the new undersea cable is going to cost less. Less than what I ask our prime minister, because he never told us before!
Let special gifts light your path through life
Monday 9 April 2018 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
I met a young woman when we were visiting family in the US.
Time for silence well and truly over
Saturday 7 April 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
When I began work as the new counsellor at Tereora College nearly nine years ago, my life involved a very steep learning curve. One day, in particular, would impact me in ways I could never have imagined.
Reality of independence journey
Friday 6 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Watching the debate on our ascendance to developed status with own seat at the UN play out in the media, I could be excused for thinking those arguing the case for remaining aid-dependent on New Zealand are high on “grass” and looking, but not seeing, our reality.
Accountability needed
Friday 6 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I cannot sit back and watch the endless dodgy dealing that seem to have been the mainstream operation of this CIP government since they were mandated by the people of this country to run our country eight years ago.
Binge-drinking claim from WHO report
Friday 6 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is in response to Don Syme-Buchanan’s Letter to the Editor of March 28 responding to my Virtues in Paradise column of Saturday March 25, on the re-establishment of Alcoholics Anonymous on Rarotonga.
Two kinds of justice
Friday 6 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It seems there is one law for the powerful and one law for the rest
Matenga outlines selection process
Thursday 5 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Following is a summary of the process that was followed in my election as CIP candidate for Titikaveka.
Land issues disregarded
Thursday 5 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Regarding the 2018 Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards, this writer assumes that the judges don’t just look at what catches the eye, but they “look under the rug” as well to see what has been swept there.
Tupapa MP Maggie a hedge-trimming enigma
Wednesday 4 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have met with Tupapa MP George Maggie on occasion and I found him to be helpful to his constituents, by felling trees, trimming hedges, blowing leaves, etc.
An update on the people's vaka
Tuesday 3 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Cook Islands Voyaging Society would like to thank the many hands, hours and dollars that have gone into restoring our vaka Marumaru Atua.
Henry not at fault
Tuesday 3 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Saturday your newspaper ran an article about my client Mike Henry facing arrest due to a bench warrant issued by the high court. Two things need to be cleared up.
Good work ethics for our youth
Tuesday 3 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Saturday I pulled into the front of the Titikaveka Fire station to have my car cleaned by the Titikaveka CICC Christian Youth Group.
Another policeman escapes conviction
Tuesday 3 April 2018 | Published in Tropical Chronicles
In writing this column, I run the risk of being anti-police. I certainly am not. However, some situations call for public scrutiny.
Easter a time to step back and reflect on our lives
Sunday 1 April 2018 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
Easter is coming, a holy season for many faiths.
Thoughts on 'the reason for the season'
Sunday 1 April 2018 | Published in Opinion
Priest or pagan, sinner or saint, Catholic or Protestant, and everything else that falls into the spectrum of believers and unbelievers here in the Cook Islands, no matter where you are or what you believe or sit, you can be thankful today, albeit to a God you acknowledge or not, that we have a long weekend and for many a time to celebrate a critical event in the history of mankind. And that event is Easter.
What NZ citizenship entails
Sunday 1 April 2018 | Published in Opinion
Long-time Rarotonga resident and political commentator John Scott wrote this opinion piece which takes a look at the issue of “creeping neo-colonialism”. Scott says those “knockers” who believe that asking assistance from New Zealand in areas when the Cook Islands government has let the country down is a sign of weakness, are making a mistake…
Church, politics an uneasy mix in Cook Islands
Sunday 1 April 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a member of the Matavera CICC I am writing to CINews regarding a senior officer of our ekalesia who has accepted a nomination to run as a political candidate in the forthcoming elections.
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