Opinion
'Thy will, not mine, be done'
Saturday 15 April 2017 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
Easter is a holy season – a time to remember the sacrifice Jesus Christ made, the pain and suffering he endured, and the ultimate victory of his resurrection.
Here's some advice
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The improper manner in which the meeting starting our campaign for the Member of Parliament for RAPPA was run, left some of the members of our constituency with sore minds.
'Ineffective and inactive' just part of the story
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Mark Short’s presentation to the Demo conference on Monday was accurate when he described the Demo party as being ineffective and inactive.
Partnerships for greater connectivity
Tuesday 11 April 2017 | Published in Opinion
These are exciting times that demonstrate that the Pacific has come of age in harnessing the opportunities provided by telecommunications.
Police should be out checking the traffic on Sundays, too
Tuesday 11 April 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
“On Sunday around lunchtime I saw a dark blue Toyota car and a motor bike having a race down the straight part of road near Matavera church and the rugby club,” a smoke signaller says.
Green courthouse steps fooled plenty of people
Tuesday 11 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Firstly, congratulations on your April Fools Day prank of “greening-up” the stairs to the Courthouse, because you actually had some fools believing it! The giveaway for me was the shocking green colour of the stairs, as only a four-year old pre-schooler playing with his colouring-in book would come up with a horrible green. I would have thought a subtle grey would have been nice.
Nicholas decision seems good news
Tuesday 11 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The announcement that Albert Nicholas will step down from his seat as a Demo who switched sides in order to stand as a CIP candidate, is good news.
Why do MPs escape punishment?
Monday 10 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The police are being very present on the roads fining the young on the way to school for not wearing helmets.
Time for a look at yourself
Saturday 8 April 2017 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
The first step in creating healthy balance in your life is to take an honest, compassionate look at yourself, and ask, “How am I, really? What stresses me and what blesses me?”
Thoughts on the return home
Saturday 8 April 2017 | Published in Opinion
It’s been eight years this month since I came home. Eight years since I made the big move and left my urban setting with all its trappings and made my voyage home to the Cook Islands.
Time for a visit to our Chinese friends
Friday 7 April 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
Prime minister Puna says the best way to make friends and get money is to shake hands and look them in the eye in their own country, a smoke signaller says.
Common sense best approach
Friday 7 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It was interesting to see the chairman of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation, Mike Henry come out guns blazing trying to shift the blame on what has happened to Aitutaki Power to insinuate the public has overreacted on this matter.
Mobile again - thanks to NZ government
Thursday 6 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Six long months of enduring pain which prevented me from riding my bicycle, playing golf and planting and considerably impaired my daily activities, was finally diagnosed by a team of visiting bone and joint specialists from New Zealand as arthritis in its early stages in my right hip joint.
Name and shame all tax avoiders
Wednesday 5 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It was interesting to read about the two companies featured CI News for not having paid their tax after 10 years or so.
Babies having babies not right
Wednesday 5 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Some time ago I read an article in CI News that said there were a lot of teenage mothers in the Cook Islands aged from 11 to 15 years old.
Report opens up the 'bad, ugly, worst' of prison
Wednesday 5 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I would like to comment on the reports and findings of Denis McDermott and Tevai Matapo.
Caring for our 'jewel in the crown'
Tuesday 4 April 2017 | Published in Opinion
When we speak of Muri lagoon we speak of her as the “jewel in our crown”.
CI diplomacy means lots of travel
Monday 3 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
If anyone gagged at the prime minister’s New Year address, his most recent column in CI News on Saturday, March 25 will make them very ill.
Making sand from glass right way to go
Monday 3 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
After Papa Williams’ letter offering an outside of the square solution for sand mining in Rarotonga, I was poised to write to remind your readers and the leaders of various ministries of an alternative to using our discarded and ever-increasing pile of empty glass bottles as the waste fill in the big holes now being dug across the island.
Vote for chlorination could be vote for the Demos
Sunday 2 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Here’s a message for Mark Brown: Please do not chlorinate our water, or my vote will go to the Demos in the upcoming elections.
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