I was fortunate to sit on two paepae this week – one for the funeral of the Māori King, Tūheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, whose daughter, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, was crowned with a Bible soon afterward, and another for those who were abused by another crown, where the Bible was sometimes used not to bless but to curse, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Wandering around Punanga Nui market this weekend with our little golden-furred terrier Rusty, everyone wants to come up and pat him. (In some cases, they’re a lot happier to see him than to see me!)
Since I was younger I’ve always loved Float Day. The day people converge in town to watch, catch up and be enlightened with the creations of each entrant. It’s fun when trying to debate which one is the best.
Two major events on the Rarotonga calendar in one week shot our little nation to great heights!
Anania Piri was visibly emotional as she walked into the Rarotonga International Airport arrival lounge full of supporters on Saturday.
If you tell a lie long enough, people will believe it. That’s why we must take time to form informed positions on debates like chlorine.
The new Cook Islands News journalism charter will be a living document. That means we welcome your suggestions – and we invite you to hold us accountable to it.
Respect, responsibility, integrity, fairness and accuracy. These are the principles we will strive to uphold.
When I talked to Margie Matenga yesterday, the netball legend was busy with a crying toddler: her grand-daughter Rain, 2, whom she was looking after while Rain’s mum led the Black Pearls into last night’s Pacific Games netball final.
Dear Editor, Mr. Wynne’s piece “In Sickness and in Health” states: “… one cannot look at our history from 1915 to 1965 and dismiss the critical role… our Ariki and Mataiapo have played in where we are today”.
Pay rises and inflationary price increases: which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
What's in a name? A name is the grouping of several letters of an alphabet, or other symbols, which represent the identity of a person, an object, a country; in this case the Cook Islands and its people.
Tighten your seat belts, it is going to be a bumpy ride. Have you ever thought of your worst nightmare? Waking up to find out that we are no longer in control of our country? The prime minister and Queen’s Representative under the control of a foreign interest?
There were concerns Ariki were complicit in the loss of Cook Islands Maori self-determination, but in the second part in a series, Thomas Wynne says they played a critical role in improving their people’s health and education.
POP QUIZ: NaCL is the formula of Sodium chloride, a strongly-flavoured chemical compound that is key to one of the proposed means of disinfecting Rarotonga’s drinking water. Consumed in sufficient quantities it causes poisoning and death.
The swimming team’s admission it recklessly sent four athletes to the Pacific Games in flagrant breach of eligibility rules is not just embarrassing for team management; it is distressing for those now banned from competing.
The new eligibility criteria at the 2019 Pacific Games restrict Pacific nations from being able to compete at their best.
As a journalist, some people’s stories stick with you. I remember the story of Des Sayegh.
And Cain talked with his brother Abel: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, “Where is Abel thy brother?” And he said, “I know not. Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Cain and Abel/ Genesis 4:8-9)
It’s a good week for Cook Islands on the world stage – and it’s only Monday ...
As we celebrate yesterday’s Ui Ariki holiday, what role do they play in our society?
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