Opinion

Kata: Christmas stress

Ruta Mave: A call for peace and justice this Christmas

It is the eve of Christmas eve, where shopping for last minute Santa presents, food and drinks intensity is creeping to stratospheric proportions, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: Passport proposal

Dear Editor, It was with disbelief that most New Zealanders watched on the evening Television 1 News, Sunday night (NZ time), the story about your Prime Minister, Mark Brown, intention to make a break from New Zealand.

Letter: Cook Islands passport - personal ambition or national interest?

Dear Editor, Here’s my observation of this focus on the Cook Islands Passport, designed I might add, to draw attention away from seabed mining.

Kata: ADB loan

Virtues in Paradise: The best present you can give

Christmas is nearly here, and there is so much to do – preparing for visiting family, finding gifts for the children, serving the church, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Coconut trees, too much of a good thing

Coconut trees are often called the ‘Tree of Life’ in the Cook Islands and other Pacific islands because every part of the tree is useful. But too many coconut trees can be a problem.

Thomas Wynne: Recognising the signs of spiritual manipulation

Should any religion be free to travel like a vine as it pleases? Or should we learn to discern between something that bears good fruit and something that chokes, kills, and destroys? Thomas Tarurongo Wynne writes.

Kata: Christmas bonus

Church Talk: The 2024 festive season and what it truly means

The festive season is a time of celebration, family gatherings, and joy. For many in the Cook Islands, this period is about reconnecting with loved ones, sharing meals, and participating in cultural and spiritual traditions, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Kata: Rainy Christmas

Pet Talk: Keeping your pets cool and comfortable this summer Christmas

The holiday season is a time of joy, family, and festivity, but for pet owners, it can bring unique challenges, writes Dr Rose Hasegawa, medical director Te Are Manu Vet Clinic.

Kata: Be self responsible

Te Tuhi Kelly: Religion raises its ugly side again

As we are all aware, the Government has set up a select committee and have asked for public submissions on a proposal to make the Cook Islands an exclusive Christian nation, writes Te Tuhi Kelly, leader of the Progressive Party.

Kata: Santa's present

Ruta Mave: The ‘hypocrisy’ of a Christian state

Hypocrisy is alive and well in the unofficial Christian state of Crook Islands, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: Takitumu police

Thomas Wynne: A history of faith in the Cook Islands

The journey of faith and religion in the Cook Islands – from Tangaroa to Rongo, from Christianity to Pentecostalism – has always been marked by resistance, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Te Ipukarea Society: Composting workshop teaches sustainable living

Te Ipukarea Society participated in a hands-on composting workshop hosted by New Zealand consultant Chris Purchas at the Papaaroa Mission House last Friday.

Kata: No freedom