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Top cop position advertised
7 December 2024
Police need numbers and bigger budget
9 December 2024
Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
10 December 2024
Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
7 September 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Rising seas, rising costs: Climate impacts on Cook Islands economy
2 September 2024
Inflation eases but concerns remain
31 August 2024
Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
PM Brown eager to hand over Forum chair role to Tonga
13 August 2024
ICI explains road works delay in front of old Sheraton site
10 August 2024
Housing crisis hits tourism industry
27 July 2024
MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
Challenging ‘rape culture’
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Opinion
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.
Ruth Mave: Living on island time
After you’ve spent time chasing the goals and dreams of the high speed, concrete jungles of the world, coming to live in the Cook Islands is a decision most of us make to get some real island time, where the rhythm of life is slower, simpler and cleaner. It’s where eyes and hearts wake to nature and views and tourists pay money to visit and absorb all this for a short time. We are the lucky ones – we live here. So, as we head into a new decade, let’s take a moment to wallow in our good fortune. We have changed and evolved yes, but some things, thankfully, remain the same. Before you rush headlong back into work and routine, remember island time is alive and well.
Resolve to dump resolutions
It’s time to reflect on those things that give us strength, vibrance and a sense of self, says Thomas Wynne.
Ruth Mave: Dreaming of a simple Christmas
OPINION: When the nativity scene is depicted in traditional paintings, for example, it is always with soft glowing light. In the manger there’s hay, and animals including cows.
Thankfulness adds to joy of life
Flowers, now, a little browner, litter the vinyl floor. They are remnants of just moments before, when joy and thankfulness greeted each other as families and friends, came through the airport arrival doors to the welcome arms of those who had been waiting so patiently to see them.
Opinion: Ministries duck meth action
Frustration over lack of progress with drug education.
Jaewynn McKay: We're a community of givers
Small Rotary club punches well above its’ weight. Rotary came to Rarotonga in the mid-1960’s and earlier this year we celebrated our first 50 years.
Norman George: Winding down the year 2019
Agricultural production turns into a lemon, the dangers of over-eating and how to regain your fitness.
John Scott: It's votes versus principle
PM’s stance on same-sex relationships a case of “political fence-sitting, claims former Clerk of Parliament.
Ruth Mave: The characteristics of a true leader
When it comes to leadership in my family, women hold dominion, surviving and achieving through each generation.
Thomas Wynne: Changing tack – time to sail away
Life is like that; when we have a final destination in our minds and we set our course, only to find the wind we had hoped for has dissipated and we must now tack away … but the ultimate destination remains the same.
Jaewynn McKay: Tessa: A lifetime friendship that lasted just nine months
Ahead of New Zealand High Commissioner Tessa Temata’s funeral tomorrow, friends remember how she touched the lives of many.
Liz Raizis: Chemicals threaten our tourist-friendly organic future
OPINION: We need to keep our children and our islands safe from the ‘toxic soup’ of modern life.
Norman George: Nurse and teacher tucker relies on vaka swappas
OPINION: The pile of discarded MPs provide an argument for diverting capital surplus into public sector pay rises – regardless of who’s in power.
Ruth Mave: Understanding non-consensual sex
When talking about sex, we often make it easier by referring to the topic as something else, such as the ‘birds and the bees’!
Travis Moore: Criminalisation of same-sex threat to heterosexual relationships
The hero of our extended family is my gay brother. This is his story.
Thomas Wynne: A sickening legacy
In the 1840s, the early missionaries estimated the population of Rarotonga to be between 6000 and 7000.
Liz Raizis: Our Cook Islands family includes LGBTQ+ people, as well as 24 MPs
OPINION: Some years ago at The Rarotongan Beach Resort we had a wonderful poolside show every Sunday featuring the island-style choir, E Matike!
John Dunn: The case against criminalisation
An open letter to MPs: The recent recommendation from the Select Committee to maintain criminalisation of homosexuality demands comment. As a Cook Islander and New Zealander I am greatly saddened by this decision.
Jaewynn McKay : Beauty pageants not just about appearance, but also environment, culture and humanity
If “world peace” is the answer, what might the question be? Well in the movie Miss Congeniality the question was “what is the one most important thing our society needs?”
NORMAN GEORGE : A charter for government
Democratic Party to file High Court declaratory applications seeking rulings on legality of prisoner releases and post-election charter flight from Northern Group.
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