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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
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Opinion
Letter: Cook Islands Christian Movement
Dear Editor, William Framhein is the interim secretary of Cook Islands Christian Movement Inc (CICMI) that wants to undo the legislation that decriminalised homosexuality.
Letter: Praise for PM Brown
Dear Editor, As far as I see it, the PM Mark Brown is doing more work than anyone else in government, and I don’t mean blowing rubbish and cutting hedges on the side of the road.
Tolerance is one of the great virtues
I remember entering the mosque in the city of Antalya in Turkey, looking up at its vastness and space, as the men gathered for prayer. It had been a visit of schools in Turkey and of dialogue, run by a group called the dialogue society and it was to build just that.
Our responsibility to share love
Someone shattered the lens by which we see ourselves, the way we see our neighbours, those that are the same and especially those that are different last week. Someone took that lens and smashed it into 50 pieces with more pieces falling to the floor as we speak, as we ponder, as we gather our thoughts after the shock of what transpired in Christchurch last week.
No-one should be left behind
A washing machine, microwave, bedding … the list went on as a plea for a mama in our community went out as she desperately needed what amounted to the necessities for living here in Rarotonga.
What's in our name?
We name our children, we name our vaka taurua -- in fact we name all the parts of a voyaging vaka. We name our villages, our tapere, and the land we build our homes on has a name.
First Impressions …
Soft touch of an ei on tired skin It’s waxy scent rising through the fog of airline sleep
Govt fans flames of division
With the success of the Democratic Party in Ivirua, there is no question that changes are in the air!
Poem to pay tribute to Aunty Mii
The following poem was composed by Terea Mataiapo, Paul Raui Allsworth for his Aunty Mii, Te Maeu O Te Rangi Teikamata Ariki, OBE otherwise known as Mii Pokoati O’Bryan in celebration of her 90th birthday last November.
When our silence betrays us...
On Sunday afternoons, I sit in the covered courtyard, looking around at the tables and chairs, and I see families reunited, fathers kissing children, holding their wives and partners as they sit down for a meal. This could be a scene at the Social Centre, the airport or anywhere around our beautiful paradise, but it is not.
Challenge to QR goes unanswered
Political commentator John Scott continues to maintain that parliamentary evidence shows that the CIP government has lost the confidence of the House and any claim to be the Queen’s Representative’s lawful advisers. He explains the situation as it stands now.
Honour when honour is due
Sitting in my hot office with a fan gently blowing the heat further around my office, every Wednesday I would wait for her return so as we could sit and talk, pray and meditate together.
'Just be quiet - because you don't live here!'
“Don’t comment on what’s happening here in the Cook Islands. “You’ve chosen to live somewhere other than the Cook Islands, so you don’t have a right to speak.”
Filling Clerk of Parliament vacancy
If anyone thought I was going to allow the current advertising for the position of Clerk of Parliament to pass without comment from me then they were sorely mistaken.
We're victims of our own success
“We are victims of our own success,” said Donald A Norman, director of The Design Lab at the University of California, San Diego.
Love should be 'something we do'
Love is a verb. It is a doing word, something we do, something we show, something we demonstrate.
Don't stand on your own two feet
Has anyone ever told you need to stand on your own two feet? I have heard it many times, despite the fact that standing on one’s own two feet means often the only feet you will see are your own. You will only see yourself at times and when the storms come and you may rely only on your own strength to battle those storms.
People matter more than potholes
When broken roads are more of a concern to us then broken people, we have a problem.
If you can read this, thank a teacher
This year’s theme statement – “The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher” - is telling us that our children are our tomorrow, where we must invest the best to receive the best.
Pride of Cook Islands: Educational Development
The Cook Islands consists of 15 islands and atolls and total land area of 240 square kilometres within an exclusive economic zone.
Te Arapo – A way to health, well-being
Maori and Polynesian people are constantly reminded that we’re becoming more overweight and obese. But our recent research suggests that weight loss, and biological health measures just aren’t relevant to us culturally, being told we need to lose weight just doesn’t motivate us to change our lifestyle.
Dysfunction in our House
Dear Editor, The dysfunction down at Parliament continues.
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