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No debt in China deal
8 February 2025
Thomas Wynne: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?
8 February 2025
‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
22 January 2025
Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
25 January 2025
$541.7m tourism earnings
25 January 2025
Cook Islands passport proposal
6 January 2025
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
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Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Opinion
Thomas Wynne: Protecting the future
As we celebrate 60 years of self governance, with the theme “Kua kite au i toku turanga, e avaiki toku – I know who I am, I have a homeland” – we also reflect on significant moments for us as a country, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Te Ipukarea Society: Fresh eyes on the Takitumu Conservation Area
The care with which the TCA is managed is clear, preserving its unique ecosystems and biodiversity, writes Gemma Langley.
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.
Opinion: Alcohol's the real danger
A billboard depicting a funeral says, ‘the problem with drink-driving is the mourning after’.
Opinion: Mother and daughter travel afar to bring back tools for this nation
Echoing across the old wooden chamber, steeped in formality and history, the demure figure of a man dressed in red robes and a long draping wig said this.
JAEWYNN McKAY: To tinder or not to tinder
My husband finds it amusing to tell folk that I’m a “joiner” – apparently by this he means I see a queue and join it.
Ruth Tangiaau Mave: Pay our teachers well, before they leave
Mrs Mutu, one of my primary school teachers, told me underpants were invented to stop the last drop dribbling down your leg after you’ve been to the loo.
Norman George: Our Ministry of Incorrect Services
The Prison Superintendent has been made redundant with just one month’s notice. Now he’s lifting the lid on alleged failings in prison administration.
Thomas Wynne: A grand plan to extend our borders
As the Manatua Cable goes live next year, our ability to connect Cook Islanders around the world, our ability to connect changes like never before.
Jaewynn McKay: Vaccination saves kids' lives – anything else is 'clinical incompetency'
This time last week and for just a few minutes I tortured myself. With my eyes rapidly leaking over my keyboard I watched footage shot from a cellphone in a hospital in Samoa of two mothers holding their babies for the last time and struggling to let go of their lifeless bodies.
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