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16 February 2025
‘Serious questions’: Opposition challenges China partnership
15 February 2025
No-confidence motion against PM and his Cabinet faces delays
15 February 2025
Ruta Mave: People’s Republic of China red flag
10 February 2025
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
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
7 September 2024
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.
Biting back- The future looks good because we've made it that way through hard work
This is a crisp, concise column. And there’s a reason for that. Because here in the Cooks, we all have plenty of work to get on with.
Norman George: We all have a role in averting the agony and pain of crime against children
Nothing is more painful and tormenting than violent crimes against children. God’s greatest creation, humankind, begins with children.
Opinion: As a nation do we feel the wind on our face, do we see dark clouds gathering?
Presidents and Prime Ministers alike, no-one is above the law. None can disregard the founding laws that were put in place to protect husbands and wives, parents and children, employers and their staff.
Letters: It's 2019, and still employers advertise for men?
Dear editor, Given that the Cook Islands is supposedly a country that advocates equal opportunities for both sexes, I was a bit surprised to see three classified ads earlier this week that specifically asked for males.
Norman George: Australia dumping human waste here
Picture yourself in circumstances of crushed freedom. Sometimes unable to see the sun for days. Unable to see the moon and the stars for years as you are locked up in cells at night.
It's the skeleton of our democracy Our bones are embodied in the constitution
When you are born there are 270 of them and by the time you die if you have lived a long life this decreases to about 206.
Norman George: Boards to combat drugs, dereliction and boredom
Four months ago, our country was exposed to a large number of critical problems: from the growing use of methamphetamine or “P”, to the need for rest homes for the elderly, to the need for psychiatric professionals to treat drug addicts and dementia sufferers. Add the lack of doctors for the outer islands, and we were ready to press the ejector seat and parachute down to safety.
'Forgiveness cannot be given too freely'
As convicted killer Ngaakitai Taria seeks forgiveness, we must think of the family of the boy he abused – and speak up to ensure no child suffers in silence ever again.
E te mate e, tei ea to'ou tara
Grief is an unwelcome guest that soon arrives after death has left the room. Grief, that ominous shadow that dark shadow that follows us as we go about our day. Tears the sure sign that grief has embraced us, as we walk, as we go about our day as we think we have somehow got over the loss of someone we love, though we know deep in our heart we will never get over it, and instead it is something we will learn in time to live with.
Journalism Tour: A long trip to the beach in Hawai'i
Aloha! After a week of hustle and bustle for the US visa, I finally made it to Honolulu, Hawaii, for the first leg of the East West Center’s Pacific Islands Journalism Reporting Tour, funded by the US State Department.
Norman George: Wicked wit of Winston
I bought a book called The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill while passing through London. Enjoy…
Quadruple bottom-line decision-making: Social, ecological, financial – and spiritual
We must be careful and mindful of the choices we make. They have consequences. If you hadn’t noticed, the world is changing and changing very, very quickly and sometimes that change happens so fast we don’t always have time to consider it well before that change is made.
Editor: Being green is learning from our mistakes
Cook Islands has become the latest country to ratify the Kigali Amendment to phase down the use of Hydrofluorocarbons.
Norman George: Young will turn politics on head
There comes a time when the political rhetoric and scripts no longer excite; they have become worn out repeats.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: 'Men, we have too often died in silence'
OPINION: Thomas Wynne went to hospital with a sore back; he came out with a heart problem. He calls on men to start talking about their health.
Editorial: Smart parents protect us from measles
Cook Islanders spend a lot of time and money flying to New Zealand for healthcare.
Opinion: All we're saying is, give peas a chance
I think seared tuna is a God-given miracle. I love a pork stir-fry. And there’s still something comforting about an old-fashioned roast chicken on a cold night.
Editorial: NZ iwi investors a good fit for Cooks
OPINION: Workers were hard at it yesterday, cleaning the rubble and clearing the scrub from a parcel of land overlooking Aitutaki Lagoon.
Norman George: Cabinet posts traded like smuggled ivory
OPINION: After Sir Thomas Davis’ reign, he was succeeded by Sir Pupuke Robati. When the Democratic Party lost the general election in 1989, the Cook Islands Party won with Sir Geoffrey Henry as Prime Minister. He led for 10 years.
Editorial: How the grapes of wrath are sown
OPINION: Over the past months, I’ve heard a few stories of people patiently working their way through the courts to win their corner of paradise.
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