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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
5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
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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.
Editorial: Cooks need new friends in climate fight
The Cook Islands is set to become a developed nation. And in so doing, this collection of 15 islands spread over two million square kilometres of ocean will become the first in the region to gain this status.
Editorial: The young will come home to help
My trainer at the gym reckons my health should be my priority. And so he should. But I reckon I have other priorities, like my family.
Editorial: Raro's dog days are over
Whatever happened to the happy-go-lucky Raro dog?
Editorial: Community must seek drug abuse solutions
In our hospital, young men critically injured when they drink too much booze, once too often, and crash their bikes. In our prison, meth-addicted criminals in a spiral of drug abuse and mental illness. In our homes, addicts taking the food from their children’s mouths.
Norman George: The shakedown of self-governance
At the beginning of self-government the New Zealand High Commissioner was the acting Head of State. He assented to all Acts of the Legislature Assembly when passed. He was privy to all Cabinet papers and chaired all the Executive Council meetings.
Opinion: Success means quality of life Scorecard for Cook Islands
We cannot fool ourselves into thinking full prisons, full hospitals, and empty homes because the parents are both working two jobs is somehow sustainable.
Editorial: The tourism operators who care too much
It was a beautiful winter’s day on Sunday, when I visited Kaireva Beach House to talk with Susanna and Robert Wigmore.
Norman George: Roller-coaster ride to Cooks' modern self-reliant economy
In 1978 when Sir Thomas Davis’ Democratic Party took over government, there were some odd government structures that remained under New Zealand government control. The hairy hands of colonialism had to be amputated.
TIS: Feeding fish can harm them
Fish viewing is a popular component of tourism in many locations around the world. It increases interaction and interest between people and marine life, can increase visitor numbers to local areas and can be an enjoyable experience for.
Editorial: The canary in the Pacific mine
The idea of placing a canary in a mine to detect carbon monoxide was first proposed by oxygen specialist John Scott Haldane, about 1913.
Editorial: Welcoming our visitors at 2am
I flew back in on a Jetstar flight from Auckland, early yesterday morning. There was a light drizzle, and I had my raincoat ready as I made my way down the steps and across the tarmac to the arrivals terminal.
TNorman George: The early pains of self-governance
The easiest thing in the world is to accept what we have now without reference to how we got here. It is so easy and cozy to ignore the rough beginnings. I will make commentary about the three phases of self-government right up to now.
Editorial: The richness of our culture
The deputy prime minister Mark Brown aptly said, “each year Te Maeva Nui is impressive,” at the closing ceremony of the nations most celebrated event.
Thomas Wynne: Ma te inangaro One in love
Relevance, this was the question discussed at the Te Koutu Nui Conference this week with regard to our leaders and a question maybe, we can ask also of ourselves.
Editorial: Standing barefoot on your own ground
Talking to Taungaroa Emile yesterday, I don’t think his tears were those of sadness.
Editorial: Bluesky prepares for a rainy day
BLUESKY this week announced that it would be cutting the price of internet data. Strangely coincidental that the Manatua Cable project is just around the corner from being completed isn’t it?
Editorial: Different water streams woven together
Few things in recent year have divided this country as much as the word “chlorine’, people tell me.
Editorial: Te Maeva Nui is history in the making
When Puaikura’s warriors with blackened eyes stepped to the front of the stage, a hush fell over the crowd.
Norman George: Top 10: Long life for PM, life in prison for drug dealers
“Last but not least, I believe we have a birthday boy today: Henry Puna celebrates his 70th birthday. Happy Birthday Prime Minister!”
Editorial: Animal abusers are a tiny but ugly minority
Wandering around Punanga Nui market this weekend with our little golden-furred terrier Rusty, everyone wants to come up and pat him. (In some cases, they’re a lot happier to see him than to see me!)
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