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‘Nothing to worry about’: Prime Minister Brown on China agreement
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
3 August 2024
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 come together with life and love and pride
Since I was younger I’ve always loved Float Day. The day people converge in town to watch, catch up and be enlightened with the creations of each entrant. It’s fun when trying to debate which one is the best.
Norman George: A week to remember for our people
Two major events on the Rarotonga calendar in one week shot our little nation to great heights!
Editorial: An emotional return for athletes
Anania Piri was visibly emotional as she walked into the Rarotonga International Airport arrival lounge full of supporters on Saturday.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Repeating social media or thinking things through?
If you tell a lie long enough, people will believe it. That’s why we must take time to form informed positions on debates like chlorine.
Editorial: Journalism Charter is a living pledge of accountability
The new Cook Islands News journalism charter will be a living document. That means we welcome your suggestions – and we invite you to hold us accountable to it.
COOK ISLANDS NEWS JOURNALISM CHARTER
Respect, responsibility, integrity, fairness and accuracy. These are the principles we will strive to uphold.
Editorial: Behind every good athlete is a great family
When I talked to Margie Matenga yesterday, the netball legend was busy with a crying toddler: her grand-daughter Rain, 2, whom she was looking after while Rain’s mum led the Black Pearls into last night’s Pacific Games netball final.
Opinion: Suppressed tried and true
Dear Editor, Mr. Wynne’s piece “In Sickness and in Health” states: “… one cannot look at our history from 1915 to 1965 and dismiss the critical role… our Ariki and Mataiapo have played in where we are today”.
Editorial: Chickens, eggs and police pay
Pay rises and inflationary price increases: which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Editorial: Our identity in a name
What's in a name? A name is the grouping of several letters of an alphabet, or other symbols, which represent the identity of a person, an object, a country; in this case the Cook Islands and its people.
Norman George: Norman's nagging nightmare
Tighten your seat belts, it is going to be a bumpy ride. Have you ever thought of your worst nightmare? Waking up to find out that we are no longer in control of our country? The prime minister and Queen’s Representative under the control of a foreign interest?
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: In sickness and in health
There were concerns Ariki were complicit in the loss of Cook Islands Maori self-determination, but in the second part in a series, Thomas Wynne says they played a critical role in improving their people’s health and education.
Editorial: Sickeningly real impacts on our kids
POP QUIZ: NaCL is the formula of Sodium chloride, a strongly-flavoured chemical compound that is key to one of the proposed means of disinfecting Rarotonga’s drinking water. Consumed in sufficient quantities it causes poisoning and death.
Editorial: Who is responsible for Games blunder?
The swimming team’s admission it recklessly sent four athletes to the Pacific Games in flagrant breach of eligibility rules is not just embarrassing for team management; it is distressing for those now banned from competing.
Opinion My 2c worth- Liam Ratana in Apia
The new eligibility criteria at the 2019 Pacific Games restrict Pacific nations from being able to compete at their best.
Editorial: Asbestos victim: 'He went through hell'
As a journalist, some people’s stories stick with you. I remember the story of Des Sayegh.
Norman George: Who owes our elderly people a duty of care? Who is thy keeper?
And Cain talked with his brother Abel: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him. And the Lord said unto Cain, “Where is Abel thy brother?” And he said, “I know not. Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Cain and Abel/ Genesis 4:8-9)
Editorial: Today's news: sunny forecast for tourism trade
It’s a good week for Cook Islands on the world stage – and it’s only Monday ...
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: For God, Ariki and country
As we celebrate yesterday’s Ui Ariki holiday, what role do they play in our society?
Editorial: Ariki/church/government: a healthy tension
There’s a page in the paper that not everybody reads. That’s because it’s titled, the KidsPage.
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