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No debt in China deal
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Thomas Wynne: Where were our leaders while children suffered?
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$541.7m tourism earnings
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Cook Islands passport proposal
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Top cop position advertised
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Niki Rattle: A call for stronger human rights protections
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
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DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
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Cook Islands has its first mosque
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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
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RAC to address mosque legality
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CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
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Man found guilty of rape, burglary
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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.
'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.
Lock them up and throw away the key!
He kissed her, tears rolling down his eyes and he hugged his children, knowing their time together was about to come to an end.
Power to change our lives is within us
One of the most uplifting and hopeful teachings in the world’s sacred scriptures is that we have the power to change our lives for the better.
Tei te tuatua vaa ua ra te putaua - The time for talk is over.
What do we fill in its place if we are as Jackie Tuara wrote in a letter to CINews this week: a people forgetting who we are, and the essence of what makes us Maori.
Speaker process far from impartial
My views about how I regard the performance of our parliament as a complete shambles are well documented (CIs News 13.10.14) so, as parliament is shortly expected to be convened, I would like to make some suggestions and comments on how we might take this opportunity of a new parliament to finally try and recognise one particular problem and do something intelligent about it.
Has integrity become old-fashioned?
“The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether you are on a section gang, a football field, in an army or in an office.” These were the reflective words of Dwight Delano Eisenhower as he pondered his time in office as the United States’ 34th president.
Moemoe a Panako - don't be found sleeping
Nationalism is fast becoming a dirty word.
Ko koe, ko au, ko tatou
When did we start measuring our people by dollars and cents?
Old ways will not open new doors
It’s always telling when people who move here to live or to work start a sentence with, “back in New Zealand” (or wherever they may be from), “we do it this way”.
Guarding Pacific's 'triple star'
When Irishman Thomas Bracken wrote the New Zealand National Anthem in 1870, he included the lines, “Guard Pacific’s triple star”, from the shafts of strife and war.
Petition information 'quite alarming'
Political commentator John Scott says he is “amazed” at some of the material the court is being asked to accept during the electoral petitions proceedings now underway. He discusses some of the reasons for his discomfort in this opinion piece for CINews. The long-time Rarotonga resident has expert knowledge of the role of parliament in Cook Islands politics.
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