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No debt in China deal
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Thomas Wynne: Haka with the taniwha or dance with the dragon?
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‘Paedophile’ gets 13 years in prison
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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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Police need numbers and bigger budget
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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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I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
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Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
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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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Tenants face water bill burden
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Anxiety on the rise: Cook Islands faces mental health challenge
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
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Opinion
Letter: The last domino has fallen
Dear Editor, It’s been widely reported in many news outlets that after President Trump ripped into Ukraine President Zelensky, European leaders came to their senses, realising that America couldn’t be counted on to stand with them to counter Russian hostility.
Kata: Farmers
The Burglary Murder: Trial and verdict
THE ACCUSED was charged with murder and, alternatively, manslaughter. In other words, if the killing was intentional then it is murder, but if it was the result of an unlawful act, then it is manslaughter. Both charges carry life imprisonment as a penalty.
CDP a joint-initiative project
THE OTHER day I caught the tail end of a conversation between Prime Minister Henry Puna and Kave Korero radio talkback host Tony Hakaoro and heard Tony questioning the prime minister on Government support for the Merchant of Paradise (MoP) Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) for the Cook Islands.
Creating positive change in a manageable way
RECENTLY, I decided to make a tiny promise to myself about fitness - a promise so small I knew I could easily keep it – to do 10 tummy tightener exercises before I get out of bed in the morning. They’re like lazy sit-ups. I just lie there and clench my stomach muscles.
Te Ipukarea Society staff learn from the country's best
Dr TEINA Rongo works for the Climate Change Division at the Office of the Prime Minister.
US visitors a snapshot of Trump's victory
WALKING down the main road in Amuri I bumped into two American tourists having an ice cream.
Bizarre election like Mad Hatter's party
Richard Moore is an award-winning journalist and photographer, now residing on Rarotonga, a senior journalist on at CI News.
We are investing in youth, our future
KIA ORANA tatou katotoa, i te aro’a maata o to tatou Atua.
Generous legacy a gift that keeps on giving
Aitutaki-based counsellor and CI News columnist Thomas Wynne looks at a school on Hawaii that is showing the way forward in education, thanks to a bequest made long in the past.
Righteousness the path to happiness
WHEN PEOPLE are asked what really matters in life, they often say “To be happy”.
Search for seabird making progress thanks to recorder
THE SEARCH for evidence of petrels and shearwaters on Rarotonga continues.
The burglary murder... wrong man charged
OUR RECONSTRUCTION of the crime scene was that the deceased was woken up when someone walked into his bedroom.
Shootings wakeup call for all
Last week’s Vaimaanga shootings are a wakeup call for all of us.
When tragedy strikes, the virtues can help
I WAS visiting Rarotonga this week when the news spread that two people had been murdered. While on a work release programme from prison, Chris Rimamotu shot his former partner and her boyfriend. That night, he had a gun and a truck and was still at large. Most people went into lockdown mode, but a woman who lived in the village where the shootings occurred was weeping and wandering in a parking area, afraid to go home. The next morning, cornered in a house by police, the killer committed suicide. No-one, including the police, remember any act of violence like this happening before here in paradise. What happens to a community, especially a small community, when tragedy strikes? Make no mistake. Everyone is affected by a devastating event such as this; everyone. How do we as a community deal with the aftermath, the post-traumatic stress of fear, anxiety, grief, and feelings of vulnerability? Communities in North America have applied the healing tools of The Virtues Project, days or sometimes months after tragedy hits. In Pocatello, Idaho in 2006, beautiful 16-year-old Cassie Jo Stoddart, known as one of the kindest and best loved girls in her class, was murdered by two classmates, who planned to kill many of their classmates. The two boys, who were friends of Cassie’s, confessed they did it to be “famous”. They are now serving a life sentence without parole. This profoundly shocked and shattered this small, very religious community. Yet, nothing except some immediate individual counseling had been done. We set up circles for the teens, families, and teachers to finally allow the healing tears and suppressed anger blocked until then, and helped to re-bond the painful rift between students loyal to the boys and others who were enraged by what occurred. There were sincere virtues acknowledgments and hugs bridging the gap. In Walkerton, Ontario, a toxic e coli outbreak in the community water system from farm run-off, killed seven people, and sickened thousands. The horrific discovery was made that it was the result of a cover-up by two untrained men who monitored the water system. The town, heavily dependent on tourism, withered. Family businesses were lost. Children had to be bussed to schools in other communities. It was like a ghost town. Finally, the interfaith church council decided to bring in the The Virtues Project. One mother who ignored the early warnings, bathed her children and brushed their teeth with the tainted water. She said guilt had kept her sleepless for months. Her first good sleep occurred after the healing circle. She
Calamity hits with cyclone force
Counsellor and CI News columnist Thomas Wynne examines the tragic events of this week and looks at ways in which the lives of the weak, the vulnerable, the mentally unwell and challenged can be improved.
Kicking off after the Futsal World Cup
HELLO READERS! I’m back!
A fresh look at Gospel's arrival
AS GOSPEL Day quickly approaches (it’s on Wednesday, October 26), sitting in church one Sunday here in Arutanga, the singing takes on that heavenly feel, as the songs just lap over and over,
No-one needs to be alone in their fight against cancer
THE SCENT of sausages and onions sizzling on the “barbie” wafted across the road, drawing me toward a long table covered with a pink cloth, tended by bank employees wearing pink.
The wonder of living in paradise
I DECIDED to do a random Virtues Pick for this column, and received Wonder.
Our land should not be a commodity
Today’s opinion column is written by Aitutaki counsellor Thomas Tarurongo Wynne, who this week explores the power of a connection to the land. Wynne is standing in for regular columnist, Norman George, who is in Colombia, South America. He is representing CIFA at the FIFA Futsal World Cup and will return to Rarotonga this month.
Weighty words need careful weighing up
WHEN SOMEONE we know says something about not wanting to live, make no mistake, it is a distress call, and it should be taken seriously.
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