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.
Established and growing research results show that women’s leadership in political decision-making processes improves them, writes Ruta Mave.
The land of milk and honey? Or did we leave the milk and honey behind, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
June Hosking and Itirangi Pennycook are representing Te Ipukarea Society in Jamaica at the 2025 International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations. This article was prompted by a speech by the Hereditary Chief of the Wolf Clan of the Gitxsan Nation, Canada.
Dear Editor, I am a young woman of the Cook Islands, raised on Rarotonga, now studying at the University of Waikato, studying law and politics.
Te Tuhi Kelly made a call to arms for women to join his Progressive Party. A sound idea, however, I believe it is time for women to rise and form a women’s party, writes Ruta Mave.
Dear Editor, I would like to add a few words to the story that ran in this paper on 11 March 2025 regarding the court case of Chris Denny.
If we are to make the Cook Islands a Christian nation, we must first ask: what version of Christianity are we talking about? Thomas Tarurongo Wynne writes.
This article is based on a recent peer reviewed article, Metal mining on land versus the ocean in the context of the current Biodiversity Crisis, by V. Tunnicliff et.al. published on 5th March 2025 in the NPJ Ocean Sustainability Journal.
In 2008, I was invited to speak at a conference in Seattle, Washington, entitled “Seeds of Compassion” hosted by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. By Linda Kavelin-Popov.
The Cook Islands passport saga with New Zealand and the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement with China have raised serious public concerns sending national and international alarm bells that goes far beyond our shores, writes Terea Mataiapo Dr Paul R P Allsworth.
We see in “Court News” that co-accused Poe Poila and Romani Katoa in the Boxing Day knife-wielding incident are being processed through the Criminal Court.