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Articles by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne
We're victims of our own success
Saturday 3 November 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
“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'
Saturday 27 October 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
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
Monday 22 October 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
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
Saturday 13 October 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
When broken roads are more of a concern to us then broken people, we have a problem.
Lock them up and throw away the key!
Sunday 23 September 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
He kissed her, tears rolling down his eyes and he hugged his children, knowing their time together was about to come to an end.
Has integrity become old-fashioned?
Saturday 8 September 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
“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
Saturday 1 September 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
Nationalism is fast becoming a dirty word.
Ko koe, ko au, ko tatou
Saturday 25 August 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
When did we start measuring our people by dollars and cents?
Old ways will not open new doors
Saturday 18 August 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
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'
Saturday 11 August 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
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.
TMN more than song and dance
Saturday 4 August 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
It is so true that to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven.
The sacred is not for sale
Saturday 21 July 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
The clash between our development as a tourist destination and preserving our culture, sacred places and identity have come to the fore this week, with young eco-warrior Liam Kokaua mobilising people to stop a planned development at Avana Point.
What does our prison say about us?
Saturday 14 July 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
If people from other countries were able to check out our prison on the island, how would they then judge our society and what would they say about these invisible members of our population?
Plight of indigenous people a real shock
Saturday 7 July 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
Columnist Thomas Wynne comments on an eye-opening conference he attended in Australia last week. Wynne’s regular column, which usually appears on Saturday, will instead be printed in Monday’s CINews.
We need to make people our priority
Saturday 23 June 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
I visited an old papa this week, who lived in a house that can only be described as fit to be condemned.
Election result poses a big question
Monday 18 June 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
As each party summons its troops and gathers over the next few days, vying for the opportunity to govern the country, the question we may need to ask ourselves is, have the Cook Islands people won this election?
All changes demand careful thought
Monday 11 June 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
“Be careful what you ask for, because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well...”
Students of grief, the Teacher has come...
Tuesday 5 June 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
Someone once said things come in threes. Three would have been enough, but each day our small communities have been hit by the loss of yet another loved one. Another young one gone too soon, or another Mama or Papa taken as the sun sets on their lives.
A vote the drop that fills the bucket
Monday 28 May 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter, and voting is the foundation stone for political action.
Who stands at the tomb of your life?
Monday 21 May 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
Our small community has been left reeling this week at the tragic and sudden deaths of two great men.
