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New Zealander stranded in Wuhan

Tuesday 28 January 2020 | Published in Small World

A New Zealand citizen trapped at the epicentre of China’s coronavirus outbreak is pleading with the government to do more to get New Zealanders out.


Call for Pacific flight ban

Tuesday 28 January 2020 | Published in Small World

Pacific nations on full alert for coronavirus with six Chinese tourists quarantined in Fiji.


Letters: Student loans scheme

Tuesday 28 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Students would have to be 150% sure of their chosen career path for this debt to be worth it (I don’t know many who have been).


Letters: Condolences after two die in crash

Tuesday 28 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Sincere condolences to the families of those involved.


Letters: Talks to address teacher pay

Tuesday 28 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor The article “Teachers strike is a last resort” (January 18, 2020) is incorrect in stating that I, as Secretary of Education, had been approached for comment but did not respond. Had I actually been approached for comment, I would have provided a response.


Letters: Cooks childcare values respect, love, laughter

Monday 27 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana, I was very interested to read the article about Island Bubz childcare centre.


Policing our offshore jurisdiction

Saturday 25 January 2020 | Published in Environment

We all know about Cook Islands’ offshore trusts industry – but there’s another offshore jurisdiction that’s less well-known. It’s the Ministry of Marine Resources offshore division, that oversees the waters of our exclusive economic zone and beyond.

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Letters: Student loans an investment, not a cost

Saturday 25 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Ask the Prime Minister for an investment. Not a grant, not extra money for the Ministry of Education, but an investment.

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Letters: Tupapa powerboard mystery

Saturday 25 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

There’s a lot of things you can do with that three-phase. Like Muri night market – each stall could have a light. You could set up four multi-boards like this one, around the night market.


Letters: Robbed tourists say meitaki

Saturday 25 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana, thanks everyone for your supportive comments.


Alanna Smith: Rats! We need to free our islands of these pests

Saturday 25 January 2020 | Published in Environment

OPINION: Eradicating rats from our islands will help birds, marine life, and help communities adapt for the climate crisis, writes Alanna Smith from Te Ipukarea Society.

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Bishop Paul Donoghue: Our teachers show young people reality

Friday 24 January 2020 | Published in Church Talk

OPINION: As we return to school, we remember that teachers must be authentic witnesses who first live the life that they propose to others, writes Bishop Paul Donoghue, from the Catholic Church.

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Papa Manavaikai: Cable cost savings

Friday 24 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana, Mata Puia has a valid view point (“Scepticism about fibre cable cost savings”, Jan 9).

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Keith Mokotupu: Building sector is 'blind leading the blind'

Friday 24 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, My letter is a direct complaint aimed towards Infrastructure Cook Islands’ Building Control Inspectors and not Infrastructure Cook Islands’ boss, who no doubt has her own problems dealing with “dry wood” that needs pruning and to be tossed on the heap.


Letters: 'Inspirational to us as children'

Thursday 23 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana, I’d like to thank Norman George for his well-written column on our Cook Islands political history from the 1960s.


Letters: Exporting people

Thursday 23 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Thomas Tarurongo Wynne’s column (“Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”, Jan 18) was very revealing, but none more so than the information gleaned from the New Zealand Parliamentary Library revealing there were 81,000 Cook Islanders living in New Zealand in 2018.


Letters: Security from criminals

Thursday 23 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Just reading your article regarding Rarotonga protecting visitors trying to enjoy holidays on such a beautiful island (“Protecting Raro, one big resort”, Letters, Jan 21).


Indonesia appoints Pacific advocate

Thursday 23 January 2020 | Published in Small World

PACIFIC – Indonesia has appointed one of its main regional heads of mission to a new role as roving ambassador in the Pacific.


Pacific vulnerable to virus

Thursday 23 January 2020 | Published in Small World

New Zealand must do all it can to protect Pacific from Chinese outbreak.


In the water, on the water, by the water

Wednesday 22 January 2020 | Published in Art

This year’s BCI Summer in Paradise photo contest is gaining momentum, with dozens of entries this past week – and some people sharing some beautiful stories, too. To enter your photos for a chance at the big prizes – an iPad, an iPhone and more – email editor@cookislandsnews.com. TOP PIC! Miss Photogenic Mermaid Ngatokorua Arona at Rutaki beach. By PATRICK ARONA

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