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Opinion
Thomas Wynne: Remembering the price of our freedom
As we gathered like many did around commonwealth countries, in squares and parade grounds, memorials to the dead and wounded, we remember also that freedom is paid by someone, somewhere and sometime – it is never for free, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Virtues in Paradise: Good fights clear the air
What is the key to a happy life? As we all know, “happy wife, happy life,” or “If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy”. That being said, the question is what makes for a happy couple? writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Norman George: There is honour among thieves
OPINION: The most dishonourable thing that can happen in the underworld of mobsters and gangsters is betrayal, writes Norman George.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: Meitaki ma`ata to all our volunteers
OPINION: If you want a lot done for nothing you need a volunteer, writes Ruta Tangiiau Mavé.
Derek Fox: From where I'm sitting, Rarotonga is a very long way away
OPINION: Covid-19 is hitting older people hardest. My friends, my relatives, even I may not survive this pandemic, writes Derek Fox.
Jaewynn McKay: Social distancing might have saved many from past pandemics
I don’t know for sure, but I would almost bet a dollar, that it’s almost impossible – anywhere in the world – to get through the day without hearing, reading or seeing something about Covid-19, the coronavirus that is sweeping the world.
Ruth Mave: Look out for the young ones
A village raises a child, because parents can’t be everywhere, but where is the village when we need them most?
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: 1000 reasons to pay teachers more
OPINION: MPs deserve their pay rise – and by the same measure, so do the teachers who hold our future in their hands.
Alex Herman: Seabed minerals: This is a long game – we have do to it right
OPINION: Deep-sea minerals aren’t all the same, and the tools used to harvest them are very different from one corner of the ocean to another. In Cook Islands, the focus is on environmental and economic sustainability – and that sets it apart from more harmful seabed mining practices, contends new Seabed Minerals Commissioner Alex Herman.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Sons for the return home
OPINION: Study at home incentives and student loans are a step in the right direction to bring our young people back to fulfil the dream of a Cook Islands filled with our people, their talent and skills.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Harder, better, faster, stronger
OPINION: From environmental awards to internet speeds, with so much that is fake in the world today, we must take responsibility for ensuring our perceptions reflect reality.
John Turnbull: Satellites will drive digital revolution, undersea cables are too vulnerable
OPINION: Vodafone Cook Islands uses the SES O3b satellite constellation. John Turnbull from SES argues the future for island nations is satellite, not undersea cable.
Jaewynn McKay: Making our own special brand of magic
OPINION: Knowing that you’ve already had the majority of New Years in your lifetime helps to put things in perspective: life is short, be kind to yourself and others.
Norman George: Pondering the imponderable in 2020
OPINION: As a new decade dawns, look for the brightness of the early sunrise with optimism in the air.
Ruth Tangiaau Mavé: Better to wash hands than to wring hands
OPINION: Drastic times call for drastic measures and it often comes in the most, dire of times where there is no other way, no other hope, but to condemn, contain or survive.
Jason Brown: Even now, it's hard to pooh-pooh Scott's work
OPINION: Years of the Pooh-Bah remains a landmark publication decades after it was published. Richly written and sourced, the book casts a clear eye over more than a century of island experiences with colonialism, from early missionary times to self-government.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: The Cable has landed
OPINION: Rarotonga and Aitutaki’s fast undersea internet connection will come with new opportunities – and new challenges. We must be vigilant.
Pastor Tevai Matapo: Resolving to make a difference in your life
OPINION: It is that time of the year when people make New Year resolutions. Many of us always have every good intention at the outset, but by the middle of the year, many of those resolutions are no longer in focus.
Ruth Mave: Creating change starts with you
OPINION: It’s the end of the world as we know it: the year 2019 has run its course.
The water debate continues
Several weeks ago, the Cook Islands water authority, To Tatou Vai, announced it was conducting a six-month trial of Poly-Aluminium Chloride (PACl) as a flocculation agent. Flocculation is a process of settling out particulate matter, for example dirt, from the water. Given that PACl is a chemical that produces a potentially toxic sludge as a byproduct of the flocculation process, this trial needed to be properly assessed for environmental impacts before it was approved.
The meaning of graduation
Ko au ko koe ko tatou “It is me, it is you, it is all of us…” This statement attempts to sum up what the Cook Islands’ graduation as a country means, as the clock ticked past January 1 this week and we stood as a developed nation.
Counting our blessings
The year 2019 has passed. A new decade is before us. Let us therefore look back with gratitude for all the blessings which have been ours, and look ahead to the New Year with expectant hope.
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