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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.
You can't live without water
For some Christmas is all about life – in particular the birth of Jesus. They say that bread is the staff of life, it might be; but while you can probably live without bread, you can’t live without water. No living organism whether plant or animal can live without water. When the World Health Organisation was looking for reasons why people in developed countries in Europe live longer than those in less developed nations, there were several factors - but the one that stood out and was possibly most easily fixed – was contaminated water.
Ruth Mave: Living on island time
After you’ve spent time chasing the goals and dreams of the high speed, concrete jungles of the world, coming to live in the Cook Islands is a decision most of us make to get some real island time, where the rhythm of life is slower, simpler and cleaner. It’s where eyes and hearts wake to nature and views and tourists pay money to visit and absorb all this for a short time. We are the lucky ones – we live here. So, as we head into a new decade, let’s take a moment to wallow in our good fortune. We have changed and evolved yes, but some things, thankfully, remain the same. Before you rush headlong back into work and routine, remember island time is alive and well.
Resolve to dump resolutions
It’s time to reflect on those things that give us strength, vibrance and a sense of self, says Thomas Wynne.
Ruth Mave: Dreaming of a simple Christmas
OPINION: When the nativity scene is depicted in traditional paintings, for example, it is always with soft glowing light. In the manger there’s hay, and animals including cows.
Thankfulness adds to joy of life
Flowers, now, a little browner, litter the vinyl floor. They are remnants of just moments before, when joy and thankfulness greeted each other as families and friends, came through the airport arrival doors to the welcome arms of those who had been waiting so patiently to see them.
Opinion: Ministries duck meth action
Frustration over lack of progress with drug education.
Jaewynn McKay: We're a community of givers
Small Rotary club punches well above its’ weight. Rotary came to Rarotonga in the mid-1960’s and earlier this year we celebrated our first 50 years.
Norman George: Winding down the year 2019
Agricultural production turns into a lemon, the dangers of over-eating and how to regain your fitness.
John Scott: It's votes versus principle
PM’s stance on same-sex relationships a case of “political fence-sitting, claims former Clerk of Parliament.
Ruth Mave: The characteristics of a true leader
When it comes to leadership in my family, women hold dominion, surviving and achieving through each generation.
Thomas Wynne: Changing tack – time to sail away
Life is like that; when we have a final destination in our minds and we set our course, only to find the wind we had hoped for has dissipated and we must now tack away … but the ultimate destination remains the same.
Jaewynn McKay: Tessa: A lifetime friendship that lasted just nine months
Ahead of New Zealand High Commissioner Tessa Temata’s funeral tomorrow, friends remember how she touched the lives of many.
Liz Raizis: Chemicals threaten our tourist-friendly organic future
OPINION: We need to keep our children and our islands safe from the ‘toxic soup’ of modern life.
Norman George: Nurse and teacher tucker relies on vaka swappas
OPINION: The pile of discarded MPs provide an argument for diverting capital surplus into public sector pay rises – regardless of who’s in power.
Ruth Mave: Understanding non-consensual sex
When talking about sex, we often make it easier by referring to the topic as something else, such as the ‘birds and the bees’!
Travis Moore: Criminalisation of same-sex threat to heterosexual relationships
The hero of our extended family is my gay brother. This is his story.
Thomas Wynne: A sickening legacy
In the 1840s, the early missionaries estimated the population of Rarotonga to be between 6000 and 7000.
Liz Raizis: Our Cook Islands family includes LGBTQ+ people, as well as 24 MPs
OPINION: Some years ago at The Rarotongan Beach Resort we had a wonderful poolside show every Sunday featuring the island-style choir, E Matike!
John Dunn: The case against criminalisation
An open letter to MPs: The recent recommendation from the Select Committee to maintain criminalisation of homosexuality demands comment. As a Cook Islander and New Zealander I am greatly saddened by this decision.
Jaewynn McKay : Beauty pageants not just about appearance, but also environment, culture and humanity
If “world peace” is the answer, what might the question be? Well in the movie Miss Congeniality the question was “what is the one most important thing our society needs?”
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