More Top Stories
Complaint against top cop: Govt says it is doing ‘due diligence’
20 October 2023
Call for ‘more transparency’ in funding for Pacific Games
19 October 2023
Cook Islands set to play in new World Series
10 October 2023
Minister denies involvement with South Korean cult Grace Rd Church
13 September 2023
More than 180 Cook Islands athletes for Pacific Games
8 September 2023
Burglary concerns raised in Parliament
5 September 2023
More tourists burgled in Rarotonga
22 August 2023
2023 National Netball Squad confirmed
9 August 2023
Medals for Cook Islands Oe Vaka at World Champs
16 August 2023
Government owed $255k in late loan repayments
16 August 2023
Puna reiterates support to Cook Islands
3 July 2023
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
Bigger and busier 2023: PM
31 December 2022
Corruption in the Cook Islands?
21 January 2023
Reported domestic ‘violent’ incidents on the rise: Police
23 January 2023
Tragedy: Mother drowns trying to save daughter
4 January 2023
Moana target 2025 World Cup
11 November 2022
Opinion
Virtues in Paradise: Love is the answer
A friend of mine just flew overseas for Christmas. Before she even stepped on the plane, the family dynamics of mama drama were already flaring up amongst her adult children. Who got to pick her up at the airport? Who had the privilege to have her stay first? Longest?
Thomas Wynne: Power reveals, not corrupts
People often say that power corrupts and to this I disagree. Power does not corrupt a person, it merely exposes what lies in all our hearts, and simply gives it room, opportunity and permission, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Time to reinvent our legal system
Due to the lack of progress in attending to the modernisation of our laws, the shadow of crisis is never far away. We are 40 years behind New Zealand with most of our laws.
What policemen do when they retire
Judge Justice Dame Judith Potter returned to New Zealand last week.
Easter a potent symbol of hope
Easter is coming, a holy season for many faiths.
Election results and what they mean
I must take my hat off to the Prime Minister.
Make sure you're playing the right game
What if you had a dream of being a great athlete – the strongest and fastest rugby player, the most successful netball player -- a true champion of the game?
US elections and our flying leader
The Republican candidates in the US presidential election have demonstrated in the last six months that these campaigns are certainly not for the weak and faint-hearted.
Traditional lore reduced to low status
With all the recent discussions over the Mato Vai water project I thought it timely to write about the low status given to Cook Islands traditional lore.
The joy of whole-hearted excellence
When we think about a business, whether a shop, a hospital, or a service we hire someone to do, what stands out in our minds is the rare individual who brings his or her whole heart and soul to work.
When politicians fail to meet expectations
Politics is a game for gentlemen and ladies.
Names pose dilemma for officialdom
We find that the dilemma facing officialdom is in the recording of our tupuna names.
When is a Cook Islander not a Cook Islander?
Te Tuhi Kelly says the answer to his question is when he/she is NZ Maori. This is the first of a two-part opinion piece.
Are we a failed democracy?
Norman George - lawyer Critical matters of State not to be messed with
Sunday flights referendum:
Wilkie Rasmussen – Cook Isands News columnist A necessary abuse of democracy Banning Sunday flights has been on the calling cards of some Aitutaki people.
Mollycoddling of children
I was reading an article recently regarding how we are not bringing up our children to have ‘resilience’. It reminded me of a number of references I have made on how parents in the Cook Islands are raising their children. One of those articles dealt with child abuse and the risk that this poses for us going forward.
Why has the law changed in respect of occupation rights?
The concept of occupation rights (simply a right to occupy a designated area of a block of land) was first introduced in the Cook Islands when the Land Court, just after the turn of the 20th century, established the “house sites” that line both sides of the main road in Avarua and in Arorangi.
Memories of a favourite teacher
Do you remember your favorite teacher?
Truthfulness the essential virtue
The virtue of Truthfulness is upheld in all sacred scriptures as an essential virtue. Telling the truth means that we keep our word.
Cook Islanders unwanted as solicitor general?
There was a fierce global debate some years ago at Universities, in particular in Commonwealth countries and the United States. It was whether to practise “preferential treatment” for people with different ethnic backgrounds from say “pakeha” in New Zealand.
New year chance 'to make all things new'
I love new beginnings - a new year, the first day of school, a birthday. It is a chance to start over, “to make all things new.” (Revelations 21:5)
Parliament now a social event notice board
Parliament sat and rose after two measly days of sitting. It would be fair to say, it was simply a waste of time.
