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Opinion
Virtues in Paradise: Celebrating the women who shape us
A seven-year-old was talking about her mother one day as we walked and she skipped down the beach. I asked her mother’s name. “Which one?” she answered with a big grin. “I have three mothers," writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Thomas Wynne: Protecting our digital taro patch
Our digital taro patches, our everyday phones and devices, which we use to share photos, communicate with each other, and establish an online presence, are like sitting in the window of CITC in Avarua or a shop, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Hard work and vision grows tourism
I wish to publicly congratulate Tourism Corporation chairman, Ewan Smith and his board, chief executive Halatoa Fua, Karla Eggleton and your team for your continued vision and hard work to manage and grow our tourism industry well above your expectations and goals.
Illness brings a huge 'teachable moment'
A FIRST Nations Tlingit elder once told me, “Life is for learning our lessons. Virtues are the lessons.”
Living by virtues the doorway to happiness
DO YOU love your life? If you do, it’s a sure sign you’re living by your virtues, because they are the portals to happiness, the essence of a well-lived life. Many people ask, what are virtues? There’s nothing new about love, nothing original about justice.
Cook Islands shows the way in renewable energy
DURING its five-year history, the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA, based in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, has invited us to their annual meetings every year for the past four years.
The healing power of ho'o pono ponoIn
MY new novel, A Scent of Sage, the story includes an ancient Polynesian practice called Ho’o Pono Pono.
A strategy for beating the post-holiday blues
THE PARTY’S over; the gifts are all unwrapped; the rellies are heading back home; those rare days off are already a fading memory, and it’s time to get back to normal.
Culture and history combine in dream project
IF THERE are three things that bring joy to my heart, besides my wife, my family and my children, then they are our mapu, our culture and our history.
Holding a vision for our country's future
IT IS hard to believe we are already five days into 2017, and 2016 is fast becoming a memory.
Put people, environment first: Brown
2017 WILL be a challenging year for everyone in the Cook Islands. Challenging in a sense because it will be a moment in time where we will need to reconcile unfinished business, projects and activities in anticipation of new beginnings as we strive to look at ways of revitalising our country and to encourage everyone to help participate and grow our beautiful nation towards stability, renewed peace and prosperity.
Beauty of Christmas sharing with loved ones
CHRISTMAS Day has come and gone and all over the Cook Islands, families and friends will have gathered to savour Christmas dinner and the opportunity to enjoy each other’s company.
Remember those who need support
KIA ORANA and season’s greetings.
Call to unite on indigenous rights
KIA ORANA e te iti tangata Kuki Airani,
Aroa Kiritimiti e te Mataiti Ou
I rangi ei te rangi e tona tini Atua
Time to celebrate unity of Christ
HISTORICALLY, Christmas has been recognised as a time of remembrance, celebration and rest and it has been something that we all look forward to as we come together at the one time during the year to remember and celebrate the spirit and unity of Christ.
Departure signals PM's ship sinking
The RECENT announcement that Liz Koteka has resigned from the Office of Prime Minister comes as no surprise, although it’s a pity it has taken this long to initiate.
Festive season brings need to take extra care
KIA ORANA, the festive period is a time for us to celebrate with our families, our friends and our work mates.
Time for reflection... and to look ahead
KIA ORANA to all our people in the Cook Islands and beyond, and a very warm kia orana to our visitors and returning friends and families. Welcome home.
Pies, plastic and our true identity
WHEN I was a kid, my Dad used to work at Precision Plastics.
Change offers opportunity for a fresh start
I HAVE never seen more coming and going than here in the Cook Islands; not just the visitors and tourists who come for a taste of paradise and a break from cold winters, but locals too.
Solving the gridlock in parliament
Hello! Your manata (nuisance) friend is back! I am going to shift the subject of my column for the next three weeks to good old politics.
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