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Letter: More MOE swanning around

Can anyone explain why the director of finance at MoE would be attending an early childhood education meeting in Fiji focussing on strengthening the provision of pre- and in-service professional development for early childhood educators recently?

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Letter: Love and respect

At last. It is with the greatest of love and respect that we wish to congratulate President Donald J. Trump elect on his timely return.

There's never an excuse for violence

The Devil is sitting by the side of the road, his cloven hoofed hands, pressed against his cheeks as he weeps tears, sobbing like a baby.

Opinion


Demos fight on despite RAPPA result

The Democratic Party wishes to congratulate Albert Nicholas for holding his seat in the recent Avatiu/Ruatonga/Palmerston (RAPPA) by-election.

Opinion

Unity the driver of progress

It is often said that a champion team will always beat a team of champions.

Opinion

Educated returnees a boon for us

In the past, medical doctors used to dominate the political scene of the Cook Islands.

Opinion


Virtues make difference for local business

While browsing through a Rarotonga shop, I ran into a friend who was working there, wearing a huge smile.

Opinion

The rich tapestry of relationships

Have you ever wondered about the many layers of relationships we move in and out of each and every day?

Opinion

Leadership and relationships

In 1965 when our fledgling democracy was thrown into the international arena, we neither had the need nor the wherewithal to meet any international obligations.

Opinion


Strutting the international stage

Surely this must not go unchallenged.

Opinion


How to plan a sustainable life

The last of the four principles in A Pace of Grace is “Plan a Sustainable Life”.

Opinion

A matter of rights and responsibilities

In a time when a person’s rights seem to be the overriding narrative, there has been a case in New Zealand where a person in jail for murder has petitioned the government for his right to donate sperm and to donate his organs.

Opinion

Practicing the presence

One of the most powerful ways to invite a pace of grace is what I call “practicing the Presence” -connecting each day with the holy.

Opinion

New breed of leaders steps forward

Io Totoro is my grandfather going back 11 generations and he would take a wife, Paparoaroa Taraarei – Itiao Ruatuitui Ruanaki and it is from his granddaughter that would derive the Ngati Kaena name, Kaena district and Kaena Mataiapo Tutara title.

Opinion

Leadership through sacrifice

“A magnificent race…cheerful, attentive, enthusiastic and intelligent, better material for conversion into soldiers could not be found,” wrote Lieutenant Colonel JL Sleeman when reflecting on the 500 Cook Islands men who volunteered during World War One.

Opinion

A spiritual approach to time management

Would you like to experience a pace of grace?

Opinion

East Coast journey recalls close ties

Sitting in the enormous school hall at Mt Albert Grammar, all I heard was, “any Cook Islands students wanting to travel to Gisborne, please see me in my office after assembly.

Opinion

Enjoy your weekend, rain or shine

Easter is upon us and I will leave the religious discourse to those with titles and whose profession it is to take the pulpit every Sunday or Saturday depending on your view of what day is the Sabbath.

Opinion

Partnerships for greater connectivity

These are exciting times that demonstrate that the Pacific has come of age in harnessing the opportunities provided by telecommunications.

Opinion

Thoughts on the return home

It’s been eight years this month since I came home. Eight years since I made the big move and left my urban setting with all its trappings and made my voyage home to the Cook Islands.

Opinion


Caring for our 'jewel in the crown'

When we speak of Muri lagoon we speak of her as the “jewel in our crown”.

Opinion

Staying ourselves, despite the changes

Grabbing my hand, she pulled me closer and said, “You must never, never, ever let the essence of this place and the people change.

Opinion

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