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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.

The huge power of peace

“LET THERE be peace on earth and let it begin with me” are the words to a song often heard in Faith communities around the world.

Opinion

Strange goings-on at parliament

MONDAY’S boycott of parliament by the opposition has an awful strained logic about it, if only in the mind of a Democratic Party theorist.

Opinion


Here's how to change your life for the better

HERE’S A tip that will magically change your life for the better. It will lift your spirits and bring joy to everyone around you.

Opinion

Fiji school visit food for thought

DRIVING along dusty roads, through a development project that we are told has been going on for three years, I struggled to see many workers working on the road as we scuttled past in our taxi.

Opinion


Talking can help save lives

This article, written for CI News by the head counsellor of Punanga Tauturu Inc, Nga Teinangaro, should be required reading for anyone suffering from depression or worry and other issues.

Opinion


Scene analysis pays off in outer island homicide case

This is the final episode in Rarotonga lawyer Norman George’s account of a murder case, in which he represented the defendant.

Opinion

Prayer should be a two-way conversation

THE SACRED texts of many faiths tell us that prayer is conversation with God. This implies that it goes both ways.

Opinion

Twists and turns of a murder case

This week’s column by Rarotonga lawyer Norman George takes up the story of how he successfully defended the accused in a high profile murder case on Mangaia in December, 2004.

Opinion

Envy cooks a stew of nasty self-pity

THERE WAS such appreciative feedback about last week’s column on “The Green Eyed Monster” of jealousy, that I decided to write about its ugly step sister, envy, which is being jealous of what other people have.

Opinion

The case of the turina tree murder – Norman George

THIS WEEK’S column is about a murder trial in which I acted for the accused.

Opinion

How to deal with the 'green-eyed monster'

HAVE YOU ever heard of “the green eyed monster”?

Opinion

Te Maeva Nui shows the true spirit of unity

THIS IS a very special week here in the Cook Islands. Te Maeva Nui (meaning in English, The Big Celebration) is a time to honor the Constitution created 51 years ago preserving the rights and freedoms of the people of these islands.

Opinion

Defence counsel's work goes beyond court – By Norman George

THIS SERIES will cover major criminal trials that I have conducted as a defence counsel before a judge and jury in the High Court of the Cook Islands over the years....

Opinion

Moana Ioane next on list to prosecute

TO BE consistent, the next MP that the Cook Islands Police Service should prosecute is Moana Ioane.

Editorials

Power for change lies within us all

THE OTHER day, a local islander said to me about the American presidential election, “I thought it was a joke. Now it’s serious.”

Opinion

Why are we a divided nation?

WE ARE polite, kindly, refined, affable, polished and courteous, yet capable of unleashing ruthless cruelty and savagery beyond measure!

Opinion

Where to for Demos after Teina Bishop?

RIGHT NOW, I am in extreme anguish over the guilty finding the jury returned for my dear friend Teina Bishop.

Opinion

More to decluttering than meets the eye...

Can you imagine becoming a millionaire by teaching people how to fold their underwear in a new way?

Opinion

Working together on suicide issue

Guest columnist Thomas Wynne takes a look at a conference on suicide prevention, held in Japan in May this year, and the contribution made by Cook Islander Eliza Puna, who gave a presentation on her Phd on Suicide Prevention amongst Cook Islands Youth in New Zealand; Eliza Puna. The conference was attended by a number of service providers in the Pacific.

Opinion


Demos seem bent on self-destruction

Occasional columnist Mata-Atua McNair casts her eye over the current political situation in the Cook Islands and tries to make sense of some strange and bewildering events.

Opinion


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