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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.
Opinion: Sexual violence is the real concern
Opponents on both side of the same-sex law reform debate agree on one thing: the real concern is abuse and violence.
Norman George: The plight of Maori medicine and treatment
Pause for a moment and ask yourself, how did our ancestors survive when they got sick? Don’t say they never got sick, they did. How were they treated?
Norman George: Around town and the islands
The Cook Islands Christian Church’s National Conference was held in Atiu. Hundreds descended on the island.
Thomas Wynne: Going out on a limb, taking risks Voyaging is in our blood
Our people have not all fared well in their voyaging to Aotearoa and to Australia – but now things are beginning to change.
Opinion: Taking Mum back to Raro in 2002
My first visit to Raro will be her last.
Norman George: Crossing the red line: Be careful!
All democratic systems are guided by the rule of law. When this is broken a cascade of chaos follows. High drama and public showboating are displayed openly by the actors responsible, some of them basking in the glow of their newfound glory!
Opinion: Shining the light
Our Cook Islands communities on either side of the ocean have never been closer. The recognition of leaders like Glenda Tuaine Newport, Niki Rattle, Mama Tuki and her daughter Elizabeth Wright-Koteka.
Opinion: 'Tears are streaming down my face as I recall that long night'
Dear editor, It’s deeply heartening to see community leaders now coming together to make the wearing of crash helmets mandatory for all.
Norman George: Te Kukupa police boat Princess Paruru Moana serves us well
The offer of a free patrol boat from Australia by Prime Minister Bob Hawke came as a pleasant surprise for us in 1985. We had longed to engage the Asian fishing pirates who raided our ocean and uninhabited islands like Suwarrow, Manuae and Takutea to steal our fish and shell fish.
Opinion: Helmet law to save mothers from grief
The nine funerals I have been to in the time I have lived here are nine I can never forget, and more so for the families left in their wake.
Jonathan Milne: These hills will not remain remote
EDITORIAL: This weekend, my friend David and I absconded. We shirked all home and childcare responsibility and climbed up the valley behind Avatiu to Te Rua Manga.
Norman George: Dealing with mentally challenged clients
In the 30 years that I have been practicing law in the criminal bar, I have come across a variety of individuals. The snappy chatty know-alls usually are the “con artists,” the drug dependent pickle brained “where am I type?”
Biting back- The future looks good because we've made it that way through hard work
This is a crisp, concise column. And there’s a reason for that. Because here in the Cooks, we all have plenty of work to get on with.
Norman George: We all have a role in averting the agony and pain of crime against children
Nothing is more painful and tormenting than violent crimes against children. God’s greatest creation, humankind, begins with children.
Opinion: As a nation do we feel the wind on our face, do we see dark clouds gathering?
Presidents and Prime Ministers alike, no-one is above the law. None can disregard the founding laws that were put in place to protect husbands and wives, parents and children, employers and their staff.
Letters: It's 2019, and still employers advertise for men?
Dear editor, Given that the Cook Islands is supposedly a country that advocates equal opportunities for both sexes, I was a bit surprised to see three classified ads earlier this week that specifically asked for males.
Norman George: Australia dumping human waste here
Picture yourself in circumstances of crushed freedom. Sometimes unable to see the sun for days. Unable to see the moon and the stars for years as you are locked up in cells at night.
It's the skeleton of our democracy Our bones are embodied in the constitution
When you are born there are 270 of them and by the time you die if you have lived a long life this decreases to about 206.
Norman George: Boards to combat drugs, dereliction and boredom
Four months ago, our country was exposed to a large number of critical problems: from the growing use of methamphetamine or “P”, to the need for rest homes for the elderly, to the need for psychiatric professionals to treat drug addicts and dementia sufferers. Add the lack of doctors for the outer islands, and we were ready to press the ejector seat and parachute down to safety.
'Forgiveness cannot be given too freely'
As convicted killer Ngaakitai Taria seeks forgiveness, we must think of the family of the boy he abused – and speak up to ensure no child suffers in silence ever again.
