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Principal’s Greetings This term saw the completion of new student gardens, the clam survey, a focus on study skills, International Literacy Week, drumming classes, learning about food security and food miles, what goes into making a t-shirt and a unit of work on advertising. Students are learning critical thinking skills, gaining an understanding of environmental […]

I call dad “the wheel that doesn’t squeak”. When in 2015 he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to health and the Pacific community in 2015, I was staggered reading the citation and becoming aware of what he had done and achieved in his life – not only career-wise, but

Kia Orana,  Last year we ran the very first Pasifika dedicated Pink Shirt Day. It was a reflective moment where our community came together to speak on what we could be doing more or less of to ensure that our LGBTQIA+ Pacific community felt safe, encouraged and confident to express themselves. Due to Covid-19, instead

Written by Florence Syme-Buchanan – Opposition Media Release Cook Islands Opposition leader Tina Browne has said they will not support the passage of the To Tatou Vai Authority Bill through Parliament if it remains in its current form. “There is no way that the Democratic Party Opposition will support the bill the way it is

Saturday 2nd August 2020, saw the launching of the Are Taunga as part of the Opening to the Cook Islands Language Week. The Are Taunga forms the head of a proposed structure to oversee the development of a holistic approach to reviving Cook Islands language in New Zealand. CIDANZ Language & Cultural Lead Tauraki Rongo

Written by Tauraki Rongo This week Kura Ora caught up with Tumai Tumutoa. She is a mother of two happily married to a Fijian husband. Since the Covid-19 Lockdown, she’s been working from home, doing accounts for her trucking firm. She is currently working for the Les Harrison Transport firms Tauranga branch.   Pictured: John

Written by Tauraki Rongo (Tutu – nenei’ia e Lisa Williams) ‘I te Ma’anaka ‘i topa, kua rave ‘ia atu te ‘akama’ara’anga ‘i te torunga’uru’anga mata’iti ō te Pa Te Ariki Upoko O Te Tinitini Marie ki runga ‘i te tā’onga ō Pā. ‘I teia ngā mata’iti ‘i topa, nō Aotearoa ‘ua nei ‘a Pā Ariki

Written by Florence Tia Syme-Buchanan [Democratic Party Opposition Release] Cook Islands Deputy Opposition leader Terepai Maoate has urged all MPs to take the lead and accept a pay-cut. Maoate made the recommendation in Parliament today Monday 20 June. MP Maoate has voluntarily had his salary reduced and redirected into his Ureia community on Aitutaki to