Thomas Tarurongo Wynne – Cook Islands News https://www.cookislandsnews.com Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:46:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Thomas Wynne: Leave the ancient mountain where it is https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/thomas-wynne-leave-the-ancient-mountain-where-it-is/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-leave-the-ancient-mountain-where-it-is https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/thomas-wynne-leave-the-ancient-mountain-where-it-is/#comments Sat, 28 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275674 For this current government to potentially threaten our ability to hold a New Zealand passport is a concern not just to those at home but to all of us who hold this passport and have akapapa or genealogical ties back to our beautiful Ipukarea, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/thomas-wynne-leave-the-ancient-mountain-where-it-is/feed/ 1 Thomas Wynne: Recognising the signs of spiritual manipulation https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/thomas-wynne-recognising-the-signs-of-spiritual-manipulation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-recognising-the-signs-of-spiritual-manipulation Sat, 21 Dec 2024 20:10:37 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275539 Should any religion be free to travel like a vine as it pleases? Or should we learn to discern between something that bears good fruit and something that chokes, kills, and destroys? Thomas Tarurongo Wynne writes.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: A history of faith in the Cook Islands https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-a-history-of-faith-in-the-cook-islands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-a-history-of-faith-in-the-cook-islands https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-a-history-of-faith-in-the-cook-islands/#comments Sat, 14 Dec 2024 17:58:14 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275370 The journey of faith and religion in the Cook Islands – from Tangaroa to Rongo, from Christianity to Pentecostalism – has always been marked by resistance, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-a-history-of-faith-in-the-cook-islands/feed/ 1 Thomas Wynne: Righteousness exalts a nation https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-righteousness-exalts-a-nation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-righteousness-exalts-a-nation Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:15:31 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=275158 This is part three on the writing and founding of our Cook Islands Constitution. By Thomas Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Roots of justice https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-roots-of-justice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-roots-of-justice Sat, 30 Nov 2024 17:22:33 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=274838 This is part two of three articles on the writing and founding of our Cook Islands Constitution. By Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Who wrote our founding document? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-who-wrote-our-founding-document/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-who-wrote-our-founding-document Sat, 23 Nov 2024 14:37:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=274550 This is part one of three articles on the writing and founding of our Cook Islands Constitution. By Thomas Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Gratefulness should not mean silence on the past https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-gratefulness-should-not-mean-silence-on-the-past/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-gratefulness-should-not-mean-silence-on-the-past Sat, 16 Nov 2024 15:38:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=274344 Our Ariki ceded our sovereignty in 1900 to a curious Great Britain and a sub-empire-building New Zealand colony for many reasons, and some suggest we should simply be grateful for this. Thomas Wynne writes.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Is it his story or your story? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-is-it-his-story-or-your-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-is-it-his-story-or-your-story Sat, 09 Nov 2024 18:31:18 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=274069 In a world increasingly thrown into conflict, be it military, social, or cultural, how have we stopped listening to each other and instead become obsessed with being either right or wrong, for or against, standing with or standing against, condemning or supporting a cause? writes Thomas Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: What is the 16th Island of the Cooks? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-what-is-the-16th-island-of-the-cooks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-what-is-the-16th-island-of-the-cooks Sat, 02 Nov 2024 21:13:31 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273823 People often refer to Tokoroa as the 16th Island of the country currently called the Cook Islands, though many may not know, that historically, Niue held this distinction. Thomas Wynne writes.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Do we have a healthy democracy? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-do-we-have-a-healthy-democracy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-do-we-have-a-healthy-democracy Sat, 26 Oct 2024 18:32:31 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273630 If we were to give our democracy a scorecard out of ten, what would that number be, and what questions would we ask our government to help us determine that score? A healthy democracy is often characterised by robust institutions, active citizen participation, respect for human rights, and accountability. Thomas Wynne writes.

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