Thomas Tarurongo Wynne – Cook Islands News https://www.cookislandsnews.com Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:49:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Thomas Wynne: Time for a moratorium on travel? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/tomas-wynne-time-for-a-moratorium-on-travel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tomas-wynne-time-for-a-moratorium-on-travel https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/tomas-wynne-time-for-a-moratorium-on-travel/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:02:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273085 At the stroke of a pen, 50 nautical miles outside of every island that makes up the country we now call the Cook Islands was protected. This also allowed for pockets of commercial activity, managed in balance with the environment and aimed at creating revenue for our country and its people.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/tomas-wynne-time-for-a-moratorium-on-travel/feed/ 0 Thomas Wynne: Addressing concerns and protecting our interests https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-addressing-concerns-and-protecting-our-interests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-addressing-concerns-and-protecting-our-interests Sat, 05 Oct 2024 10:29:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272865 To address potential concerns and further strengthen the protection of the Cook Islands’ interests, I have emailed the Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) the following additions or amendments to the draft seabed mining regulations.

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]]> Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: The deeper debate on deep-sea mining https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-tarurongo-wynne-the-deeper-debate-on-deep-sea-mining/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-tarurongo-wynne-the-deeper-debate-on-deep-sea-mining Sat, 28 Sep 2024 18:55:53 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272631 Some say there is not enough evidence or data so stop, and some say well, it is from God so we must proceed, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Be a good ancestor https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-be-a-good-ancestor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-be-a-good-ancestor Sat, 21 Sep 2024 18:41:34 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272400 We are more than just warriors, we are data collectors too. We all have that person in our family who is the data collector – generally a genealogy data collector, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Honouring the unsung heroes of home https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-tarurongo-wynne-honouring-the-unsung-heroes-of-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-tarurongo-wynne-honouring-the-unsung-heroes-of-home Sat, 14 Sep 2024 19:32:08 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272188 For the many at home who keep the fires burning, who keep the economy going, and who maintain the family homes and land – clean, trimmed, and functioning – I just want to say meitaki maata, meitaki ranuinui, atupaka, korereka, ngao, and atawai wolo, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Two faces of power https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynee-two-faces-of-power/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynee-two-faces-of-power Sat, 07 Sep 2024 20:51:35 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271809 I was fortunate to sit on two paepae this week – one for the funeral of the Māori King, Tūheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, whose daughter, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, was crowned with a Bible soon afterward, and another for those who were abused by another crown, where the Bible was sometimes used not to bless but to curse, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: The many faces of fatherhood https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-the-many-faces-of-fatherhood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-the-many-faces-of-fatherhood Sat, 31 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271584 Our Papa, our fathers, our Metua, Pops, or simply Dad – as we celebrate Father’s Day, the word “father” evokes a mixture of feelings and memories about the roles they have played in our families and lives, whether present, absent, or just passing through, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: What is lawful is not always what is right https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomaswynne-what-is-lawful-is-not-always-what-is-right/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomaswynne-what-is-lawful-is-not-always-what-is-right Sat, 24 Aug 2024 21:16:21 +0000 http://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271398 Travel for government is an absolute necessity, that much is true, but it should never be treated as a blank cheque, without public scrutiny and a scrutiny balanced against the many pressing priorities a community faces, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Preserving our Māori identity https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-preserving-our-maori-identity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-preserving-our-maori-identity Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:14:54 +0000 http://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271205 An older brother is always an older brother, no matter where they live or in what country they reside, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

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]]> Thomas Wynne: Embracing protest and disagreement https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/thomas-wynne-embracing-protest-and-disagreement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thomas-wynne-embracing-protest-and-disagreement Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:21:57 +0000 http://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=271006 In our ever-connected world, it’s easy to find ourselves nestled within the warm embrace of those who share our views, beliefs and convictions. This comfort, while reassuring, can also become a prison — a self-imposed echo chamber where dissenting voices are drowned out, shunned, even publicly ridiculed, and the richness of diverse perspectives is lost, Thomas Tarurongo Wynne writes.

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