Opinion
Letter: More MOE swanning around
Tuesday 12 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
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?
Letter: Love and respect
Tuesday 12 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
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.
Ruta Mave: A mixture of mad, sad and glad
Monday 11 November 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Red White and Blue Americans have voted and there was a mixture of mad sad and glad reactions within and outside of the ‘land of the free’ - unless you are an immigrant, coloured or pregnant or so it appears from the outside looking in.
Kata: Google
Monday 11 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: How?
Sunday 10 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Deep sea robot
Sunday 10 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Workers compensation
Sunday 10 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Weather
Saturday 9 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
COME ON, SMOKE IT!
Saturday 9 November 2024 | Written by webmaster | Published in Opinion, Smoke Signals
BIG FISH “Who signed the European Union Cook Islands fishing deal?” a Smoke Signaller asks. “The Minister of the Ministry of Marine Resources may like to enlighten the public. I presume that there is a paper trail authorising the signing of these documents. Or do we have the tea lady heading off to Brussels to […]
Thomas Wynne: Is it his story or your story?
Saturday 9 November 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
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.
Letter: Who signed ?
Saturday 9 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Regarding your apology to Ben Ponia, we readers would like to know who signed the EU Cook Islands fishing deal?
Te Ipukarea Society: Rat assassin
Saturday 9 November 2024 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Editorials, Opinion
This Conservation Project was a collaborative effort alongside Cook Islands Voyaging Society, Island Conservation, BirdLife International, the Atiu Island Government, Takutea Trust, Takili Talagi-Tairi and Te Ipukarea Society. Funding support came from SPREPs predator Free Pacific Programme and NZ MFAT whose generous support helped bring the long planned Takutea project to fruition.
Virtues in Paradise: The Gift of Sacred Curiosity
Saturday 9 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise
Did you know that you have a treasure to offer everyone? This includes your nearest and dearest, your children, your parents, your students, and your employer, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Kata: Asylum
Friday 8 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Smoke Signals: MARKET SHARE
Friday 8 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Smoke Signals
“Location, location, location is a mantra commonly used overseas for determining the value of real estate,” writes a smoke signaller.
Letter: Stop noisy speedsters on main road
Friday 8 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The decision to slow Avarua traffic to 30kph will be seen as welcome by most, maybe not so much by VIP's (Very Impatient People).
Letter: Embarrassing
Friday 8 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I find it highly presumptuous that the Prime Minister Mr Mark Brown congratulated the convicted felon Trump "on behalf of Government and people of the Cook Islands'
Kata: New Starlink
Thursday 7 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Pet talk: Kitten season is on the way
Thursday 7 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Pet Talk
I really love this time of year. The whales are here and put on a show for anyone who wants to see them. They jump, roll, slap their tails; generally, they just seem to be having fun. It is a bit annoying when all you see is the splash. Dr Rose Hasegawa, medical director of Te Are Manu Vet Clinic writes.
Letter: Charge Americans
Thursday 7 November 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Now we know why our PM is calling for Cook Islands passports - he was hedging his bets that Trump would be elected in the USA and that there would be thousands of well-to-do Yanks desperate to escape the 'Fourth Reich" and prepared to buy their way into one of the safest, most desirable places on earth. Our paradise.