Opinion

Kata: PAC vs CIIC

Monday 24 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: Medicinal cannabis and the law

Monday 24 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor: There are provisions in the Ministry of Health Act under Relationships with other laws that do not limit any other law of the Cook Islands and are not intended to limit or exclude any civil right or remedy unless this is expressly provided for and compliance with this Act does not, of itself, indicate that common law duty of care has been satisfied.

Ruta Mave: Need independent thinking women in politics

Monday 24 March 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Established and growing research results show that women’s leadership in political decision-making processes improves them, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: Donor money

Sunday 23 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: Recent visit China

Saturday 22 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Thomas Wynne: Milk and honey lost?

Saturday 22 March 2025 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

The land of milk and honey? Or did we leave the milk and honey behind, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Te Ipukarea Society: Cycles, coconuts, salmon and us

Saturday 22 March 2025 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Editorials, Opinion

June Hosking and Itirangi Pennycook are representing Te Ipukarea Society in Jamaica at the 2025 International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations. This article was prompted by a speech by the Hereditary Chief of the Wolf Clan of the Gitxsan Nation, Canada.

Kata: Search warrant

Friday 21 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

New Zealand’s ‘megaphone diplomacy’

Friday 21 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I am a young woman of the Cook Islands, raised on Rarotonga, now studying at the University of Waikato, studying law and politics.

Kata: Power disconnected

Thursday 20 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: MPs Northern travel idea

Wednesday 19 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: Scam

Monday 17 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Ruta Mave: Women urged to lead in upcoming elections

Monday 17 March 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion

Te Tuhi Kelly made a call to arms for women to join his Progressive Party. A sound idea, however, I believe it is time for women to rise and form a women’s party, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: Police shortcomings raise concerns

Monday 17 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I would like to add a few words to the story that ran in this paper on 11 March 2025 regarding the court case of Chris Denny.

Kata: Crime is Down

Saturday 15 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Thomas Wynne: Defining Christian nation

Saturday 15 March 2025 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

If we are to make the Cook Islands a Christian nation, we must first ask: what version of Christianity are we talking about? Thomas Tarurongo Wynne writes.

Kata: Look at the pile

Saturday 15 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Te Ipukarea Society: Deep-sea mining- A new environmental crisis looms

Saturday 15 March 2025 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Editorials, Opinion

This article is based on a recent peer reviewed article, Metal mining on land versus the ocean in the context of the current Biodiversity Crisis, by V. Tunnicliff et.al. published on 5th March 2025 in the NPJ Ocean Sustainability Journal.

Virtues of Paradise: Seeds of compassion  

Saturday 15 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise

In 2008, I was invited to speak at a conference in Seattle, Washington, entitled “Seeds of Compassion” hosted by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism. By Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Kata: Land reform consultation

Friday 14 March 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion