Editorials
Ruth Tangiiau Mave: 'With great power, comes great responsibility'
Monday 14 September 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: In the past, a nom de plume, gave opportunity to defile and destroy with hate and loathing, and remain unaccountable.
The gold in our brokenness
Saturday 12 September 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: True beauty and service is found in imperfection.
Te Ipukarea Society: Mysteries of the deep
Saturday 12 September 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: A moratorium on Deep Seabed Mining will empower the Pacific and build the capacity of island nations to protect coastal waters and conserve the vital biodiversity of the deep ocean systems.
Te Tuhi Kelly : 'We should be planning on going to war against Covid-19'
Thursday 10 September 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: All it takes is for one person to be infected and we are essentially in a gated-community.
Dr Collin Tukuitonga: Farewell, Papa Joe Williams – a Pacific beacon of calm and wise leadership
Monday 7 September 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
TRIBUTE: Dr Collin Tukuitonga farewells his mentor, Dr Joe Williams, who died on Thursday night after a battle with Covid-19.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: The Rakau Rangatira has fallen
Saturday 5 September 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Nations are shaped by the lives of those who have had the privilege of pounding the anvil of democracy, of power and of service with their personality and influence.
Temarama Anguna-Kamana: Growing the agriculture industry together
Friday 4 September 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Organic and sustainable farming systems are major components of growing and developing the agriculture industry, writes Temarama Anguna-Kamana.
Rashneel Kumar: As solid as the islands we stand for
Wednesday 2 September 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Editorials
About a year ago, I had the privilege of visiting Newseum – an interactive news and media museum that promotes free expression – near Capitol in Washington DC.
Dr Takiora Ingram: Ariki's return to Mangaia welcome
Tuesday 1 September 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: It’s good to see that we now have Numangatini Ariki living in Mangaia after so many years without an ariki.
Speak with grace, listen with humility
Tuesday 1 September 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
EDITORIAL: Early in my time editing this newspaper, there was a firebrand letter-writer named Ruta Tangiiau Mavé who made it very clear she was no fan of some of my decisions, especially the expectation that correspondents use their real names.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: Get expats working for their wage subsidies
Monday 31 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Our priority must be for supporting locals who deserve it more, not holiday workers.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Exchanging ambition for service, humility and grace
Saturday 29 August 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Ariki take their seats by right, but politics is different. Politicians must not convince themselves they are there by entitlement.
Iaveta Short: Building a Parliament fit for purpose
Thursday 27 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Cook Islands needs a smaller, less adversarial political system – not one that encourages special treatment for family and political supporters.
Philip Duncan: NZ and Cook Islands open a weather- bridge
Tuesday 25 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
WEATHER: The travel bubble between New Zealand and Cook Islands hasn’t happened yet – so Mother Nature has stepped in to help, bringing balmy Cook Islands weather to New Zealand.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé : Winter is coming? Winter is here
Monday 24 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: We should have planned for the future. Is it now too late?
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Finding trust between nations
Saturday 22 August 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: The appointment of New Zealand’s High Commissioner Tui Dewes shows the two countries trust each other more than they did.
Dr Collin Tukuitonga: Cook Islanders at increased risk in Auckland outbreak
Thursday 20 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Kia orana and greetings, Unlike the first wave of Covid-19 cases reported in New Zealand, the latest cluster of cases has occurred in Auckland with the initial cases reported in a Pacific family.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: 'Hard times will require hard decisions'
Monday 17 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Covid-19 is redefining what is important in life and for me, ego and pride is not.
Wisdom from beyond the grave
Saturday 15 August 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: We must make sure we are listening to the silent voices of our old and vulnerable, in deciding whether to open the border.
Barbara Dreaver: Should we identify NZ-based Covid family as Pasifika? Yes
Friday 14 August 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: There has been much debate over whether it was wrong to identify the family at the centre of this Covid-cluster as a Pasifika family.
