Editorials
Jonathan Milne: The good, the bad and the ugly news
Monday 27 July 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
ANALYSIS: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had good news, bad news and worse news last night, for those travelling from Cook Islands to New Zealand.
Eric Crampton, Leonard Hong : Many happy returns to New Zealand
Friday 24 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
NZ OPINION: Up to a million Kiwis live overseas with a right to return to New Zealand. While the country is now effectively free of Covid-19, with cases only in the country’s quarantine facilities, the pandemic rages abroad and is unlikely to abate anytime soon.
Ruth Tangiiau Mavé: Traditional Maori names tell stories
Monday 20 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Taking the man’s name, is very colonial and sexist, and changes our culture.
Thomas Wynne: The power lives in all of us
Saturday 18 July 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: You are the captain of your own ship, the master of your life and not even God can override that piece of Him that resides in us all.
Ruth Tangiiau Mavé: Child abuse: Our silence is deafening
Monday 13 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk to you again, about the sounds of silence…
PM Ardern: Open up, or front up
Tuesday 7 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
New Zealand Cook Islands business leader Mike Pero says he has grave concerns for the Cook Islands with the borders closed, and offers some ‘cold hard facts’ on where he thinks the country is heading.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé : When trusted brands cannot be trusted …
Monday 6 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: We are gullible to the clever marketing of the companies wanting us to not only buy their product but be loyal to the point of addiction.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Accuracy, truth and responsibility
Sunday 5 July 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: The media should be held to account, but not muzzled.
Mike Hosking: NZ-CI bubble should be here by now
Wednesday 1 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: New Zealand’s leaders agreed on just one thing: they don’t want to open the borders.
Dr Gerhard Sundborn: Are we being kind to our Cook Islands whanau over Covid-19?
Tuesday 30 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: It is vital Jacinda Ardern embraces the kindness she talks about, and throws Cook Islands a lifeline.
Ruth Tangiiau Mavé: Some of us are 'losing the plot'
Monday 29 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: The key to keeping a community docile is apply heat to the point of uncomfortable, but not unbearable.
Teanaroa Worthington: Little more mana tiaki than Avatea
Saturday 27 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
The debate over changing the name of our country will continue unabated until it is resolved.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Our people have been through the wringer
Saturday 27 June 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: We are a people of adaptation and not a colony.
John Scott: 'Parliament is a cowboy operation'
Friday 26 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: In its race to repair the perceived damage to Members' integrity and punish a Cook Islands News reporter, Parliament once again has shown that when it comes to procedure it is still something of a cowboy operation down there.
Chief Uri Mataiapo Danny Mataroa : Reflections on Hereiti File's vaka journey
Thursday 25 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Well written Hereiti. I'm sorry that you had to be shocked into your culture by being called a plastic Cook Islander but it worked, so really I'm glad it made you angry! (“What if we travelled north by vaka, not by plane?” June 14)
Ananish Chaudhur, Simon Thornley, Michael Jackson: Bizarre that NZ border remains closed to Cook Islands
Thursday 25 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: The recent fiasco that allowed people to leave New Zealand quarantine without testing, risking spread of Covid-19, highlights how nebulous that government’s claim of total elimination always was.
Jonathan Milne: MPs are all in this together
Tuesday 23 June 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
EDITORIAL: For the past few months, our Parliamentarians have said repeatedly, “we’re all in this together”. Last night, they demonstrated that newfound unity.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé : When PM leaves his job, he won't be destitute
Monday 22 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Our leaders pocket increased salaries and allowances, while cancelling $6m in pay rises for nurses and teachers.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Law doesn't define what what it means to be Maori
Saturday 20 June 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: We should not cut off our akapapa any more than we should cut down our tupuna trees.
Jonathan Milne: Pray that Brown's optimism is warranted
Saturday 20 June 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
EDITORIAL: Cook Islands has dug deep into its rainy day fund set aside for devastating cyclones. That money runs out by September, and then we turn to the overseas banks to bail us out.
