Editorials
Shaking our tourism tree
Saturday 16 May 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: The ripe fruit of our culture will sustain our tourism.
Jaewynn McKay: Salute our volunteers – they've earned it
Wednesday 13 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: People in Cook Islands are generous community people. It did not take the coronavirus pandemic to demonstrate that, it is something we already knew.
Norman George: Quarantined oldies deserve breakfast in bed for a month
Tuesday 12 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: A light-hearted notice to the quarantined Golden Oldies komiti fighters – and especially to their husbands.
Ruth Tangiiau Mavé: Now's the time to be generous
Monday 11 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Columnist Ruth Tangiiau Mavé commends the female Opposition MPs for taking a 15 per cent pay cut to help their constituencies during the Covid-19 crisis.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Mana aroa - It's who we are
Saturday 9 May 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Sitting down to the large Sal’s Pizza was a treat worth waiting for after five weeks of lockdown in Auckland. And as we sat at the table, preparing to give thanks, little hands reached across to the now steaming hot cheesy pizza ...
Jonathan Milne: Mothers' Day is Mamas' Day
Saturday 9 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
This morning, about 130 returning Cook Islanders will awake in their home country, for the first time in weeks and sometimes months.
Two personalities, one goal – to help build this nation
Wednesday 6 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Columnist Norman George pays tribute to Jack Cooper and Ross Hunter for their contribution to this nation.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: Many vulnerable lives have been saved by vaccines
Tuesday 5 May 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Last December my son was going to New Zealand amid the measles outbreak. I rang Public Health to make an appointment for his vaccination.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: It's time to change our tourism, like it or not
Saturday 2 May 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: The decisions we make today on changing our tourism co-dependent relationship will determine the nation our children inherit.
Jonathan Milne: Thank you to our community
Friday 1 May 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Editor's Note: It’s been a month now since we explained to readers, in a note on our front page, that we needed to reduce the size of our printed newspaper, to ensure we had enough colour plates and newsprint to get us through the Covid-19 lockdown.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé : Sustaining a new normal
Monday 27 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: It's not the end of the world as we know it, sings REM, and I feel fine. When all this is over, we can all go back to normal – in fact, most of us want to go back to normal as soon as possible.
Katrina Tanirau: Their sacrifices for our freedoms
Friday 24 April 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Editorials
EDITORIAL: Getting up before sunrise isn’t everyone’s idea of a good time, but on April 25 I make an exception. Standing in silent darkness alongside thousands of other people gives you time to think about the magnitude of what is being commemorated.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: We doom ourselves to repeat history
Friday 24 April 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: In 1914, when War broke out in Europe, a young man by the name of Thomas Wynne enlisted in the Irish Fusiliers and was sent to Belgium to fight in a War he probably knew little about other than it was possibly an opportunity for what some called adventure, some honour, some for God and country.
Norman George: Carrying the big artillery of the nation
Tuesday 21 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: The gift of leadership is a rare combination of talent, perseverance, good fortune and sometimes luck. Some people are born into greatness. Others have greatness thrust upon them. The rest had to work to earn it.
Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: School's back for winter, laundry never stopped
Monday 20 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION:Good news, school is going back today! Hooray, say the parents. Boo, say the kids.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Choose kindness
Saturday 18 April 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Sometimes I wonder if people actually know what kindness is, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Wilkie Rasmussen: 'Leaders should make sacrifices too'
Saturday 18 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
Dear editor, The New Zealand Prime Minister announced salary cuts of 20 per cent for herself and her Cabinet.
Derek Fox: Saving lives with soap and water
Thursday 16 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Life has changed in New Zealand. I know life always changes; in my lifetime I have seen many many changes. But those have been mostly incremental, baby steps.
Norman George: Time to plan and prepare for phase two
Tuesday 14 April 2020 | Written by Legacy Author | Published in Editorials
OPINION: In the absence of one positive case of Covid-19 being identified here, there is no evidence the virus has landed in the Cook Islands, writes Norman George.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: What a time to be alive!
Saturday 11 April 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: This Easter, this time of rebirth, is an opportunity to contribute to a new way of doing things, to develop new ways of thinking as new life begins.
