Editorials
Editorial: Fruitful reminder of the good in life
Monday 14 October 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
The story is told of a timid curate, invited to breakfast at the Bishop’s residence. “I’m afraid you’ve got a bad egg,” the Bishop exclaimed.
Editorial: Pay peanuts, get airport bunkseats
Friday 11 October 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
I know about budget airlines. Living and working in the UK, my wife and I were trapped in Prague when easyJet cancelled our late-night flight back to London.
Editorial: Ssh, do you want to know a secret?
Thursday 10 October 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Journalists aren’t well-known for keeping secrets. We tend to demand disclosure and transparency of our leaders.
Editorial- Athletics: Stars in the making
Thursday 3 October 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Editorials
Former national sprinter Patricia Taea found herself in an unfamiliar territory yesterday – off the track – at the annual primary schools athletics competition.
Editorial: Find insurance fix before it's too late
Wednesday 2 October 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Government-owned insurance companies of different descriptions are common around the world.
Editorial: Cooks paint it black
Tuesday 1 October 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Some couples we know arrived from New Zealand at the weekend. Another family, close friends of our, flew in last night to stay with us. More families arrive in the next few days.
Editorial: Finals fun at Raemaru Park
Monday 30 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
The mama at the sausages and drinks shop at Raemaru Park reckons this weekend was the first time Arorangi had ever hosted the rugby final.
Editorial: Have the decency to explain stand-down
Friday 27 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
What is a conduct issue? That’s the question left hanging in the air by Public Service Commissioner Russell Thomas’ explanation of why he has stood down Diane Charlie-Puna from her position.
Editorial: Jacqui exits the hive, but who's been stung?
Wednesday 25 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
The best thing about the Goldman Environmental Prize is that it recognises the efforts of the worker bee, not the leader whose job it is to celebrate and champion the honey.
Editorial: No photo evidence of Brown's snub
Tuesday 24 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
It was no doubt humiliating for Cook Islands deputy prime minister Mark Brown to be excluded from the official photograph of delegates to the United Nations Climate Summit in New York this week.
Editorial: Beaky the whale picks ABs win
Monday 23 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Britain’s Paul the Octopus accurately predicted 8 from 8 games at the 2010 FIFA World Cup by choosing food from flagged containers.
EDITORIAL: Why seek safety advice – then ignore it?
Sunday 22 September 2019 | Published in Editorials
How often are reports and recommendations actually heeded?
Editorial: Honouring the voice of the child
Tuesday 17 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Some of our reporters went to the glamorous Miss Cook Islands launch at the weekend. Some went to the Senior A rugby semis.
Editorial: Don't let inmates come out angry
Saturday 14 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: In Corrective Services and in the prison at Arorangi there are honest men and women of integrity – prison officers and counsellors and chaplains and more – working very hard to solve the problem of rehabilitating violent criminals. But they can’t do it on their own.
Editorial: $5000 for the emperor's new clothes
Friday 13 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
I bought a nice new shirt from Tuki’s the other week. I’m wearing it right now. It’s purple. It cost me $30.
Editorial: Culling much-loved roosters a fowl idea
Wednesday 11 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Cook Islands bird-lovers will be cock-a-hoop at news that a French court has ruled to protect a rooster’s crowing.
Editorial: It is our people who protect our islands
Tuesday 10 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Debate is raging over whether the coconut rhinoceros beetle, an invasive pest that can devastate coconut palms, has got a foothold (or trunkhold) in Tongareva.
Editorial: Searching together for a sewage fix
Friday 6 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
As you drive up the road behind the old palace at Turangi, at first you pass beautifully kept houses and trimmed lawns. Further up, the valley begins to close in, the creeping weeds strangling the trees.
Editorial: Public health is our best insurance
Wednesday 4 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
I have three boys at school, and their classes have been hit by illness over the past week. My 9-year-old was off one day, my 4-year-old another day.
Editorial: We will remember them, at last
Monday 2 September 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
It’s just a handful of men. Just a headstone here, a grave there, dotted about on these islands.