Editorials
Thomas Wynne: 'I so miss saying hello to everyone on the way to work...
Saturday 22 February 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: I have seen wellbeing in Cook Islands.
Moana Moeka'a: Everything begins at home: take the keys from your kids
Friday 21 February 2020 | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Decrease the blood alcohol limit to zero. People can still have a good time. It's just that you can't drive afterwards.
Jaewynn McKay: Helmet law scope gives me headache
Wednesday 19 February 2020 | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Flimsy helmets for sale locally would offer very little protection when falling off a motorbike travelling at speed.
Jonathan Milne: Isolation is not answer to virus
Tuesday 18 February 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
EDITORIAL: So how close is the COVID-19 coronavirus? With the news of infected sufferers in the Pacific, in Hawai’i and the Philippines, it feels nearer than ever.
Ruth Mave: Cutting hair removes the strength and mana of a child
Monday 17 February 2020 | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Children are special, unique and deserve respect. These aspects should rate higher in importance than their hairstyle, writes Ruth Mave.
Thomas Wynne: Helmet law: The time is now
Saturday 15 February 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: If ever there was a time for the government to make the right decision regarding the helmet law then it is now.
Jaewynn McKay: We might be getting there'
Wednesday 12 February 2020 | Published in Editorials
I don’t often get down to New Zealand, and in the eight years or so we’ve been living here in Tupapa, seldom for more than a few days. But this last summer I went twice, once just after Christmas when we as a family spent time on the east coast of the north island; where my husband hails from, and where we have a family home.
Norman George: A tribute to those who leave giant impact on their nation
Tuesday 11 February 2020 | Published in Editorials
Columnist Norman George pays a tribute to the police officers in the country.
Forgive us, as we forgive others
Saturday 8 February 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Editorials
Mistakes of the past will always catch up with you.
What Waitangi Day means to me here in Cook Islands
Friday 7 February 2020 | Written by Katrina Lintonbon | Published in Editorials
On Waitangi Day, February 6, I find my thoughts are automatically occupied by my tupuna rangatira.
Jay Cagica: Twelve months of tragedy
Tuesday 4 February 2020 | Published in Editorials
OPINION: It was a year ago that Jay Cagica lost his best friend Thomas Riley in a bike crash. Thomas was the first or 10 deaths in just 1 months. Today, Cagica remembers his friend and pleads for everyone to wear helmets.
Drink-driving: Families must help each other
Tuesday 4 February 2020 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Editorials
During a kaikai in Mitiaro at the weekend of the latest tragedy, the MC announced a special pure akapumaana (prayer of comfort) would be held for the families who had just lost two young boys involved in a fatal accident on Rarotonga.
Norman George: Charmed by hard-nosed business magnates
Tuesday 4 February 2020 | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Some tough businessmen have helped make Cook Islands the nation it is today.
Ruta Tangiaau Mavé: Drink-drive crashes won't be stopped by one tin hat
Monday 3 February 2020 | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Men make laws, to instantly solve issues, one they can put a lid on, wash their hands and walk away.
Thomas Wynne: And we all say, enough is enough
Saturday 1 February 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials
OPINON: It will take courage for us all to see through the changes that are necessary to avoid more of our children dying on the roads.
Editorial: Let us honour Mona's legacy
Friday 31 January 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
I have three sons, still at primary school. They are smart, beautiful, (mostly) kind and gentle. Thinking of what they mean to me, as I write these words, is enough to bring a pricking to my eyes.
Editorial: Other 'devils' pose greater threat
Thursday 30 January 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
OPINION: It started around Christmas in a live seafood market in Wuhan, a sprawling Chinese city of 11 million people, yet one whose name was little-known to most of us in the western world – until now.
Derek Fox: What would Treaty fathers think?
Wednesday 29 January 2020 | Published in Editorials
OPINION: One hundred and eighty years ago next Wednesday in Rarotonga, Thursday in Aotearoa – the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in the Bay of Islands.
Editorial: Let these parents bury their sons
Wednesday 29 January 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
“Think of yourself and others using the road.” The call for greater action around road safety comes from the employer of Amit Kumar, who died at the weekend.
Norman George: No such thing as a public holiday for our greats
Tuesday 28 January 2020 | Published in Editorials
OPINION: Some of those who leave the greatest impact on their nation are those without the greatest formal credentials.
