Opinion
Letter: Akatueraanga o te ManaTauranga
Friday 21 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana I te aroa ngao o to tatou Atu ko Iesu Mesia. Teia te reo o te tata Salamo ko te Atua to tatou akapuanga e te maroiroi, e tauturu vaitata roa ia kia rokoia e te tumatetenga. (Salamo 46:1)
Letter: What can MPs’ travel budget buy?
Friday 21 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Time for change. How dare the Budget include an increase of over 400,000 dollars for travel, while our people are suffering. How dare this government take that amount of close to 1 million dollars in a single year for travel.
Letter: What are we celebrating?
Thursday 20 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Despite the Cook Islands having so much going for it - best climates, cheap cost of living, low crime, no homeless, no really poor, good connectivity, easy access to NZ for health/education, etc., and Rarotongans speak better English than most New Zealanders and better Maori than most NZ Maori, 60 years of self-government doesn’t appear to be something to celebrate.
Letter: ‘Where is our mana!’
Thursday 20 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I would like to point a few things, especially towards the different groups who took the protest march in front of Parliament on Monday.
Kata: Tereora building
Wednesday 19 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: “I know. But, for what purpose?”
Wednesday 19 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
With all the turmoil going on at the moment, perhaps it's a good time to reflect on what’s important to us as Cook Islanders. Read and ponder.
Smokie
Wednesday 19 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Smoke Signals
Who were those MP’s standing on the steps of Parliament during the peaceful protest march yesterday???
Kata: Passport rally
Tuesday 18 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Smokies
Tuesday 18 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Smoke Signals
It’s been true for the decades that this writer has been observing our honourable Members of Parliament and it remains true.
Letter: 60 years of partnership in peril?
Tuesday 18 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Sixty years ago, with the endorsement of the people, Albert Henry signed an agreement with New Zealand that gave us the privilege of being NZ citizens and the responsibility to govern ourselves. We have never been left ‘high and dry’.
Ruta Mave: PM’s ‘cat and mouse’ games fuel public anger
Monday 17 February 2025 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
People complained of New Zealand being over patriarchal regarding the latest passport and China visit. Yet no one sees the same behaviour from our Prime Minister, writes Ruta Mave.
Kata: MP Travel and Allowances
Monday 17 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Te Tuhi Kelly: Principle versus political survival
Monday 17 February 2025 | Written by Te Tuhi Kelly | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Dear Editor, One of the things that concerns me is the makeup of the select committee with respect to the Christian Nation proposal.
Kata: Presents from China
Saturday 15 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Thomas Wynne: What does China want from Cook Islands?
Saturday 15 February 2025 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
There is a question that rests heavily on my heart – one that goes beyond politics and economics, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Te Ipukarea Society: From scraps to soil- Getting the dirt on composting
Saturday 15 February 2025 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Earlier on in the week, Te Ipukarea Society worked closely with the enthusiastic year 7 and 8 students from Titikaveka College, exploring the organic benefits of composting and worm farming.
Virtues in Paradise: Too blessed to be stressed
Saturday 15 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise
In our beautiful South Pacific paradise, life can sometimes seem deceptively tranquil. Like swans gliding across a serene lake, we might appear calm on the surface while our legs paddle furiously beneath the water, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Kata: Constitution
Friday 14 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Constitutional amendment
Friday 14 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Forget about a constitutional amendment to recognise the Cook Islands as a Christian nation, I’m a dyed in the wool Catholic and Pope Francis said that Christian nationalism is opposed to Catholic teachings.
Letter: Real problems, real solutions
Friday 14 February 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, How considerate of (Prime Minister) Mark Brown to put his banana republic passport on ‘hold for now’! Reason being, he didn’t like what the New Zealand government would do to Cook Islanders.