Opinion
Mark Brown: Criticism of water committee
Friday 10 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, You cannot please everybody. The members of the committee from the government side are all landowners on a number of the intake sites. We all have an intimate knowledge of the water system and our lands.
Don Carlaw: Tell the truth, NZ: It's about votes
Friday 10 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The New Zealand Government is fast running out of excuses as to why they will not allow their people to come up to Rarotonga for a holiday.
Eric Short: Water rights impinge on land rights
Wednesday 8 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, I have just found out that the To Tatou Vai Bill is to be read in Parliament.
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.
John M Scott: Just when will NZ step in?
Tuesday 7 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, I was most interested in the response received by the Te Vai Ora Maori petition organisers from the New Zealand High Commission, when seeking some assistance from that office to obtain an opinion from the Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives on a procedural question.
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.
Gerald McCormack, Fishy business
Sunday 5 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The large grouper on the front page (1st July) is not a brown-spotted grouper (Ephinephelus chlorostigma), which is a much smaller fish, up to 80cm.
Wilkie Rasmussen: Shipping to the Northern Group
Sunday 5 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, I have listened with dismay at the reckless speeches made by the MP for Tongareva Robert Tapaitau and would like to correct him.
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.
Jacki Brown-Crummer: 'Contractors stole my Mama's dream'
Wednesday 1 July 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, A year ago our world was devastated when CM Contracting (run by Sam Capper and Teau McKenzie) failed to build my Mama’s house in Turangi, beyond foundations and wall frames.
Wilkie Rasmussen: MPs should allow free media
Tuesday 30 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The reaction by MPs to the Cook Islands News article is petty and dismissive of an integral part of our community and democracy.
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.
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