Opinion

Balaji Chandramohan: Bollywood bound for our beaches?

Tuesday 16 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials

OPINION: Affluent Indian travellers and Bollywood producers will look to Cook Islands as the borders open.

Editorials


Kata: Pacific bubble dance

Monday 15 June 2020 | Written by Kata | Published in Kata

Kata


Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: New law would define adopted Eskimos as CIs

Monday 15 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials

OPINION: Who am I? I am the eldest daughter of a long line of eldest daughters on both sides of my family.

Editorials

Thomas Tarurongo Wynne : Everyone has the right to breathe

Sunday 14 June 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials

OPINION: Do you believe in human rights? Do you believe in God? And will you stand with black America?

Editorials


Luana Scowcroft: Remembering a true eco-warrior

Sunday 14 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials

OPINION: Sue Fletcher-Vea led from the front in the fight for our environment.

Editorials


John M Scott: Reopen borders – but carefully

Sunday 14 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, I think it is timely to remind ourselves that our relationship with New Zealand is a two way street.

Letters to the Editor

Tata Crocombe: Do not treat us as second-class citizens

Friday 12 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials

OPINION: The New Zealand Government’s approach is bizarre, in only being willing to consider incorporating Cook Islands in the travel bubble once Australia has joined, and now announcing that Japan and even Tasmania will take precedence over the Cook Islands.

Editorials


Nana Taruia: Three important points

Friday 12 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, I believe John Makuru is at fault (“Who Polices the Police,” June 6), causing the motor vehicle accident he was involved in outside Charlie’s café in Titikaveka.

Letters to the Editor


​Moana Moeka'a​: Opposing helmets is about choice

Friday 12 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana, ​ I thought the articles on the prime minister, the leader of the opposition, and the Democratic Party's Titikaveka MP in your paper last week, re their respective positions on the motorcycle helmet law, were great. ​

Letters to the Editor


Kata: Cook Islands - New Zealand travel bubble

Friday 12 June 2020 | Written by Kata | Published in Kata

Kata


Kata: No helmets available

Thursday 11 June 2020 | Written by Kata | Published in Kata

Kata


Mark Brown: Cook Islands imports close to $200 million worth of goods from New Zealand

Wednesday 10 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana editor, I happened to read the letter from Alan Richardson in yesterday’s paper on the need to reopen borders at both ends. I certainly agree with him on that.

Letters to the Editor


Tuakana Faireka: Meitaki from a returned mama

Wednesday 10 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, With the repatriation of stranded Cook Islanders having been completed successfully, and as a member of the first cohort, I take great pleasure in expressing my sincere gratitude to the following groups of people and organisations that have made it possible for this to happen.

Letters to the Editor

Wilkie Rasmussen: Failure to diversify

Wednesday 10 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, I have said it before several times that this government has failed the Cook Islands people miserably on a number of economic fronts.

Letters to the Editor

John M Scott: Seabed mining v exploration

Wednesday 10 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Is it not a trifle misleading and disingenuous for the Minister to be placing all the emphasis on the potentially less damaging exploration argument as opposed to mining?

Letters to the Editor

Kata: Gee Jacinda

Wednesday 10 June 2020 | Written by Kata | Published in Kata

Kata


Regina Scheyvens & Apisalome Movono: The promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble

Tuesday 9 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials

OPINION: Pacific nations have largely avoided the worst health effects of Covid-19, but its economic impact has been devastating. With the tourism tap turned off, unemployment has soared while GDP has plummeted.

Editorials


Alan Richardson: Border must go both ways

Tuesday 9 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, As a Kiwi living in the Cooks, I have been watching the situation with border control and opening with interest.

Letters to the Editor

Kata: maximum prison for no reason

Tuesday 9 June 2020 | Written by Kata | Published in Kata

Kata


Ruta Tangiiau Mavé: All lives matter

Monday 8 June 2020 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Editorials

OPINION: Racism, like Covid-19, is a pandemic we have to be careful not to let it spread.

Editorials


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