Opinion
Kata: Police charged
Wednesday 5 February 2020 | Published in Kata
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.
George Ngaei: Fixing road trauma crisis a worthy legacy
Tuesday 4 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Relating to the most recent tragic deaths on Rarotonga’s roads, I am reminded of the Bob Dylan’s soul searching lyrics from “Blowing in the Wind”: “Yes, an’ how many ears must ONE man have, before he can hear people cry? Yes, an’ how many deaths will it take until he knows that too many people have died?”
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.
Andrew Robb : Waitangi Day
Monday 3 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Tena koe, Many years ago, I marched in support of Maori rights (in response to Derek Fox, “What would Treaty fathers think?” Jan 29).
Tuua Ngatokoa: Binge-drinking culture
Monday 3 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Condolences to the grieving family, but please consider that a proposal to lower blood alcohol content, helmets for all, and driver education is just not enough.
William Framhein: Demos boss admits social post
Monday 3 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The purpose of this letter is to offer the public an explanation in respect of a posting on the Democratic Party Facebook page on Thursday 30 January 2020.
Maringakura Campbell: Coronavirus response
Monday 3 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, This is not a time to panic but a time to improve your self-care. It's a challenge for all mankind.
Kata: Demo's post
Monday 3 February 2020 | Published in Kata
Alex Herman: Seabed minerals: This is a long game – we have do to it right
Saturday 1 February 2020 | Published in Opinion
OPINION: Deep-sea minerals aren’t all the same, and the tools used to harvest them are very different from one corner of the ocean to another. In Cook Islands, the focus is on environmental and economic sustainability – and that sets it apart from more harmful seabed mining practices, contends new Seabed Minerals Commissioner Alex Herman.
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.
Letters: Henry Puna's road safety laws
Saturday 1 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Some are heralding as leadership the Prime Minister’s suddenly discovered burst of enthusiasm for mandatory wearing of helmets for all bike users, banning phones and earphones while driving and reducing the alcohol limit.
Letters: Helping when others turned their backs
Saturday 1 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, There have been some negative comments made recently about George Maggie, however I wanted to write to your newspaper about the other side of Mr Maggie that people don’t know about.
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.
Letters: Be careful, or lose it all
Friday 31 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Thomas Wynne’s opinion piece (“Sons for the return home”, Jan 25) highlights issues facing many Cookies both here and in New Zealand.
Letters: Pukapuka homecoming
Friday 31 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
We spent three weeks on Rarotonga in 2002 and had a lovely time with Johnny Frisbie and her grandchildren, Sophia and Tevanna . We understand she now lives in Honolulu.
Kata: Road safety measures
Friday 31 January 2020 | Published in Kata
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.
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