Opinion
Kata: Helmet Law
Monday 17 February 2020 | Published in Kata
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.
Jacki Brown: Concerns over Muri's wastewater scheme
Saturday 15 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Mei Te Vai Ki Te Vai held a courtesy information evening at Turangi Meeting House for landholders and interested people. They presented options for “Centralised, reticulated wastewater scheme for Muri area”. This is prior to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Kata: Pukapuka/ Nassau Civil Service
Saturday 15 February 2020 | Published in Kata
Paul Raui Allsworth: Pay parity versus high income
Friday 14 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Sad to see another qualified and professional teacher leaving our shores due to pay disparity. Another one joining the ongoing outward drift of depopulation.
Kata: teacher qualifications
Friday 14 February 2020 | Published in Kata
Kata: Refs Association
Thursday 13 February 2020 | Published in Kata
John Uri: 'Let the people decide'
Thursday 13 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
History repeats itself. So many ups and downs in our history comes from the fundamental errors made by the Ui Ariki and Mataiapo since 1888, just before the establishment of a ‘government’ in 1891.
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.
Trézanah Monga-MacCauley: The debate over new Maori name
Wednesday 12 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The points arguing to keep the name are insignificant. “Too much time and money” is an insignificant expense for a long-term gain.
Kata: Vehicle crash
Wednesday 12 February 2020 | Published in Kata
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.
Lynnsay Rongokea Francis: Let's not stifle freedom of expression
Tuesday 11 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I attended a play last Friday evening at the Rehab written by Teherenui Koteka. A clever blend of social and political satire to address current social issues in which she dared to write about the unthinkable subject of sex, sexuality and the gendered roles of men and women and sexual identity. Everyone performed exceptionally well and they were all very entertaining and funny. During the evening I was told some of our political leaders had met during the week in an attempt to stop the performance because they considered it might be offensive and disrespectful. I commend Teherenui Koteka and her team of young performers aged between 16 and 22 for having the courage of their convictions to perform the play in the face of opposition. With the support of her parents, sponsors, Rehab and group of supporters she was able to put on this performance. Teherenui’s play touches on subjects we don’t openly speak about. She uses wit, humour and ridicule to take sexual behavior out of its normal context to critique the dominant ideology that sexual domination are natural to men, the phallic model of masculinity, the myths and stereotypes of male and female relations, the objectification of women and women’s perception of themselves. Satire enables us to see the ridiculousness, absurdity and irony of a situation. The play uses physical humour and statements to point out the absurdity of the call on women to not have sex with all men so that the political leaders would be forced to be respectful of women’s brains instead of their bodies to include them in the decision-making process of the Seabed Mining Bill. Teherenui intended the play to be thought provoking, to open up the conversation and to get people out of their comfort zone and to reflect on our own attitudes, prejudices and responses to moral issues. To attempt to stop an artistic performance because of its social, political and moral content is censorship. We live in a democracy and a healthy democracy enables its citizen’s freedom of expression and participation in bringing issues in society to the fore. Let’s not stifle that freedom. Lynnsay Rongokea Francis
Jacki Brown: Mana vaine
Tuesday 11 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Mana vaine Mother Nature reminded us of her presence and power when she sent rain on Friday evening. Rehab was the venue for a new play, Mana vaine’ by Teherenui Koteka.
Kata: Dogs in school
Tuesday 11 February 2020 | Published in Kata
Ruth Mave: Look out for the young ones
Monday 10 February 2020 | Published in Opinion
A village raises a child, because parents can’t be everywhere, but where is the village when we need them most?
Ruta Tangiiau: More police needed on roads
Monday 10 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Tougher laws are not going to stop law-breakers from dying on our roads. The fatal accidents are due to people not obeying the existing laws that are there to protect them.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: 1000 reasons to pay teachers more
Saturday 8 February 2020 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
OPINION: MPs deserve their pay rise – and by the same measure, so do the teachers who hold our future in their hands.
Papa Williams: Cyclone would wipe out new waterfront
Saturday 8 February 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Last week’s front page headline, “Future Vision: The Monaco of the Pacific” was interesting, considering the state of our planet’s climate change and environmental impact dynamics, caused by a warming planet.
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.
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