Opinion

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.

Letters to the Editor

Kata: Demo's post

Monday 3 February 2020 | Published in Kata

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.

Opinion

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.

Editorials

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 to the Editor

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.

Letters to the Editor

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.

Editorials

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 to the Editor

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.

Letters to the Editor

Kata: Road safety measures

Friday 31 January 2020 | Published in Kata

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.

Editorials

FJ van der Vyver: Far-off rugby season

Thursday 30 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Greetings from Blue Bulls and Rugby World Cup champions country.

Letters to the Editor

Elizabeth Taumoepeau: Coastwatchers – lest we forget

Thursday 30 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, This is a very important story and very interesting for all us island people, especially for my son-in-law William Cuthers Kainana Anguna. We are looking forward to watching it.

Letters to the Editor

Derek Fox: What would Treaty fathers think?

Wednesday 29 January 2020 | Published in Editorials

OPINION: One hundred and eighty years ago next Wednesday in Rarotonga, Thursday in Aotearoa – the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in the Bay of Islands.

Editorials

Letters: On another road fatality

Wednesday 29 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I don't know whether to feel angry or sad.

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Repay study loan through service

Wednesday 29 January 2020 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Just to reassure your correspondent (Letters, Jan 28), the proposal before the Budget Committee for a Cook Islands Tertiary Education Student Scholarship scheme states that should students who receive a scholarship stay in country once graduated, they can repay their loan by service back to the country.

Letters to the Editor

Editorial: Let these parents bury their sons

Wednesday 29 January 2020 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials

“Think of yourself and others using the road.” The call for greater action around road safety comes from the employer of Amit Kumar, who died at the weekend.