Opinion

Letters: Pet poison deaths are horrific'

Thursday 7 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana editor, We’ve just buried our cat Tammy after a two-day search. We’ve buried four pets in the past week from poisoning by slug pellets. Kobe, Moss the Boss, Pandora and today Tammy. We buried Roxy and Shelley earlier on in the year.

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Mareka kore to Enuamanu

Thursday 7 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Leta kite Etita, Kia Orana e te Etita I te Aroa Ranuinui o te Atua.

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Cook Islands should be free

Thursday 7 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Rarotonga belongs to the people, not Mark Brown. Who is this guy, where did he come from? In my days Rarotonga was a place to be free, not for sale.

Letters to the Editor

Kata Nov 7

Thursday 7 November 2019 | Published in Kata

Kata

Letters: Te-Hani in by-election in Atiu

Wednesday 6 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, The recent publication and TV media statements made by June Baudinet requires a humble response. First and foremost, her statement regarding the recent hosting of the CICC General Assembly got her slammed on social media.

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Letters: Criminalising same-sex couples is against Constitution

Wednesday 6 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, To try and legislate against men and women is hubris.

Letters to the Editor

Kata Nov 6

Wednesday 6 November 2019 | Published in Kata

Kata

Editorial: Time for MPs to justify their pay rises

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Editorials

There has been an enormous reaction to the select committee’s recommendation that Parliament should reinstate homosexual acts in the Crimes Bill.

Editorials

Letters: Raro 7s a Rush

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana iteia popongi Manea, It's good to see that Sevens is still played back home, awesome, akamaroiroi, especially with guys like Eric Rush being involved. High five to this awesome guy Rushy,

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Ministry We'll seek safer pest controls

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, The Ministry of Agriculture maintains a small stock of slug and snail pellets for border management and emergency purposes.

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Same-sex law reform

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, I find your article, entitled "Backdown on same-sex law reform", published on Saturday 2 November 2019, mischievous.

Letters to the Editor

Kata Nov 5

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Published in Kata

Kata

Norman George: The plight of Maori medicine and treatment

Monday 4 November 2019 | Published in Opinion

Pause for a moment and ask yourself, how did our ancestors survive when they got sick? Don’t say they never got sick, they did. How were they treated?

Opinion

Letters: 'Ridiculous decision'

Monday 4 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor How ridiculous! Absolutely atrocious. I’ve always been so proud to call myself a Cook Islander but today I’m extremely disappointed and ashamed. For a country who prides itself on forward thinking we’ve gone back to the dark ages!

Letters to the Editor

Letters: Uproar over same-sex ban

Monday 4 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor Cook Islands Tourism promote values which they say reflect “our unique and modern way of life”, but there’s nothing modern about the decision reported by Cook Islands News, not only to retain old laws about homosexuality, but extend them to women as well.

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Editorial: The law of unintended perversity

Saturday 2 November 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials

Sometimes, the law is an ass. Parliament’s select committee has recommended MPs reinstate a criminal ban on “indecent acts” between men, and a ban on sodomy.