Opinion
Kata June 19
Wednesday 19 June 2019 | Published in Kata
Solar eclipse advice in its totality
Tuesday 18 June 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In Rarotonga on July 2, the eclipse will be already in progress as the sun rises at 7:17 am and it will end at 8:53 am.
Editorial: Give poorly-paid tourism workers a foot up
Tuesday 18 June 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
In my first job I was paid about $3.50 an hour, working as the floor-boy in a printing factory.
Kata June 18
Tuesday 18 June 2019 | Published in Kata
Norman George: Our shared values not met
Monday 17 June 2019 | Published in Opinion
This is not a post mortem examination of the Cook Islands-New Zealand relationship. The relationship is not dead.
Editorial: Jesus' message one of love, not fear
Monday 17 June 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
This month we celebrated Queen’s Birthday honours for leading light in this community: longtime public servants, a league administrator Rau Nga, an airline founder.
Prejudice, not censorship
Monday 17 June 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Whatever my personal views, I would like to know that every movie and TV show is treated with the same censorship respect and rules.
Jetstar man delayed, Rocketman stalled
Monday 17 June 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was scheduled to leave today and heading to New Zealand but thankfully, this time, a delayed JetStar flight gives me the opportunity to speak out on behalf of the LGBTQ community.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: We all lose when people live below a living wage
Sunday 16 June 2019 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
// On the back road away from the sundrenched verandahs and swimming pools, many of our people are struggling from week to week
Editorial: Local action a model for national meth strategy
Sunday 16 June 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
It’s evening and cars are parked askew around the Muri Meeting House and the police station next door. The air is warm, the atmosphere close, inside.
Letters: A climactic and climatic resolution for turtles
Sunday 16 June 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My grandfather always told me, not to trust politicians, and only believe half of what you read. I now believe this completely.
Letters: The battle for the North
Sunday 16 June 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Law Society president Wilkie Rasmussen's letter “Fighting for the outer islands”, was absolutely right. The delay to compensations for landowners in the Northern Group was because government took land by warrant before sorting out who the landowners were.
Kata June 15
Saturday 15 June 2019 | Published in Kata
Letters: Lofty transparency objective will fail
Friday 14 June 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have an as yet an unscheduled agreement to meet and more the pity that we have not before your editorial in the June 13 issue in which you commented on the cessation of anonymous letters to the editor.
Editorial: Politicians accountable for salaries and perks
Friday 14 June 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
There is something uniquely leveling about the government houses of the Cook Islands. They may be occupied by ministers of the Crown. Or they may be occupied by low-income families who cannot afford homes of their own.
Kata June14
Friday 14 June 2019 | Published in Kata
Editorial: Principles of Cooks journalism
Thursday 13 June 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
Since taking the editor’s chair at the Cook Islands News last week, I’ve met an enormous number of people in this community, who have been – without exception – tremendously welcoming.
Kata June 13
Thursday 13 June 2019 | Published in Kata
Editorial: The humblest Parliament in the world?
Wednesday 12 June 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Editorials
I have sat many, many hours in the Parliament of New Zealand, gazing down at that country’s shiny-domed MPs in their green leather chairs, carving my initials in the rimu press gallery desk alongside those of previous generations of journalists.
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