Opinion
Letters: Petition against chlorine
Tuesday 23 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Te Mato Vai is another sham public consultation showing government’s complete disregard and disdain for the concerns of landowners and other stakeholders.
Letters: Infected water causes disability
Tuesday 23 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The ongoing public discussion in regards to water chlorination is of concern.
Kata July 23
Tuesday 23 July 2019 | Published in Kata
Norman George: A week to remember for our people
Monday 22 July 2019 | Published in Opinion
Two major events on the Rarotonga calendar in one week shot our little nation to great heights!
Editorial: An emotional return for athletes
Monday 22 July 2019 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Opinion
Anania Piri was visibly emotional as she walked into the Rarotonga International Airport arrival lounge full of supporters on Saturday.
Kata July 22
Monday 22 July 2019 | Published in Kata
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Repeating social media or thinking things through?
Saturday 20 July 2019 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
If you tell a lie long enough, people will believe it. That’s why we must take time to form informed positions on debates like chlorine.
Editorial: Journalism Charter is a living pledge of accountability
Saturday 20 July 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Opinion
The new Cook Islands News journalism charter will be a living document. That means we welcome your suggestions – and we invite you to hold us accountable to it.
Letter: Transparency, or a lack of integrity?
Saturday 20 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I am surprised and shocked to find that Cook Islands News has decided on a policy of not allowing non de plume names for letters to the editor.
COOK ISLANDS NEWS JOURNALISM CHARTER
Saturday 20 July 2019 | Published in Opinion
Respect, responsibility, integrity, fairness and accuracy. These are the principles we will strive to uphold.
Kata July 20
Saturday 20 July 2019 | Published in Kata
Nurses, doctors walk the walk of health
Friday 19 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor Last week I attended the Health Conference in Rarotonga. My mother is from Areora village in Atiu and I am an Auckland anaesthetist.
Editorial: Behind every good athlete is a great family
Friday 19 July 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Opinion
When I talked to Margie Matenga yesterday, the netball legend was busy with a crying toddler: her grand-daughter Rain, 2, whom she was looking after while Rain’s mum led the Black Pearls into last night’s Pacific Games netball final.
Opinion: Suppressed tried and true
Friday 19 July 2019 | Published in Opinion
Dear Editor, Mr. Wynne’s piece “In Sickness and in Health” states: “… one cannot look at our history from 1915 to 1965 and dismiss the critical role… our Ariki and Mataiapo have played in where we are today”.
Meth, marijuana and our schools
Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The education department has a real battle on its hands if it is to fight and win the battle against meth.
Time to fight for anolyte
Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The merit of “anolyte” is its ability to kill germs, bacterium, protozoa, and viruses, unlike chlorine which fails to eliminate all the major nasty bugs, and just ends up smelling and tasting of the chemical chlorine.
Mark Brown trying to walk on water
Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, By now Mark Brown, the deputy prime minister, must be thinking he can walk on water.
Editorial: Chickens, eggs and police pay
Thursday 18 July 2019 | Written by Jonathan Milne | Published in Opinion
Pay rises and inflationary price increases: which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
Kata July 18
Thursday 18 July 2019 | Published in Kata
Editorial: Our identity in a name
Wednesday 17 July 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Opinion
What's in a name? A name is the grouping of several letters of an alphabet, or other symbols, which represent the identity of a person, an object, a country; in this case the Cook Islands and its people.
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