Opinion
The line for locals
Wednesday 17 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Are we welcome here? Depends who you are dealing with.
Kata July 17
Wednesday 17 July 2019 | Published in Kata
Norman George: Norman's nagging nightmare
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Opinion
Tighten your seat belts, it is going to be a bumpy ride. Have you ever thought of your worst nightmare? Waking up to find out that we are no longer in control of our country? The prime minister and Queen’s Representative under the control of a foreign interest?
Alcohol kills on roads and in homes
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The problem with statistics is they can be taken out of context and used to misrepresent the whole, as we have seen with the chlorine debate.
Bluesky: Shape up or ship out
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We recently spent a lovely two weeks in Rarotonga. Lovely, that is, except for a chaotic failure to connect with wifi.
An informed opinion on chlorine
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am against the chlorination of our water. I have tasted chlorine in drinking water in New Zealand and dislike the smell and taste of it, it’s horrible.
Over-the- top pay for a part-time job
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Concerning the MPs’ pay rise, here’s a blast from the past.
Kata July 16
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Kata
MPs' shameful work habits
Monday 15 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The landmark decision to pamper MPs with a whopping $700,000 windfall is absurd and unjustified. They do not deserve it; they did not earn it.
Build it and they will run free
Monday 15 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A proverb says idle hands are the devils tools. When kids have nothing to do they are more likely to get into trouble.
Kata July 15
Monday 15 July 2019 | Published in Kata
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: In sickness and in health
Saturday 13 July 2019 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
There were concerns Ariki were complicit in the loss of Cook Islands Maori self-determination, but in the second part in a series, Thomas Wynne says they played a critical role in improving their people’s health and education.
Letters: Tourists safe from godlessness
Saturday 13 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, kia orana! I write in reply to Joe Fox, a successful New York businessman (Letters, July 9) who spent only a week visiting our beautiful Cook Islands.
Letters: Rose Tuki-Brown pales next to Jacinda Ardern
Saturday 13 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, RAT Mave (Letters, July 11) must be commended for illustrating so succinctly what our so-called leaders are about.
Letters: 'Experts' give chlorine no credence
Saturday 13 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I agree entirely with your comment (Editorial, July 12) that “most of us know very little about the science behind water disinfection”.
Kata July 13
Saturday 13 July 2019 | Published in Kata
Kata July 12
Friday 12 July 2019 | Published in Kata
kata July 6
Friday 12 July 2019 | Published in Kata
Talbot walks, Puna talks
Friday 12 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, To the people who find the wage increase of the Cook Islands MPs outrageous I invite you to look at your job, your industry, and figure out what you could do and achieve with an extra $50,000 per year, as Prime Minister Henry Puna gave himself. I invite you to send lists of how $700,000 every year will improve your work, sport and charity.
Shame on those who mistreat their animals
Friday 12 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Those of us working in Avarua yesterday were treated to the sight and sounds of a nearby resident beating the living daylights out of his dog.
« Previous 1 … 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 … 666 Next »