Opinion
Protocol upset behind forum issue
Tuesday 30 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On October 15 there was an official opening of the Nurses Forum at the National Auditorium.
Plenty of fallout from suspension episode
Tuesday 30 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Regarding a story in CINews on October 23, headlined “Cook Islands nurses suspended”.
Finding that elusive balance for peace
Saturday 27 October 2018 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
How do we go from burnout to blessing? How do we maintain the elusive balance that can give us a genuine pace of grace? A breath of peace whenever we need it, time for beauty, for prayer and reflection, for play, for free time with family and friends. There is an epidemic of overdoing that has spread throughout the world in the past decades.
Suspension 'heavy-handed'
Saturday 27 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The avoidable suspension of the members of the Cook Islands Nursing Association (CINA) as reported in the Cook Islands News appears heavy-handed and leads one to assume the Secretary of Health acted under instructions.
Stone-throwing unwise: Glassie
Saturday 27 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In reply to a letter in CINews on October 24 paper by a cowardly political commentator, I want to make it clear that first, there is a marked difference between research findings and political activity.
Love should be 'something we do'
Saturday 27 October 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
Love is a verb. It is a doing word, something we do, something we show, something we demonstrate.
PPP 'Plan B' outed
Wednesday 24 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’ve been wondering who hacked my computer last week and downloaded files before crashing it, and now I know it’s your smoke signaler who said “Tim’s got in wrong”, in a piece published in CINews on October 19.
Time for justice the old-fashioned way?
Wednesday 24 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am frankly surprised at the inability of the Cook Islands to solve the problem of youth crime and more importantly, that of repeat offenders.
Pa Enua development plan a 'game-changer', says Tepaki
Wednesday 24 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Firstly, may I apologise to writer John David for simply glossing over his letter of October 9 headed “Another perspective on land”, and for responding as I did in saying he had lost the plot.
Don't stand on your own two feet
Monday 22 October 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
Has anyone ever told you need to stand on your own two feet? I have heard it many times, despite the fact that standing on one’s own two feet means often the only feet you will see are your own. You will only see yourself at times and when the storms come and you may rely only on your own strength to battle those storms.
Mental health workshop answers many questions
Monday 22 October 2018 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
Have you ever wondered what is the difference between mental illness and madness?
Influences of adoption on ariki system
Friday 19 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, May I through your column make comments on an article in your CINews dated Saturday October 13, regarding the unveiling of Dame Margaret Makea Karika’s headstone.
Health not making Aunty very happy
Thursday 18 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Aunty is not happy, aunty is having problems with the health system, if they are not walking the talk they are giving her and the other elders the short end of the stick.
Love the govt's sense of humour
Thursday 18 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, One thing we can all agree on is that we have a government with a sense of humour, announcing that the wholly incompetent builders of the courthouse, police station and sports centre will be hired to rebuild them.
'War games' the last thing we need
Monday 15 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I don’t normally write letters - I respond to them, but seeing no less than five headlines dominate the overseas news section in your September 24 edition of CINews, all about militarising PNG to counter China’s rising Pacific influence, I was compelled to write. I refer of course to page 6 and 7 of that edition, which included the following headlines;
Motorbike helmet law comes under question
Monday 15 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write this letter out of pure concern for the education of our students.
Little comfort in developer's clarification
Monday 15 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My thanks to Tim Tepaki for clarifying the MOP plan.
Prime minister has the luck of a cat with nine lives
Saturday 13 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
There is a quiet public outcry about what is perceived as continual corruption in our government.
People matter more than potholes
Saturday 13 October 2018 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
When broken roads are more of a concern to us then broken people, we have a problem.
Govt must come clean over TMV
Friday 12 October 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The recent letter from “concerned taxpayer” as a strident call for action was very thought-provoking. These are some serious issues and raise concerns that all Cook Islanders should be worried about.
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