Opinion
Letter: $102 million ‘Infrastructure Asset’
Tuesday 4 June 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Acknowledging the response from To Tatou Vai CEO Apii Timoti in regard to 2024/25 Budget appropriation (May 27).
Kata: Trump
Saturday 1 June 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Thomas Wynne: The people of the land and ocean
Saturday 1 June 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Land – nothing is more contentious, beautiful, divisive, or unifying than land. Our caretaking of land has been thousands of years in the making as we moved from Moana or ocean, to land, to ocean, and back to land again, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Letter: Cook Islands fishery debate
Friday 31 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I am loathe to take up the pen again on the issue of the tuna fishery resources in and around Cook Islands waters, but since I’ve been referenced in Mr. Tylor’s latest effort please indulge me this reply (More questions than answers, Cook Islands News, May 30, 2024).
Kata: Public Accounts
Friday 31 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Customs
Thursday 30 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Reuben Tylor: More questions than answers
Thursday 30 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
In a three-part series, retired lawyer Reuben Tylor argues commercial fishing in the Northern Cook Islands can impact on our catches of yellowfin tuna in the South.
Letter: TAU’s ‘average’ excuse doesn’t add up
Thursday 30 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Well, well, well. So TAU (Te Aponga Uira) are feeding us too higher voltage (Voltage ‘increase’ sparks concerns, residents report appliance damage, May 29).
Kata: Higher volts
Wednesday 29 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: CISNOC Sports Awards
Wednesday 29 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Evidence of CISNOC supporting their own when Aquatics wins a lot because the head of selection is the head of Aquatics? Wes (Roberts) and Lanihei (Connolly) might deserve sportsman and woman of the year but not everything.
Letter: CISNOC to Paris?
Wednesday 29 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Re your article ‘CISNOC head Graham to step down after accounts finalised’ in Monday, 27 May’s issue of Cook Islands News, I guess it doesn’t really matter when the special meeting to finalise the accounts is held, as the CISNOC president will still be going to the Paris Olympics with – most likely – the previous CEO and secretary general, Owen Lewis.
Kata: Police chief in Bangkok
Tuesday 28 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Shake up the Police force
Tuesday 28 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
A few suggestions on restoring pride in our Police force.
Letter: Special rights for Kiwis
Tuesday 28 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I am disturbed by the article “Parliament fixes oversight on preferential residency for Kiwis” published on Friday, May 17.
Ruta Mave: Standing up for what’s right in sports and politics
Monday 27 May 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Having a good moral compass in life and standing by ethics that guide you on what is right and wrong is often seen as cutting off your nose to spite your face, writes Ruta Mave.
Letter: SBMA responds to ‘misinformed criticism’
Monday 27 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I write in response to the anonymous letter published on May 25 regarding the Police Service, and incorrectly criticising the Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) for having major government infrastructure investments and high staff salaries.
Letter: To Tatou Vai in violation of its own Act?
Monday 27 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Re ‘Audit report reveals CIIC overspent budget by $2.7m, Cook Islands News, May 22’, the 2024/25 Budget Estimate has CIIC providing an additional $500,000 to the water authority. This top-up is earmarked for meter installation and user-pays.
Virtues in Paradise: The secret of freedom
Saturday 25 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise
Have you ever felt truly free? What does that even mean, you may well ask, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Thomas Wynne: He who holds the pen holds the power
Saturday 25 May 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Across the globe, people have had enough of corruption, enough of nepotism, enough of the rule of might by certain families, certain names and political economic and cultural privilege above all others, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Letter: ‘Who stuffed up?’
Saturday 25 May 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Reading about the very many issues raised by Mr. Mike Chase of Te POM, regarding the problems with our mapu yahooing on the roads, doing wheelies, etc. – “showing off to get attention” (Cook Islands News, Tuesday, May 14), he is no doubt correct, and opens up a Pandora’s Box of social issues.