Opinion
Letter: CIFA credibility
Saturday 13 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
As a parent of two young children playing soccer, I was appalled at what I saw on Facebook written by a CIFA staff by the name of Sammy Mataroa.
Letter: Brawl erupts in netball match
Saturday 13 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Re: Ngatangiia versus Titikaveka premier grade incident involving players. Last weekend netball games started and what an exciting season it promises for all the clubs.
Thomas Wynne: Responding to my call home
Saturday 13 April 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Shaming others who can’t speak the language, who are trying to learn, by maligning them in person or online with cruel and crippling words like ‘plastic’ is wrong, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Kata: Water tariffs
Friday 12 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Is UN seat worth the risk?
Friday 12 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, We like to think that we march to the beat of our own drums when it comes to our lives but do we?
Kata: Water tariff
Thursday 11 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Don’t touch our New Zealand ties!
Thursday 11 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I write with palpable gloom and deep concern about this subject matter (Referendum needed to decide UN membership, says Elikana, Cook Islands News, April 6). We need to sift through the issues carefully and be able to anticipate the full consequences.
Kata: Water tariff
Wednesday 10 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Pet Talk: Making the difficult decision - when euthanasia is the right choice for your pet
Wednesday 10 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Pet Talk
For pet owners, the decision to euthanise a beloved companion animal is undoubtedly one of the most agonising choices they may face, writes Te Are Manu’s medical director Dr Rose Hasegawa.
Letter: ‘No to paying for my water’
Wednesday 10 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Well, aren’t we busy bees on this island coming up with all sorts of ideas and ways to make money. Way to go whoever you are that comes up with these brain waves and of course, always including the people in the decision making as you go. Now it’s water.
Kata: $1.3M charter boat
Tuesday 9 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Water charges ‘poverty to the people’
Tuesday 9 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, This week To Tatou Vai is hosting vaka consultations on water charges. The imposition of user-pays is the authority following through on neocolonial development policy.
Kata: Chickens
Monday 8 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Ruta mave: Beyond the partial eclipse- A total cover-up of corruption?
Monday 8 April 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
The trial may be only a partial eclipse of the theft by the three convicted but although we are not able to see it, there probably lies a total cover up of, corruption beyond our comprehension that we are kept completely in the dark about, writes Ruta Mave.
Letter: Cannabis laws vs public opinion
Monday 8 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, It was reported in the Cook Islands News on 9-12-23, a jury of nine women and two men found an Aitutaki man guilty of supplying cannabis following a two-day trial on Rarotonga.
Thomas Wynne: Charting our course in a shifting world
Saturday 6 April 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
There is always plenty of room at the table to eat. This is something my grandmother and mother have always said, and more importantly, they practiced what they preached, which is how we have lived our lives, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Kata: Penrhyn milk fish
Friday 5 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Cook Islands voices matter
Friday 5 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, A question to the Editor about the column published by Thomas Wynne. No discredit to his column at all. It can be a great read and it is an Opinion column and he does that and you have published it for many years.
Kata: Internal Audits
Thursday 4 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: The real cost of their crimes
Thursday 4 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I raise questions on the sentencing of former Cook Islands deputy prime minister Robert Tapaitau and two other former high-ranking Government officials (Nga Puna and Diane Charlie-Puna), handed jail terms for fraud and corruption charges.