Opinion
Other sports should back rugby Sevens
Thursday 10 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The RUGBY Sevens International held over the weekend was another success and the standard is overwhelming.
Remove surplus sand from precious lagoon
Thursday 10 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
My OBSERVATIONS of some of the problems occurring within the lagoon at Muri and also probably Titikaveka, parallel similar problems in the Manihiki and Rakahanga lagoons.
What happened to all the good evidence?
Wednesday 9 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Columnist Norman George continues his examination into the killing known as the Burglary Murder.
THE RUGBY SEVENS
Tuesday 8 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“THE RUGBY SEVENS in Heaven of last week had some very disappointing features, like public safety.
Bizarre election like Mad Hatter's party
Tuesday 8 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
Richard Moore is an award-winning journalist and photographer, now residing on Rarotonga, a senior journalist on at CI News.
We are investing in youth, our future
Tuesday 8 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
KIA ORANA tatou katotoa, i te aro’a maata o to tatou Atua.
Take another look at those calculations...
Monday 7 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“I HAVE NO particular view on the merits of the airline subsidies (not having done the maths) but yesterday’s anonymous writer may need to do their maths again,” a smoke signaller says.
Generous legacy a gift that keeps on giving
Monday 7 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
Aitutaki-based counsellor and CI News columnist Thomas Wynne looks at a school on Hawaii that is showing the way forward in education, thanks to a bequest made long in the past.
Righteousness the path to happiness
Monday 7 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
WHEN PEOPLE are asked what really matters in life, they often say “To be happy”.
Search for seabird making progress thanks to recorder
Monday 7 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
THE SEARCH for evidence of petrels and shearwaters on Rarotonga continues.
We need better pay to afford those licences
Friday 4 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“IT’S GOOD TO see that the cost of a Cook Islands driver’s licence has been raised to the same level that motorists pay in Australia and New Zealand,” a smoke signaller says.
PM comparison tells the story
Friday 4 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
AS TRAGIC events played out in the Cook Islands and in Brisbane, Australia recently, a comparison of leadership and the compassion shown by the actions of two prime ministers was very telling.
So just who's the boss?
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
SUNDAY CHECKPOINT “IT'S A SIGHT I haven’t seen before on a Sunday, but it was great to see the police mount a checkpoint just past the airport last weekend,” a smoke signaller says.
Workshop waste of time, money and effort
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WATCHING the news on TV the other night it was amazing to see how much waste of time, money and effort we go through to bring experts from overseas and host a workshop with so many senior government officials about reducing our high road accident and fatality rate.
More on those airline subsidies
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
TO “ANONYMOUS” (CI News November 1), all I can say is, read my article of October 20 again.
Wedding planner aids jilted bride
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
DEAR BEAUTIFUL Rarotonga.
EU deal show of foolishness
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
TOGETHER, the people of the Cook Islands are watching prime minister Henry Puna’s government make a series of fundamental mistakes that will hurt our people for decades to come.
The burglary murder... wrong man charged
Wednesday 2 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
OUR RECONSTRUCTION of the crime scene was that the deceased was woken up when someone walked into his bedroom.
WHERE WAS SECURITY?
Wednesday 2 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
Regarding THE BREAK and enter of one of the huts at the Punanga Nui market over the weekend, I am just curious to know where was the taxpayer-funded security? And then, despite the heavy floodlights surrounding the area, surely movement around the place is evident?
Do the maths and airline subsidy is looking essential
Tuesday 1 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IN REPLY to the opinion piece written by Mata Atua McNair, headlined, “The case for ending airline subsidy,” where does Mata McNair think the tax dollars come from that fund the subsidies?
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