Opinion

Meitaki for a great Lagoon Day

Saturday 26 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I'd love to say meitaki ra to everyone who helped to make Lagoon Day an awesome success.

Letters to the Editor

Cart before the horse with water project

Friday 25 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The main public road that circles Rarotonga is some 10 metres in width.

Letters to the Editor

A basic flaw in our electoral system

Thursday 24 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I was interested to read John M Scott and Tim Tepaki’s views on political and economic reforms. In order to achieve either of the two reforms, we would need to correct the basic flaw in our electoral system.

Letters to the Editor

Pukapuka women demonstrate traditional skills

Thursday 24 July 2014 | Published in Return to Pukapuka

While the lopa finish a traditional Pukapukan vaka under the palm trees at Niua, a few tamawine spend their afternoons sewing tivaivai.

Return to Pukapuka

Results show urgent need for reform

Thursday 24 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am a regular visitor to the Cook Islands and enjoy the country immensely.

Letters to the Editor

Kata: Puna's flock

Thursday 24 July 2014 | Published in Kata

Kata

Flight fares under question

Wednesday 23 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My wife and I want to go to Dunedin to spend Christmas with my daughter, then on to Auckland to see friends.

Letters to the Editor

Kata: CIP wins election majority

Wednesday 23 July 2014 | Published in Kata

Kata

QR, please 'take time for a cuppa'

Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Queen’s Representative has some discretion about whether he is prepared to swear in the Cook Islands Party as the new Government, and one hopes he will exercise it.

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Smokies: No-one else to blame

Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals

Suffer again for another four years? To those who voted CIP give yourself a pat on the back.

Smoke Signals

Kata: Political games

Tuesday 22 July 2014 | Published in Kata

Kata

Election: It's all in God's hands

Monday 21 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Seeing the CIP put all in God’s hands while the Demos criticised them and promised the world to voters in a shock-and-awe presidential-style campaign, one could be excused for thinking the Demos would bury the CIP.

Letters to the Editor

Dogs an 'incredible bonus' in Raro

Monday 21 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We have just returned home to New Zealand after the most magical time in Rarotonga.

Letters to the Editor

The political dilemma: A poem

Monday 21 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

A poem about political reform and the outcome of the recent election:

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'No intention to mislead customers'

Saturday 19 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Hands up those who were sucked in by the newspaper advertisement of a certain mega store on its opening day?

Letters to the Editor

Election: Walk with integrity

Saturday 19 July 2014 | Published in Virtues in Paradise

There is one virtue for which people are crying out, especially around election time. It is bound up in hope and leads to trust – the virtue of integrity.