Opinion
Letter: ‘When it’s not your money, who cares’
Monday 22 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia orana, referring to the excellent letter to the editor in the Cook Islands News January 17 edition regarding successive governments thinking they can run commercial businesses, when in reality most schemes that government and public servants dream up become abject failures, and never any blame or repercussion on anyone!
Letter: Te Mato Vai: Wat-er disaster
Monday 22 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, When is the government going to address Rarotonga’s worsening water shortage? This is a necessary project that the Cook Islands government has yet again failed to deliver.
Kata: MoE secretary
Saturday 20 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Virtues in Paradise: How are you, really?
Saturday 20 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise
How is it possible that here in Paradise, those who live here miss out on many of the treasures that bring thousands of tourists each year to these shores, craving the beauty and gifts that are all around us? writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Thomas Wynne: Consultation with those we elect is critical
Saturday 20 January 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
I watched with great interest as our genealogical, vaka and blood links to the Māori peoples in Aotearoa meet and consult at Tūrangawaewae marae, at the request of the Māori King Tuheitia, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Kata: CISNOC retreat
Friday 19 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: CISNOC retreat
Friday 19 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Sports federations where are your kahunas? The Olympic Committee is taking you all for a ride and you say nothing, shame.
Letter: Are selection panels just a sham?
Friday 19 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Luisa Peters-Tongatama, president of the Cook Islands Teachers Union, did very well to point out the corruption of the appointment of Owen Lewis to be Secretary of Education (Panel’s top choice ignored: Teachers Union questions Education Secretary appointment, January 18).
Letter: Avatiu FC co-coaches
Thursday 18 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Wow way to go Avatiu women’s football team (Avatiu FC first Cook Islands team in OFC Women’s Champions League, Cook Islands News, January 17).
Letter: Proposed proxy voting system
Thursday 18 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, A move that is sparking debate, the proposed Constitution Amendment (No. 32) Bill, which seeks to introduce proxy voting within its Parliament is a step back in parliamentary responsibility.
Letter: Prime Minister’s reasons for Constitution Amendments ‘weak’
Wednesday 17 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Sammy Mataroa’s letter in yesterday’s edition of the Cook Islands News (Resolving election disputes) gives a very good explanation why Parliament should not support the constitutional amendment tabled by Government which would allow Parliament to sit notwithstanding that there are outstanding electoral petitions.
Letter: Get real with our tax dollars
Wednesday 17 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Perhaps you can have a staff reporter dig through Cook Islands News archives for say the last 40 or so years and pull out all the grand announcements from one government after the other of the commercial enterprises that were launched with government at the controls.
Kata:Immigration
Tuesday 16 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Resolving election disputes
Tuesday 16 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Constitution Amendment (No. 31) Bill proposes to allow the newly elected Parliament to begin its work promptly after a general election, without the need to wait for the resolution of election petitions.
Kata: CISNOC, MoE
Monday 15 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letters: Visa extension fees
Monday 15 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
My wife and I are also world travellers from cold, cold Canada. With the exception of the Covid-19 years, we have faithfully returned to the Cooks year after year once we discovered its charm.
Letters: Questioning our governance
Monday 15 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Constitution Amendment (No 30) BIll, which proposes to expand the Cabinet from six to eight ministers. This bill also seeks to remove the provision that allows for the appointment of Ministers from outside the ranks of elected Members of Parliament.
Ruta Mave: What’s in a flag?
Monday 15 January 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
The first official interview for Prime Minister Mark Brown was a nine-year-old interviewer who asked “What’s your favourite country apart from the Cook Islands, and are you thinking of changing our flag?”
Kata: Boot
Saturday 13 January 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Thomas Wynne: Aitutaki’s runway to prosperity
Saturday 13 January 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Dawn is yet to break, but I can hear the waves gently lapping the distant reef. Breaking over into the lagoon, the pearl that is the jewel of Araura Enua, Aitutaki, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
