Opinion

Kata: Cost of goods

Monday 27 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata

Ruta Mave: Israel’s retaliation greater than the Hamas crime?

Monday 27 November 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion

On Thursday, November 24, the whole of America stopped to celebrate Thanksgiving, and thankfully, missiles of mass destruction stopped falling on the Gaza strip as part of a 4-day ceasefire with negotiations to release Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, writes Ruta Mave.

Editorials

Letter: ‘Pontificating without knowledge’

Monday 27 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I too have been dismayed and concerned about Thomas Wynne’s scurrilous article “The last of the pooh-bahs” in the Cook Islands News (Saturday, November 18) attacking Sir Gavin Donne and others of the Albert Henry saga.

Editorials

Kata: Rain dancer

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata

Virtues of Paradise: Healing family violence

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise

How do we stop family violence? How do we heal multi-generational abuse?

Opinion

Thomas Wynne: Shaking the tree- A reexamination of the Albert Henry case

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Me ruru koe i te pu rakau, matakite eaa te ka pururu mai, if you shake the tree, be careful what falls out, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Editorials

Letter: Caring is sharing – Taporoporo, Tu’atu’a mamarie

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Meitaki maata our dear Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Awakened in the early hours of Friday, November 24, to a most extraordinary sound of music so nice, cool, silent and gentle but lo, it was only raindrops falling.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Quad bike accident

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I am writing to you as a continuing returning tourist whose family have rewardingly participated in most tourist activities the island has to offer over approximately a 20-year period.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: A champion of the rule of law

Saturday 25 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I did not witness the earlier years of Albert Henry’s reign so cannot comment on his contribution in that period, but when I returned to Rarotonga to work as a lawyer in 1975, Albert had become a tyrant committed to staying in power. This was at the expense of hundreds of Cook Islands families who stood up against the abuses of government. Most were forced to leave their homeland to survive.

Letters to the Editor

Kata: Crash

Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata

Letter: Nightclub brawl

Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

The women of the Cook Islands have little to celebrate after one, trying to stop an alcohol fuelled brawl at Rehab was punched in the face by a man who was fined all of $500, given his passport and a get out of jail card, and allowed to return to Australia.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Call for petition

Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

The petition started by Miss T Koteka bringing sense, focus and some clarity to the Courts and the Police regarding the Rehab nightclub brawl … public uproar seemed to have clearly made some difference.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Ozzie or Cozzie: Team Cook Islands uniform

Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I saw Wesley Roberts photo after winning gold in swimming.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Where’s the fish?

Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I saw a disturbing greedy photo the other week of one family on one boat showing their catch of the day, three marlin and two yellow fin tuna. No catch and release, they landed them all. There is no way they could eat one of those fish let alone all of them. I wonder if the boat company shared the lottery win with them when they sold them off at $20 to $30 per kilo.

Letters to the Editor

Letter: ‘Scurrilous, rude, and wrong’

Friday 24 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Norman George’s rebuttal to Thomas Wynne’s opinion piece is spot on (A rebuttal to ‘The last pooh bah’, Cook Islands News, November 23).

Letters to the Editor

Kata: Electric cars

Thursday 23 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata

Letter: A rebuttal to ‘The last pooh bah’

Thursday 23 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Re: Sir Gavin Donne, highly revered Chief of Justice and first Queen’s Representative of the Cook Islands. I write to record my disgust and repudiation about the article titled “The Last Pooh Bah” written by Thomas Wynne last Saturday, 18 November 2023.

Letters to the Editor