Opinion

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).

Kata: Electric cars

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

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.

Kata: Brawling

Wednesday 22 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: Some solutions to our criminal law problems

Wednesday 22 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, A follow up to my letter published in yesterday’s Cook Islands News.

Kata: Diplomatic immunity

Tuesday 21 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: Call for urgent review of Cook Islands’ criminal law system

Tuesday 21 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Re: Our failed criminal law system:

Kata: TTV Board

Monday 20 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Ruta Mave: Cook Islands: Lost in identity, lost in translation

Monday 20 November 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Who are we? Sitting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean open and swaying to all manner of whims and calls from whom we think we are going to get our next meal ticket from, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: League 9s

Monday 20 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

A simple question, I haven’t read anything regarding CISNOC’s plan to assist with the Rugby League teams’ situation days ago.

Letters: Prosecuting liquor outlets

Monday 20 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Following the trouble at Rehab Bar this writer has been waiting for any comment from the Police as to any suggestion that serving already intoxicated patrons might lead to violence fuelled by the legal drug alcohol.

Thomas Wynne: The last of the pooh-bahs

Saturday 18 November 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Who is Sir Gaven Donne, who upon his passing was referred to by the Sydney Morning Herald as ‘The Judge who toppled a government,’ the man who brought down our first political leader and father of our nation, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Letter: ‘Pa Ariki acted in good faith, Crown must follow suit’

Saturday 18 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, In answer to your correspondent’s queries (Ring road compensation – a threat? Cook Islands News, November 16).

Kata: Traffic

Friday 17 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Opinion: Working together for a successful Pacific Games

Friday 17 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion, Pacific Games, Sports

Over the coming weeks, the Pacific will be coming together to celebrate a love of sport at the Pacific Games – the most significant sports event on the Oceania calendar. This year’s theme is ‘Challenge, Celebrate, Unite’, writes Australia’s High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Phoebe Smith.

Kata: Corodiles in Solomon Islands

Thursday 16 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: USP Student Association

Thursday 16 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Whoever representing USPSA said USPSA was “apolitical” (Fiji Times 3/11 ) clearly does not know its history of student activism/political activism against tyranny, dictatorships, political persecution of freedom fighters in the region and beyond, nuclear testing and armament, solidarity with anti-colonial struggles, and solidarity with indigenous people against State violence and dispossession.

Letter: Ring road compensation – a threat?

Thursday 16 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor,

Letters: Communication breakdown

Wednesday 15 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Is it too difficult for national federations/CISNOC (Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee) to name teams/managers/coaches/entertainers etc who are representing the country at this month’s Pacific Games in Solomon Islands?

Pet Talk: ‘Big shoes to fill … but those shoes aren’t mine’

Wednesday 15 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Pet Talk

Mark Twain had the dubious pleasure of seeing his own obituary printed in the paper and over the last week I have had a similar feeling. While far from being an obituary, a Facebook post about me leaving has attracted heaps of comments, writes Dr Michael Baer, the outgoing Te Are Manu Vet Clinic medical director.