Opinion

Letter: Give our footballers a break

Friday 8 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor,

Kata: Small fee for broken old bikes, tv and junk

Thursday 7 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letters: Give our footballers a break

Thursday 7 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I have been pondering if I should write to you but for the sake of my children’s passion for soccer, I will write.

Kata: Great Wall of China

Wednesday 6 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: Where are our MPs?

Wednesday 6 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, After an eight/nine-week break, parliament sits for 1 hour 15 minutes and then adjourns for three months -- pathetic!

Letters: ‘We have become a nation of drunk drivers’

Wednesday 6 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

The latest drink drive crashes and arrests prompts this letter. Some weeks back your Court reporter told us not only the name of the driver before the criminal division of the Court but also that the accused had been drinking at home before going for a top-up at Luna Bar.

Kata: Parliament short session

Tuesday 5 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letters: Monopoly in Pacific shipping lanes, Cooks operator claims

Tuesday 5 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Further to recent correspondence and comment in your newspaper regarding freight rates applicable to the shipping services operated between New Zealand and the Cook Islands by Matson, please be aware of the following:

Kata: Cooking Oil

Monday 4 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Ruth Mave: It’s a Tupperware party

Monday 4 September 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion

We are now opting to live a life of hand outs with no drive or inclination to give ourselves a hand up. We win the beggars award because we have so many hands out to so many countries

Letters: Our shipping lanes...

Monday 4 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Any container shipping licence involving the Cook Islands should include, as a non-negotiable condition, free shipping of a number of containers to New Zealand for undesirable tita.

Kata: Dad's day

Saturday 2 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Virtues in Paradise: What is Your Calling?

Saturday 2 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise

Everyone has a calling. It’s different from having a job, although those for whom their job is also a calling are truly blessed, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Letters: Secretary of Health Bob Williams replies

Saturday 2 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

The Cook Islands only registered two Covid-19 related deaths from the onset of Covid-19 up to normalising Covid-19 on 1 July 2022.

Letters: Where is the outrage?

Saturday 2 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Exactly two years ago l wrote a letter about my concern for testing the experimental vaccine on our people. It is now proven it was a bad mistake and a waste of time as it never did a thing to stop the virus spreading or infecting you.

Thomas Wynne: E toto, e kiko e ivi, the blood that runs in our veins, our heart, and in our bones

Saturday 2 September 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Shame, on you, those are the words I heard across the table, when I missed a conversation in Māori, that generally I can do ok in. Thomas Wynne writes.

Kata: Seniora Rubiales

Friday 1 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Letter: A deafening silence

Friday 1 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Over the past couple of days there has been a deafening silence from the Ministry of Transport regarding the shipping industry issues raised in the Cook Islands News.

Kata: Fire

Thursday 31 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Much more than lip service, leaving no one behind

Thursday 31 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion

As I sit in the Cook Islands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration at the government’s consultations on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and National Wellbeing in preparation for the 2023 SDGs Summit in September, I am filled with immense hope for the future that truly leaves no one behind, writes United Nations Resident Coordinator (UNRCO) Themba Kalua.