Opinion
Letter: ‘None of this was necessary’
Wednesday 23 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana, This entire Takitumu road/crossing/ fence issue is just tutae moko.
Kata: Matavera Bend
Tuesday 22 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Implementing cannabis legalisation
Tuesday 22 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I write out of concern for the majority passed Cook Islands referendum on marijuana legalisation and the direction in which the government is proceeding.
Kata: Child-proof
Monday 21 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: ‘Point finger at administrators’
Monday 21 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
To the ex-boxer calling out sport free loaders. If you have a problem, go to the federations’ executive, CISNOC, etc and make a formal report to make them accountable.
Letter: Pay rise for health workers
Monday 21 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Obesity, diabetes, hospital lack of maintenance – what do they have in common?
Kata: Parking system
Saturday 19 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Thomas Wynne: The vaka of language revitalisation
Saturday 19 August 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Ei’ia to matou Tu Oe? Where are our navigators? Because, kare o te Vaka to'ie'ie Tu Oe – A drifting Vaka has no navigator, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Virtues of paradise: What is love? The greatest virtue of all
Saturday 19 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Love isn’t just a feeling. It’s much more. Love is a virtue, a state of being, a practice. Love is a choice. Of all the virtues named in the sacred scriptures of the world’s religions, love is at the heart of them all.
Kata: Meat certification fee
Friday 18 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Fire dangers
Friday 18 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Thank you to the anonymous writer for raising the issues around electrical items being supplied in the Cook Islands.
Letter: Stop ripping off your workers
Friday 18 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Friday, August 4, was a Public Holiday for our 58th Constitution Day celebrations. Everyone was legally entitled to enjoy a day off as a legal Public Holiday.
Kata: Te Kukupa II
Thursday 17 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Fire dangers
Thursday 17 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
A few well-known retailers are flaunting several laws by selling electrical items that have flaws.
Letter: ‘We’re not bold enough’
Thursday 17 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, It’s been long pointed out to the Government that there is an existing legal framework to legalise both the importation and cultivation of medicinal cannabis under the Ministry of Health Act 2013 and the amended Drugs Act 2009 respectively.
Kata: Grassroots partnership
Wednesday 16 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: MFEM clarifies business loans
Wednesday 16 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Covid Bank on August 3, 2023, I would like to inform your readers about the loans the Cook Island Government made during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kata: Possible future in Aitutaki
Tuesday 15 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: ‘We have gone backwards’
Tuesday 15 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, C’mon you ding-a-lings – you are sending a small sports team to the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago and we don’t even know who they are and what sports they are representing us and what is their level of performance and what chances they have to bring home a medal?
Letter: Anti-obesity drugs
Tuesday 15 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
As my last effort to generate some awareness and discussion, a later article in Nature says that “a weekly dose of Wegovy (aka semaglutide) slashed the risk of severe cardiovascular events by 20 per cent in adults with heart disease and either overweight or obesity.