Opinion
Thomas Wynne: The darkest and longest shadow . . .
Saturday 9 September 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Watch a movie like Moana Roa, or any movie prior to the 1960s in the Cook Islands, and what a stark contrast it is, of our people before the proliferation of a western diet, and just how fit, lean and active we were.
Letter: Why no outrage?
Saturday 9 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
In response to my letter a week ago, l am disappointed in Bob Williams reply to my letter, giving us no answers to my concerns.
Letters: Look out for the coconuts
Saturday 9 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The coconut tree concern also needs to be raised in parliament.
Kata: Cannabis
Friday 8 September 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, 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.
