Opinion
Letter: Too little too late for Aitutaki lagoon and reef
Monday 14 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
A couple of weeks back the National Environment Service (NES) announced $400,000 funding to undertake a foreshore study of Rarotonga and Aitutaki.
Kata: Mushroom soup
Monday 14 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
RUTA MAVE: Our creatives deserve better
Monday 14 August 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
If people paid thousands for a church rebuild, they would never see, they would equally pay to see their culture captured on film, writes Ruta Mave.
Kata: Anti-obesity drugs
Saturday 12 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
A region committed to peace: 38 years of the Treaty of Rarotonga
Saturday 12 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Nearly four decades since the Treaty of Rarotonga was signed, which established the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, it is more important than ever before, writes Australian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Phoebe Smith.
PM Brown meets with Troika Leaders to discuss Forum priorities
Saturday 12 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Prime Minister Mark Brown, who is the Pacific Islands Forum chair, had the first formal meeting of the Troika Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) in Suva, Fiji, this week.
Letter: Pick up the tita
Saturday 12 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Can you please enquire and tell your readers the size of the budget for the National Environment Service?
Kata: Plant for health and wealth
Friday 11 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Potholes
Thursday 10 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Potholes
Thursday 10 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Earlier this week, the writer and spouse were travelling anti-clockwise through Puaikura at dusk and, just before the new asphalt roadway gifted to Tinomana Ariki by the ever-generous Chris Vaile of Triad, two tourists on a motor scooter, in the fading light of the day, tried to swerve to miss one of the uncountable potholes.
Letter: ‘Don’t diss our uniforms’
Thursday 10 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, To the letter writer who criticised the beautiful uniforms of our youth teams at the 7th Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
Kata: Specialist
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Obesity
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I was very surprised and pleased to receive a briefing from Nature magazine that anti-obesity drugs are available.
Letter: Legal aid
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The miserly $40k budget for legal aid is continuing evidence that our "honourable" members of Parliament honour nothing but their own inflated egos and, in too many cases, inflated bellies.
Letter: The fashion police say ‘save’ the 80s
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
No one wants to say this out loud before our youth compete at the Commonwealth Games but it has to be said.
Kata: New black pearl
Tuesday 8 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Show them the door
Tuesday 8 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
We are one year removed from the general election where 64 per cent of the formal votes cast were in favour of legalising medicinal cannabis.
Letter: Award winning plan ‘ridiculous’
Tuesday 8 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I just came across an article which I had kept and put aside, from Cook Islands News, September 13, 2022, titled “20+ years timeframe for award winning town plan”.
Kata: Emergency services
Monday 7 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Ruta Mave: The weather apps can’t seem to get it right
Monday 7 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
There are places in the world who need rain – you should be grateful, you should feel blessed, writes Ruta Mave.
