Opinion

Kata: MFEM

Tuesday 4 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Ruta Mave: ‘We are privileged, we have first world problems’

Monday 3 July 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion

As Rose lay huddling on the floating door, Jack clung to the side of it while his body was immersed in the freezing waters after the Titanic had hit the iceberg.

Letter: The effective method is ‘invisible’

Monday 3 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, The Wednesday 28 June headline story, ‘$400k to be spent on coastal and foreshore erosion research’.

Kata: Road surface

Monday 3 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Thomas Wynne: How do we treat strangers in our land?

Saturday 1 July 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

As a son of migrant parents, and having endured the time we now know as the Dawn Raids, I have always been cognizant of the racism we felt as a community of migrant workers, and the children of migrant workers, into a country that at first welcomed us with open arms and then, closed that door again with Pacific people still being deported in New Zealand in the middle of the night, writes Thomas Wynne.

Letters: ‘It's incomprehensible’

Saturday 1 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, New Zealand Drug Foundation executive director Sarah Helm told this newspaper over a year ago that in New Zealand both the industry and patients have struggled with our medicinal cannabis regulations because they are overly restrictive.

Letters: What is going on?

Saturday 1 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Kia Orana, There has not been a single public TV /radio/or Cook Islands News ad announcement about the work apparently taking place on the bridge / stream just adjacent to the Rutaki side of the Vaimaanga/Sheraton Hotel site.

Kata: Work Visa fee

Saturday 1 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: Work visa

Friday 30 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: Starlink

Thursday 29 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: National Environment Service

Wednesday 28 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Kata: Immigration

Tuesday 27 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Ruta Mave: Whistleblowers versus the people in power

Monday 26 June 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion

The power of people in power to intimidate is not absent from our little community, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: Government ‘lacks the intestinal fortitude’

Monday 26 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Your Friday paper reported that the Government is looking to legalise medicinal cannabis by Christmas because they find it too difficult to get the job done before that.

Letter: Improving our education system

Monday 26 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Education is of paramount importance in every country, as it serves as a foundation for a successful and prosperous society.

Kata: Drum up

Saturday 24 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Virtues in Paradise: Too stressed to be blessed?

Saturday 24 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise

How are you really? Do you ever stop to ask yourself that question? Or like most people, do you sometimes drift into a state of gradually increasing anxiety or low-level depression? By Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Thomas Wynne: We walk in two worlds

Saturday 24 June 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

‘E rua oku, takai’anga vaevae i teia nei ao’ is a phrase often thrown around by many of us that walk in te ao Maori and te ao Papa’a, but how true is it, questions Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Letter: Liquor licences

Friday 23 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, A recent letter writer to Cook Islands News suggested that the Liquor Licensing Authority, when publishing public notices of liquor license applications, identify the actual location of the intended (legal) drug outlets, instead of just naming the relevant village.

Kata: Fact Find Medicinal Marijuana

Friday 23 June 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion