Opinion
The power of language
Saturday 15 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Opinion, Virtues in Paradise
I’m so happy to be back in the Cook Islands and to resume this column after three and a half years away in Hawaii. Someone recently asked me, “What is a virtue anyway?” By Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: The power of Parliament
Saturday 15 April 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Parliament is where the needs of the country, and not a single electorate, are met, discussed and turned into law so as the people can thrive and not just survive, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Kata: Roads
Friday 14 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Delay in court hearing
Friday 14 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I wish to complain about the poor attitude of the Ministry of Justice in allocating the sittings of the High Court of the Cook Islands.
Kata: Seabed exploration
Thursday 13 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Dalai Lama
Wednesday 12 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Ruta Mave: Celebrate people when they’re alive
Tuesday 11 April 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
I notice that not many want to celebrate life but they will rush to a funeral at the drop of a hat, writes Ruta Mave.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Love one another and lay down our lives for each other in deep, meaningful service
Saturday 8 April 2023 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
If you love the words and life of Dr Martin Luther King, discover the life that influenced him – his name was Jesus, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Letter: Rarotonga roads
Saturday 8 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Big and humungous meitaki maata once again to our road workers for consistently extending nice and smooth hot mixed tarsealed roads, the longest and farthest so far, especially from as far as Avana and fast passing Tupapa Super Brown.
Letter: Selling seabed mining story
Saturday 8 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Wednesday’s headline, “Prime Minister sells the United States a seabed mining story.”
Kata: Don't worry
Thursday 6 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Letter: Search for truth and justice
Thursday 6 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Lissette Gonzalez Brito disappeared seven years ago and for all that time, I have fought tooth and nail to get her justice.
Letter: ‘Please be better, read situations better’
Wednesday 5 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana editor, I hope this letter finds you well, I would like to bring to light a couple of issues I experienced while being treated at Tupapa Outpatients on March 15.
Kata: Air NZ
Wednesday 5 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Sea Floor Mining
Tuesday 4 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Free food
Monday 3 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Ruta Mave: Create the change you want in the world
Monday 3 April 2023 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
We did it and we got through unscathed – the power of prayer has once again protected us from the scourges of nature and apart from recent and much needed rain, the cyclone season has come to an end with no cyclones in our part of the world, writes Ruta Mave.
Visitors to our paradise
Monday 3 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana, I hope this email finds you well. I would like to voice my impassioned opinion to our visitors to our beautiful paradise and hope it gets published.
The turtle tour debate
Monday 3 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The “overcrowded” swim-with-turtles debate currently on is, this writer suggests, a microcosm of this country’s decades-long inability to come to grips with tourism in general.
Kata: Cost of living
Saturday 1 April 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
