Opinion
Kata: Quarantine
Monday 11 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
LETTERS: Employing foreign workers
Monday 11 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion
Dear Editor, all jobs are advertised here in the Cook Islands, but our local people are not applying ... you can blame minimum wage, but at the end of the day you choose to work for an income or not, no matter how small.
Welcome to Paris
Saturday 9 April 2022 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Opinion
Raising awareness about environmental issues in the Cook Islands is one of the most important roles of Te Ipukarea Society (TIS).
LETTERS: Profiteering at customers expense
Saturday 9 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion
Dear Editor, I noticed the Cook Islands News article regarding the high cost of broadband.
Kata: Covid
Friday 8 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
LETTERS: Dog registration and fee
Friday 8 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, clarification should be sought from the Cook Islands Police on their Facebook post of 6 April where they state: “The date for annual registration of dogs has lapsed and Police would like to advise all owners about the requirement to settle their obligations.
Kata: Island Dogs
Thursday 7 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
LETTERS: Government funded welfare packages
Thursday 7 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I don’t expect many of your readers will recall the supposedly import substitution focused Minister of Finance, Mark Brown two years ago urging people to support local businesses.
Kata: Flights
Wednesday 6 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Isolation
Tuesday 5 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Fast-tracking our economy back to pre- Covid levels
Tuesday 5 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion
Today I would like to talk about the future again – but this time in terms of our national economy and our continuing journey on the path to economic recovery, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown.
LETTERS: Driving along Nikao seawall
Monday 4 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, this road is so smooth and innocent (Police investigating motor vehicle and cyclist crash, Cook Islands News, March 31).
Kata: Dogs of Rarotonga
Monday 4 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Time saving devices lie – they don’t make life easier
Monday 4 April 2022 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
Is there anything more annoying than someone using a leaf blower after it has rained!
Youth taking a stand for our ocean
Saturday 2 April 2022 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Opinion
Our ocean is much more than just a big blue space, covering 75 per cent of our planet.
Rewriting history
Friday 1 April 2022 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
Is it time to pardon and rewrite the birth of our democracy and a man who contributed so much to who we are as a nation today?
LETTERS: Profitability of subsidised flights
Friday 1 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion
Dear Editor, the profitability of these two routes (Sydney and Los Angeles) need to be reviewed (Plans to return subsidised Los Angeles, Sydney flights, Cook Islands News, March 29).
Kata: Immigration
Thursday 31 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
LETTERS: Praise for Cooks’ Covid response
Thursday 31 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion
Dear Editor, in response to the letter to the editor of 28 March calling for an independent Covid watch group: the author claims that there have been three deaths of elderly people this week in the Cook Islands and implies that these may be Covid-related.
Kata: Covid-19 Patients
Wednesday 30 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
