Opinion

Kata: Sheraton

Wednesday 9 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: ‘A guessing game which I for one can do without’

Wednesday 9 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I am the owner of a small business established in Rarotonga.

Guarding our people against tropical weather extremes

Tuesday 8 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in On the Street, Opinion

I am pleased to be submitting a proposal to Cabinet this week which recommmends that funding be made available to those members of our agricultural and fisheries sectors that have incurred loss or damage due to the recent weather events, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown.

Kata: BTIB

Tuesday 8 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: ‘Listen to the experts’

Tuesday 8 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, snake oils, quack doctors, and charlatans. Once upon a time, it was difficult for people to know what was real and what was fake – people got sick or died from fake medicines.

Kata: Muri Lagoon

Monday 7 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Queen Elizabeth II marks 70 years on the throne

Monday 7 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in On the Street, Opinion

Sunday, February 6 was an auspicious day for many reasons and one of great note and achievement was that of the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II ascension to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1952 following the death of her father King George VI, writes Ruta Mave.

LETTERS: ‘Do vaccinate your children’

Monday 7 February 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I have no desire to enter prolonged public debate but Serena Hunter is at it again and must be rebuffed.

Afterlife of car tyres – to sink or let sit?

Saturday 5 February 2022 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in On the Street, Opinion

Over a large period of time, the Cook Islands Motor Centre where I am currently employed, had exceeded its capacity for storing tyres that were no longer fit for road use. Despite this, our company continued to store tyres so that they don’t become a neglected breeding ground for mosquitoes in peoples’ backyards, writes company general manager Teariki Pennycook.

The battle for moral and information high ground

Saturday 5 February 2022 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

We must never dehumanise those who may draw the line differently to ourselves, because in that moment we inadvertently become what the other side of that argument most feared, and leave the ‘table of understanding’.

LETTERS: Freedom of expression

Saturday 5 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Bob Williams has critiqued Serena Hunter’s letters to the editor on the Covid vaccine.

Kata: Vaccine Rollout Kids

Friday 4 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: ‘Enough is enough’

Friday 4 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, following the BTIB (Business Trade and Investment Board) opinion piece dated 20th January, 2022 by Te Tuhi Kelly and the response by BTIB chief executive officer Repeta Puna (Hanging on by a thread or better than ever?).

Kata: School

Thursday 3 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: Making informed vaccine decisions for 5-11-year olds

Thursday 3 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I implore parents, please ask the questions, and please weigh up the risk vs benefit of having your children injected with the Covid vaccine.

Kata: Inflation

Wednesday 2 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: ‘Oh, yes, we are ready all right’

Wednesday 2 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, this writer has an abysmal school record when it comes to mathematics but, still, the “we are ready for Covid” numbers don’t seem to add up.

Kata: No Control

Tuesday 1 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

‘Distorted view’ of travel to the Pa Enua

Tuesday 1 February 2022 | Written by Te Tuhi Kelly | Published in On the Street, Opinion

I have noticed over the last two years of Covid the parochial mutterings from the Pa Enua to keep their islands closed to those who don’t live or reside there, writes Te Tuhi Kelly, Leader of the Progressive Party of the Cook Islands.

LETTERS: Covid-19 face mask mandate

Tuesday 1 February 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, as an experienced qualified personal trainer l am concerned for the safety of my gym clients forced to wear a mask while training yet nightclubs can cram in 200 people without one?