Opinion

Kata: Traditional title

Letter: Let us not undermine our traditions

The recent investiture involving the Avatea Rangatira title and the opposition from the Takau Rangatira line has brought to light a deeper issue—one that calls for reflection and unity within our families and tribes.

Kata: Sentenced

Letter: Cook Islands registered vessels

I would like to give the Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands an opportunity to clarify statements made in Parliament.

Letter: Where’s the justice?

Dear Editor, The conviction and jailing of Charlie Katu, father and husband, for shipping an illegal herb to Aitutaki goes to prove that everyone involved is doing their job.

Ruta Mave: Government’s real jokes on the people

Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day and I recently read that it was going to be cancelled. The reason – there was such foolishness happening in governments around the world that surely it must be a joke, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: Chief's title

Kata: Cyberbullying

Thomas Wynne: Income divide

In the second and final part of “The Land of Milk and Honey” series, columnist Thomas Tarurongo Wynne continues his comparison of figures between Cook Islanders at home and in Aotearoa New Zealand, and examines what the data reveals about the two populations.

Te Ipukarea Society: Giving the floor to indigenous voices

As the International Seabed Authority (ISA) assembly meeting in Jamaica nears its conclusion for 2025, Itirangi Pennycook highlights key moments from a busy and eventful time attending as observers on behalf of Te Ipukarea Society (TIS), writes Itirangi Pennycook.

Virtues in Paradise: Finding balance: The importance of simple pleasures

I’m writing this column while enjoying a gift for my 83rd birthday – a trip to Hawaii, where Dan and I lived for three years, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Kata: Juvenile Crime

Kata: Police staff recruitment

Letter: ‘Stop being hypocrites’

Dear Editor, Reading Trev Pitt (Cook Islands News 25/3/25) going on about the shortage of Police, he makes it sound like a recent issue.

Kata: Rundown

Pet Talk: Heartworm disease in dogs

Heartworm disease is a condition that affects dogs and is caused by the parasitic worm Dirofilaria immitis, writes Dr Rose Hasegawa, medical director Te Are Manu Vet Clinic.

Kata: CISNOC

Kata: PAC vs CIIC

Letter: Medicinal cannabis and the law

Dear Editor: There are provisions in the Ministry of Health Act under Relationships with other laws that do not limit any other law of the Cook Islands and are not intended to limit or exclude any civil right or remedy unless this is expressly provided for and compliance with this Act does not, of itself, indicate that common law duty of care has been satisfied.