Opinion

Letter: Lopsided misleading consultation

E-communications between us and attendees at Monday night's government lead SBMA presentation to the Auckland Cook Islands community describes yet another, lop sided consultation, which also included misleading information.

Te Tuhi Kelly: We did not cede sovereignty

Britain colonised my other country Aotearoa in the early 1840's. At that time Maori held sovereignty over land, sea and air. We are known by our tribal names and the area that we have sovereignty over.

Ruta Mave: Modern pentathlon, a way to add a cross training aspect

Salam Alaykum which means peace be upon you all the way from Saudia Arabia. After 35 hours of flights travel and transit times I made it to my destination of Riyadh the site of the original capital city of the first state of Saudia Arabia over three hundred years ago, writes Ruta Mave.

Tina Browne: Police Service

I share Norman George’s concerns about the deeply troubling state of our Police Services under the current government, writes Tina Browne.

Thomas Wynne: Gratefulness should not mean silence on the past

Our Ariki ceded our sovereignty in 1900 to a curious Great Britain and a sub-empire-building New Zealand colony for many reasons, and some suggest we should simply be grateful for this. Thomas Wynne writes.

Te Ipukarea Society: Petrel monitoring reveals suspicious subjects

Petrels, and not the petrol that you put in your car, are in fact a medium sized seabird known for spending the majority of their lives out at sea. They are A class fishing birds who skim over the waves with sharp turns in search of their next fishy feast.

Letter: Namby-pamby excuse for law change

We have lawyer Brian Mason to thank.

Letter: Beware indeed of religious cults

Pastor Cargill is right, we have to be on the lookout for religious cults.

Norman George: 'Copouts’ and destruction of police services

I did not know the level of Police services failures until I called at the Police Station about 10am two days ago on my business as a lawyer. Norman George writes.

Letter: More MOE swanning around

Can anyone explain why the director of finance at MoE would be attending an early childhood education meeting in Fiji focussing on strengthening the provision of pre- and in-service professional development for early childhood educators recently?

Letter: Love and respect

At last. It is with the greatest of love and respect that we wish to congratulate President Donald J. Trump elect on his timely return.

Ruta Mave: A mixture of mad, sad and glad

Red White and Blue Americans have voted and there was a mixture of mad sad and glad reactions within and outside of the ‘land of the free’ - unless you are an immigrant, coloured or pregnant or so it appears from the outside looking in.

Kata: Google

Kata: How?

Kata: Deep sea robot

Kata: Workers compensation

Kata: Weather

Thomas Wynne: Is it his story or your story?

In a world increasingly thrown into conflict, be it military, social, or cultural, how have we stopped listening to each other and instead become obsessed with being either right or wrong, for or against, standing with or standing against, condemning or supporting a cause? writes Thomas Wynne.