Opinion

Ruta Mave: Proposed Cook Islands passport and water woes

My nana used to say people got a brown arm from their elbow down from s#*t stirring, and dangerous expert ones were brown up to their armpits, Ruta Mave writes.

Letter: Prioritise people over passport

Dear Editor, Re-Cook Island Passport. Unwanted, full stop. I’m a proud Cook Islander and have a full understanding of the meaning of being a New Zealand citizen. What a privilege.

Kata: Chooks corner

Te Ipukarea Society: Dedicated conservation efforts boost Kākerōri population

The Rarotongan Fly-Catcher, locally known as the Kākerōri, has had quite the history. It was once recognised as one of the 10 rarest birds in the world with 29 individuals recorded in 1989. Rats feasting on Kārerōri nests were the number one threat to the Kākerōri.

Thomas Wynne: The debate over Cook Islands passport

Our identity as Māori is attached to our akapapa and our akapapa is attached to land. Land, that has over time become more fragmented, smaller and occupied by often vacant land owners, but this is not about land tenure and absentee landowners, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Kata: Tourism consultation

Kata: TMO Mammogram

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Letter: Proposed Cook Islands passport

Dear Editor, The discussion around the introduction of a Cook Islands passport versus retaining the New Zealand passport touches on key issues related to identity, practicality, and global mobility.

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Kata: Immigration and Customs

Letter: 53rd AGM of the Are Ariki

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article published on Tuesday, 15th October 2024, titled “PM Proposes Cook Islands Passport at the Ariki Meeting”.

Letter: A plea for a warmer welcome

Dear Editor, I am a small accommodation business operator, and I feel compelled to write in response to a wave of recent complaints from guests.

Kata: Covid variant

Letter: NGOs: We’re the real Davids

Dear Editor, In response to the anonymous letter from “Get Real” (Cook Islands News, October 10), and the suggestion that the NGOs are the Goliath in this seabed mining scenario, this is frankly ridiculous.

Kata: CI Games

Ruta Mave: ‘Silent steal’ is eating our country alive

Pink collar crime is small bills, big fraud. The silent steal, and it is eating our country alive, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: Urgent legal reforms needed

Dear Editor, I write to salute and acknowledge the opinion article by Thomas Wynne in the Cook Islands News on 12 October 2024.

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Thomas Wynne: Time for a moratorium on travel?

At the stroke of a pen, 50 nautical miles outside of every island that makes up the country we now call the Cook Islands was protected. This also allowed for pockets of commercial activity, managed in balance with the environment and aimed at creating revenue for our country and its people.