Opinion

LETTERS: Hemp – a new cash crop

Dear Editor, in December of 2020 the Fijian Government initiated talks for hemp to replace the sugar industry as the backbone of the economy.

Kata: Chief Economist

Heat stroke in dogs

It is a beautiful day, and you are having a party, lots of people, noise, and lots of excitement. You are having a great time, sharing food and drink with friends and family.

Dealing with bad debtors

Dear Editor, the last two years of Covid-19 have placed huge pressure on small businesses to keep themselves afloat in the face of debtors, theft, poor service, and employees leaving for greener pastures.

Kata: New Years Resolutions

A new year full of great expectations

We all face challenges that shape the course of our lives. But that shape and that course are still ours to choose, writes Angaroakau Williams, the first counselor and communication director of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Ten prayers for the New Year

2021 was a year filled with trials and troubles for many. Let’s start this next one on our knees. By DENNAE PIERRE/Christianity Today

Attack on award nominees ‘appalling’

Dear Editor, as someone who took the time to nominate someone for the Cook Islands News Cook Islander of the Year award, I totally disagree with Te Tuhi’s letter to the editor.

Kata: Cook Islands Police

Cook Islander of the Year

Dear Editor, I must admit that I think this is a worthy gong for those who actually deserve it.

We must learn to dance on a moving carpet

We’re all affected in some way, some more than others, we may all be in the same storm but we are definitely not all experiencing it in the same boat, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: Hazmat Santa

There is more to Christmas than Christmas

As commercialism and commerce have taken over Christmas, we have seen it commodified and churned out like so many other aspects of Western culture, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Be thankful for what you have this Christmas

Looking back over the years, I can truly say that I have been blessed, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa of the Seventh-day Adventists Church.

Kata: Rapid antigen test

Kata: Sea of responsibility

‘Speechless’ about elderly vaccination

Dear Editor, it gave me a slight shock reaction when Elder Verokura Andrew updated their vaccination trip.

Pet Talk with Dr Michael Baer

Five freedoms, the foundation of Animal Welfare, Justice Potter Stewart, in a famous US Supreme Court ruling, said, roughly, “I can’t define it, but I know it when I see it”. He wasn’t talking about animal welfare, but he could easily have been.

Kata: Proof of vaccination

Covid – disease of vaccinated or unvaccinated?

Dear Editor, Serena Hunter (in her letter on December 11 – No jab, no job policy) wrote that “Gibraltar, population of 33,000, over 118% vaccinated (beat that), and facing a surge in cases”.