Opinion

Pandemic has brought out the best and worst in people

The festive and for some, silly season for 2021 is upon us.

When celebrating Christmas, remember what’s important

It’s official it’s the silly season, where we celebrate Christmas, the birth of Christ, in some circles the arrival of Santa in others amongst the red cherries, white snowflakes, and green pine trees alight with ornaments and flashing led colours, writes Ruta Mave.

Vaccinated versus unvaccinated

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Associate Prof. John Dunn’s letter in Tuesday’s newspaper (‘Unvaccinated are a risk to others’, December 14).

Kata: EIA report

Pa Enua tourism will ‘languish again’

Dear Editor, I have just listened to, and read the Prime Minister’s comments on the opening of the border on 13th January. And while I applaud the Prime Minister for letting ‘tourism’ start again, I am totally dismayed by the inequality of it all.

Jesus is the reason for the season

At the end of a year that has meant different things for all of us, I want to bring some encouragement to our readers, writes Pastor Paul Kauri of The Arepua Gateway Assembly of God Church.

Kata: Noisy mufflers

Kata: Vaxed or unvaxed

Call to clampdown on noisy motorcycles

Dear Editor, Great initiative from the police to step up and enforce the helmet laws. At the same time, they should also focus on motor bike noisy mufflers.

Kata: ADB loan

Raro cops to step up helmet enforcement

Dear Editor, great initiative from the police to step up the helmet laws.

‘Unvaccinated are a risk to others’

Dear Editor, Serena Hunter’s view cannot go unchallenged (No jab, no job policy, Cook Islands News, December 11, 2021).

Police recruitment ‘merit based’

Dear Editor, your item about our new recruits (Fijians recruited as police struggle with resources, Cook Islands News, December 4) conflated two issues, which are not directly related.

Delivering Cook Islands to the world

Our future lies within us, we have a rich and beautiful culture to share with others, so the visitors too can feel one with us, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: School holidays

Cannabis: The burning debate

Nothing brings out more emotion and reaction than the argument for and against the criminalisation and use of marijuana, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

No jab, no job policy

Dear Editor, headlines I would never have dreamed to see in the Cook Islands this week.

Kata: NSDA time capsule

What Christ has done for us

Reflecting on our past, we have also come a long way being the fruits of Christianity and the works of the ancestors, writes Reverend Vakaroto Ngaro of Ekalesia Avarua.

Are we prepared to re-open safely?

Dear Editor, how much effort does the Prime Minister and the Secretary for Health expend to say the words, “We’re prepared”?