Opinion

Between a rock and a hard place

There are no bad employees, just bad employers, because if there were bad employees or potentially bad employees, they should have been filtered out with a proper pre-employment process and would not have been considered for employment.

Covid-19 modelling ‘frightening’

Letters for Thursday November 18, 2021

Where is the medicinal cannabis?

Letters for Wednesday November 17, 2021

KATA: Pre-election engineering

OPINION: ‘Do what is possible and let God do the impossible’

Like we have done as a nation for the past 200 years, we gather together in prayer and we offer up our faith in return for the safety, security and prosperity promised to us by Our Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ. But is our faith alone enough? Prime Minister Mark Brown writes.

LETTERS: Wage subsidy scheme explained

Letters for Tuesday November 16, 2021

KATA: Alcohol in the Cook Islands

Keeping Cook Islands’ interests at its core in seabed minerals issues

This week was a historic milestone for the Seabed Minerals Authority (Authority). We announced the three seabed minerals companies that met the qualification criteria in the Act, and would be proceeding to the next stage of the exploration licensing process, writes Seabed Minerals Commissioner Alex Herman.

Privy Council case on purse seine fishery expansion finally being heard

It has been quite a long time since we started discussions with the Cook Islands Government on the expansion of the purse seine industrial fishery in the Cook Islands.

LETTERS: On your own head be it!

Letters for Saturday November 13, 2021

KATA: Bird of the Year

Welcoming the Gospel message

I was privileged to be part of the bicentennial Gospel celebrations held in Aitutaki recently. Watching the re-enactment of the event (the arrival of the Gospel to Aitutaki 200 years ago) was indeed a humbling experience, writes Pastor Eric Toleafoa of the Seventh-day Adventists Church.

Online Comments

Online comments for Friday November 12, 2021

OPINION: Abusing government’s wage subsidy scheme

Once the borders re-open, it would not surprise me if more Cook Islanders vote with their feet and move offshore to greener pastures and better – and less exploitative – working conditions, writes Moana Moeka’a.

KATA: Cannabis products

KATA: Cannabis laws

PET TALK: A Day in the Life of a Vet

Most of us don’t know much about what goes on behind-the-scenes at a veterinary clinic. We see puppies and kittens, old pets on their last legs, and everything in between - all on a daily basis. Dr Ellen McBryde takes you through a day in the life of a veterinarian in Rarotonga.

KATA: Water shortage