Opinion

No jab, no church

Dear Editor, I find this quite interesting that churches in the Cook Islands want to tell their parishioners to stay home if they are unvaccinated at a time when they can ill afford to turn people away because of diminishing numbers, especially the younger ones.

Kata: No jab, no church

Speaking ‘truth’ to power

Dear Editor, Secretary of Health, Bob Williams, is rolling the dice with our lives. He has failed us on so many fronts.

UYO – Use Your Own Campaign

Have you ever given some thought to how you can help reduce the amount of waste going into our landfill? Well here is something UYO might like to consider, writes Te Ipukarea Society.

Kata: New Recruits

Waiting for Covid is like childbirth

As we look to the day our borders open, what will be will be. We have done all we can to prepare, we could do better with our personal health on a long-term basis – its’ not too late, writes Ruta Mave.

Rarotonga’s growing waste problem

Dear Editor, stop bringing low quality goods to the island. Chinese rubbish that you use once and it breaks.

Cooks entitled to NZ aid fund

Nothing brings out the racist underbelly of Aotearoa and its dirty underside more than when countries like our own, realm countries of New Zealand, receive aid, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Wrong immigration law repealed

Dear Editor, a clerical oversight that resulted in the wrong version of the new Immigration Act being passed by Parliament last week has been repealed, and the intended Immigration Bill was tabled on Thursday, December 2 to begin its passage through the House and into law.

Leap of faith or plunge in darkness?

What’s safest? To remain with self-creating and self-sustaining economic strategic plans or let’s give up the fight like our most trusted ally NZ, bust our bubble and allow Covid-19 like the rest of the world, writes Bishop Tutai Pere of the Apostolic Church.

KATA: Immigration Bill

Concerns over water shortage

Dear Editor, To Tatou Vai (TTV) spokesperson Jaewynn McKay, in response to the fact that water is running over the weir at the Papua intake, leads us to believe that it is a case of rain falling unevenly from one catchment to the next.

A little piece of Cook Islands in Israel

The ‘Lord’s Prayer’ in Cook Islands Maori is one of the latest additions to the colourful ceramic mosaic plaques at Church of Pater Noster in Israel. By Jean Mason of the Cook Islands Museum and Library Society Inc.

Thanks to those who worked behind the scenes

We are blessed to be among those about to conclude our stay in MIQ at Edgewater.

Water flowing over the weir at Papua

The water intake at Papua (Wigmore’s waterfall) is easily accessed by all. There has been no significant rain for weeks. TTV (To Tatou Vai) is running constant media notices telling us how dire is our water shortage.

A weed choked stagnant pond

I often swim in the clear waters in the lagoon at Tikioki, where you can feel the cool fresh seawater coming over the reef and flushing the stale water away to be refreshed twice daily reducing the weed and algae growth.

Covid, risk and fear: Let’s get real

Now is a good time to address this with Cook Islands finally opening for business on January 13. Understandably there exists anxiety. I would like to make a case for optimism and excitement. Let’s examine the critical factors, writes Associate Professor John Dunn.

KATA: Water system