Opinion

OPINION: Pay teachers well before they leave

Our long serving and long suffering teachers held the helm during the Covid disruptions last year, when times and circumstances added more strain for them to get our children through their necessary curriculum for their NCEA exams, writes Ruta Mave.

OPINION: Our children deserve better

We are asking our teachers to give from the very little they have left, and simply, they deserve better wages and working conditions because our children deserve better, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

OPINION: Pukapukans live with nature, not against it

Pukapuka is certainly one of the islands that has maintained respect for the traditional ra’ui system, writes Te Ipukarea Society.

LETTERS: All eyes on police chief

Letters for Saturday August 14, 2021

KATA: Fate of Koutu Nui

KATA: Wet and windy weather

LETTERS: Penrhyn’s missing money matter swept under the rug?

Letters for August 13, 2021

KATA: Spending priorities

LETTERS: The rising cost of living

Letters for Thursday August 12, 2021

KATA: Tourism, the golden goose

OPINION: There is strength in our diversity

Cook Islanders are not leaving our shores, rather they are extending the borders of our people to include the borders of NZ and Australia because that is where Cook Islanders have made their home, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown.

OPINION: Underselling our precious resources

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure, writes Ruta Mavé.

LETTERS - Wake up and smell the coffee

Letters for Monday August 9, 2021

KATA

Tree cutting

Tāua e Moana, the Ocean and I

The impacts of industrial fishing remain on Suwarrow as they were in 2018, with numerous drifting FADs from the purse seine fishery washed up on the beaches or caught on coral heads in the lagoon, writes Te Ipukarea Society.

New Zealand's resistance to our statehood

As we celebrate our journey to statehood, let us be clear on the journey brave Cook Islanders took, and the resistance they faced, as well as the role of Maori and trade unions who supported us to where we are today, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

House of Ariki ‘needs to get out of politics’

When the Arikis join the Are Ariki, they put their right hand on the Bible and through their Oath of Allegiance, they submit to the Queen of England and surrender all their rights, mana and ownership of lands and people to the Queen of England, and her successors and officers of the Crown, writes Uri Mataiapo Daniel Mataroa.

LETTER: All roads lead to ‘Penrhyn’

Letters to the Editor August 6, 2021

PET TALK: Something fishy

Fish poisoning is the most common cause of poisoning seen in dogs and cats here in Rarotonga. Fortunately, it can often be managed at home and is rarely fatal.