Opinion

OPINION: Is there a plan to deal with Covid-19?

There is a much greater risk than Covid-19 entering the Cook Islands if a travel bubble does not start soon, writes Dr John Dunn.

KATA: Stop cutting down our trees

KATA: Health recruits

PET TALK: An itch to scratch

Has your pet got an itch to scratch? Dr Ellen McBryde, the lead veterinarian at Te Are Manu Charity Vet Clinic, has the answers to your problem.

LETTER: Government defends water treatment process

"The purpose of PACl is to remove dirt and harmful viruses and bacteria from the water. Diversion will help collect clearer water, however it doesn’t address the need to remove all viruses and bacteria..."

OPINION: Demos keeping it slow and steady on seabed mining

"Keeping our position fluid certainly does not translate to a full-blown agreement with how the government is proceeding with its seabed mining exploration and potential mining," writes Democratic Party Opposition Leader Tina Pupuke Browne.

KATA: Wearing a helmet on a hot day

OPINION: ‘Any day above ground is a good one’

They say time waits for no man, but it stands still for a woman of 40. By Ruta Mave.

KATA: Investigation at National Environment Service

LETTER: Minimum wage freeze slammed

"Now government can’t even agree to increase the basic wage above $8 per hour and yet these ‘little people’ are the very ones who are carrying the economy because they spend all their wages every week on just existing."

KATA: Aitutaki investiture

OPINION: Living with nature an inspiration

Living off the grid with limited power and internet might seem a little farfetched to some. But visiting June and Andrew Hosking's self-sustaining homestead in Mauke really does get you thinking twice about off the grid possibilities of day-to-day living. By Te Ipukarea Society.

KATA: Rice shortage in Raro

LETTERS: Barking up the wrong tree

"Your correspondent’s great faith in PM Arden is touching but misplaced. Personally, I feel her attitude is the main barrier to both travel and vaccination, which could occur concurrently and safely tomorrow."

LETTER: ‘Our lives matter more’, says lawyer Norman George over Covid response

"Prime Minister (Mark) Brown and his Chamber of Commerce buddies want to open our border to New Zealand tourists on May 1. This is a massive decision for a small group of people to make."

Learning life lessons by setting goals

What comes first – the chicken or the egg? An age-old question which like the egg itself has no beginning or end, similarly, the idea of a rabbit distributing eggs, writes Ruta Mave.

Working together to overcome obstacles to recover and grow

Last week we shared with New Zealand officials the reality on the state of our economy and the interventions required to support our economic recovery in the coming months, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown.

Turning waste into business on Mauke

The end of life of the products we buy, the waste and rubbish, in the pa enua has become an increasing problem. End of pipeline management practices can no longer be the number one solution to waste.