Opinion

‘Come, let’s talk this over’

Dear Editor I write in response to the Letter to the Editor from Kare e Pikkikaa, CI News 06/03/21.

Tsunami warning

We wish to convey sincere congratulations and big meitaki maata for the very swift and efficient dispatch of news and information regarding our recent tsunami alert warnings from our disaster management authorities, police, government heads of ministries, radio, TV, Facebook, heads of respective organisations and all else involved.

Who blew up the Forum?

In all the analysis following the decision of the five Micronesian countries to exit the Pacific Islands Forum after their candidate failed to become the next Secretary General, one question remains unanswered: who is responsible for this body-blow to Pacific regionalism? By Stephen Howes and Sadhana Sen.

Kata: Where's the tsunami

Kata: Export taro, not people

Kata: Potholes

Defining moments

We should know by now that life is defined by moments and especially those we didn’t see coming.

Kata: Government spending under scruity by Opposition

Anonymous criticism by Te Ipukarea Society ‘misguided’

I would like to comment on the various Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) criticisms (Cook Islands News, February 20) of my article about the possible impacts of seabed mining on nodule-associated benthic megafauna (Cook Islands News, February 11), writes Gerald McCormack of Natural Heritage Trust.

OPINION: Opposition wants Parliament sitting days to increase to 60

Taxpayers of this country who pay the salaries of all MPs should feel outraged about government’s failure to deliver a reasonable number of sitting/working days in Parliament, writes Opposition leader Tina Pupuke Browne.

OPINION: Remembering the Christchurch earthquake

Columnist Ruta Mave had just dropped her children at school when the 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook New Zealand to its core, killing 185 people.

Call for ‘independent’ deep sea research

Te Ipukarea Society’s response to the article by Gerald McCormack published in Cook Islands News on Thursday, February 11, 2021 on the impact of six mines on benthic megafauna.

‘Our greatest export shouldn’t be our people’

Our people should not be our greatest export and a government that wants to change this will have to address minimum wage and the rights of employees.

Kata: Gov agency recruiting local workers for work in NZ?

Kata: Recruiting NZ seasonal workers ... in Raro?

OPINION: The taxpayer's dilemma

It cannot be stressed enough that it is the job of government to build infrastructure for our communities, writes Opposition Democratic Party leader Tina Pupuke Browne.