Opinion

LETTER: Mass vaccination before bubble’

Dear Editor My response to the Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive comments re “there is no scientific reason to delay” (the opening of the border for two-way quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Cook Islands) in Thursday’s edition of Cook Islands News (What’s the hold-up Jacinda?), is that, I would rather be safe, than sorry.

KATA: Travel bubble postponed. Again.

India’s stake in the evolving geopolitics of Pacific Islands

The appointment of former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna as the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum is watched with interest from the corridors of power in New Delhi. By Balaji Chandramohan.

KATA: Raising the compulsory retirement age

LETTER: The rights of the LGBTQI+ community

"... when it suits Mr Brown and Parliament, they can move with speed especially when it suits their purposes and yet this same swiftness to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of our LGBTQI community sits in the dark."

OPINION: ‘What’s the hold-up Jacinda?’

Ready when you are. That’s the message the Cook Islands Chamber of Commerce has for New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government when it comes to opening the borders for two-way quarantine-free travel between the two countries.

LETTERS: Justice = equality, fairness, access for all

Mailbox for Wednesday March 24, 2021

KATA: The elusive Cooks-NZ bubble

KATA: Democratic right

Behind every great man is a surprised mother and wife

The differences between man and woman have been explained, described and immortalised, forever. Still, we’re surprised after the honeymoon ‘this is not the same person you dated when you were single’, writes Ruta Tangiiau Mave.

KATA: New Speaker of Parliament

LETTER: ‘Responsible ocean stewardship is our common goal’

"The recent statements by the Government and Opposition on seabed minerals (SBM) development, and the NGO reactions it garnered is a watershed moment."

‘Moratorium is not a ban on research’

Dear Editor It’s concerning that after a visit to the northern Cook Islands, the Democratic Party is willing to change their position on the international proposal for a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining.

KATA: Te Maeva Nui in NZ

OPINION: Perfect practices will give us perfect protection

They say practice makes perfect, but they’re wrong. Perfect practice makes perfect, writes Ruta Mave.