Opinion

Letter: ‘Back off big money’

Dear Editor, Saturday’s full-page article, “What (on Earth) Under Sea are Polymetallic Nodules”.

Kata: Vaping fines

Thomas Wynne: Tradition versus equality

The issue of whether women should remain silent in church, or in traditional settings regarding leading Pe’e, and the Bible’s stance on slavery are contentious topics that have sparked debates for centuries including our own community this week, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Kata: Vaping law

Letter: Water crisis in Aitutaki

Dear Editor, I felt for the writer of the Letter to the Editor in yesterday’s CINews.

Letter: Concealing the white elephant

Dear Editor, In 2021 the commodification of Rarotonga’s water was made law. At the time, the water infrastructure was the property of the Cook Island Government. To Tatou Vai (TTV) was just the operator.

Letter: Aitutaki water crisis

I am writing to bring urgent attention to the longstanding water crisis that has been plaguing the residents of Aitutaki for over 30 years.

Kata: Aitutaki Water

Kata: Trump

Letter: CIFA saga

Because I have children involved with academies at CIFA (Cook Islands Football Association), I would like to keep my identity private in fear that my children will be singled or even kicked out.

Letter: Raising age misses the mark

Dear Editor, Parliament to raise smoking age to 21 so that children as young as six years old won’t be vaping. Raise the age to 99 and it won’t prevent one child from having access to tobacco, one of the deadliest drugs on earth.

Kata: Legal age

Kata: Medical research

Ruta Mave: Rarotonga’s water treatment system – a costly unnecessary mess?

The water quality didn’t need fixing, the pressure did. The water isn’t tainted, the Government is, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: Anzac Day Dawn Parade

Kia orana, sincere congratulations must go out to the organisers of this year’s Anzac Day Dawn Parade. Extremely well attended by local veterans, ex-servicemen and women, their families, children and grandchildren, as well as many visiting from overseas, including Victor #4 … fantastic to see the great turnout!

Letter: Free water – ‘Hatchet the Act’

Dear Editor, Re ‘Government reneges on free water pledge’.

Kata: Visa applications

Thomas Wynne: Remembering the price of our freedom

As we gathered like many did around commonwealth countries, in squares and parade grounds, memorials to the dead and wounded, we remember also that freedom is paid by someone, somewhere and sometime – it is never for free, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Virtues in Paradise: Good fights clear the air

What is the key to a happy life? As we all know, “happy wife, happy life,” or “If mama ain’t happy, ain’t nobody happy”. That being said, the question is what makes for a happy couple? writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Kata: Jail terms