Opinion

Opinion: Time to rethink fisheries management for local benefit

Last week, former lawyer and columnist Reuben Tylor analysed catch figures for purse seining and longline fishing to investigate the low yellowfin catch in the South. In his concluding article of the three-part series, he examines Vaine Wichman’s 2012 report and argues for increased government support to develop the local fishing industry, following the model of Tahiti (French Polynesia).

Kata: Tapu in Hawaii

Letter: Open letter demanding transparency

Dear Editor, Subject: Open letter to Honourable Albert Nicholas, Minister for Cook Islands Investment Corporation. I bring to your attention, To Tatou Vai (TTV) have yet to acknowledge an information request dating back to February 2023.

Kata: Stolen bike

Letter: Cook Islands justice system

Dear Editor, “When you expect the worst, you will never be disappointed!”

Ruta Mave: Race walking teaches perseverance and understanding

If at first you don’t succeed, then try, try, try again. Then if you don’t succeed read the instructions. This has been the answer to my latest attempt at trying race walking, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: Cook Islands deserve NZ Defence Force inclusion

Dear Editor, I am writing to express my disappointment and concern regarding recent developments that may have implications for the Cook Islands and its people.

Kata: Super slam

Thomas Wynne: Pacific voyaging, more than metaphor

Two thousand four hundred (2400) miles of excellence, 2400 miles of precision and 2400 miles of discipline and strength, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Virtues in Paradise: Seven virtues of happiness

“Don’t worry, be happy,” sings Bob Marley. There is profound truth in this. Even in the midst of a deeply troubled world, we have more power than we know to sustain our wellbeing and happiness, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Kata: Overpaid per diems

Letter: Ten-year fishing ban needed

Dear Editor, I think we have already destroyed our fish stocks and what is left is struggling and if we do not watch out our EEZ will be without fish in a few years’ time.

Letter: From vape to smoke?

It can’t be only me that wonders what happens when vapes are banned.

Kata: Sea burials objected

Letter: Sea burial ‘sustainable’ option

Dear Editor, In response to the article in Cook Islands News, May 4 edition “Health ministry to regulate sea burials after public concerns”.

Kata: Burials

Pet Talk: Ears: More than just hearing

What do ears do? The obvious answer is – hear sounds. Without getting too scientific, that is true. But ears do other things too. They allow us to judge the nature, direction, and intensity of the sound.

Letter: Saving our fish stocks

Dear Editor, I wish to respond to recent letters by Messrs Reuben Tylor and Josh Mitchell.

Kata: Sovereign's day

Ruta Mave: ‘We need checks and balances made regularly’

The definition of stress is doing the same thing year after year but expecting a different result, writes Ruta Mave.