Opinion

Kata: MoE secretary

Thomas Wynne: Consultation with those we elect is critical

I watched with great interest as our genealogical, vaka and blood links to the Māori peoples in Aotearoa meet and consult at Tūrangawaewae marae, at the request of the Māori King Tuheitia, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Kata: CISNOC retreat

Letter: CISNOC retreat

Sports federations where are your kahunas? The Olympic Committee is taking you all for a ride and you say nothing, shame.

Letter: Are selection panels just a sham?

Luisa Peters-Tongatama, president of the Cook Islands Teachers Union, did very well to point out the corruption of the appointment of Owen Lewis to be Secretary of Education (Panel’s top choice ignored: Teachers Union questions Education Secretary appointment, January 18).

Letter: Avatiu FC co-coaches

Wow way to go Avatiu women’s football team (Avatiu FC first Cook Islands team in OFC Women’s Champions League, Cook Islands News, January 17).

Letter: Proposed proxy voting system

Dear Editor, A move that is sparking debate, the proposed Constitution Amendment (No. 32) Bill, which seeks to introduce proxy voting within its Parliament is a step back in parliamentary responsibility.

Letter: Prime Minister’s reasons for Constitution Amendments ‘weak’

Sammy Mataroa’s letter in yesterday’s edition of the Cook Islands News (Resolving election disputes) gives a very good explanation why Parliament should not support the constitutional amendment tabled by Government which would allow Parliament to sit notwithstanding that there are outstanding electoral petitions.

Letter: Get real with our tax dollars

Dear Editor, Perhaps you can have a staff reporter dig through Cook Islands News archives for say the last 40 or so years and pull out all the grand announcements from one government after the other of the commercial enterprises that were launched with government at the controls.

Kata:Immigration

Letter: Resolving election disputes

Dear Editor, Constitution Amendment (No. 31) Bill proposes to allow the newly elected Parliament to begin its work promptly after a general election, without the need to wait for the resolution of election petitions.

Kata: CISNOC, MoE

Letters: Visa extension fees

My wife and I are also world travellers from cold, cold Canada. With the exception of the Covid-19 years, we have faithfully returned to the Cooks year after year once we discovered its charm.

Letters: Questioning our governance

Dear Editor, Constitution Amendment (No 30) BIll, which proposes to expand the Cabinet from six to eight ministers. This bill also seeks to remove the provision that allows for the appointment of Ministers from outside the ranks of elected Members of Parliament.

Ruta Mave: What’s in a flag?

The first official interview for Prime Minister Mark Brown was a nine-year-old interviewer who asked “What’s your favourite country apart from the Cook Islands, and are you thinking of changing our flag?”

Kata: Boot

Thomas Wynne: Aitutaki’s runway to prosperity

Dawn is yet to break, but I can hear the waves gently lapping the distant reef. Breaking over into the lagoon, the pearl that is the jewel of Araura Enua, Aitutaki, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Kata: Immigration fee

Kata: Lift breakdown