Opinion

Letter: Smoke and mirrors

The way this government is running parts of this country is just a very bad joke! Why go through all that cost, time consumption and pretence of inviting applications for a job (Head of Education), doing the interviews, and then totally disregarding the recommendation of the very professional committee.

Letters: Investing in quality education

Dear Editor, I would have thought that it is simple common sense that we have only one government owned secondary school on Rarotonga.

Ruta Mave: Time for women to demand the credit they deserve

This acceptance of male power tripping behaviours as normal shows just how indoctrinated it is and how we continue to be slaves to patriarchy, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: ‘When it’s not your money, who cares’

Kia orana, referring to the excellent letter to the editor in the Cook Islands News January 17 edition regarding successive governments thinking they can run commercial businesses, when in reality most schemes that government and public servants dream up become abject failures, and never any blame or repercussion on anyone!

Letter: Te Mato Vai: Wat-er disaster

Dear Editor, When is the government going to address Rarotonga’s worsening water shortage? This is a necessary project that the Cook Islands government has yet again failed to deliver.

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.