Opinion

Letter: Public interest or not?

Dear Editor, Perhaps Mrs Tina Browne would care to comment publicly, now as leader of the Opposition, but way back appearing for the landowner in the December, 1989 confirmation of alienation hearing concerning the “Sheraton Hotel” lease, with Justice Dillon presiding. When asked by Justice Dillon “…do you consider the arrangement now proposed to be in the public interest”. Mrs. Browne replied “…I do.”

Kata: Luxon

Kata: Vaimaanga project

Ruth Mave: We do have the freedom of speech and ability to vote

Big changes don’t just happen by large referendums. Large changes occur by the accumulation of small actions, attitudes and voices. The voice has started.

Letter: Medicinal cannabis

Dear Editor, Here's the deal.

Letter: The principle of democracy

Dear Editor, The Prime Minister is quoted in the Cook Islands New on October 12 as saying he and the government have ”no issue“ with the proposed ring road diversion behind the old Vaimaanga Hotel site.

Kata: Israel-Hamas war

Kata: Sydney to Raro

Virtues in Paradise: Seeing through a lens of virtues

The way we see others has a deep impact on them and also on us., writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Thomas Wynne: What’s in a vote?

By the time this editorial goes to print, we will know the outcome of the New Zealand General Election, and that outcome will have been determined by hundreds, if not thousands of voters, who also live and reside in the Cook Islands and overseas, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Letter: Australian Indigenous Voice referendum

Kia Orana! My husband and I left Cook Islands just yesterday (Tuesday) after a 10-day vacation on Rarotonga. The weather was not kind during our stay but the friendliness of the local people more than made up for that, on this our fifth visit.

Letter: Marijuana doctor

Dear Editor, I think you are biased. You print the same stuff from Steve Boggs regularly but not from other people.

Letter: Govt needs to reassess ‘no issues’ stance

Dear Editor, In reference to Government’s “no issues” statement regarding the road closure (‘No issues’: Government on Sheraton road closure, Cook Islands News, October 12). There are a couple of important issues that I can think of that need to be addressed.

Letter: Vaimaanga ‘horseshoe’ road plan

Dear Editor, I have read with interest the recent articles and smoke signals in your paper relating to the proposed and scary horseshoe road plan for the old Sheraton site.

Kata: Medical Marijuana Law

Kata: Winston Peters

Letter: Boggs takes a slog

Ruth Mave's article about me in your Monday paper was filled with ignorance regarding medicinal cannabis.

Kata: Cabinet

Kata: Trump

RUTA MAVE: Cook Islands should invest in agriculture, not marijuana and seabed mining

If the question is “What are the Crook Islands good for?”, the shameful answer is that they are good at begging for money, but shameful at giving it to help others, writes Ruta Mave.