Opinion

Kata: Crash

Letter: Nightclub brawl

The women of the Cook Islands have little to celebrate after one, trying to stop an alcohol fuelled brawl at Rehab was punched in the face by a man who was fined all of $500, given his passport and a get out of jail card, and allowed to return to Australia.

Letter: Call for petition

The petition started by Miss T Koteka bringing sense, focus and some clarity to the Courts and the Police regarding the Rehab nightclub brawl … public uproar seemed to have clearly made some difference.

Letter: Ozzie or Cozzie: Team Cook Islands uniform

I saw Wesley Roberts photo after winning gold in swimming.

Letter: Where’s the fish?

I saw a disturbing greedy photo the other week of one family on one boat showing their catch of the day, three marlin and two yellow fin tuna. No catch and release, they landed them all. There is no way they could eat one of those fish let alone all of them. I wonder if the boat company shared the lottery win with them when they sold them off at $20 to $30 per kilo.

Letter: ‘Scurrilous, rude, and wrong’

Dear Editor, Norman George’s rebuttal to Thomas Wynne’s opinion piece is spot on (A rebuttal to ‘The last pooh bah’, Cook Islands News, November 23).

Kata: Electric cars

Letter: A rebuttal to ‘The last pooh bah’

Re: Sir Gavin Donne, highly revered Chief of Justice and first Queen’s Representative of the Cook Islands. I write to record my disgust and repudiation about the article titled “The Last Pooh Bah” written by Thomas Wynne last Saturday, 18 November 2023.

Kata: Brawling

Letter: Some solutions to our criminal law problems

Dear Editor, A follow up to my letter published in yesterday’s Cook Islands News.

Kata: Diplomatic immunity

Letter: Call for urgent review of Cook Islands’ criminal law system

Dear Editor, Re: Our failed criminal law system:

Kata: TTV Board

Ruta Mave: Cook Islands: Lost in identity, lost in translation

Who are we? Sitting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean open and swaying to all manner of whims and calls from whom we think we are going to get our next meal ticket from, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: League 9s

A simple question, I haven’t read anything regarding CISNOC’s plan to assist with the Rugby League teams’ situation days ago.

Letters: Prosecuting liquor outlets

Dear Editor, Following the trouble at Rehab Bar this writer has been waiting for any comment from the Police as to any suggestion that serving already intoxicated patrons might lead to violence fuelled by the legal drug alcohol.

Thomas Wynne: The last of the pooh-bahs

Who is Sir Gaven Donne, who upon his passing was referred to by the Sydney Morning Herald as ‘The Judge who toppled a government,’ the man who brought down our first political leader and father of our nation, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Letter: ‘Pa Ariki acted in good faith, Crown must follow suit’

Dear Editor, In answer to your correspondent’s queries (Ring road compensation – a threat? Cook Islands News, November 16).

Kata: Traffic

Opinion: Working together for a successful Pacific Games

Over the coming weeks, the Pacific will be coming together to celebrate a love of sport at the Pacific Games – the most significant sports event on the Oceania calendar. This year’s theme is ‘Challenge, Celebrate, Unite’, writes Australia’s High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Phoebe Smith.