Opinion

Kata: Forum Budget

Letter: Road works

Dear Editor, Oh, how good, wonderful and pleasant to see another stretch of road taking good shape from Avana bridge through Muri community and Titikaveka’s but only a stone throw away – nicely widened, side water trenches upgraded and soon the finishing touch of hot mix tarsealing.

Kata: Wild Chooks

Letter: Government e-waste

Great to see that Government has finally agreed to work and partner up with CIGT (Cook Islands General Transport) in the collection of E waste – how long has it been since the last collection? Six years at least.

Letters: Addressing crime, ensuring safety in Rarotonga

Dear Editor, Rarotonga, our beautiful island and popular tourist destination, is currently facing a growing challenge due to increasing crime rates.

Kata: Muri Road

Letter: Questions about the legal system

It is puzzling to witness cases where some individuals seem to slip through the cracks of the justice system.

Pet Talk: The round eternal

Banjo Patterson, the man who wrote the words printed on the Australian $10 note, described his office job as “the round eternal”. It never ended, it never really started, and it was very difficult to see any progress, writes Dr Michael Baer.

Kata: Delay

Kata: Customs and Police

Ruta Mave: ‘You are who you associate with’

Step right up, step right up ladies and gentleman, welcome to the greatest show on earth. The circus is here where everything is an illusion and people are notably con-artists turning tricks looking for the next score. Welcome to our government.

Kata: Egg Shortage

Virtues in Paradise: Bold, brave and brilliant

Virtues was front and centre at the Pasifika Medical Association Conference held in Aitutaki on September 11, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.

Thomas Wynne: A wolf in sheep’s clothing

We should not dismiss the fact that a South Korean religious cult, who have embedded themselves into the Fijian community and business sector are on the ground, speaking to people of influence and in the Cook Islands.

Letter: Muri Rd upgrade

Oh how good, wonderful and pleasant to see another stretch of road now from Avana bridge through Muri community getting more widening, upgrading, and soon hot mix tar sealing.

Letter: Ministry of Finance and Economic Management Secretary Garth Henderson responds to ‘Taxpayer’

Thank you for the chance to respond to the letter from ‘A Taxpayer’. Firstly, let me commend their eye for detail as they did identify an error in the numbers provided by Ministry of Finance and Economic Development previously.

Letter: I will continue to pray for Kata

Dear Editor, The Cook Islands News cartoonist, Kata has every right and deservedly so to ridicule and scorn the clergy and laity of churches when they commit crimes against humanity.

Kata: Cannabis

Letter: We truly receive God

Dear Editor, The Kata cartoon in your paper on September 13, inferring that we as Catholics are brainwashed by the clergy on Rarotonga is wrong.

Kata: Excuses