Opinion

Letter: What’s the hold-up?

Let's take a look back at how the Government has failed us so miserably by not legalising medicinal cannabis.

Letter: Thanking you

Dear Editor, A heartfelt thank you to all who attended and supported our fundraiser for the Maui fire victims at Trader Jacks.

Kata: Religious Cult

Read more: Minister denies involvement with South Korean cult Grace Rd Church

Letters: Where’s the line of communication?

Dear Editor, I purchased Vodafone Cook Islands' $19 for 19GB Wi-fi voucher on Friday through the company's phone app.

Kata: Acting PM

Te Tuhi Kelly: ‘It’s a when, not an if’

I went to the morning session on the second day of the Pacific Medical Association’s conference here in Rarotonga, I was particularly interested in the role of traditional health and wellness models that countries with native populations ringing the Pacific had developed, writes Te Tuhi Kelly.

Letter: Where’s the money?

Dear Editor, By letter of August 3, 2023 Covid Bank said “the taxpayers look forward to a full public report on these loans given out during Covid and before the election”. A totally reasonable request.

Kata: Minor traffic fines

Ruta Mave: The sun has set and the day has started with the sun rise

She came to us from Esther Honey. A white long haired fluffy puppy with a toffee brown patch on her floppy ears. We called her Roxy, Aunty called her Rosie Rocky Richie or Racey - like mothers do when they are trying to remember which child until they hit the right name – Roxy.

Thomas Wynne: The darkest and longest shadow . . .

Watch a movie like Moana Roa, or any movie prior to the 1960s in the Cook Islands, and what a stark contrast it is, of our people before the proliferation of a western diet, and just how fit, lean and active we were.

Letter: Why no outrage?

In response to my letter a week ago, l am disappointed in Bob Williams reply to my letter, giving us no answers to my concerns.

Letters: Look out for the coconuts

Dear Editor, The coconut tree concern also needs to be raised in parliament.

Kata: Cannabis

Letter: Give our footballers a break

Dear Editor,

Kata: Small fee for broken old bikes, tv and junk

Letters: Give our footballers a break

Dear Editor, I have been pondering if I should write to you but for the sake of my children’s passion for soccer, I will write.

Kata: Great Wall of China

Letter: Where are our MPs?

Dear Editor, After an eight/nine-week break, parliament sits for 1 hour 15 minutes and then adjourns for three months -- pathetic!

Letters: ‘We have become a nation of drunk drivers’

The latest drink drive crashes and arrests prompts this letter. Some weeks back your Court reporter told us not only the name of the driver before the criminal division of the Court but also that the accused had been drinking at home before going for a top-up at Luna Bar.

Kata: Parliament short session