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Letter: Travel budget

Not one dollar, not one cent better be spent on these MPs in the supplementary budget for travel. Not another dollar Mr Brown, not another cent of our hard-earned taxpayers’ money to be spent on your travel.

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Letter: Protecting our women and children

Dear Editor, The recent sentencing of Yawea Teophilo to 14 years in prison for 47 charges of rape (and other charges) has shocked our community. Learning about what these young girls had to go through is heart breaking and reminds us of the urgent need to protect our women and children, and support survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).

Virtues in Paradise: Unconditional thanksgiving

My birth country, which is fractured and divided as never before, has held a presidential election leaving half the country cheering for victory and the other half grieving the loss of cherished ideals and gob smacked at the power now wielded by leaders they do not trust. By Linda Kavelin-Popov.

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Te Ipukarea Society: Hawksbill health needs close monitoring

Turtle tracking through the use of photos to identify individual turtle movements around Rarotonga has continued for a second consecutive year.

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Legalise pakalolo, fight hard drugs

The flow of heroin,cocaine,fentanyl and methamphetamines into Rarotonga is unmatched and these hard core drugs are taking a real foothold in the demise of many Cook Islanders and our society as a whole.

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Pet talk: Pets impact on mental health

Pets have long been considered beloved members of the family, offering unconditional love and companionship. In recent years, scientific research has validated what pet owners have always felt: the positive impact of pets on mental health is profound.

Opinion


Letter: What is this RAC?

The article in your Tuesday, 19 November edition (RAC to address mosque legality) raises a number of interesting issues.

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Letter: Lopsided misleading consultation

E-communications between us and attendees at Monday night's government lead SBMA presentation to the Auckland Cook Islands community describes yet another, lop sided consultation, which also included misleading information.

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Te Tuhi Kelly: We did not cede sovereignty

Britain colonised my other country Aotearoa in the early 1840's. At that time Maori held sovereignty over land, sea and air. We are known by our tribal names and the area that we have sovereignty over.

Editorials


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Ruta Mave: Modern pentathlon, a way to add a cross training aspect

Salam Alaykum which means peace be upon you all the way from Saudia Arabia. After 35 hours of flights travel and transit times I made it to my destination of Riyadh the site of the original capital city of the first state of Saudia Arabia over three hundred years ago, writes Ruta Mave.

Editorials


Tina Browne: Police Service

I share Norman George’s concerns about the deeply troubling state of our Police Services under the current government, writes Tina Browne.

Editorials


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Thomas Wynne: Gratefulness should not mean silence on the past

Our Ariki ceded our sovereignty in 1900 to a curious Great Britain and a sub-empire-building New Zealand colony for many reasons, and some suggest we should simply be grateful for this. Thomas Wynne writes.

Editorials


Te Ipukarea Society: Petrel monitoring reveals suspicious subjects

Petrels, and not the petrol that you put in your car, are in fact a medium sized seabird known for spending the majority of their lives out at sea. They are A class fishing birds who skim over the waves with sharp turns in search of their next fishy feast.

Editorials


Smokies: Sort out police problems here

“Kia orana, you are spot on sir!!” writes a smoke signaler in response to Thursday’s opinion piece ‘Copouts’ and destruction of police services’ penned by lawyer and former politician Norman George.

Opinion

Letter: Namby-pamby excuse for law change

We have lawyer Brian Mason to thank.

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Letter: Beware indeed of religious cults

Pastor Cargill is right, we have to be on the lookout for religious cults.

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