Opinion

Kata: Anti-obesity drugs

A region committed to peace: 38 years of the Treaty of Rarotonga

Nearly four decades since the Treaty of Rarotonga was signed, which established the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, it is more important than ever before, writes Australian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands Phoebe Smith.

PM Brown meets with Troika Leaders to discuss Forum priorities

Prime Minister Mark Brown, who is the Pacific Islands Forum chair, had the first formal meeting of the Troika Leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) in Suva, Fiji, this week.

Letter: Pick up the tita

Dear Editor, Can you please enquire and tell your readers the size of the budget for the National Environment Service?

Kata: Plant for health and wealth

Kata: Potholes

Letter: Potholes

Earlier this week, the writer and spouse were travelling anti-clockwise through Puaikura at dusk and, just before the new asphalt roadway gifted to Tinomana Ariki by the ever-generous Chris Vaile of Triad, two tourists on a motor scooter, in the fading light of the day, tried to swerve to miss one of the uncountable potholes.

Letter: ‘Don’t diss our uniforms’

Dear Editor, To the letter writer who criticised the beautiful uniforms of our youth teams at the 7th Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.

Kata: Specialist

Letter: Obesity

I was very surprised and pleased to receive a briefing from Nature magazine that anti-obesity drugs are available.

Letter: Legal aid

The miserly $40k budget for legal aid is continuing evidence that our "honourable" members of Parliament honour nothing but their own inflated egos and, in too many cases, inflated bellies.

Letter: The fashion police say ‘save’ the 80s

No one wants to say this out loud before our youth compete at the Commonwealth Games but it has to be said.

Kata: New black pearl

Letter: Show them the door

We are one year removed from the general election where 64 per cent of the formal votes cast were in favour of legalising medicinal cannabis.

Letter: Award winning plan ‘ridiculous’

Dear Editor, I just came across an article which I had kept and put aside, from Cook Islands News, September 13, 2022, titled “20+ years timeframe for award winning town plan”.

Kata: Emergency services

Ruta Mave: The weather apps can’t seem to get it right

There are places in the world who need rain – you should be grateful, you should feel blessed, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: Public money

Thomas Wynne: Free association with New Zealand has never been free

As we celebrated 58 years as a country, on the 4th of August 1965, we, like so many other countries reflect on that journey to statehood and the challenges ahead for our country today, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Virtues in Paradise: Atirai’s story of determination and success

Everyday heroes exist all around us, yet only when we pause to listen to their stories can we be inspired by their courage or learn from their wisdom, writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.