Opinion

LETTERS: ‘Our failing Police Service’

Dear Editor, as the busiest working criminal bar lawyer in the country, I have witnessed the decline in the conduct and efficiency of the Police Service in the past 10 years.

Kata: Tax Department

LETTERS: International travel challenges

Dear Editor, have just done the flight from Sydney via Auckland to Rarotonga and it was the worst time we have done this – a whole day wasted sitting at the airport.

PET TALK: Pain management for dogs and cats

It can be the easiest thing to notice at the extreme. Whimpering, screaming, howling. Or it can be the opposite. Silent, depressed, guarded, aggressive. And because it is so out of character, it stands out, writes Dr Michael Baer of Te Are Manu Vet Clinic.

Kata: Economic Diversification

LETTERS: ‘No undue delay’ - Justice

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter to the editor published in the Cook Islands News, Saturday 13th August by an anonymous writer, and thank you for the opportunity to respond.

Kata: Medicine

OPINION: Don’t passively accept – ‘Be Bold’

We have an abundance of resources going unutilised because we want a certain way of life, a life that gives us the ability to choose rather than rely on existing cultural practices, writes Ruta Mave.

Cannabis related charges

Dear Editor, I want to take this time to thank everyone who voted in favour of the medicinal cannabis referendum. Your yes vote has indicated your faith that the use of medicinal cannabis is acceptable in the Cook Islands.

Kata: Parliament Staff

OPINION: Predicting the impacts of deep seabed mining

This article comprises the conclusion from a report entitled ‘Prediction the Impact of Mining Deep Sea Polymetallic Nodules in the Pacific Ocean’.

LETTERS: Pending court cases and VBD’s

Dear Editor, now with the final election results completed and petitions likely to come, can the Secretary of Justice inform the general public when is the criminal case for DPM Robert Tapaitau going to Court?

Kata: CIP

LETTERS: ‘Reconsider vaccine mandate’

Dear Editor, from what I understand, in order to visit or live in your beautiful islands, you have to be vaccinated. Now, why is that?

Kata: Electoral Office

LETTERS: Human rights of inmates

Dear Editor, let me explain the situation implied to the subject, human rights and boys behind bars (Establishment of Human Rights Institute proposed, Cook Islands News, August 9).

Kata: Fries

LETTERS: ‘It’s time to come clean’

Dear Editor, Cook Islands News’ page 1 story on Monday, August 8 was on “call from To Tatou Vai to conserve water…”

Kata: Human Rights

LETTERS: ‘Wise use of resources’

Dear Editor, Kia Orana. I am writing in reply to the article in your paper of Saturday, July 30, 2022, written by some unknown person on behalf of Te Ipukarea Society (The greenwashing of deep sea mining).