Opinion

Kata: Flooding

OPINION: Making the right calls at the right time

It takes time, but you can be assured that Government has been and continues to work towards providing a solid foundation for economic diversification, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown.

LETTERS: It’s time to wake up people!

Dear Editor, here we are trying to survive the worst economic crisis to hit our tourism sector which is basically the country’s GDP producer and we continue to get brutalised by things which we have no control over.

Kata: Parliament

An opportunity to diversify and enrich our lives

Citizenship is a relationship between an individual and a nation to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection. A nation grants certain rights and privileges to its citizens, in return citizens are expected to obey their country’s laws, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: China's Foreign Minister

LETTERS: ‘Say your bit and hang up’

Dear Editor, that Prime Minister Brown needs to say to China’s foreign minister by phone is simple – “When there is proof from the highest international authorities that China’s cultural genocide of the Uyghur indigenous people has ended, and they have had their lives and property restored, we’ll continue this phone call. Good bye.”

Kata: Pension

LETTERS: What a load of garbage!

Dear Editor, honourable Albert Nicholas is quoted in the Cook Islands News (Wednesday, May 25, 2022) – “Although incineration was considered to be the preferred best option in an assessment that was done about three years ago, we are open to other options...”

Kata: Avatiu harbour

LETTERS: Plenty to ponder on cannabis

Dear Editor, if we were to legalise it (cannabis use), will this affect our charter position and partnerships with the likes of W.H.O (World Health Organization) or United Nations and Pacific nations?

Kata: Boulders

LETTERS: Give credit where it is due

Dear Editor, I just want to clarify a few things regarding your headline yesterday ‘Man hospitalised after horror crash’.

Kata: Budget

OPINION: The problem with our politics

This column titled ‘Oversimplifications’ may be the first of a few in lead up to this year’s general election.

LETTERS: Election promises at taxpayers’ cost

Dear Editor, I recently returned to live back in Rarotonga and I’m sad to see nothing seems to have changed much in the ‘Crook Islands’ now it’s election year.

ONLINE COMMENTS: Tahiti tour

If it’s a good cause between the Cook Islands and Tahiti, I don’t see any issues with this and budgeting of government related matters to other countries should be tabled on government expenditures.

Kata: LA flights

Political corruption erodes trust

Political corruption erodes trust, it wastes countries’ taxes earmarked for important community projects, meaning people have to put up with poor quality services and infrastructure while politicians on inflated incomes dine out large at taxpayers’ expense, writes Ruta Mave.

Is Govt pursuing a murky agenda?

Former Clerk of Parliament John M Scott dissects clauses of the Cook Islands Constitution that may have been considered by the Prime Minister in his decision to remove the suspension of his deputy Robert Tapaitau, who is facing corruption charges.