Opinion

Kata: BTIB

LETTERS: ‘Listen to the experts’

Dear Editor, snake oils, quack doctors, and charlatans. Once upon a time, it was difficult for people to know what was real and what was fake – people got sick or died from fake medicines.

Kata: Muri Lagoon

Queen Elizabeth II marks 70 years on the throne

Sunday, February 6 was an auspicious day for many reasons and one of great note and achievement was that of the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II ascension to the throne of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1952 following the death of her father King George VI, writes Ruta Mave.

LETTERS: ‘Do vaccinate your children’

Dear Editor, I have no desire to enter prolonged public debate but Serena Hunter is at it again and must be rebuffed.

Afterlife of car tyres – to sink or let sit?

Over a large period of time, the Cook Islands Motor Centre where I am currently employed, had exceeded its capacity for storing tyres that were no longer fit for road use. Despite this, our company continued to store tyres so that they don’t become a neglected breeding ground for mosquitoes in peoples’ backyards, writes company general manager Teariki Pennycook.

The battle for moral and information high ground

We must never dehumanise those who may draw the line differently to ourselves, because in that moment we inadvertently become what the other side of that argument most feared, and leave the ‘table of understanding’.

LETTERS: Freedom of expression

Dear Editor, Bob Williams has critiqued Serena Hunter’s letters to the editor on the Covid vaccine.

Kata: Vaccine Rollout Kids

LETTERS: ‘Enough is enough’

Dear Editor, following the BTIB (Business Trade and Investment Board) opinion piece dated 20th January, 2022 by Te Tuhi Kelly and the response by BTIB chief executive officer Repeta Puna (Hanging on by a thread or better than ever?).

Kata: School

LETTERS: Making informed vaccine decisions for 5-11-year olds

Dear Editor, I implore parents, please ask the questions, and please weigh up the risk vs benefit of having your children injected with the Covid vaccine.

Kata: Inflation

LETTERS: ‘Oh, yes, we are ready all right’

Dear Editor, this writer has an abysmal school record when it comes to mathematics but, still, the “we are ready for Covid” numbers don’t seem to add up.

Kata: No Control

‘Distorted view’ of travel to the Pa Enua

I have noticed over the last two years of Covid the parochial mutterings from the Pa Enua to keep their islands closed to those who don’t live or reside there, writes Te Tuhi Kelly, Leader of the Progressive Party of the Cook Islands.

LETTERS: Covid-19 face mask mandate

Dear Editor, as an experienced qualified personal trainer l am concerned for the safety of my gym clients forced to wear a mask while training yet nightclubs can cram in 200 people without one?

‘Do what you can, with what you have, where you are’

It interests me how many school drop outs have become nationwide intellects on ‘what to do’ remedies to combat every medical situation in the world because they have a phone, data and uncle google, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: Clean-Up

LETTERS: Cannabis law ‘not fair’

Dear Editor, I’m going to make this really simple.