Opinion

School holiday programme to boost local environmental learning

This Earth Day, Te Ipukarea Society is creating an opportunity for stakeholder collaboration and a space for local environmental learning for our future leaders.

The choices we make shape our experience of life

Easter reminds those of us of faith that under immense stress and pressure, Jesus made a choice and one that would lead him to the Cross – this is something many of us took time and reflected on yesterday, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Kata: Vaccine

LETTERS: ‘Start investing in our people’

Dear Editor, how are Fijian/foreign workers able to ‘live’ in the Cooks with a job that pays minimum wage and ‘still’ send money back to their families?

Kata: Isolation

LETTERS: ‘People need to speak up!’

Dear Editor, I have had two conversations with two different people this week who tested positive for Covid but did not isolate or report themselves to Te Marae Ora.

Kata: Rakahanga Vax

LETTERS: ‘Everyone is feeling the struggle’

Dear Editor, nothing comes for free!

Looking for silver lining as everything can be a lesson

The earth revolves in orbit around the sun in 365 days, six hours and nine minutes at a speed ranging from 29.29 to 30.29 km/s.

Kata: Quarantine

LETTERS: Employing foreign workers

Dear Editor, all jobs are advertised here in the Cook Islands, but our local people are not applying ... you can blame minimum wage, but at the end of the day you choose to work for an income or not, no matter how small.

Welcome to Paris

Raising awareness about environmental issues in the Cook Islands is one of the most important roles of Te Ipukarea Society (TIS).

LETTERS: Profiteering at customers expense

Dear Editor, I noticed the Cook Islands News article regarding the high cost of broadband.

Kata: Covid

LETTERS: Dog registration and fee

Dear Editor, clarification should be sought from the Cook Islands Police on their Facebook post of 6 April where they state: “The date for annual registration of dogs has lapsed and Police would like to advise all owners about the requirement to settle their obligations.

Kata: Island Dogs

LETTERS: Government funded welfare packages

Dear Editor, I don’t expect many of your readers will recall the supposedly import substitution focused Minister of Finance, Mark Brown two years ago urging people to support local businesses.

Kata: Flights

Kata: Isolation

Fast-tracking our economy back to pre- Covid levels

Today I would like to talk about the future again – but this time in terms of our national economy and our continuing journey on the path to economic recovery, writes Prime Minister Mark Brown.