Opinion

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.

LETTERS: Driving along Nikao seawall

Dear Editor, this road is so smooth and innocent (Police investigating motor vehicle and cyclist crash, Cook Islands News, March 31).

Kata: Dogs of Rarotonga

Time saving devices lie – they don’t make life easier

Is there anything more annoying than someone using a leaf blower after it has rained!

Youth taking a stand for our ocean

Our ocean is much more than just a big blue space, covering 75 per cent of our planet.

Rewriting history

Is it time to pardon and rewrite the birth of our democracy and a man who contributed so much to who we are as a nation today?

LETTERS: Profitability of subsidised flights

Dear Editor, the profitability of these two routes (Sydney and Los Angeles) need to be reviewed (Plans to return subsidised Los Angeles, Sydney flights, Cook Islands News, March 29).

Kata: Immigration

LETTERS: Praise for Cooks’ Covid response

Dear Editor, in response to the letter to the editor of 28 March calling for an independent Covid watch group: the author claims that there have been three deaths of elderly people this week in the Cook Islands and implies that these may be Covid-related.

Kata: Covid-19 Patients

A week in the land of Cats

Staff from Te Are Manu, working closely with Aitutaki Community Animal Rescue and Aitutaki Community Cat Program provided a week-long vet clinic for pet and livestock owners in Aitutaki.

Kata: Covid Arrest

LETTERS: Covid hospitalisation and death

Dear Editor, let’s create an Independent Public Covid Watch Group.

Ring a rosie

I’m not sure what blessing words the world will be remembered for bestowing during this recent and modern pandemic. More likely, the words of ‘lockdown’ mandates and antivaxx will reverberate for a while, writes Ruta Mave.

Kata: Ukraine

LETTERS: Suspended Deputy PM’s salary

Dear Editor, extraordinary that Hon. (Robert) Tapaitau is still being paid the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) salary – $137,750! (Additional charges, Cook Islands News 25/3/22).

An hour to shape our future

Earth Hour 2022 focuses on the theme #ShapeOurFuture.

My reo lives in my heart

I am fortunate, because for as long as I can remember Maori was spoken in our home, just never to me, although at times about me, especially when I had misbehaved, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Total commitment to Christ

A person’s attitude is perhaps the hardest of all personal attributes to change.