Opinion

Ruta Mave: Are we eating ourselves to death?

Monday 18 March 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion

In the Pacific, large people denoted wealth to eat and store fat for times of famine from cyclones. In European societies poor women were fat while, husbands were thin. But rich men were fat and rich wives thin. Now rich or poor everyone is fat, writes Ruta Mave.

Editorials


Virtues in Paradise: Our thoughts lead to our actions

Sunday 17 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise

We live in our minds. We dwell in our thoughts. The world’s sacred texts speak of thought as the source of our being, our very reality. “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.” (Proverbs 23:7)

Opinion

Thomas Wynne: Proxy voting- Is MP travel more important than Parliament?

Sunday 17 March 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

To proxy or not to proxy is the question being discussed at vaka meetings as Government has decided on a course where proxy votes, or votes counted when absent, will be included when Parliament sits, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Editorials


Letter: The roadway that disappeared

Friday 15 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Kia orana. Can anyone out there assist with info and photographs? Back in about 1984/85, there was a major construction of a roadway, more or less across from the Police Station today, and going across in the direction of the Boiler.

Letters to the Editor


Letter: Soaring cost of living

Friday 15 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, The cost of living is hitting low to middle income families like a kick in the stomach! Asking the same families to grow food crops, is only a temporary solution to a long-term problem.

Letters to the Editor


Letter: Expats seek minimum wage rise

Thursday 14 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I find this quite selfish and inconsiderate (Expats seek minimum wage increase to match rising costs, March 8, 2024). I wonder if these people have ever made these types of complaints back in their own countries.

Letters to the Editor


Letter: Free and unlimited internet

Wednesday 13 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I have posted a couple of articles to LinkedIn promoting free and unlimited internet as a competitive advantage for the Cook Islands.

Letters to the Editor


Pet Talk: How to get rid of fleas on your pet

Wednesday 13 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Pet Talk

Fleas can cause a lot of problems for dogs and cats, but there are treatments available to help control them, writes Dr Rose Hasegawa, medical director Te Are Manu.

Opinion


Ruta Mave: The unspoken realities of strong women

Monday 11 March 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Women’s day was celebrated with shared food and drink involving conversation, discussion and sharing of platitudes to being a unique, diverse, all-encompassing woman. Women waved flags of unity and sisterhood holding their heads high. Then, later that day, they would return to their roles as wife, mother, other at the beck and call of men. By Ruta Mave.

Editorials


Letter: Stop picking on the ‘little guys’

Monday 11 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Once again, the red necks have come out of the woodwork in response to expats asking for a cost-of-living increase.

Letters to the Editor


Thomas Wynne: Reclaiming our reo Māori

Saturday 9 March 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Who grew up thinking of themselves as half caste, quarter caste or part this part that but never the total sum of all of who we are, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Editorials


SBMA Opinion: Two-year milestone for seabed minerals exploration licences

Saturday 9 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion

Last month marked two years since the country’s first seabed minerals exploration licences were issued on 23 February 2022. A major milestone and achievement for the Cook Islands after many years of preparation.

Editorials


Letter: Growers left high and dry

Friday 8 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I recently attended a dinner for growers hosted by a grower himself, Mr Kiriau Turepu.

Letters to the Editor


Letter: Education scholarship

Friday 8 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I am writing with interest in the government’s strategy for ensuring qualified educators are teaching our future generations.

Letters to the Editor


Letter: ‘More talk very little walk’

Thursday 7 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, The headline in the Cook Islands News, Monday, March 4, reads, Cook Islands grapples with highest childhood obesity rates in the world.

Letters to the Editor


Letter: USP qualifications recognised overseas

Wednesday 6 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

I wanted to reassure your readers after reading the story in yesterday’s paper regarding accredited/non-accredited qualifications (Education’s teaching qualifications not recognised overseas: Ministry, March 5, 2024).

Letters to the Editor


Letter: Market vendors ‘fenced out’

Wednesday 6 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, I’m writing to express our annoyance and anger for some vendors and public about the fenced off area behind all the huts at the eastern end of the market in town.

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Ruta Mave: Empowering women to reclaim their dignity

Monday 4 March 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion

Twenty years ago, Alan Rickman’s character in Love Actually bought his secretary a gold necklace, his wife Emma Thompson discovers this fact. Her emotions of grief and betrayal played out on film as she struggles to compose herself so she can pretend nothing is wrong, has reduced many a wife to tears as the stark and awful reality for women whose husband cheats. Most wives choose to stay, writes Ruta Mave.

Opinion


Letter: Health referral cost

Monday 4 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Who paid for what? Now, it’s how much was paid for what?

Letters to the Editor


Letter: Recycling in Rarotonga

Monday 4 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Recently back from holidays in Rarotonga we enjoyed a month of chilling out in Vaimaanga amongst other things reading the Cook Islands News each day.

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