Opinion
Letters: Avatiu football
Tuesday 19 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I am a recent convert to soccer. I have followed the progress of the Avatiu Women’s soccer team at the OFC tournament in the Solomon Islands.
Letters: Paychecks and proxy votes
Tuesday 19 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Overworked? Underpaid? Daily stress trying to get the job done? And all the while still facing the weekly family financial burdens with cost of living, inflation, etc.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kata: Climate change grant
Saturday 9 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
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.
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.
Kata: Agriculture
Friday 8 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
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.
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.
Kata: Climate change grant
Thursday 7 March 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
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.