Opinion

Letter: ‘None of this was necessary’

Kia Orana, This entire Takitumu road/crossing/ fence issue is just tutae moko.

Kata: Matavera Bend

Letter: Implementing cannabis legalisation

Dear Editor, I write out of concern for the majority passed Cook Islands referendum on marijuana legalisation and the direction in which the government is proceeding.

Kata: Child-proof

Letter: ‘Point finger at administrators’

To the ex-boxer calling out sport free loaders. If you have a problem, go to the federations’ executive, CISNOC, etc and make a formal report to make them accountable.

Letter: Pay rise for health workers

Dear Editor, Obesity, diabetes, hospital lack of maintenance – what do they have in common?

Kata: Parking system

Thomas Wynne: The vaka of language revitalisation

Ei’ia to matou Tu Oe? Where are our navigators? Because, kare o te Vaka to'ie'ie Tu Oe – A drifting Vaka has no navigator, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Virtues of paradise: What is love? The greatest virtue of all

Love isn’t just a feeling. It’s much more. Love is a virtue, a state of being, a practice. Love is a choice. Of all the virtues named in the sacred scriptures of the world’s religions, love is at the heart of them all.

Kata: Meat certification fee

Letter: Fire dangers

Thank you to the anonymous writer for raising the issues around electrical items being supplied in the Cook Islands.

Letter: Stop ripping off your workers

Dear Editor, Friday, August 4, was a Public Holiday for our 58th Constitution Day celebrations. Everyone was legally entitled to enjoy a day off as a legal Public Holiday.

Kata: Te Kukupa II

Letter: Fire dangers

A few well-known retailers are flaunting several laws by selling electrical items that have flaws.

Letter: ‘We’re not bold enough’

Dear Editor, It’s been long pointed out to the Government that there is an existing legal framework to legalise both the importation and cultivation of medicinal cannabis under the Ministry of Health Act 2013 and the amended Drugs Act 2009 respectively.

Kata: Grassroots partnership

Letter: MFEM clarifies business loans

Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Covid Bank on August 3, 2023, I would like to inform your readers about the loans the Cook Island Government made during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kata: Possible future in Aitutaki

Letter: ‘We have gone backwards’

Dear Editor, C’mon you ding-a-lings – you are sending a small sports team to the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago and we don’t even know who they are and what sports they are representing us and what is their level of performance and what chances they have to bring home a medal?

Letter: Anti-obesity drugs

As my last effort to generate some awareness and discussion, a later article in Nature says that “a weekly dose of Wegovy (aka semaglutide) slashed the risk of severe cardiovascular events by 20 per cent in adults with heart disease and either overweight or obesity.