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Opinion
Letter: The perils of Cryptocurrency Bill
Kia orana e te tama Etita, Me ka tika I toou ngateitei - tuku atu I toku manako ariki-kore I te ture tamanako “Tainted Cryptocurrency Recovery Bill 2023” Kia tika kia akakite atu au I toku manako na roto I to tatou reo maori Kuki Airani, kia marama ia mai e to tatou iti tangata rikiriki.
Letter: Is religion relevant today?
Dear Editor, Our modern society likes to proclaim itself to be multicultural and secular, and the direction seems to be a future without old-fashioned religious ballast where science is the tool for constant progress and prosperity, happiness for everything and everyone.
Ruta Mave: Whistleblowers versus the people in power
The power of people in power to intimidate is not absent from our little community, writes Ruta Mave.
Letter: Government ‘lacks the intestinal fortitude’
Your Friday paper reported that the Government is looking to legalise medicinal cannabis by Christmas because they find it too difficult to get the job done before that.
Letter: Improving our education system
Dear Editor, Education is of paramount importance in every country, as it serves as a foundation for a successful and prosperous society.
Virtues in Paradise: Too stressed to be blessed?
How are you really? Do you ever stop to ask yourself that question? Or like most people, do you sometimes drift into a state of gradually increasing anxiety or low-level depression? By Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Thomas Wynne: We walk in two worlds
‘E rua oku, takai’anga vaevae i teia nei ao’ is a phrase often thrown around by many of us that walk in te ao Maori and te ao Papa’a, but how true is it, questions Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Letter: Liquor licences
Dear Editor, A recent letter writer to Cook Islands News suggested that the Liquor Licensing Authority, when publishing public notices of liquor license applications, identify the actual location of the intended (legal) drug outlets, instead of just naming the relevant village.
PET TALK: Unwanted puppies and how to stop them
I have always admired people who are able to start a job and see it through, despite not seeming to make progress, writes Dr Michael Baer of Te Are Manu Vet Clinic.
Ruta Mave: Standing up for what is right
The absence of courage in our society these days is not cowardice, it is complacency, conformity and contradiction, writes Ruta Mave.
Letter: Immigration regulation
E te Etita, E marekakore nei au i te ture ou (Regulation) i anga ia e te Immigration.
Letter: Walking the talk
Dear Editor, We will find out today whether the recent review of the budget by the Public Accounts Committee was a waste of time or not.