Opinion – Cook Islands News https://www.cookislandsnews.com Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:23:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Letter: 53rd AGM of the Are Ariki https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-53rd-agm-of-the-are-ariki/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-53rd-agm-of-the-are-ariki https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-53rd-agm-of-the-are-ariki/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:23:48 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273228 Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the article published on Tuesday, 15th October 2024, titled “PM Proposes Cook Islands Passport at the Ariki Meeting”.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-53rd-agm-of-the-are-ariki/feed/ 0 Letter: A plea for a warmer welcome https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-a-plea-for-a-warmer-welcome/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-a-plea-for-a-warmer-welcome https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-a-plea-for-a-warmer-welcome/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:21:43 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273226 Dear Editor,
I am a small accommodation business operator, and I feel compelled to write in response to a wave of recent complaints from guests.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-a-plea-for-a-warmer-welcome/feed/ 0 Letter: NGOs: We’re the real Davids https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-ngos-were-the-real-davids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-ngos-were-the-real-davids https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-ngos-were-the-real-davids/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:40:21 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273173 Dear Editor,
In response to the anonymous letter from “Get Real” (Cook Islands News, October 10), and the suggestion that the NGOs are the Goliath in this seabed mining scenario, this is frankly ridiculous.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-ngos-were-the-real-davids/feed/ 0 Ruta Mave: ‘Silent steal’ is eating our country alive https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/ruta-mave-silent-steal-is-eating-our-country-alive/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruta-mave-silent-steal-is-eating-our-country-alive https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/ruta-mave-silent-steal-is-eating-our-country-alive/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:25:02 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273141 Pink collar crime is small bills, big fraud. The silent steal, and it is eating our country alive, writes Ruta Mave.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/ruta-mave-silent-steal-is-eating-our-country-alive/feed/ 0 Letter: Urgent legal reforms needed https://www.cookislandsnews.com/uncategorised/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-urgent-legal-reforms-needed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-urgent-legal-reforms-needed https://www.cookislandsnews.com/uncategorised/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-urgent-legal-reforms-needed/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:23:33 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273138 Dear Editor,
I write to salute and acknowledge the opinion article by Thomas Wynne in the Cook Islands News on 12 October 2024.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/uncategorised/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-urgent-legal-reforms-needed/feed/ 0 Thomas Wynne: Time for a moratorium on travel? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/tomas-wynne-time-for-a-moratorium-on-travel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tomas-wynne-time-for-a-moratorium-on-travel https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/tomas-wynne-time-for-a-moratorium-on-travel/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2024 10:02:00 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273085 At the stroke of a pen, 50 nautical miles outside of every island that makes up the country we now call the Cook Islands was protected. This also allowed for pockets of commercial activity, managed in balance with the environment and aimed at creating revenue for our country and its people.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/tomas-wynne-time-for-a-moratorium-on-travel/feed/ 0 Te Ipukarea Society: Pā’ua populations plummet, urgent action needed https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-paua-populations-plummet-urgent-action-needed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=te-ipukarea-society-paua-populations-plummet-urgent-action-needed https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-paua-populations-plummet-urgent-action-needed/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:39:55 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273092 Pā’ua, or Pasua, also known as the giant clam, is a treasured marine species throughout the Cook Islands for its beauty in showcasing an array of underwater colours. It is also being seen as a tasty kai moana treat for the people of the Cook Islands.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/te-ipukarea-society-paua-populations-plummet-urgent-action-needed/feed/ 0 Linda Kavelin-Popov: Honouring the spirit https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/linda-kavelin-popov-honouring-the-spirit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=linda-kavelin-popov-honouring-the-spirit https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/linda-kavelin-popov-honouring-the-spirit/#respond Sat, 12 Oct 2024 08:06:04 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273087 I have gone to prison many times – to share The Virtues Project with incarcerated people in New Zealand, Australia, the US, Canada and other countries. I usually say, “Today I’m going to introduce you to someone special who can change your life.”

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/editorials/linda-kavelin-popov-honouring-the-spirit/feed/ 0 Letter: Social licence for deep sea mining https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-social-licence-for-deep-sea-mining/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-social-licence-for-deep-sea-mining https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-social-licence-for-deep-sea-mining/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:37:36 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273043 Dear Editor,
I hear Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) saying they have Social Licence to push ahead with seabed mining. In other words, they’re saying that our society has approved their actions and plans going forward.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-social-licence-for-deep-sea-mining/feed/ 0 Letter: Deep sea riches https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-deep-sea-riches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-deep-sea-riches https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-deep-sea-riches/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:14:40 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273016 In response to the letter by “Eyes on Judas,” I noticed a lot of anger in the biblical themes used to express the danger of SBM (Seabed Mining). I would like to offer a different biblical perspective.

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