Opinion
Letter: Nodules: ‘Our underwater Amazon’
Monday 16 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I thank Ms Alex (Herman) for her reply to my previous letter regarding DSM (Deep Sea Mining) or SBM (Sea Bed Mining) which is what some are hoping to do in our EEZ.
Letter: Water reform: One bite at a time
Monday 16 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Changing the To Tatou Vai Act 2021 must be a priority for our MPs.
Ruta Mave: ‘You can only help those who want to help themselves’
Monday 16 September 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion
If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it is yours. If it doesn’t come back, it never was. The narcissist version is if it comes back, it is yours, if it doesn’t then go out and hunt it down because if you can’t have it then no one else can either, writes Ruta Mave.
Virtues in Paradise: Virtues retreat for helpers
Saturday 14 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Virtues in Paradise
Are you a community leader, a counsellor, police or probation officer, teacher, orametua, physician or nurse? Are you one of the frontline folks who help paddle the vaka of social services in our Cook Islands community? writes Linda Kavelin-Popov.
Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: Honouring the unsung heroes of home
Saturday 14 September 2024 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Editorials, Opinion
For the many at home who keep the fires burning, who keep the economy going, and who maintain the family homes and land – clean, trimmed, and functioning – I just want to say meitaki maata, meitaki ranuinui, atupaka, korereka, ngao, and atawai wolo, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
Letter: Paruru i to tatou moana
Friday 13 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
E tika rai, na te Atua te’ia au mea katoatoa i anga. Te vaira ta te Atua i tuku mai kia ta anga’anga tatou.
Letter: Muffin eaters
Friday 13 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Diane Charlie-Puna’s carefree insult to the idea that no one is above the law brings to mind the persistent story that the National Environment Service, under husband Ngatokorua, ran up a tab at a certain popular Arorangi café in the tens of thousands of dollars.
Letter: Vodafone ‘seize the opportunity’
Friday 13 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Starlink is here officially, YAY! And of course it is the most expensive in the Pacific, yet still better than Vodafone Cook Islands. Not yay!
Letter: Vote buying and corruption
Thursday 12 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I am deeply moved by a letter to the editor and an opinion column by two brothers, Te Tuhi Kelly in the CI News on 9 September and Steve Boggs in the Cook Islands Herald on 4 September.
Kata: Corrective Services
Wednesday 11 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Pet Talk: Helping your pet stay calm during stormy weather
Wednesday 11 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion, Pet Talk
Stormy weather can be a terrifying experience for many pets. The loud noises, bright flashes, and changes in atmospheric pressure can trigger anxiety, leaving you cat or dog feeling stressed and scared, writes Dr Rose Hasegawa, medical director Te Are Manu Vet Clinic.
Letter: Deep sea mining consultation
Wednesday 11 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I recall a public consultation in Mauke. There were two motions for consideration.
Michael Tavioni: The high cost of unhealthy choices
Tuesday 10 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Some years ago, I was admitted to hospital because my right leg was swollen and painful. I was made comfortable and Dr Deacon came to assess my condition. Before he left, the doctor took a black marker pen and made a line across my thigh just above where it had turned red, writes Michael Tavioni.
Letter: Alcohol is the problem
Tuesday 10 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Helmets – The problem is not the helmet. Statistically helmets save only 40 per cent of lives and that counts those left in wheelchairs or worse.
Letter: Misplaced priorities
Tuesday 10 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The test of any government is how it deals with day-to-day issues that affect all of a population.
Letter: Pokoinu littering
Tuesday 10 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, For months/years I and other neighbouring properties on the back road in Pokoinu, have had to put up with residents from a side road that is not serviced by the weekly rubbish collectors, leaving their domestic (and sometimes other rubbish) on the intersection of Aremaki Road and the Back Road, in Pokoinu.
Kata: Prison work scheme
Monday 9 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Kata: Water tariffs
Monday 9 September 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion
Ruta Mave: When kindness becomes a responsibility
Monday 9 September 2024 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Editorials, Opinion
Charity should begin at home but often the poor ones give the most help, and the rich ones use it as an election campaign, writes Ruta Mave.
Letter: ‘Vote buying at every election’
Monday 9 September 2024 | Written by Te Tuhi Kelly | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Here’s a question that I keep asking myself, why is it that we seem to be vote buying at every election and despite several court cases, the evidence has been found wanting. Yet we know damn well that it goes on. I have personally experienced this myself in my last campaign in 2022.