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”.
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.
Last night, instead of accompanying my husband Dan to the beach where he takes his nightly sunset photos, I opted to stay home and watch a video, one I had seen before.
There are some quite interesting offences left over from old times whose useful purposes have long gone. I will highlight both useful and obsolete examples.
Our criminal law system works around the police who enforce the law.
I will briefly highlight Cook Islands laws that are out of date, then recommend some changes.
The Government has depressed CIP loyal supporters. It has also angered voters by its arrogance and “who cares” attitude.
Due to the lack of progress in attending to the modernisation of our laws, the shadow of crisis is never far away. We are 40 years behind New Zealand with most of our laws.
Judge Justice Dame Judith Potter returned to New Zealand last week.
Easter is coming, a holy season for many faiths.
I must take my hat off to the Prime Minister.
What if you had a dream of being a great athlete – the strongest and fastest rugby player, the most successful netball player -- a true champion of the game?
The Republican candidates in the US presidential election have demonstrated in the last six months that these campaigns are certainly not for the weak and faint-hearted.
With all the recent discussions over the Mato Vai water project I thought it timely to write about the low status given to Cook Islands traditional lore.
When we think about a business, whether a shop, a hospital, or a service we hire someone to do, what stands out in our minds is the rare individual who brings his or her whole heart and soul to work.
Politics is a game for gentlemen and ladies.
We find that the dilemma facing officialdom is in the recording of our tupuna names.
Te Tuhi Kelly says the answer to his question is when he/she is NZ Maori. This is the first of a two-part opinion piece.
Norman George - lawyer Critical matters of State not to be messed with
Wilkie Rasmussen – Cook Isands News columnist A necessary abuse of democracy Banning Sunday flights has been on the calling cards of some Aitutaki people.
I was reading an article recently regarding how we are not bringing up our children to have ‘resilience’. It reminded me of a number of references I have made on how parents in the Cook Islands are raising their children. One of those articles dealt with child abuse and the risk that this poses for us going forward.
The concept of occupation rights (simply a right to occupy a designated area of a block of land) was first introduced in the Cook Islands when the Land Court, just after the turn of the 20th century, established the “house sites” that line both sides of the main road in Avarua and in Arorangi.