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Please bear in mind that
Cook Islands News is a relatively small organisation and our main
function is to produce a daily newspaper. This is what pays the wages
and the bills. The website is a service provided free of charge for
overseas Cook Islanders and others who are interested in the Cook
Islands. It is kept up-to-date by people whose main job is producing the
daily. We do not have the resources to hire someone to work exclusively
on the website.
Where can I see back copies of Cook
Islands
News?
Why don't you put
classified adverts online
Why don't you update more often?
Why do you allow anonymous letters to the editor?
Why don't you have more outer islands news?
Why don't you have any fancy stuff (video and audio)
available?
Where can I find out
about where to stay on Rarotonga?
I want to
know about real estate in the Cook Islands
I'm
interested in investing in the Cook Islands
How can I get in contact with government
departments?
Where can I see back copies of Cook
Islands
News?
Unfortunately these
are not available online. Hardcopy newspapers are available for viewing
at our office in Rarotonga.
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Why don't you put
classified adverts online?
We don't have time.
Classifieds change daily with some repeated others new. Since we only
update once a week it would be a time consuming job to keep track of
everything.
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Why
don't you update more often?
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We want people to BUY
the newspaper, not read it free online - that's what keeps advertisers happy and pays the bills!
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Cook Islands News online is
provided free as a service to overseas Cook Islanders and others who are interested in the country but it is
not intended to take the place of
the hardcopy Cook Islands News.
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Why
do you allow anonymous letters to the editor?
We don't publish anonymous
letters, we have a name and contact details for all letters that are
used. We do, however, allow people to use pen names.
This is necessary to allow people to be able to express their
opinions without fear. Regrettably some of our politicians
have been known to
victimise people who hold different points of view to their own.
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Why
don't you have more outer islands news?
Visiting the outer islands
is time consuming and expensive and we don't have the manpower or other
resources.
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Why
don't you have more fancy stuff (video and audio) available?
We have
started putting small video files on the site and while these have been
downloaded a large number of times we haven't actually had any feedback
about whether people enjoy them or not. We are considering putting short
clips of local music online but we won't be
uploading whole albums. Local musicians have a hard enough time
making ends meet. If there's a demand we'll ask local recording studios
to sell albums online.
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Where can I find out
about where to stay on Rarotonga?
Start by checking the adverts on the
CINews Online website. Many smaller, motels and private homes are
featured here. You could also go to the Tourism Cook Islands website
or the yellow pages section of Oyster, our local ISP.
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I want to
know about real estate in the Cook Islands
Go to
Rarotonga
Realty's website.
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I'm
interested in investing in the Cook Islands
Go to the
Development
Investment Board website.
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How
can I get in contact with government departments?
Check out the
Government Contacts
page on this website or the Cook Islands
Goverment Government
Contacts page.
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