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Wilkie Rasmussen: Charter flights
Tuesday July 28, 2020Dear Editor,
In my last letter to your newspaper I pointed out abuse by the Government and by the Minister Robert Tapaitau of public funds to pay for charter flights primarily for personal enjoyment and political benefit.
John Dunn: Now is our time in the sun
Tuesday July 28, 2020Dear editor,
The tardiness of the New Zealand government in reinstating risk-free travel to the Cook Islands, a realm country, is inexplicable. While they dither, businesses, jobs and livelihoods are being lost.
Andy Kirkwood: Te Vai Ora Maori- says no permit is an offence
Wednesday July 22, 2020Dear editor,
The matter before the court is the negotiation of land access (“Complaint filed against Govt”, July 20).
Eric Short: ‘Water powers are legalised thievery’
Wednesday July 22, 2020Dear editor,
Got my copy of To Tatou Vai Bill 2020. Went to Parliament to listen to the Honourable Mark Brown present his bill.
Wilkie Rasmussen: Charter flights to Tongareva
Saturday July 18, 2020During the last sitting of Parliament the Member of Parliament for Tongareva Robert Tapaitau, claimed that a chartered plane that took him to Tongareva was for him to go and check the airport for future upgrading. Those doubting this claim can check the Hansard reports.
Mark Brown: Criticism of water committee
Friday July 10, 2020Dear editor,
You cannot please everybody. The members of the committee from the government side are all landowners on a number of the intake sites. We all have an intimate knowledge of the water system and our lands.
Don Carlaw: Tell the truth, NZ: It’s about votes
Friday July 10, 2020Dear editor,
The New Zealand Government is fast running out of excuses as to why they will not allow their people to come up to Rarotonga for a holiday.
Eric Short: Water rights impinge on land rights
Wednesday July 08, 2020Dear editor,
I have just found out that the To Tatou Vai Bill is to be read in Parliament.
John M Scott: Just when will NZ step in?
Tuesday July 07, 2020Dear editor,
I was most interested in the response received by the Te Vai Ora Maori petition organisers from the New Zealand High Commission, when seeking some assistance from that office to obtain an opinion from the Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives on a procedural question.
