Letters to the Editor
Letters are one of the most important parts of the paper because this is where the community has a chance to have its say. All letters to the editor received will generally be published, provided they are not defamatory or are covering exactly the same ground by the same writer.
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Tourists rip off medical system
Wednesday June 28, 2017I would like to raise an issue on our guest visitors that have been treated in our hospital here in Rarotonga who did not pay their kaiou before they left the island.
Invitation to air views on PM’s turou on radio
Wednesday June 28, 2017Tumu Manako: Taku Peu. Naai?
Buying votes not best way to spend
Monday June 26, 2017The most notable item with the current Budget presented by the Minister of Finance Mark Brown is the $34 increase of child benefit, taking to $100 a month.
Parliament needs advice from Kiwi expert
Monday June 26, 2017I was interested to hear the Speaker on Thursday announce the presence here of a former Deputy Clerk of the NZ parliament, Debra Angus, to assist in a review of the Parliamentary Standing Orders and I would suggest such review is not before time.
Landowners frustrated too
Thursday June 22, 2017I read with interest Arthur Pickering’s story of his frustration with the government for not considering the consequences of actions government takes without consultation with stakeholders.
Thank you Thomas Wynne
Thursday June 22, 2017Saturday’s CI News had Thomas Wynne’s plea that as a culture we get around to fixing decades of turning a blind eye to the systematic sexual abuse of our women and girls and on the facing page NZ Prime Minister Bill English crowing about the $15 million that NZ is to contribute to a submarine cable to allow us to play video games all the faster.
Excuses, but no proof, over PM’s welcome
Thursday June 22, 2017Obviously the House of Ariki president and his advisers needed to justify to their many critics why they copied the New Zealand Maori custom of wero on their marae for the occasion of the New Zealand PM's visit.
For those who don’t follow vaka-jumping laws
Tuesday June 20, 2017The front page story in the Saturday edition about Rose Brown shows some political hangers-on still don’t understand the law about “vaka jumping”.
Smiley not best choice to lead
Tuesday June 20, 2017The Demos have done it again.
