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Letters: Support for anti-chlorine group
Monday December 09, 2019The conscientious action taken by Anna Rasmussen, Tere Carr, Justine Flanagan and Andy Kirkwood, who form the face and team of “Te Vai Ora Maori” should be applauded.
Letters: Cleaner water treatment options
Monday December 09, 2019Has water authority (government) investigated cleaner water treatment option before making commitment to chlorinate water on Rarotonga?
Letters: Web access for those with disabilities
Friday December 06, 2019The government has included a Universal Access Plan into its revised Telecommunications Bill 2019, offering concessions for internet access and services "of reasonable quality" and "at a reasonable cost" for "particular groups of persons or to persons in particular areas".
Letters: Amend the law for all
Thursday December 05, 2019Christianity is our way of life in the Cook Islands and we are not all akatutuvaine, they are special like everyone else.
Letters: Govt must mend the law for all
Thursday December 05, 2019Thank you so much Louisa Wall for your tautoko in the kaupapa, I am the Cook Islands’ first transgender to have a sex change, in 1976.
Letters: Kindness after Gary Donison’s death
Thursday December 05, 2019On behalf of our family, thank you to the staff of Aitutaki Lagoon Private Island Resort and everyone else who has extended kindness and compassion to our dear sister-in-law, Leslie Donison, as she navigates the unthinkable.
Letters: No room for Chinese bank
Wednesday December 04, 2019Dear editor
Your article “Chinese banks can enter Cooks crowded market” in Thursday, October 24 issue, came as a real surprise.
Letters: The support of mothers and fathers
Tuesday December 03, 2019Dear editor,
Kia orana in the most blessed name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amene.
Letters: Failing to plan, planning to fail
Monday December 02, 2019Dear editor,
Your article ("Development cooperation from Aussies", Dec 28) should be a major concern for all Cook Islanders, as it is for me.