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Letters: Fatal gastro outbreak
Wednesday October 23, 2019Kia orana editor,
I wrote (Letters, Aug 10) that many people in area from Betela meeting house, through Kavera, Aroa and Rutaki to Vaimaanga, became sick after drinking water conveyed in a new pipeline in 1964.
Letters: Time to wise up or wash away
Wednesday October 23, 2019Dear editor,
It seems to me that quite a few people in Rarotonga have become complacent about cyclone preparedness.
Letters: Naturopath’s cancer cure claims
Tuesday October 22, 2019Barbara O’Neill has been investigated by the New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission and is permanently prohibited from providing any health services, whether in a paid or voluntary capacity.
Letters: Building more hotels
Tuesday October 22, 2019Kia orana editor
The economist may have “overlooked” asking local’s their opinions however, what they’re saying is not damning our market but more of a warning.
Letters: Dealing with deadly starfish
Monday October 21, 2019Dear editor,
We read a very interesting report in the Cook Island News about Dr Teina Rongo’s tour of Mitiaro’s reefs and what is going on with eradicating Crown of Thorns starfish there (October 9, 2019).
Letters: Inquest into boy’s drowning
Saturday October 19, 2019Dear editor,
Police spokesperson Trevor Pitt (“Police discuss inquest into missing boy”, Oct 14) mentioned there were “legal complications” in investigating the death of a missing person, as they could not be formally declared dead for 7 years.
Letters: A sad ode to a ‘bad’ government
Saturday October 19, 2019"Me akara toku mata kite au mea e tupu nei, te akaroa e, kua puta roa ki roto I toku ngakau, te mama – ere!"
LETTERS: It’s never too late for leadership
Friday October 18, 2019Dear editor,
Kia orana, tatou katoatoa I roto I te aroa maata o to tatou Atua ko Iesu Mesia. This letter is addressed to the people of Atiu to please reconsider and rethink who will be the best choice of leader for the people of Atiu.
Letters: Cable digging is on public land
Thursday October 17, 2019Dear editor,
Your article (“Fears of being ‘bullied and railroaded’,” October 16) will leave readers concerned.
