Letters to the Editor
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Jonathan Milne: Don’t look back in anger
Tuesday March 24, 2020I saw it in the long queues at Rarotonga Airport, as people tried to get on planes back to their home countries.
Lisa Iro: ‘You can hear the heartbreak’
Monday March 23, 2020Dear editor,
It is very sad to read on social media of employees being laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic. You can almost hear the heartbreak of the employers who through no fault of theirs, have to make that decision.
Christopher Vaile: A pandemic of kindness
Friday March 20, 2020Dear editor,
Your readers will now be tightening their belts as we will prepare for the economic tsunami of the Covid-19 virus.
Mark Brown: Disappointed with columnist
Friday March 20, 2020Kia orana editor,
Let me say how disappointed I was at the letter to the editor by your regular columnist and letter-writer Ruth Tangiiau Mavé, aka RAT Mavé.
RAT Mave: Call for leaders to stand up
Thursday March 19, 2020Dear editor,
Where is our illustrious gypsy prime Minister? As the country prepares to cut off tourism, its only blood supply, to protect the people from the Covid-19 scourge, where is Henry Puna?
Ruth Mave: Finding new ways in disciplining your child
Monday March 16, 2020Encouraging good behaviour with simple rewards of star charts and stamps or giving time on their phones are strong reinforcers.
Andrew & Melinda Ponga: Effects of the coronavirus pandemic
Monday March 16, 2020Dear editor
Being mainly reliant on tourism, our country and its people are already feeling the effects of the pandemic coronavirus, even though we have yet to have a confirmed case.
Papa TM Kapi: Prayer for coronavirus mercy
Monday March 09, 2020Letters: Dear editor,
When I come to think about the word chosen for this deadly disease “coronavirus”, I cannot help thinking about the word corona also translated in English: “Crown”.
Ellena Tavioni: Panic doesn’t help, healthy living does
Saturday March 07, 2020Kia orana editor,
I’m surprised how everyone is panicking about the coronavirus. One way or another it will most likely hit the Cook Islands.
