Letters to the Editor
Letter: CISNOC job- Locals deserve a fair shot
Friday 26 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The notice of eleven applications for the CISNOC (Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee) job seems a lot and very mysterious.
Letter: The perils of Cryptocurrency Bill
Tuesday 23 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia orana e te tama Etita, Me ka tika I toou ngateitei - tuku atu I toku manako ariki-kore I te ture tamanako “Tainted Cryptocurrency Recovery Bill 2023” Kia tika kia akakite atu au I toku manako na roto I to tatou reo maori Kuki Airani, kia marama ia mai e to tatou iti tangata rikiriki.
Letter: Is religion relevant today?
Monday 22 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Our modern society likes to proclaim itself to be multicultural and secular, and the direction seems to be a future without old-fashioned religious ballast where science is the tool for constant progress and prosperity, happiness for everything and everyone.
Letter: Due process claim ‘disingenuous’
Friday 19 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I read Tim Arnold’s comments in the paper on Wednesday with much interest and disbelief (Arnold denies Crown Law exclusion in drafting controversial crypto bill, Cook Islands News, April 17).
Letter: Hello Government, are you home?
Thursday 18 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Re-Cryptocurrency Recovery Bill.
Letter: ‘We need to hear the truth’
Wednesday 17 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Good on Minister Mokoroa for coming out straight and saying he wasn’t consulted on the Crypto Bill (‘I was not consulted’: Minister blindsided by crypto bill drafted by private firm, April 16, 2024).
Letter: Treat our Pa Metua with respect and dignity!
Tuesday 16 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I am appalled and annoyed at the treatment, lack of respect and dignity towards our Pa metua who are applying for their NZ pension especially those living in the Pa Enua.
Letter: Questions cloud Cryptocurrency Bill
Tuesday 16 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Excellent reporting by 1News over the weekend and coverage by your paper (yesterday) on spy type crypto bill the CIP government is trying to pass in Parliament.
Letter: Future of netball at stake
Monday 15 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I just found out at the weekend that the Rarotonga club netball season for grades below premier will run for one round.
Letter: Taxpayers already pay, why meters?
Monday 15 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, According to Cook Islands News report (12th April, 2024), the consultant Dan Jackson has stated that our entire population is already paying for water through taxes. Indeed, to quote Mr. Jackson “… the reason domestic taxes are higher today is because part of them goes towards funding water services.”
Letter: CIFA credibility
Saturday 13 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
As a parent of two young children playing soccer, I was appalled at what I saw on Facebook written by a CIFA staff by the name of Sammy Mataroa.
Letter: Brawl erupts in netball match
Saturday 13 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Re: Ngatangiia versus Titikaveka premier grade incident involving players. Last weekend netball games started and what an exciting season it promises for all the clubs.
Letter: Is UN seat worth the risk?
Friday 12 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, We like to think that we march to the beat of our own drums when it comes to our lives but do we?
Letter: Don’t touch our New Zealand ties!
Thursday 11 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I write with palpable gloom and deep concern about this subject matter (Referendum needed to decide UN membership, says Elikana, Cook Islands News, April 6). We need to sift through the issues carefully and be able to anticipate the full consequences.
Letter: ‘No to paying for my water’
Wednesday 10 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Well, aren’t we busy bees on this island coming up with all sorts of ideas and ways to make money. Way to go whoever you are that comes up with these brain waves and of course, always including the people in the decision making as you go. Now it’s water.
Letter: Water charges ‘poverty to the people’
Tuesday 9 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, This week To Tatou Vai is hosting vaka consultations on water charges. The imposition of user-pays is the authority following through on neocolonial development policy.
Letter: Cannabis laws vs public opinion
Monday 8 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, It was reported in the Cook Islands News on 9-12-23, a jury of nine women and two men found an Aitutaki man guilty of supplying cannabis following a two-day trial on Rarotonga.
Letter: Cook Islands voices matter
Friday 5 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, A question to the Editor about the column published by Thomas Wynne. No discredit to his column at all. It can be a great read and it is an Opinion column and he does that and you have published it for many years.
Letter: The real cost of their crimes
Thursday 4 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I raise questions on the sentencing of former Cook Islands deputy prime minister Robert Tapaitau and two other former high-ranking Government officials (Nga Puna and Diane Charlie-Puna), handed jail terms for fraud and corruption charges.
Letter: Marijuana a cure for costly pig feed?
Tuesday 2 April 2024 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, There is a special provision in the Narcotics and Misuse of Drugs Act 2004, number 33, that allows you to grow as many marijuana plants as you want, as long as you don’t use it for a pharmacological effect.