Letters to the Editor
Letter: Potholes
Thursday 10 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Earlier this week, the writer and spouse were travelling anti-clockwise through Puaikura at dusk and, just before the new asphalt roadway gifted to Tinomana Ariki by the ever-generous Chris Vaile of Triad, two tourists on a motor scooter, in the fading light of the day, tried to swerve to miss one of the uncountable potholes.
Letter: ‘Don’t diss our uniforms’
Thursday 10 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, To the letter writer who criticised the beautiful uniforms of our youth teams at the 7th Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
Letter: Obesity
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I was very surprised and pleased to receive a briefing from Nature magazine that anti-obesity drugs are available.
Letter: Legal aid
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The miserly $40k budget for legal aid is continuing evidence that our "honourable" members of Parliament honour nothing but their own inflated egos and, in too many cases, inflated bellies.
Letter: The fashion police say ‘save’ the 80s
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
No one wants to say this out loud before our youth compete at the Commonwealth Games but it has to be said.
Letter: Show them the door
Tuesday 8 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
We are one year removed from the general election where 64 per cent of the formal votes cast were in favour of legalising medicinal cannabis.
Letter: Award winning plan ‘ridiculous’
Tuesday 8 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I just came across an article which I had kept and put aside, from Cook Islands News, September 13, 2022, titled “20+ years timeframe for award winning town plan”.
Letter: Loss of sand and Motu Toa
Monday 31 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, With regards to Des Eggelton’s response to the Te Ipukarea Society article last Saturday (22 July 2023), “We can’t go back but we can look back and learn”, we appreciate his first-hand knowledge in correcting the incorrect statement that sand for the airport had come from Muri.
Letters: ‘Faction versus facts’
Saturday 29 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, We, the Mamas of the Arorangi Cook Islands Christian Church Ekalesia, who hosted our volunteers during the Church improvements are saddened and upset by the Letter to the Editor dated the 25th July 2023 titled “Factions in the Gospel Celebrations” and signed off by Tepure Ki Au.
Letter: FIFA boss visit ‘a waste of money’
Thursday 27 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
It was good to read in your paper yesterday that the FIFA President will pay a visit to the Cook Islands and other Pacific countries.
Letter: Let’s learn from our mistakes
Thursday 27 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Thank you for taking the time to read my piece in last Saturday’s paper. Many days of thinking and hours of heartfelt writing are reduced to just a few hundred words and I can’t help but wonder at times if anyone takes notice. Meitaki ranuinui Des (Eggelton).
Letter: Fishing (again)
Wednesday 26 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I see RNZ swooping like vultures on your local opinion piece(s) to continue beating up this story, so I’ll try again to explain for your readers, who in my view might be being misled (‘Low’ low season for fishermen, July 24, 2023)
Letter: ‘Factions’ in the Gospel celebration
Tuesday 25 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I woke up this morning to enjoy the new day God has given me, and in return I thanked him for the peace and joy he has blessed me with his grace for I am alive in him.
Letter: The loss of sand in Muri …
Monday 24 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I write to correct the statement made by June Hosking within Te Ipukarea Society Saturday’s column – “what happened to the broad I write to correct the statement made by June Hosking within Te Ipukarea Society Saturday’s column – “what happened to the broad stretch of white sand in Muri and was told that truck loads were taken for the airport development”.stretch of white sand in Muri and was told that truck loads were taken for the airport development”.
Letter: ‘Shortened’ rugby union season
Monday 24 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I write to express my disappointment at the Rarotonga rugby club competition.
Letter: Our laws and ribbon cutting ceremonies
Thursday 20 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, On any drive on the main road we all see motorcyclists with helmet straps hanging loosed and unconnected.
Letter: Operators share concerns amid tourism overcrowding in the Avaavaroa passage
Monday 17 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Rarotonga tourism operators Kura Happ and Jacopo Dozzo have raised concerns about ongoing developments at Avaavaroa Passage following recent safety improvements in the area.
Letter: ‘Missiles in Rarotonga’
Monday 17 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
To the Editor, Have you ever looked upward and seen bunches of coconuts hanging over the road?
Letter: Gone Fishing
Saturday 15 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I seem to recall the learned Mr Tyler advancing very similar theories on fish abundance (or lack thereof) several years, or perhaps even over a decade ago.
Letter: Reuben Tylor: Looking at Cooks fisheries
Friday 14 July 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Following on from Reuben Tylor’s very informative article in the Cook Islands News on where he highlights the dramatic decline in fish catches around Rarotonga, the voting public needs to remind all Members of Parliament that they are elected by the people to first and foremost look after the interests of the people.