Letters to the Editor
Time for change
Tuesday 27 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Politicians are voted into government by the people, to help the people, to be a voice for the people of the land, but NOT voted in so they can line their pockets with the people’s funds. Conflict of interests, yes they should be ashamed of themselves. They should be forced to pay those […]
Ignorant and irresponsible
Tuesday 27 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To the person that wrote ‘Thoughtless tourists not wanted’, I’m appalled by this careless attack on a visitor to our shores. Doug May was merely giving feedback from his experience and did not deserve such a rebuke. This isn’t a great way to welcome our Australian friends to our country, whether you’re an […]
Battle of the Henrys
Tuesday 27 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in connection with a letter published by you recently written by Tupui Henry headed ‘The Good Ol’ Days’. In that letter he claimed that he challenged me in Cabinet in 1983 because I “stripped” him of his “normal” portfolios “of Internal Affairs, Justice Lands and survey and the Cook Islands Broadcasting […]
Van collides with three-year-old
Saturday 24 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Police report that there have been three motor vehicle crashes this week. On Wednesday afternoon in Arorangi, a three-year-old child was hit by a van. The driver of the van alleges she was traveling at 35kph when the child darted onto the road. She said she applied the brakes but didn’t have enough time to […]
Muri eyed for sewerage test
Saturday 24 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A meeting will be held next week with the community in Avana-Muri, which has been identified by the Cook Islands Marine Resources Institutional Strengthening (CIMRIS) report as the best site on the island to test run the upgrades of a new sewerage system. The aim of the system is to help improve lagoon water quality. […]
Another audit report bites the dust
Saturday 24 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Another audit report bites the dust! Fantastic result regarding the Wong ‘investigation’. Pity our police couldn’t come with those conclusions themselves, even I could’ve come up with that without burdening the NZ taxpayer with another fantasy allegation by the Audit Office. So, much more important now is that Audit immediately takes over the […]
Why not crucify them?
Saturday 24 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Mataauri Ruta begs us not to crucify father and son over the loans granted to two companies owned by the two MPs who created the scheme. May I ask why not? In September 2007 the fishing vessel Moana sank at sea after operating for five years without a General Safety Certificate. The principal […]
Wong replies
Friday 23 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This letter is to ‘Gutless’ Concerned Taxpayer. If you are really concerned about where the Chris Wong saga case is going, why don’t you grow some balls and put your name to your letter to the editor? Are you so dumb as to not realise that I cannot appear in court without first […]
Let's look for a solution
Thursday 22 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Someone once said that “if you are able to state a problem it can be solved” and that’s just what the Minister of Finance did. For weeks he had been telling anyone who cares to listen about his difficult tasks of avoiding or minimising his budget deficit. Along came two “strayed” fishing boats […]
What have I done to deserve this?
Thursday 22 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On the basis of allegations made by a convicted criminal, Junior Areai, I had the misfortune, in April 2008, to be charged in the Cook Islands longest running criminal trial. That man, Junior Areai was given immunity by the Crown so that he would give evidence against me – and lie even further. […]
Thoughtless tourists not wanted
Wednesday 21 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Rea: Plea for more convenient flights. Your published letter from a Doug May in Australia shows exactly what we ordinary Aitutakians do not like in the attitudes of many a tourist coming here. He knows exactly (from what he writes) that there are many Aitutakians who oppose any commercial flights in or out […]
Don't crucify father and son
Wednesday 21 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The big crowd was shouting “crucify him, crucify him”. This happened in a courtroom two thousand years ago. The shouting is still being heard here today but instead of ‘him’ now it’s ‘them’. “Crucify them crucify them”. On the front page of the Cook Islands News on Saturday, July 17 two gentlemen, a […]
Patriotic and proud
Tuesday 20 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you to Patriotic and Proud Cook Islands Resident for taking the bait. I’m glad you like living in our homeland, you see that is all we have in this big wide world and we don’t mind sharing our country with you as long as you never forget that it is Cook Islands […]
A big thank you
Tuesday 20 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My husband and I recently spend two weeks on beautiful Rarotonga. We still miss it as we sit back here in Dunedin thinking about those warm tropical lagoons and golden sunsets. We loved your country and can’t wait to visit again. We would also like to thanks one young man who helped us […]
Waiting on Wong answers
Tuesday 20 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I am simply an interested tax payer seeking some answers re the status of the Chris Wong investigation. We have previously had brief statements from former Police Commissioner Tasker and his successor Tetava neither of which gave any indication of a timeline for the ex head of tourism to appear in court and […]
Independents won't make a difference
Monday 19 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The current political drama that’s hovering over our nation at the moment is a joke; this is just one fair description for it. But we seem to accept this sudden turbulence as our country’s new political way of life, and so promoting, and inspiring every Dick and Harry to individually join in this […]
Telecom questioned over charges
Monday 19 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Telecom monopoly’s rip-offs continue unabated with many broadband users being charged outrageous fees for exceeding their broadband data caps. We can for the moment refrain from commenting on the fiscally punishing charges for “excess” data usage – charging up to 20 cents a megabyte for data that even they sell in their […]
'Special' vote causes distress
Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It distresses me to read on the front page of yesterday morning’s Cook Islands News that my “special” vote in yesterday’s Democratic party run-off in the Tupapa electorate will not be counted, and will be thrown away. To put the record straight, I make the following points: Firstly, I registered as an elector […]
Greetings from PNG
Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Greetings from Papua New Guinea – The Land of the Unexpected. It is nice to have read of the various news items published in your paper. The paper is very selective of new articles and I personally found that quality of reporting is of high standard. I marvel the publicity of social events […]
Political circus continues
Saturday 17 July 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Like many voters I find the rules being applied by both major parties to the candidate selection process to be unbelievable. The central committees of both parties have been guilty of applying double standards-one rule for their favoured candidates another rule for the challengers. We have seen farcical ‘electorate members meetings’ held-Maoate the […]
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