Letters to the Editor
Letter: Cook Islands is ‘not independent’
Friday 27 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Mark Brown’s overseas travel busy visiting various countries and signing agreements is bridging international relations as head of the Pacific Islands Forum countries and the Cook Islands. At the same time the PM is trying to tap into foreign aid funds for development.
Letter: Sheraton redevelopment
Wednesday 25 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
All what has been written about the Sheraton by lots of the public should be an issue for the government.
Letter: Let’s hear it for the ‘Environmental Impact Fee’
Wednesday 25 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The rightly spoken article in last week's paper regarding the chronic water shortage reminds me again what dullards must makeup Aitutaki's Island Council.
CBD products ‘are totally legal under our Drugs Act’
Tuesday 24 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I’m writing in regards to your October 19, 2023 article about New Zealand allowing over the counter sales of CBD products.
Letter: Vaimaanga redevelopment
Monday 23 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I applaud the developers of this project (Vaimaanga redevelopment) … well, the current developers anyway!
Letter: ‘Public interest’ versus tourism
Monday 23 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I read a letter in the paper the other day and would like to respond to the issues raised regarding the proposed road diversion behind the “Sheraton”. Basically, that report is over 30 years old and is completely obsolete today given the developments of Cook Islands Tourism since then.
Pacific Games funding: More questions than answers
Monday 23 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The article on sports funding for this year’s Pacific Games (CINews 19 October 2023) probably raises more questions than answers.
Letter: NZ election voting issues
Friday 20 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, My wife did not vote in this (New Zealand) election. She tried. Three times she tried.
Letter: Public interest or not?
Wednesday 18 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Perhaps Mrs Tina Browne would care to comment publicly, now as leader of the Opposition, but way back appearing for the landowner in the December, 1989 confirmation of alienation hearing concerning the “Sheraton Hotel” lease, with Justice Dillon presiding. When asked by Justice Dillon “…do you consider the arrangement now proposed to be in the public interest”. Mrs. Browne replied “…I do.”
Letter: Medicinal cannabis
Monday 16 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Here's the deal.
Letter: The principle of democracy
Monday 16 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The Prime Minister is quoted in the Cook Islands New on October 12 as saying he and the government have ”no issue“ with the proposed ring road diversion behind the old Vaimaanga Hotel site.
Letter: Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
Friday 13 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana! My husband and I left Cook Islands just yesterday (Tuesday) after a 10-day vacation on Rarotonga. The weather was not kind during our stay but the friendliness of the local people more than made up for that, on this our fifth visit.
Letter: Marijuana doctor
Friday 13 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I think you are biased. You print the same stuff from Steve Boggs regularly but not from other people.
Letter: Govt needs to reassess ‘no issues’ stance
Friday 13 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, In reference to Government’s “no issues” statement regarding the road closure (‘No issues’: Government on Sheraton road closure, Cook Islands News, October 12). There are a couple of important issues that I can think of that need to be addressed.
Letter: Vaimaanga ‘horseshoe’ road plan
Thursday 12 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I have read with interest the recent articles and smoke signals in your paper relating to the proposed and scary horseshoe road plan for the old Sheraton site.
Letter: Boggs takes a slog
Wednesday 11 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Ruth Mave's article about me in your Monday paper was filled with ignorance regarding medicinal cannabis.
Letter: Leave us alone already
Thursday 5 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, A large majority of Cook Islanders favour legalising medicinal cannabis, as of 2022, 64 per cent of the formal votes cast in the last election support legislation.
Letter: New Vaimaanga development
Wednesday 4 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I refer to the letter regarding public concerns over the ring road (more of a horseshoe road really) which is being promoted as part of the development of the old Sheraton site.
Letter: Noisy motorbikes a menace
Wednesday 4 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, It was with great delight that I read in Monday’s Cook Islands News (2/10/23), that there are at least two other persons on Rarotonga who share my frustration at the number of “noisy and illegal” motorbikes yahooing around various parts of Rarotonga.
Letter: Why fix something that isn’t broken?
Tuesday 3 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Please can somebody tell me, why we are fixing something at a huge expense, that isn’t broken?