Opinion

Letter: Government not seeking a loan

Your article of Monday 23rd October entitled – Cook Islands seeks US loan to develop seabed mineral sector – reports that the Cook Islands is seeking a loan from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the implication being that government is seeking a loan to develop the seabed mineral sector.

Letter: Cook Islands is ‘not independent’

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.

Kata: Water meter

Letter: Sheraton redevelopment

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’

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.

Kata: EIA Sheraton

CBD products ‘are totally legal under our Drugs Act’

I’m writing in regards to your October 19, 2023 article about New Zealand allowing over the counter sales of CBD products.

Ruta Mave: An opportunity to make the right decision on Vaimaanga road diversion

Every man and his dog are commenting on the old Sheraton site and its development and rightly so because prior to the announcement the current ring road will cut in behind the complex, everyone was happy to see the site being cleaned up, writes Ruta Mave.

Letter: Vaimaanga redevelopment

I applaud the developers of this project (Vaimaanga redevelopment) … well, the current developers anyway!

Letter: ‘Public interest’ versus tourism

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

Dear Editor, The article on sports funding for this year’s Pacific Games (CINews 19 October 2023) probably raises more questions than answers.

Kata: Tapaitau

Guns and roads in southwest Rarotonga

The old deserted and controversial Sheraton Hotel in Vaimaanga is getting a new lease of life after Rarotonga businessman Chris Vaile took on the challenge to redevelop the site into a high-end apartment property complete with other amenities.

Thomas Tarurongo Wynne: A division fueled by soundbites, and not reason

I joined the (New Zealand) Labour Party when I was 18 and have been involved with the politics and policies of Labour ever since, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Kata: Voice

Letter: NZ election voting issues

Dear Editor, My wife did not vote in this (New Zealand) election. She tried. Three times she tried.

Kata: Middle East

Kata: Queens

Pet Talk: Aitutaki – A parting gift for Te Are Manu veterinarian

November 17 will be Te Are Manu’s final visit to Aitutaki for the year. It will also be my last visit to Aitutaki, for the monthly clinic, and my final day working for Te Are Manu, writes Dr Michael Baer.

Letter: Public interest or not?

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.”