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Articles by Utopia Support
Rugby heads should quit
Saturday 16 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The current Cook Islands Rugby Union executives should all resign from their positions. Over the last decade, the IRB has invested so much money in training and development and using various overseas players and coaches for our National 15 and National Sevens team. Last year we were beaten by PNG and Niue in […]
Real reform deserves a knighthood
Saturday 16 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Should PM Marurai really be congratulated for putting political reform on the urgent list of things to do before the general elections? If he is genuinely committed to carrying out much needed political reform, then the guy deserves a knighthood. But if his putting political reform on the agenda merely as a strategy […]
Faint praise
Saturday 16 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Ex-Public Servant’s letter (Friday January 15) is damning with faint praise. Just like his “good old friend” Don Silk, he has no idea what the point of his letter is. Let me spell it out for both of them: Richard Chapman has nothing to do with this generation of poorly performing public servants. […]
No clues on dumpings
Saturday 16 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Public health and environmental officers are still in the dark as to the persons responsible for incidents reported to the agencies this week. On Tuesday morning raw chicken pieces and vegetables apparently came off a vehicle and ended up on the road at Harley Street corner. Then on Wednesday a couple of decaying dogs and […]
Domestic violence is a crime
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Church Talk
I would like to share some concerns and insight into the issue of domestic violence. I bring this into consideration for the following reasons: • Families are the most important social units in our community • Violence and abuse are destructive in families • Ultimately Domestic Violence (DV) is about power and control • DV […]
Get married and stay married!
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Church Talk
Gazing out of my hotel room in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday August 13, 2009, my mind WAS captivated at seeing one huge bill board down below with this statement: “For your children’s sake – Get married and stay married”. The longer I kept my eyes and mind focused on it, the more I got inspired […]
Legal opinion supports PM's view
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Local
Prime minister Jim Marurai is content to rely on a legal opinion on the calling of parliament as he continues to thwart attempts to remove him from power by the majority of MPs. The legal opinion concludes that without his advice the Queen’s Representative cannot call parliament to sit – a view the PM and […]
Church leader urges Demos to settle 'marriage problems'
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Local
A prominent church leader is calling on politicians to settle their differences or step aside. Apostolic Bishop Tutai Pere wants feuding Democratic Party MPs to resolve their “internal marriage problems” or hand over the reigns of government to the Opposition Cook Islands Party. In his Churchtalk opinion piece on page 11 today, Pere shares his […]
500 get NCEA results
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Local
Eighteen-year-old Tara Ngari is one of 500 local students who can now access national certificate of educational achievement (NCEA) exam results online. Results for all 140,000 students (mostly in NZ) that sat the exams are available online, but they must register first to log in. Tara and others who sat NCEA here will start receiving […]
Lashing out at Beachcomber
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Features
The digital installation Lash by world artist Hye Rim Lee (see www.hyerimlee.com) opens today (Friday) at Beachcomber Contemporary Art in Taputapuatea. Lash features the now increasingly recognised mythical TOKI character created by Lee. TOKI (Korean for Rabbit and bearing a striking resemblance to the artist), is an evolving female persona, drawing upon the traditions of […]
Is God too busy?
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Although the rambling religious letter from “The Messenger” (CINews January) is no doubt well-meaning, it’s probably a futile plea, because if there is a God (whether He be Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu or any other deity), His priorities would focus on monitoring the major tragic world events such as the killing fields of […]
Morals must be back in education
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I want to thank and encourage that keen student who is going on to university to study. Yes 13 years of schooling before heading to university is a great amount of time in life that should have been made to make someone a better person. The amount of hours given to education in […]
Not that Dick
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I hasten to come to the aid of Ms Mason re her letter in Saturday’s edition of CINews regarding the top position of Dick Chapman as the “most hated public servant ever”, as graded by my good old friend Don Silk. Surely, the top position should go to another Dick who worked for […]
Porcelain Cleaner speaks for itself
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My friend Neil Mitchell of Aitutaki describes most things about the product he purchased in Aitutaki that damaged his shower, BUT not all things. He writes that it is labelled in Bahasa Indonesian and that the ‘use’ instructions are all in Bahasa Indonesian. He says that the product has pictures for directions of […]
Good work, Maara
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I note with interest Mr George’s complaint about the Police lack of response on January 12. I totally agree with Maara Tetava and congratulate him on his response. The system I set up and had operating did not involve first line response matters being ‘duck shoved’ to the CIB, as it is a […]
Punish the parents
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I totally agree with “a very angry and disgruntled Cook Islander” regarding our current theft problem. These mostly young and undisciplined thieves are quickly damaging our good reputation which has taken many years and a lot of expense to foster and develop. Fortunately this problem can be quickly and easily solved if the […]
Go with the PM
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The consequential move by Dr Maoate to regain government and prime ministership of this country is not only pathetic but shameful. He was sacked because he mismanaged the finances of this country and PM Marurai rightly did the only appropriate thing by getting rid of him. So the question is why is he […]
Norm alert
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would remind all the public of the Cook Islands that an empty vessel makes the most noise. Be very careful over the next few months and watch out for Big Norm as he is gleefully stirring the pot of Government instability. The end result could be a new Attorney General (Big Norm […]
Suspicions confirmed
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The political turmoil over the past few weeks, which now seems to have culminated in the formation of a government, albeit rather shaky, that consists of five MPs, will probably confirm the public’s growing suspicions that a great majority of the politicians of this country are nothing but disloyal, two-faced, self-centered, greedy individuals […]
Ministers, live like us
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Smoke Signals
The ministers who have resigned should do the honourable thing and return their perks, cars etc and quit their offices immediately, says one signaller. “Relinquish the right and join us and live like us. By hanging around, you guys are contributing to the fiasco that is going on at the moment.” One of our readers […]
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