Letters to the Editor
Te rua teretereanga o te Pupu CINAT
Friday 24 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana e te Etita, Tetai au mea tei tupu I rotopu I te mataiti 1965-2025.
Letter: Prison ‘break’
Friday 24 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
This writer would appreciate a follow up story from CINews as to whether any heads rolled after the revelations that convicted fraudsters were released from prison to sit with ‘family’ in a certain Arorangi café and to clean the gardens at their Airbnb income property instead of “doing time” for the crime within the prison itself.
Letter: Immigration stance questioned
Friday 24 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Unless there are legal grounds for detaining or preventing a person from departing the Cook Islands, one would expect the departure processing by CI immigration to be straight forward if the standard requirements are met.
Letter: Topcopz sarcasm
Thursday 23 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Although Topcopz tried to be funny, he ended up being sarcastic, so here is to set the record straight;
Letter: Apostle of truth
Wednesday 22 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Did the Apostle of truth, our very own Minister George Maggie, tell the truth finally to the Cook Islands Public what this Cook Islands passport is all about?
Letter: Reform the system
Wednesday 22 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor: The Cook Islands is experiencing a criminal justice crisis, with increased demands to reform the system. While there are demands in all areas--wife beaters, child abusers, drunk drivers, rapists, etc etc, a large number of demands focus on pakalolo (cannabis) reform.
Letter: All in the numbers
Tuesday 21 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, How is it that a $20.6 million hole has now appeared in the 2024/25 budget – via the Half-Year Economic & Fiscal Update (HYEFU) – a deficit which was not forecast when the budget was tabled in parliament in May/June last year?
Letter: Decriminalising cannabis
Monday 20 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
It’s clear to this writer that Trevor Pitt earns his salary as PR man for the Police. He’s explained why it took the Police days to arrest a suspect of an apparent armed property invasion when the victim had identified the suspect to the Police immediately.
Letter: Police Minister
Monday 20 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I think the Police Minister should steer clear of his Uncle Norman George as a potential Police Commissioner.
Letter: Police funding versus Tourism
Monday 20 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
How about looking at doubling the Police budget allocation and taking those funds out of Tourism. Tourism is a self-serving so-called major earning ministry with many taxpayer funded junkets around the world for so many “destination/digital marketing” lackeys.
Letter: Police salaries and recruitment
Monday 20 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The Police Department continues to offer totally inadequate salaries to the new recruits and I suspect all their existing frontline Police are also in the same position. They need to be paid at least $14 to $15 per hour.
Letter: ‘Norman will make it work!’
Friday 17 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Re: Norman George’s application for the position of police commissioner (without pay for two years) in Cook Islands News, Monday, January 13, edition. Should he be even considered? Absolutely!
Letter: Clarification on Aitutaki streetlights
Friday 17 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, With all due respect to the Honourable Member of Parliament (MP) for Amuri-Ureia, I wish to respond to his letter on Tuesday, 14th January 2025.
Letter: Te Akaepaepa anga o te 60 Mataiti
Thursday 16 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Kia Orana e te iti tangata Kuki Airani I te aroa maata o to tatou Atu ko Iesu Mesia. Te karanga nei te aposetolo Paulo “E rekareka rai” Philipi 4:4.
Letter: Honouring our young heroes
Wednesday 15 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, May I request through your column for Government to consider and approve the recommendation for an award MBEs, OBEs or something of that nature or higher to be granted, bestowed or given to the team of young Cook Islanders who won the world competition for some robotic or similar thing that was in the newspaper some months ago.
Letter: Officials ‘dragging the chain’
Tuesday 14 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I wish to correct a statement made by the CEO of Cook Islands Airport Authority regarding comments I made over lighting issues for Aitutaki’s Airport. (Cook Islands News, Saturday, January 11, 2025).
Letter: Vacancy for new Police Commissioner
Monday 13 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I write to the Minister of Police and to the public, for the position of Commissioner of Police. This application is out of despair, sadness and desperation to help.
Letter: Gullible public, empty promises
Thursday 9 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The Muri Night Market was chocker on Monday, with tourism booming.
Letter: Papa’anga, not akapapa
Tuesday 7 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Someone’s got to say it. Much as I enjoy reading your regular opinion pieces by Thomas Wynn, he unfortunately uses the wrong word for genealogy/family tree quite frequently in his writing.
Letter: Science, ideology and politicking
Tuesday 7 January 2025 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, In reply to PM Mark Brown’s comment that he takes a scientific approach as opposed to our ideological approach.