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Please tell us the real population figures

Thursday 7 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

To the Statistics Office; please publish the figure that is our actual residential population – not this 17,459 total that includes visitors.

'Sheraton' the issue that never goes away

Thursday 7 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The Sheraton site saga has been ongoing for years.

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A pat on the back from NZ

Tuesday 5 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Congratulations on printing such a good newspaper.

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Talkback host asked the hard questions

Tuesday 5 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I wish to comment on the passing of one of our bravest media people, Tony Hakaoro, a political commentator and radio talkback show host, who passed away last Friday

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Resort revelations truly 'disturbing'

Tuesday 5 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Interestingly, Tim Tepaki’s letter to the editor of CI News on Friday September 1 finds “Paradise Threatened’s letter of concern regarding the actions of a visiting delegation of Chinese businessmen (who had openly approached local resort owners about purchasing their businesses), and the dissemination of that fact in the daily newspaper, “disturbing”.

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Nothing nice about graffiti

Monday 4 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Here’s a little note for Festbo the mystery graffitti tagger.

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Fishing fine a drop in ocean

Monday 4 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

We see that Vanuatu just fined a Chinese fishing vessel three million dollars for violations in Vanuatu waters. Makes the Cook Islands look pretty silly with the recent $140,000 fine approved with PM and Marine Resources minister, Henry Puna, “keeping an eye on negotiations”.

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Rubbish spoils visit to 'pearl of the Pacific'

Monday 4 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

It has been a great joy and pleasure travelling through many of the Pacific archipelagos and even living there.

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Immobile ship an eyesore

Monday 4 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Te akama! Shame on the directors of Pacific Schooners Ltd (PSL) for disgracing and degrading an iconic name, “Tiare Taporo”, on their rustbucket that has lain immobile for over a year in the Avatiu Harbour - ‘e vai tiraa’raa’ ua maira, ta tita, ta viivii ite ava manea i Avatiu: lying abandoned, making a mess, an eyesore in a modern Avatiu Harbour.

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Anti-Chinese sentiment 'unChristian'

Friday 1 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I refer to the letter by “Paradise Threatened” (PT), headed: “A word of warning about offers for resorts.”

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Water issues nothing new

Wednesday 30 August 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Thank you for the two articles which attracted my attention in Saturday’s paper, dated August 26.

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Fundraisers send wrong message on health

Wednesday 30 August 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The two-page spread in Tuesday’s paper says more about our future and our failures than could be said if you worked at it for a year.

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Time to get serious about health issues

Wednesday 30 August 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The Pacific Health Ministers Meeting is now being held in Rarotonga, so it is a good time to put some ideas on the table, as to how we can combat the increase of non-communicable diseases (NCD) in the Cook Islands.

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Virtues not needed

Tuesday 29 August 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I am a regular visitor to these lovely islands, and I read in Thursday’s paper that a New Zealand “expert” has been here teaching the Virtues programme to local people.

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Response impresses

Tuesday 29 August 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I am impressed with the responses from Wilkie and Observer to my small correction to their leader’s statement that the voters of Ivirua “remained loyal to their Democratic Party”.

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'Paradise' faces serious threats to future

Tuesday 29 August 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Letter-writer ‘’Paradise Threatened” is one of many people within the Cook Islands, who really, really should be concerned about this very serious threat that this tiny nation of ours faces.

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