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Impossible to fathom Pitt attacks

Tuesday 18 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

George Pitt’s latest attack on James Beer and the Democratic Party in the Cook Islands Herald (12 July 2017) has motivated me to write to you.

Geneva conference row a non-issue

Tuesday 18 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Ever wondered how it is that two people can look at a glass of water and both come to two different conclusions as to whether it is half empty or half full.

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We want yellow lines too!

Monday 17 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Would the workers who painted the roads recently please go back to Matavera and paint double yellow lines around the corners in front of Takitumu School?

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Send them packing!

Monday 17 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I am writing to ask the question to those in government: Who is responsible for the deportation of workers from abroad who break the law and are found guilty in court?

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Give him a break!

Monday 17 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

In response to your smoke signal in Tuesday’s paper regarding Action Man’s leaf blower, would you rather a noisy blower or cracked windscreens because of pebbles on the road? Maggie not only blows the leaves and rubbish but also blows the pebbles and kirikiri to prevent damage and danger to motor vehicles and people.

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Questions surround tourism increase

Monday 17 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

With the busy season upon us and the influx of more tourists to the island, I wonder if we will surpass last year’s record numbers of 148,000 visitors to the Cook Islands?

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Tangaroa headline cops a bashing

Thursday 13 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Regarding a fishing report in CI News recently.

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Come on Unionist,show us the way...

Thursday 13 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Your newspapers of July 3,5 and 6 have letters from Unionist spelling out how awful it is for foreign workers working here in the Cooks.

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Justice ministry not “smooth running”

Wednesday 12 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I heard on Thursday the Hon Nandi Glassie say the following words in Parliament: “Everything is running smoothly under the Ministry of Justice.”

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Call for reform should be answered

Tuesday 11 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I see that Jim Maurai, a former prime minister and the current MP for Mangaia, is calling it quits and as CI News noted, the current prime minister, Henry Puna, noted in parliament last week that it could be time to revisit Marurai’s 2010 call for political reform.

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Workers, it's time for you to help yourselves

Monday 10 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The focus in my recent comments in my letters to the editor of CI News has been directed at the poor treatment of foreign workers.

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Thanks for the great time, but...

Monday 10 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I have just returned from a most wonderful and relaxing holiday in Rarotonga.

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Modern day slavery alive in Cooks

Thursday 6 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was introduced into the UK in March 2015, in response to heightened concern around slavery, human trafficking and forced labour in the UK.

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To “Unionist”

Wednesday 5 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

It is good to see you have a lot of experience in Human Resources.

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Some of the abuses foreign workers suffer

Wednesday 5 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Increasingly foreign workers in the Cook Islands are becoming the backbone of our economy and increasingly they are not being given the respect and protection from a lot of unscrupulous Cook Islanders. As a worker they have rights as an employee enshrined in Cook Islands employment legislation.

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Comments on egg supplies wide of mark

Tuesday 4 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I was disappointed with deputy Prime Minister Teariki Heather's comments in parliament last Thursday on the Agriculture Vote when he said, "I have bought eggs supplied by Papa John Scott and I can assure this House that he cannot supply the needs of our people."

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Workers suffer at hands of employers

Tuesday 4 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor

If Mr Pynenburg and his ilk think the ERA 2012 protects workers from unscrupulous business owners, then he either has selective memory loss or he is totally unaware of the goings on of his fellow members of the Chamber of Commerce and other business owners in their treatment of local workers and foreigners.

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