Letters to the Editor
Speakers entitled to their own views
Wednesday 19 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Some of the issues raised by the letter-writer, “Human Animal” in CI News recently were quite interesting.
Sea Eagles legal case not put 'on hold'
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The article by your newspaper that says the case between the Cook Islands Rugby League Association (CIRLA) and the Sea Eagles has been put on hold is misleading.
Rongo is a humble visionary
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Meitaki maata to Idealist who asked great questions about the next RAPPA candidate in their letter dated 11 April 2017.
Go and find another seat to win
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The way politics is being played out lately, it reminds me of the childhood game of musical chairs.
Short rich in rhetoric, low in substance
Tuesday 18 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Mark Short’s comments published in CI News last week are a clear reflection of the dysfunctional state of the Democratic Party and how regressive the thinking is within the party.
Here's some advice
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The improper manner in which the meeting starting our campaign for the Member of Parliament for RAPPA was run, left some of the members of our constituency with sore minds.
'Ineffective and inactive' just part of the story
Thursday 13 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Mark Short’s presentation to the Demo conference on Monday was accurate when he described the Demo party as being ineffective and inactive.
Green courthouse steps fooled plenty of people
Tuesday 11 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Firstly, congratulations on your April Fools Day prank of “greening-up” the stairs to the Courthouse, because you actually had some fools believing it! The giveaway for me was the shocking green colour of the stairs, as only a four-year old pre-schooler playing with his colouring-in book would come up with a horrible green. I would have thought a subtle grey would have been nice.
Nicholas decision seems good news
Tuesday 11 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The announcement that Albert Nicholas will step down from his seat as a Demo who switched sides in order to stand as a CIP candidate, is good news.
Why do MPs escape punishment?
Monday 10 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The police are being very present on the roads fining the young on the way to school for not wearing helmets.
Common sense best approach
Friday 7 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It was interesting to see the chairman of the Cook Islands Investment Corporation, Mike Henry come out guns blazing trying to shift the blame on what has happened to Aitutaki Power to insinuate the public has overreacted on this matter.
Mobile again - thanks to NZ government
Thursday 6 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Six long months of enduring pain which prevented me from riding my bicycle, playing golf and planting and considerably impaired my daily activities, was finally diagnosed by a team of visiting bone and joint specialists from New Zealand as arthritis in its early stages in my right hip joint.
Name and shame all tax avoiders
Wednesday 5 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It was interesting to read about the two companies featured CI News for not having paid their tax after 10 years or so.
Babies having babies not right
Wednesday 5 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Some time ago I read an article in CI News that said there were a lot of teenage mothers in the Cook Islands aged from 11 to 15 years old.
Report opens up the 'bad, ugly, worst' of prison
Wednesday 5 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I would like to comment on the reports and findings of Denis McDermott and Tevai Matapo.
CI diplomacy means lots of travel
Monday 3 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
If anyone gagged at the prime minister’s New Year address, his most recent column in CI News on Saturday, March 25 will make them very ill.
Making sand from glass right way to go
Monday 3 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
After Papa Williams’ letter offering an outside of the square solution for sand mining in Rarotonga, I was poised to write to remind your readers and the leaders of various ministries of an alternative to using our discarded and ever-increasing pile of empty glass bottles as the waste fill in the big holes now being dug across the island.
Vote for chlorination could be vote for the Demos
Sunday 2 April 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Here’s a message for Mark Brown: Please do not chlorinate our water, or my vote will go to the Demos in the upcoming elections.
Customs chief questions review findings
Friday 31 March 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In response to your front page article on Thursday headlined “How did they miss the guns?”, I’d like to point out that the container in question was imported into Rarotonga six years before the shooting incident, and was searched thoroughly by two Customs Officers, two Biosecurity officers and two police officers (with narcotics dogs) at the time.
A scientist's view on evolution
Friday 31 March 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Contrary to Nick Carter’s ideas in his recent letter to the editor (CI News March 29), evolution does not require the transformation of a fish into a cat (or the sudden appearance of a fully-formed human brain, for that matter!)
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