Letters to the Editor
Events make PM's weekly column ironic
Friday 23 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I FIND recent events rather amusing but at the same time extremely sad, especially in the week leading up to Christmas
Fisheries rules raise issues
Friday 23 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT SEEMS with the imminent arrival of festive season, the Ministry of Marine Resources has decided to push through some rather far-reaching fisheries regulations, possibly in the hope that we either wouldn’t notice or wouldn’t care.
WOFs just a scheme to make money
Wednesday 21 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
ANOTHER stupid law that is really just a money-making scheme is the warrant of fitness (WOF) requirement for cars and bikes on Rarotonga.
What about Albert and the others?
Wednesday 21 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
YOUR CORRESPONDENT, "Voices going unheard," asked why the CIP government continues to ignore the voices of the people.
Tepaki has advice for 'ghost' writer
Tuesday 20 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
MAY I remind the ghost writer calling himself “Sickened”, who had a letter printed in CI News on December 15, headed “It’s time to get real, Tim,” and ranted about PM Henry Puna, that I am real and he is not.
Solution for Muri lagoon slow in coming
Tuesday 20 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
CI NEWS recently ran a front page article with photo and a big red slash across the front saying “ENDANGERED,” and followed up on a story about the Muri Lagoon being beyond repair, with maybe two years left until it reached its final doom, according to an experienced and expert scientific researcher.
Up with the best on world stage
Tuesday 20 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WATCHING the Miss World pageant on TV on Sunday morning, I was proud to see that our contestant Natalia Short won the sports section and was automatically fast-tracked to the top 20 semi-finalists.
Taxpayers need facts
Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
PERHAPS Garth Henderson and his staff at MFEM will find the link below to WATSAN useful. It clearly states that the Muri Avana sanitation pilot programme was 95 per cent completed in 2012.
Law clear on 'personal benefit'
Friday 16 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In reply to Papa Williams views on bribery, the law is clear that if a minister takes a personal benefit in return for exercising his official duties, then he is both corrupt and commits a crime.
Bishop verdict leaves room for discussion
Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WITH THE resolution of the "Crown vs Bishop" court case now done and dusted, OCI leader Teina Bishop's sentence of six months' imprisonment, as passed by the Court of Appeal, and read out in the High Court by CJ Sir Hugh Williams, now sees Bishop as a six-month resident of "Hotel Arorangi".
It's time to get real, Tim
Thursday 15 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IF THERE is anyone in the country who should get a Christmas prize for been the biggest groveler in this country's history it has to be Tim Tepaki for yet again heaping undeserved praise on Henry Puna's prime ministership at every opportunity.
Ignoring democratic rule is dangerous
Wednesday 14 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IN A society where autocracy rules, the government has a dictator as its head of state, who rules with an iron fist, with absolutely no regard for, nor any accountability whatsoever, to their people; think of Hitler, Mussolini, Hussein, Gaddafi, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un and Stalin.
Letter writer misinformed
Tuesday 13 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THE RECENT letter to the editor, headlined “Domestic wastewater project”, whilst welcome and reflective of some public sentiment, is misinformed and dated.
Domestic wastewater project
Monday 12 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I HAVE just read Thursday's edition of the news and saw a headline on page 2:
Cartoon correct about our PM being a rock star
Monday 12 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I WAS chuckling to myself while I read the Kata cartoon in CI News on Friday December 9, which showedPrime Minister Henry Puna as a rock star boasting that he had more style and was a better singer than New Zealand Prime Minister John Key.
Corporate leaders compared with ours
Monday 12 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
CORPORATE style leadership, compared to government style and home style leadership, has its own unique set of challenges.
PM John Key hard act to follow
Friday 9 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
LET’S SPARE a thought for our fellow New Zealanders, who just lost the best prime minister they’ve had for some time – John Key!
Egg shortage raises repeat questions
Thursday 8 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
BY THE time you read this, new imported stocks may be back on the shelves, but Rarotonga consumers would have noticed that this last week eggs would have once again become as scarce as hens' teeth.
Spanish downplay huge size of ships
Wednesday 7 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
LIKE MANY other Cook Islanders, I have been following the EU agreement/purse seining issue closely. The recent MMR/EU/Spanish purse seine factory ships association OPAGAC meeting was an attempt to justify the EU fishing agreement and intended presence of the Spanish fleet here.
Too many steerers, not enough paddlers
Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I FIRST read this about 20 years ago.
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