Letters to the Editor
Traditional leaders versus government
Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WHO SHALL prevail in this saga of jurisdictional ownership in the Cook Islands?
Puna must lead on urgent plan to clean lagoon
Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
LAST week three crucial pieces of legislation were presented to New Zealand’s parliament, basically allowing major clean-up work to take place around the Kaikoura area, without requiring Environmental Impact Assessments to be carried out in the first instance.
Important ways you can support elders
Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
PAPA DAN and I are visiting his mother, who just had her 90th birthday party.
Snorkelling spot ruined
Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
OUR SON spent time with us in Titikaveka as a teenager, then married an Aitutaki girl and lived on Rarotonga for some time, then moved to New Zealand for some years.
Tongareva problems on many fronts
Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
“PROCEED with your plans and the people will come round eventually!”
Shooting incident leaves questions remaining
Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THERE ARE a number of things which have occurred over the past couple of months that are related to various government/Crown agencies that, I believe, need to be looked at more closely before we all forget about these things.
Clues to snap election in recent government moves
Friday 2 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT'S OBVIOUS that over the past month, serious preparations have been made for a possible upcoming snap election.
Aronga Mana view on EU meeting
Friday 2 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THE ARONGA Mana spoke very passionately about the purse seine/EU agreement issue in their peaceful protest at the EU/Ministry of Marine Resources purse seining meeting.
Helmet law should apply to everyone the same way
Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
ON OUR recent trip to Rarotonga we hired one motorbike and were under the impression that if we didn't go over 40km an hour, we didn't need to use our helmets.
No-show trophy an embarrassment for CI league
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
LAST WEEK Cook Islands Rugby League was put into an unfortunate situation whereby its reputation, credibility and future wellbeing in terms of remaining one of the country’s top sports code was thrown into the public spotlight and heavily criticised.
Shedding light on the Penryhn saga
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
PERHAPS I could enlighten CI News readers a little on the Penrhyn executive officer saga.
Maroro numbers bad omen for fishery
Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A couple of weeks ago I highlighted a graph that clearly demonstrated the volume of fish being caught by purse seiners.
Comings and goings
Friday 25 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Regarding the article about the controversy over the Penrhyn executive officer article on page one of CI News on Thursday, Mitiaro seems to have quite a different setup.
Time for action at Muri is right now!
Friday 25 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It was extremely heartening to see on CITV, and read in CI News, some of the simple, common sense solutions raised by SPC marine scientists/representatives, following their study of the problems that have been apparent within the Muri Lagoon.
Algae turns the tide
Thursday 24 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Last morning’s low tide, as observed at Rutaki, showed a solid green carpet of algae.
Some straight talk on leadership...
Thursday 24 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Leadership in the Cook Islands has always been interesting. In the home, the hierarchy is simple. Dad and Mum are the leaders who operate autocratically because in the home, democracy doesn’t exist
Conspiracy theory 'outer space stuff'
Tuesday 22 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Court of Appeal case for Teina Bishop has opened up another Pandora’s box, with insinuations raised during the Solicitor General’s summing up of allegations of a conspiracy theory and political manipulations by a number of independent witnesses who came forward expressing concerns over the conduct and behaviour of a member of the jury during Bishop’s trial.
Last letter so our muna korero can live on...
Monday 21 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Gospel Day on October 26 has come and gone and by all accounts our people played out their Nuku as only they could and enjoyed the event.
Ban PM from travelling until Muri is clean
Thursday 17 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT DISGUSTS me that this country's prime minister has yet again decided to globetrot tens of thousands of kilometres to Northern Africa to preach about how this country's surrounding oceans, which equate to roughly half the size of Russia, requires some Tender Loving Care.
Show us you really are leaders
Thursday 17 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT APPEARS obvious to many, that for far too long our country's elected leaders have intentionally overused and misused the words "responsibility, transparency and accountability", in their attempts to Convince the public that they do in fact, embrace these sentiments, in governing our country.
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