Letters to the Editor
Some thoughts on increased visitor numbers
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
BACK IN the late 1970s I was working for a travel company as a bus driver doing airport and hotel transfers, circle island tours and conducting glass bottom boat tours.
Much confusion about title now
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I BELIEVE “Kopu Ariki’s” article in CI News on September 26 which said there shouldn’t be any confusion over the status of the Makea Nui title when Rev John Williams and the Bible teachers arrived here in 1823 was accepted favourably by your readers - and especially Ngati Makea.
How Christianity came to Aitutaki
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THE OTHER day someone from a committee planning the upcoming annual Nuku asked me who actually received Christianity when it arrived on Aitutaki, Tamatoa Ariki or the Taunga named Tepaki.
Private sector could lead way on wage issue
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IN REGARD to Sue Fletcher-Vea’s comments on the minimum wage issue in Wednesday's CI News,
Thanks for the age indicator
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
As an 84-year-old widower I want to thank Parliament for passing the helmet law.
Young man an excellent ad for Raro
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
DEAR SIR,
Crown ready to cede
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
lease to land ownersKIA ORANA EDITOR,
Take control over weed in
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Muri lagoonWHO is going to take responsibility for Muri Lagoon???
Statement by Democratic Party on Pumati Israela
Wednesday 12 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
LAST WEEK executive members of the Democratic Party visited Aitutaki and Mauke to celebrate two very significant events on the respective islands: The closing by-election campaign rally in Are Nikau and the unveiling of the late Mapu Taia’s headstone.
By-election releases
Wednesday 12 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Statement by the Cook Islands Party on Apii
A good time to rethink Te Mato Vai
Wednesday 12 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
TWO YEARS after the most expensive government project in the country - Te Mato Vai - started, a point has been reached that the government should take stock, step back and take a fresh look at this project. Several developments to date have set the scene for this unique opportunity.
Huge rise in cost of healthy vegetables
Friday 7 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
ONCE AGAIN we’ve been inflicted with the annual three-month levy on imported vegetables.
Cruelty goes further than animals
Friday 7 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
AFTER reading the story about the starving pig in Wednesday’s CI News, I feel broken hearted as to the way some humans treat animals here on Rarotonga. I’m disgusted and join Bastien Welch with feeling very sick to believe someone can treat a living thing with such brutality.
Thanks to hospital staff
Thursday 6 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I RECENTLY had to take my six-year-old son Reed to Rarotonga Hospital to have a minor procedure done in theatre.
Licensing dog owners will make more sense
Thursday 6 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THE SPCA is advocating the microchipping of dogs.
Koutu Nui views on purse seining
Thursday 6 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A public meeting has been called by the Aronga Mana of Te Au O Tonga, to be held at 6pm today at the Sinai Hall,
Urgent action on sharks
Wednesday 5 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
YOUR PAPER suggests that Wilkie Rasmussen was preparing Tuesday last week to file an injunction to stop a plan to kill off sharks in the Penrhyn lagoon. He is right: This is urgent.
Limit number of dogs on a property
Wednesday 5 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
DOGS HAVE their place as man's best friend, but at the moment that friendship is at breaking point in Rarotonga, anyway.
An idea for making good use of all those glass bottles
Tuesday 4 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THE ADDITION of the new recycling bins in town is a welcome sight. The more we see of these bins, the more they will become part of our psyche and regular habits. We will think it normal to sort our rubbish.
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