Letters to the Editor
Threat quite clear
Friday 18 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s extraordinary that someone in Brian Coker’s position, a businessman with a business geared for tourism, plus an interest in the pearl farming industry in Manihiki, is so misinformed to claim that climate change is not “the biggest threat to mankind,” today. (CINews, December 14).
Leading figure in 'Schoonergate' departs leaving some questions
Friday 18 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Your paper has printed findings on the Schoonergate saga to the effect that Richard Neves was out of order in his use of public funding for the payment towards an unsafe boat for transporting our people back to the pa enua.
Pipe project stalled for good reason
Wednesday 16 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The work to lay water pipes across the area from Kauare to Avaavaroa in Titikaveka is stalled for a good reason.
Planned cable project raises questions
Tuesday 15 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Recently the CI News published an article which said that Bluesky had signed a turnkey project with Alcatel Lucent to provide a cable link via the about to be built Moana cable.
Bigger issues than climate change
Monday 14 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The statements attributed to the Prime Minister, Henry Puna in CI News on December 12 such as – “the Cook Islands is increasingly threatened by sea level rises driven by global warming” – are really quite amazing.
Writer not travelling at taxpayers' expense
Monday 14 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter from ‘Disgruntled Taxpayer’ which refers to my attendance as a Pacific Media Editor covering the Tuna Commission (WCPFC12) meeting in Bali this month.
What's happened to our traditional dishes?
Monday 14 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was pleased to see the food competition advertised recently, with the focus on our local food.
College claims may be premature
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to Thursday’s front-page story that claims that Nukutere College and the landowners of that land “...are confident they have secured Catholic secondary education on Rarotonga for the future.”
Trip seems fishy
Friday 11 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Through your newspaper, can I enquire as to how MMR’s media consultant Helen Greig was funded to attend the annual Tuna Commission meeting currently being held in Bali, Indonesia?
Thanks, but not my information
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, May I thank “All the Best” for the kind words in his or her letter of December 3, headed “Tepaki letter enriching.”
Letter critic a 'terrorist,' says Tim
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, May I respond to Ex-CIP’s letter of December 4 by saying that if he or she left the CIP over EU fishers purse seining some of our 1,250 fishing days quota that we can’t fish ourselves, and paying our Government $9.6 million to aid our health and education, then he or she must be anti-Cook Islands and a terrorist.
Missing links in controversial story
Thursday 10 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A column in CI News last Saturday bv Te Tuhi Kelly referred to the debate on same-sex marriage.
Time for united stand on Muri lagoon
Wednesday 9 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is with great urgency that the letters to the editor of CI News and calls to clean Muri Lagoon have been hitting the headlines lately, and this awareness, albeit half past the 11th hour, is what has been needed to address the problem.
Patoi ia te parani a te Kavamani
Wednesday 9 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
E Tama, Kua taitaia toku ngakau ite kore anga i rauka mai tetai tika viviki mei roto mai ite uipaanga tei raveia i roto ite are uipaanga o Muri ite po Ruirua, kia akaatea viviki iatu teia remu e tupu nei i roto ite tai roto o Muri, ta te Kavamani i irinaki e, mama me rave, me akatika te iti tangata o Muri ki te parani maori.
Allsworth stance 'hypocritical'
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Paul Allsworth’s article, “Pipeline proposal worth revisiting.”
Muri lagoon weeps at weed invasion
Tuesday 8 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Our beloved Muri Lagoon is weeping and bleeding at the onslaught and stranglehold of this invasive weed.
What kind of image are we portraying?
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was so happy when I read the December 1 news that Petrocean’s proposal for an over the reef pipeline was rejected.
Water route looks like a BMX track
Monday 7 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Readers of Saturday’s Cook Islands News will have seen a prominent public notice indicating that the Takitumu inland extension of the water mains was halted last week after some of the affected landowners filed a legal proceeding in the Land Division of the High Court.
How do the fish feel?
Saturday 5 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Hey Tim Tepaki!
PM's statements strange when facts are considered
Saturday 5 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I cannot believe Henry Puna can stand up at these world meetings and spout off about how, “we did not cause the problems of today; we believe in big actions, we have designated a 2.2 million sq km area to a marine zone, we aspire to do more to win the battle against climate change.”
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