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Wolf in sheep's clothing

Tuesday 30 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I for one am eternally grateful to God that a certain Titikaveka papa'a individual who stood for election didn't get voted in.

Flourishing fruit good for export

Monday 29 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor. Yesterday my wife, her sister and myself along with some other friends enjoyed a tour of a local tropical fruit garden.

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Praise the Lord

Monday 29 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Shame on those who try to shame our government by saying that a 25¢ rise in the minimum wage is an insult to us wage workers.

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Finsec explains NZ super taxation

Saturday 27 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Unfortunately, Dennis Tunui continues to confuse people on the issue of New Zealand Superannuation payments to recipients in the Cook Islands and the individual’s obligation to pay tax on that income.

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Pro bono suggestions for Norman George

Saturday 27 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am not sure if Norman George is paying you to put his 2 cents worth in the paper every week to keep his profile up in the public eye as doing the community a service by telling them their rights etc.

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One opening would do for Penrhyn

Friday 26 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I guess he just could not help it, you know that itch to fly as always at taxpayers’ expense.

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Out on their backsides

Friday 26 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It was your paper CINEWS who exposed Henry Puna’s arrogance in the Wellington political circles. Thank you!

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Think twice about UN status

Friday 26 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, May I suggest that we seriously consider having our seat at the United Nations (UN)?

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Rights bring responsibilies

Friday 26 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, ‘Dirty politics’ have been the focus of many news articles in the Cook Island News recently.

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Silly outburst

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Please advise your publisher Mr Woods his silly little outburst accusing Trevor Pitt of two timing, masquerading and having a conflict of interest smells of professional jealously.

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Thank you

Thursday 25 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A huge thank you to the members of the public who assisted us after my wife had a bicycle accident (Monday) at the roundabout in town.

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Quit talking about UN membership

Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, NZ PM JOHN Key, interviewed by Radio New Zealand on June 19, couldn’t have been any clearer “....If the Cook Islands wants UN membership, the constitutional relationship, including the current shared citizenship, will need to change”.

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'No more coalitions please'

Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor Rumpelstiltskin: no more coalitions please. If Cook Islands News applied itself to investigating our current affairs instead of just parroting the skewed opinions of uninformed observers, newspaper readers would learn something of value.

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Follow George Maggie's example

Tuesday 23 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Democratic Party’s vulnerability to lack of sensible in depth debate initiatives right throughout Parliament came to the fore on the last day of sitting when their Leader William Smiley Heather ‘waffled’ his way incoherently in reply to the second reading of the Income Tax Amendment Bill.

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Call it the 'social disaster bill'

Monday 22 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Social Assistance Bill recently debated in the NZ parliament is a misnomer: it should be renamed the Social Discrimination Bill.

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'Fish worth a lifetime of tourist dollars'

Monday 22 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading your large allocation of news from Palau where they have set world firsts in achieving a protected ocean environment around their islands.

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Boycott 50th celebrations in protest

Saturday 20 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The reported comments by Prime Minister Henry Puna in yesterday's CINews relating to purse seining are disappointing and deserve comment.

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