Letters to the Editor
Purse seining objectors get it wrong
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Rarotonga residents will recognise the familiar cycle of objections and responses every time the purse seine issue is headlined by your newspaper.
Park talks excuse doesn't add up
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Regarding Liz Koteka Wright’s comment in last Saturday’s Cook Islands News about the Marae Moana Steering Committee holding public consultations on every one of the Pa Enua except Pukapuka and Nassau due to transportation difficulties, one would have to ask how her boss the Hon Henry Puna PM, managed to get to both those islands recently.
Where's all the science?
Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Prime Minister and Minister for Fisheries, Hon Henry Puna, and the Secretary of Marine Resources, Ben Ponia, have repeatedly told the public that development of the purse seine fishery needs to be guided by science.
Te Mato Vai talks go down a rocky road
Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This letter is to provide an informal update on the Te Mato Vai project discussions with landowners.
Blame for low catches aimed wrongly
Monday 30 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a local fisherman of Rarotonga, I would like to comment on some of the points made by Ben Ponia as to why fewer fish are being caught in the Cook Islands.
Petition to call for ban on purse seine fishing
Monday 30 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands, Henry Puna.
Some questions
Monday 30 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Is it true Richard Neves is still the Finance Secretary?
Emotion clouds purse seine fishing debate
Friday 27 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, With all the hysteria surrounding the Cook Islands fisheries resources, I thought it was about time for some more sensible discussion without all the emotion.
Politicians drag the chain on fishing
Thursday 26 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor As we all know, the debate about purse seining has been going on for several years now. In late 2013, the Palmerston Island Council sent a letter to the Prime Minister and their Member of Parliament at that time.
Demo Party conference 'a farce'
Wednesday 25 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is an open letter to the Democratic Party. I am writing out of despair and fading hopes for the future of the party.
Result speaks for itself
Wednesday 25 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I find Taoro Brown’s allegation in Saturday’s (March 21) paper to be absurd, ridiculous and groundless.
Diving tragedy needs answers
Wednesday 25 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Chip Boyle of Export Aquarium Ltd in Matavera has for decades exported what must by now be millions of dollars’ worth of aquarium fish from the reefs of Rarotonga.
Long wait for family law change
Tuesday 24 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Family Law Bill has been long in the waiting, especially for practitioners in family law and for people caught in custody and children welfare related disputes.
Call for more tolerance
Monday 23 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Saturday 21 March was designated by the United Nations as Race Unity Day.
Praying to the drumbeat
Monday 23 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yesterday Sunday morning I heard drumming – which no doubt was associated with the arrival of a cruise ship off Rarotonga – and it made me think about what has happened in the Cook Islands since gaining self-government in 1965.
'Honourable' title has to be earned
Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Reading the CINews stories over the last few days, I have been asking myself whether the title of Honourable Members of Parliament is either accurate or earned.
Secretary has praise for MMR staff
Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I thank the public who participated in our Q&A session on purse seining on Monday March 16.
What's my father got to do with it?
Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, With all due respect to you Wilkie Rasmussen, your article in CINews on Monday, March 16 mentioned my father, the late Albert Peto Nicholas.
Integrity goes out the door...
Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Since Black Friday, May 13, I have asked the question, what makes people like Albert Nicholas Jnr, blatantly deceive not only the Democratic voters of RAPPA, but also the vaka committees present at a party meeting.
Purse seining well explained
Friday 20 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to thank Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) for the very informative presentations on Monday night on the purse seine fishing.
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