Letters to the Editor
Letter: Giving credit where it’s due
Wednesday 1 November 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, As one of the original complainants about noisy bike mufflers, and dangerous/stunch riders, let me publicly commend the Akava for their very strong response to closing down the noisy/dangerous bike riding hoons who have been terrorising our roads for far too long.
Letter: ‘Times have changed, so should you’
Tuesday 31 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Tina (Browne) and Selena (Napa), if you think what was said or done 30 years ago is relevant now, back then the Demos were against the road proposal so you should be too.
Letter: MPs travel details
Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I read with interest the travel details of our Government MPs. Would it be possible to ask that the powers that be, not lump all the expenditure into one pot. If some of this travel is by invitation i.e. sponsorship for the fares and accommodation, it is not very transparent when its treated as a tiopu.
Letters: What’s up with the water?
Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, To Tatou Vai Board Chair Brian Mason claims that using taxation revenues to pay for the operation of the water authority "...would mean the Pa Enua would subsidise those residing on Rarotonga" ('Water Meters are on their way to homes', Aug 25).
Letter: Confirming our cannabis status
Monday 30 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, With reference to recent opinions penned and stories published in Cook Islands News. I want to confirm that it is against the law to bring any form of cannabis product into the Cook Islands including CBD – cannabidiol – which is an ingredient in cannabis and has some therapeutic uses, without providing the ‘high’ that some cannabis users seek.
Letter: A matter of life and death …
Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The writer’s home is located close enough by the Sheraton that most errands or travel requires driving past the hotel on the way, and again on the way back.
Letter: Old Sheraton – family or title land?
Saturday 28 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I have been following the news regarding the Main Road diversion being insisted upon by Pa Ariki and her lawyers, as well as her latest developer. It has been heartwarming to see the public of Rarotonga rise up and oppose a road diversion that is not in the public interest.
Letter: Government not seeking a loan
Friday 27 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Your article of Monday 23rd October entitled – Cook Islands seeks US loan to develop seabed mineral sector – reports that the Cook Islands is seeking a loan from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the implication being that government is seeking a loan to develop the seabed mineral sector.
Letter: Cook Islands is ‘not independent’
Friday 27 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Mark Brown’s overseas travel busy visiting various countries and signing agreements is bridging international relations as head of the Pacific Islands Forum countries and the Cook Islands. At the same time the PM is trying to tap into foreign aid funds for development.
Letter: Sheraton redevelopment
Wednesday 25 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
All what has been written about the Sheraton by lots of the public should be an issue for the government.
Letter: Let’s hear it for the ‘Environmental Impact Fee’
Wednesday 25 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The rightly spoken article in last week's paper regarding the chronic water shortage reminds me again what dullards must makeup Aitutaki's Island Council.
CBD products ‘are totally legal under our Drugs Act’
Tuesday 24 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I’m writing in regards to your October 19, 2023 article about New Zealand allowing over the counter sales of CBD products.
Letter: Vaimaanga redevelopment
Monday 23 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I applaud the developers of this project (Vaimaanga redevelopment) … well, the current developers anyway!
Letter: ‘Public interest’ versus tourism
Monday 23 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I read a letter in the paper the other day and would like to respond to the issues raised regarding the proposed road diversion behind the “Sheraton”. Basically, that report is over 30 years old and is completely obsolete today given the developments of Cook Islands Tourism since then.
Pacific Games funding: More questions than answers
Monday 23 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The article on sports funding for this year’s Pacific Games (CINews 19 October 2023) probably raises more questions than answers.
Letter: NZ election voting issues
Friday 20 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, My wife did not vote in this (New Zealand) election. She tried. Three times she tried.
Letter: Public interest or not?
Wednesday 18 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Perhaps Mrs Tina Browne would care to comment publicly, now as leader of the Opposition, but way back appearing for the landowner in the December, 1989 confirmation of alienation hearing concerning the “Sheraton Hotel” lease, with Justice Dillon presiding. When asked by Justice Dillon “…do you consider the arrangement now proposed to be in the public interest”. Mrs. Browne replied “…I do.”
Letter: Medicinal cannabis
Monday 16 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Here's the deal.
Letter: The principle of democracy
Monday 16 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The Prime Minister is quoted in the Cook Islands New on October 12 as saying he and the government have ”no issue“ with the proposed ring road diversion behind the old Vaimaanga Hotel site.
Letter: Australian Indigenous Voice referendum
Friday 13 October 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana! My husband and I left Cook Islands just yesterday (Tuesday) after a 10-day vacation on Rarotonga. The weather was not kind during our stay but the friendliness of the local people more than made up for that, on this our fifth visit.