Letters to the Editor
Call the tax man
Saturday 13 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,If ‘I want clean ball and feed backs’ letter writer to ring Andrew Haigh at RMD and ask if Dennis Tunui’s name is on their computer list of NZ pensioners in the Cook Islands,
Got me good!
Saturday 13 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,May I refer to Les Priest’s letter of 10 September and say, he got me!
Open your heart to God
Saturday 13 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I’m responding to Les Priest letter “ Noah’s Ark codswallop” on Saturday 6th August 2014.
'God is very much involved with our petty politics'
Saturday 13 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,The letter in your column by Les Priest on Wednesday 10 September ‘Setting the record straight’ I find the remarks and comments made by Mr Priest, insulting and degrading the person of God and nothing short of a mockery.
Opinion sought on MMR's 'secret' deal-making
Friday 12 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
“Does the Law Society embrace this new, income-maximization approach, to law enforcement?”
What more do you want?
Thursday 11 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,What Does Dennis Tunui Not Want?
One Cook Islands untouchable?
Thursday 11 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I briefly scanned over George Turia’s aunga from one day last week, and I feel for the guy;
'We are not at liberty to disclose the details'
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I refer to your front page article “Anger over non-disclosure of fishing fine” dated August 18, 2014 - in respect of our media release of the same dated 16th August 2014.
Community service for crimes is a joke
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Community service a leisurely stroll down the beach smokingjoke
'Old people don't do stunts'
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,With both party leader’s heads on the chopping block together with 5 others awaiting a high court decision to determine their future in politics the Justice Department is clogged up with petitions to deal with and working feverishly to untangle an inevitable boo-boo that always crop up when things are not done properly and done in a hurry.
'We must build up rather than tear down'
Tuesday 9 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I was delighted to read the letter from "Enua" in your September 5 issue. For those who don't know the circumstances, I'd written a short piece in the Herald wondering if we might not want to set aside party politics, individual egos, and narrow points of view to work together to tackle the problems our nation faces. A growing number of Cook Islanders believe many of the problems that were critical at our founding are still without satisfactory resolution after 50 years of self-government. The letter in the Herald was a call "to set aside our egos and, through vigorous and honest debate, arrive at a national consensus on a new path". Like many of your readers, I think we can do much, much better. Enua's letter to you was a response to that Herald piece.I confess that when I wrote my Herald letter I had wanted to put examples in it to show how opportunism, illogical attacks, big-man politics, irrational thinking and emotional appeals have impaired all of us. In the end, I decided not to do that: I didn't want the letter to be about any person or party or event, but rather to be a strictly-neutral call for collaboration and new energy. But I needn't have worried whether or not people could find an immediate example.You see, Enua's letter is perfect: a perfect example of the failure to rise above personalities, narrow interests, and political parties, and above all a failure to put the welfare of the people and nation first. If we are to meet to our potential as a people, we must do precisely the opposite of what Enua has written. Each of us must reach within for positive, logical contributions we can make. We must reach for ways to be creative, intelligent, collaborative problem-solvers. We must work together. We must build up rather than tear down. As I said, we owe Enua a debt of thanks. Every time we get all cocky and start to think we have our problems solved, let's ask him to write another letter.Yours with amusement, James Beer
'Stop marching on parliament to draw attention'
Tuesday 9 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,Firstly, may I respond to the letter of 5 September by the tupapaku calling himself C.I.A. and headed “How can you quote being Christian-minded?”
Paranoiac leadership issues within government, CIP Caucus?
Tuesday 9 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,The political fiasco and petty squabbling behaviour prevalent within the Cook Islands Government in the months prior to the 2014 General Election, was primarily due to paranoiac leadership issues within not only Government, but also the Cook Islands Party Caucus, as well as Governments relentless and aggressive drive to implement unpopular policies which eventually led to its downfall.
'We will never visit again'
Monday 8 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,We have just flown home from our sixth visit to the Cook Islands.
Muri night market traffic issues more of a concern
Saturday 6 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,‘Traffic Watch’ needs to look more carefully before putting pen to paper to criticise local restaurant owners re parking.
Our Nation deserves better
Saturday 6 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I am so thankful that the MP of Murienua is choosing not to publish in your paper his views which contain garbage, full of air about nothing and find so disgusting, hypocritical, promoting propaganda and terror in the minds of those who have come very far to work hard, dedicated to the course for the better good of our country, well educated and highly qualified true Cook Islanders.
Rising from the ashes but still no car parks?
Friday 5 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Mr Editor,Turoa Bakery is rising from the ashes, to include the burned out cafe that was so good at packing in the tourists.
'Get rid of digital sign!'
Friday 5 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Another reason to get rid of the digital sign: our police officers cannot spell. Somebody lend the police at Arorangi an English dictionary so we don't have to look like uneducated fools to our overseas visitors. Yesterday, there in giant digital letters in front of the Arorangi police station: "Beware of thiefs and burglars. Lock up".Can someone please tell the police the plural of thief is thieves. And so near a primary school too.Maybe they should ask one of the 6 year olds next door how to spell the word. Stop Visual Pollution (Name and address supplied)
Who pays for spouse travel cost?
Friday 5 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We all know that the Cook Islands Party is the caretaker government of the country at this point in time with Henry Puna acting in the capacity of the caretaker Prime Minister. What I would like to obtain clarification from the FINSEC is whether as caretaker PM Henry Puna is entitled to get his wife's travel costs for her to accompany him on his many travel jaunts covered under the civil list? I have a strong feeling that spouses of caretaker PM or caretaker Cabinet ministers do not qualify for funding under the civil list for spouses travel costs when there is a caretaker government in place. sad but classic example of what Ms Olivia Heather highlighted in her recent letter to the editor relating to continual wasteful spending by CIP government on specific items which add zero value to the long term betterment of this small country of ours. Toke toke enua (Name and address supplied)
CIP ship more like Noah's Ark?
Friday 5 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I refer to Dennis Tunui’s letter of September 2 headed “Grey Power only terrorise the CIP government”,
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