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Local investors should get same info as Digicel

Wednesday 9 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Telecom Cook Islands was formed in 1991, when the then Cook Islands Government bought out Cable Wireless for NZ$8m.

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What value is there in Brown's trip?

Tuesday 8 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Just last week we saw the calling of Parliament to attend to some very important bills with guillotine motions to abate discussion and those bills were rushed through without proper debate.

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No bill presented on tax reimbursements

Tuesday 8 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I went to Parliament for James Beer’s inauguration and was very impressed with his maiden speech.

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Minimum wage is still too low

Tuesday 8 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On behalf of 'low income earners' I would like to raise these concerns with the Government:

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Fluoride needs closer scrutiny

Tuesday 8 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to focus on the fluoridation report with the Te Mato Vai documentation which concludes fluoride should be added to our water.

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Up to my armpits

Monday 7 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, For the past six or seven months I have purchased roll-on deodorant from CITC Foodstore and each time I have been overcharged by a dollar for each 50ml bottle.

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Na te Atua te akava'anga

Monday 7 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana e te Etita, No runga I te akamatakite mai anga a Temu George no te akono'anga Momani (LDS) e te akonoanga Te au kite o Iehova(JW), e au akonoanga pikikaa (cult) teia.

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Get off Wilkie's back

Monday 7 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In response to Ua Oroenua’s letter to editor: You’re not a Demo.

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Postcard, please?

Monday 7 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My name is Agung from Indonesia.

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Where were the smiles?

Saturday 5 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The picture on the front page of Thursday’s newspaper, showing Members of Parliament facing their own constituents at the front door of Parliament House ought to be hanging near the front door of every home in the Cook Islands.

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An open letter to the CIP Executive

Saturday 5 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The recent media announcement that the Cook Islands Party will not hold a party conference until the middle of next year is a sad indictment on the performance of the current executive of the party.

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Still not convinced on VAT ruling

Saturday 5 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Thank you for this further opportunity to comment on whether the Value Added Tax Amendment Bill has been legally passed into law.

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'Horsy' writer has it wrong again

Friday 4 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, You seem to have a letter writer with serious “horsy pangs”. First he was a “Stallion”, then he became a “horse thigh”.

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George not to be easily dismissed

Thursday 3 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would suggest the Minister of Finance should not so lightly dismiss Norman George's questioning of the validity of the passing of the Value Added Tax Amendment Bill.

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Walkout was to protest ambush tactics

Thursday 3 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I regard your letter writer “Stallion” yesterday with utter contempt.

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Time for a new Opposition leader

Thursday 3 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Leader of the Opposition simply Does Not Have It.

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VAT act is poor governance

Wednesday 2 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Government’s fast track guillotine motion to pass the VAT increase without debate is tantamount to poor governance and goes against the principles of parliamentary democracy.

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Timing of walkout a 'dumb' strategy

Wednesday 2 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Listening to the Parliamentary Debate on Monday, concerning the Bill to increase VAT to 15%, brought home to me how “strategically dumb” the Democratic Party really is.

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Pension rules have no exceptions

Wednesday 2 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to clarify the eligibility criteria for the Cook Islands Old Age Pension in reference to a letter to you published on Saturday March 29 2014.

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Wage increase more important

Tuesday 1 April 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to the placing of some articles in your Cook Islands News of Thursday 27 March 2014 which I have mentioned below:

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