Letters to the Editor
'Public sector debt is not a bad thing'
Thursday 30 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The recent Te Mato Vai consultations highlighted public concerns around the levels of public debt in the Cook Islands and the sustainability of it into the future.
'People are the biggest asset'
Wednesday 29 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is common knowledge that any country’s most valuable asset is its people.
Apology to QR
Wednesday 29 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In my column published on January 25 last week in CINews, I made reference to Queen’s Representative Tom Marsters doing door-to-door campaigning for the Cook Islands Party in the first Murienua by-election.
Fluoride is also in food
Wednesday 29 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Taro contains fluoride.
TMV – can't afford not to do it!
Tuesday 28 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, With so much negative publicity about Te Mato Vai (TMV), I took the opportunity to attend the public consultation meeting at Titikaveka last week, expecting to see a hostile public.
Film Raro was 'a breath of fresh air'
Tuesday 28 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It has been interesting to read recently about Film Raro.
'Fluoride is a chemical'
Tuesday 28 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Let’s get it straight from the outset.
Film Raro 'scrapped without even a glance'
Monday 27 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I don’t wish to get in a “tit for tat” situation with Tourism chief executive Halatoa Fua about Film Raro’s request for funding, but I would also like to set the record straight on a couple of very significant points.
Taxing NZ pensions is 'breaking tradition'
Monday 27 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Richard Neves’ letter to the editor on Saturday January 18 (‘Reliable tax base crucial – Neves’) in part reads: “I believe most people would not like to be in a society where someone fulfils their tax obligations in a timely manner and others don’t.” Mr Neves, from 1996-2010 when Sir Geoffrey of the Cook Islands Party was Prime Minister, followed by Democratic Party Prime Ministers – 17 years altogether – by the grace of those great Cook Island leaders, NZ-paid pensioners were never taxed – I repeat, never taxed! And there was no animosity among the people toward us non-tax paying mamas and papas.
'I'd demand a trial by a jury of elderly Cook Islands peers'
Monday 27 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m an older PR that does not have his pension sent to the Cook Islands.
'CIP not deserving of another 4-year term'
Monday 27 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Just to add my voice of concern to the Opposition Leader’s in that PM Henry ’Elvis’ Puna embarks on far too much unnecessary and unimportant travel rather than remain in the country and provide the vital leadership and guidance needed to run an effective government.
Changes needed to 'out-of-date' laws
Saturday 25 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Most of our laws are out of date.
Key note speaking and some half truths
Saturday 25 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Most of the time when Prime Minister Henry Puna travels to a conference, he is tagged here in the Cook Islands media as “a key-note speaker” to this or that very important conference.
Water project loan 'a done deal'
Saturday 25 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Having attended the last public meeting on Wednesday, I too was concerned that the Chinese debt that will initiate this project is a “done deal”.
'Age does not exempt you from paying tax'
Friday 24 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, May I offer a few words regarding the tax debate? Bearing in mind that the Ministry of Finance and Economic management (MFEM) failed to collect tax from the pensioners for many years I disagree with the strategy to recover these taxes now.
Te Mato Vai presentations were inconsistent, says a landowner
Friday 24 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have attended three of the landowners meetings for Te Mato Vai and I admit that after the first session with the landowners, I was perturbed by what I had heard from the presentation.
School bells soon to ring
Thursday 23 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It’s time for school students to stock up on stationery and get ready for a new year.
Everyone must pay their tax
Thursday 23 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to your front page news article of Monday January 20 named “Account raids a last resort” with comments from Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) secretary Richard Neves.
'Too many public servants'
Wednesday 22 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My grandfather, Patu Uritaua, was an early supporter of Albert Henry and the new Cook Islands Party in the 1960s.
Water should be free to public
Wednesday 22 January 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I think it is fair to have an expectation that a government, which collects taxes to manage society, is able to distribute a common resource, in this case water, without charging for that service.
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