Letters to the Editor
'No shadowy dealings' Rasmussen
Monday 18 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Let me respond to the presumptuous letter writer to your paper last Saturday. I have met with Atiu MP Norman George and former Democratic Party Atiu MP. In this meeting Mr. George presented me with his letter of resignation from the Teenui-Mapumai Cook Islands Party branch. The letter was dated 21 October 2013. […]
Where is our heart today?
Monday 18 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Please get your facts right before photos go to print. Why should I be correcting a photo where my husband and I are in and it has nothing to do with the Diwali festival? This was a fundraiser night for Breast Cancer where, we gave up our Saturday night to help support a […]
'Evil is closer to home'
Monday 18 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have been so privileged to work here in Rarotonga and to be able to listen and counsel many young women and men, adults and parents, teachers and principals, prisoners and businessmen in the three years that I have been home. What a privilege it is to be able to hold their stories, […]
Finance questions still unanswered
Monday 18 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I hear that the minister of rugby league has returned from the UK. A couple weeks ago I posed the following questions to the Minister of Finance to answer. Despite the CINews asking for a response from him, none was received. He must have been too busy packing his bags. I ask again: […]
Freedom of religion in a 'world full of prejudice'
Saturday 16 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir/Madam, If Bishop Tutai Pere is, in this ill-considered rant against the Diwali festival, ‘simply expressing the concerns of many Christian brethren’ (presumably of his own flock) then he is failing in this ministry. Failing firstly in as much as he has not preached effectively to his followers Christ’s message of neighbourly love, and […]
Diwali festival 'showed lack of respect'
Saturday 16 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am compelled to respond to the overwhelming call for tolerance following last weekend’s Diwali celebrations. The same tolerance for our Hindu guests and for Diwali is not afforded to the churches and people of this land, who openly oppose and question the establishment of Diwali celebrations here. The intolerance of the ’tolerant’ […]
Welcome back Norman George
Saturday 16 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I write to thank and compliment our leader Wilkie Rasmussen for having the wisdom and common sense to welcome back into the Democratic Party one of the demo founders, Papa Norman George. He stands tall among the party founders being Papa Tom Davis, Pupuke Robati, Papa Tangaroa Tangaroa, Tangata Simiona, Matepi Matei, Papamama […]
Puna's company links questioned
Saturday 16 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to Trevor Pitt’s letter regarding Prime Minister Henry Puna "removing himself from private company" dated November 14, I find this letter to have no truth in it at all. How can the Prime Minister remove himself from the company, which happens to be a pearl farm operation in Manihiki, and leave […]
I will not pay any tax'
Saturday 16 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is sad that the government is still sending threatening letters to those receiving the NZ pension, saying if they do not pay their taxes they will end up in court. The question I ask is, are we under the umbrella of democracy or socialism? Does the Cook Islands Party government that we […]
'Be thankful you are living in paradise'
Saturday 16 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing with regard to Grey Power and their issues. I tend to agree with the Smoke Signaler in CINews on November 11 with their statement, "I don’t think they deserve to stay among us taxpayers of the Cook Islands”. I agree that they should be taxed but maybe not for the […]
Filipino community calls for aid
Saturday 16 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Kia orana! In the Philippines we say, “Mabuhay!” The aftermath of the weather phenomenon super typhoon Yolanda (Int’l Code: Haiyan) with landfall gust wind of 235 mph that battered the Philippine central Visayan region recently, had left us with these astounding numbers: • 2500 dead and counting • 3365 injured • 80 missing […]
Far too much heat for the PM
Friday 15 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
There is a saying that “when the kitchen gets too hot, get out”. That seems to be the case with our poor, hapless, travel obsessed Prime Minister. No sooner had he landed here after several weeks in China, Henry Puna was off again, this time to Manihiki. When queried, his aides said that he was […]
'Unanswered questions on water'
Friday 15 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A few months ago you published a letter of mine in which I commented that all the new pipe works was not worth a jot if there was no water to fill them. Here we are again wringing our hands in despair at the lack of rain, yet the question I posed in […]
Pa Enua medical gaps identified
Friday 15 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is our response to the letter to the editor concerning quality of care in the outer islands based on the blood test and patient education. First of all we would like to thank the patient who has raised this issue with you. It has helped us identify gaps in the quality of […]
Who will fight for my grandchildren's rights?
Friday 15 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As one of the silent majority it is interesting to note that most of the promoters of Diwali in your paper are non-Cook Islanders. Forty, fifty years from now, how many people of Tutai Pere’s caliber will be around to speak out against having Diwali instead of a Gospel Day celebration? Think about […]
Six for Diwali and one for Christianity?
Friday 15 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Monday November 11 in CINews, I counted six letters supporting Diwali and one lone letter speaking out against Diwali in the name of Christianity, leaving me wondering if the Holy Spirit has left paradise along with Cook Islanders fleeing paradise like refugees in these days of recession. But then I remembered that […]
Canned tuna linked to obesity
Thursday 14 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For the interest of your readers, I would like to refer to a recent study (titled ‘Behavioral risk factors for obesity during health transition in Vanuatu, South Pacific’) from McGill University in Canada on behavioural risk factors for obesity in Vanuatu, which is attracting increasing interest in the New Zealand and international media. […]
Consults with scientists needed – purse seining
Thursday 14 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yes, it’s important to have public consultations and, politically at least, to get the majority on-side. Yes Fish Aggregation Devices (FADs) and by-catch are major issues that must be addressed for all fishing methods, not just purse seining – but we still aren’t hearing of any plans in regards to consultations with scientists […]
PM 'removed himself' from private company
Thursday 14 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor As your newspaper decided to make a meal out of the Prime Minister’s private business, I should make this clarification in order for your readers not to be swayed by the apparent negative gloss of your story ‘PM’s company struck off twice’, published November 13. The Prime Minister removed himself from his private […]
Plea to arsonist
Wednesday 13 November 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am told that an arsonist enjoys the chaos created by fire. They crave attention and are excited by the idea that everyone is talking about and looking for them. Some arsonists stay near the scene once the fire has started to mingle with the crowd who have gathered to watch the fire. […]
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