Letters to the Editor
Taxing our savings
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Remember Mark Brown’s unpopular piggy bank tax (aka withholding tax)? He said it would last for just two years so it should have been removed in September but that didn’t happen and it’s now due to be dropped in January.
Potholes like craters in the road
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I take my hat off to the old papa who, over the weekend, decided to cart sand and fill the huge, crater-like potholes on the main road opposite the CICC church in Ngatangiia that had been neglected for weeks by the MOIP road gang.
Your honesty is number one
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, At approximately 9.30am on Thursday October 3 I went to the bank of the Cook Islands (BCI) Avarua to deposit some money into my savings account.
Look at our core values
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The waning work ethic of some of today’s new generation of indigenous Cook Islanders is very disappointing.
Do the math
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Something people who are miffed about waiting in line for their driver’s licence can do is purchase a 5 year licence.
More transparency needed from MMR
Monday 7 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It can be tempting when annual licence fees of $8 million are dangled in front of government to allow the four (possibly seven) European Union superseiners into Cook Islands waters.
An economy of two halves
Monday 7 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have an economy of two halves: the dying economies of the outer islands where people suffer in silence and depend on hand-outs from Rarotonga for their sustenance, and the tourism-led cash economy of Rarotonga, again of two halves, with those who’ve become cashless (mainly of indigenous extraction) and are fleeing the country like refugees and those who remain cash rich (mainly of foreign extraction) and don’t care about indigenous depopulation.
Collector wanted for Lotus replica
Saturday 5 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A collector’s dream – a white Lotus 7 replica is up for grabs.
Ban FADs for purse seine fishing
Saturday 5 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to the Ministry of Marine Resources press release on Wednesday, October 2 (Assert rights to skipjack fishery: MMR): This release correctly stated that a major challenge for purse seine fleets is the by-catch of bigeye tuna, which gather around fish aggregate devices (FADs) where skipjack congregate.
CITC 'greening' is leading by example
Saturday 5 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Te Ipukarea Society Inc wishes to congratulate CITC for their ‘greening’ initiatives - a company really leading by example.
Here by choice
Friday 4 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to ’The nerve!’ I attended the Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting where the comment was made that Cook Islanders were unrepresented.
Tax consultation, or a done deal?
Friday 4 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last Friday, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) announced a series of “proposed” tax changes.
Positive change
Friday 4 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Shame on those small number of selfish landowners who have tried to drag down Steve (Moko) Kavana and his small team of dedicated volunteers for their tireless efforts to bring about positive change for the Ngatangiia community, including the tourism industry, through the beautification of Avana.
Proposed tax changes will have benefits
Friday 4 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am happy to see that the proposed tax changes are receiving a significant amount of coverage in the media and that there is now considerable discussion occurring in the community.
A nation with its own rules
Thursday 3 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For a while I have been reading a few complaints about the police over there from tourists.
Retrospective taxation of the elderly 'unfair'
Thursday 3 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I’m here on holiday, but before people dismiss me and say “you have no right to have a say in this”, I am here with my family to visit my elderly parents who after working in New Zealand for over 50 years to provide for me and my siblings they are resting in what my Dad calls ‘paradise’.
Consultation needed with tribal landowners
Thursday 3 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Further to the issue of access to Te Tuingara via Matoteare and Areporia and the lack of consultation with the whole of the tribal landowners regarding the Avana Fishing Club, Japan and government project – true to form, Phillip Nicholas’ assertions and claims that he represents and speaks on behalf of the whole of the Manavaroa family is flawed.
Senior citizens celebrate at Are Pa Metua
Wednesday 2 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Low impact Zumba classes kicked off the International Day for Older Persons yesterday.
'The real bone of contention for us'
Wednesday 2 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was disappointed at Minister Mark Brown’s announcement on TV the decision of the Tax Review Committee.
The nerve!
Tuesday 1 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Apparently someone had the nerve to suggest at the Chamber of Commerce AGM last week that Cook Islanders were under represented in the meeting.
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