Letters to the Editor
Letter: Aitutaki ‘booming’
Friday 25 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Having just come back from a two-day work mission to Aitutaki, I was amazed to see the number of tourists, people, cars, heavy duty tricks, motorcycles . . . busy, busy scenes everywhere. No scene like it, even in Rarotonga.
Letter: ‘A lump in my throat and tears in my eyes’
Friday 25 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I only recently came across your article of 17th June 2011 regarding the passing of Te Tika Mataiapo Dorice Reid as I was researching for my autobiography.
Letter: Cannabis
Wednesday 23 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Under (t) of the Regulations of the Drugs Act,the Executive Council can provide an exemption of any person or classes of persons from imposing any conditions or obligations of any controlled drug.
Letter: ‘None of this was necessary’
Wednesday 23 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Kia Orana, This entire Takitumu road/crossing/ fence issue is just tutae moko.
Letter: Implementing cannabis legalisation
Tuesday 22 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I write out of concern for the majority passed Cook Islands referendum on marijuana legalisation and the direction in which the government is proceeding.
Letter: ‘Point finger at administrators’
Monday 21 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
To the ex-boxer calling out sport free loaders. If you have a problem, go to the federations’ executive, CISNOC, etc and make a formal report to make them accountable.
Letter: Pay rise for health workers
Monday 21 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Obesity, diabetes, hospital lack of maintenance – what do they have in common?
Letter: Fire dangers
Friday 18 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Thank you to the anonymous writer for raising the issues around electrical items being supplied in the Cook Islands.
Letter: Stop ripping off your workers
Friday 18 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Friday, August 4, was a Public Holiday for our 58th Constitution Day celebrations. Everyone was legally entitled to enjoy a day off as a legal Public Holiday.
Letter: Fire dangers
Thursday 17 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
A few well-known retailers are flaunting several laws by selling electrical items that have flaws.
Letter: ‘We’re not bold enough’
Thursday 17 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, It’s been long pointed out to the Government that there is an existing legal framework to legalise both the importation and cultivation of medicinal cannabis under the Ministry of Health Act 2013 and the amended Drugs Act 2009 respectively.
Letter: MFEM clarifies business loans
Wednesday 16 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Covid Bank on August 3, 2023, I would like to inform your readers about the loans the Cook Island Government made during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Letter: ‘We have gone backwards’
Tuesday 15 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, C’mon you ding-a-lings – you are sending a small sports team to the Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago and we don’t even know who they are and what sports they are representing us and what is their level of performance and what chances they have to bring home a medal?
Letter: Anti-obesity drugs
Tuesday 15 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
As my last effort to generate some awareness and discussion, a later article in Nature says that “a weekly dose of Wegovy (aka semaglutide) slashed the risk of severe cardiovascular events by 20 per cent in adults with heart disease and either overweight or obesity.
Letter: Too little too late for Aitutaki lagoon and reef
Monday 14 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
A couple of weeks back the National Environment Service (NES) announced $400,000 funding to undertake a foreshore study of Rarotonga and Aitutaki.
Letter: Pick up the tita
Saturday 12 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Can you please enquire and tell your readers the size of the budget for the National Environment Service?
Letter: Potholes
Thursday 10 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Earlier this week, the writer and spouse were travelling anti-clockwise through Puaikura at dusk and, just before the new asphalt roadway gifted to Tinomana Ariki by the ever-generous Chris Vaile of Triad, two tourists on a motor scooter, in the fading light of the day, tried to swerve to miss one of the uncountable potholes.
Letter: ‘Don’t diss our uniforms’
Thursday 10 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, To the letter writer who criticised the beautiful uniforms of our youth teams at the 7th Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.
Letter: Obesity
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I was very surprised and pleased to receive a briefing from Nature magazine that anti-obesity drugs are available.
Letter: Legal aid
Wednesday 9 August 2023 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The miserly $40k budget for legal aid is continuing evidence that our "honourable" members of Parliament honour nothing but their own inflated egos and, in too many cases, inflated bellies.