Letters to the Editor
Making protecting the ocean a priority
Monday 19 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Being a nation of small islands with insufficient land to sustain at least the protein needs of our people, our ocean and lagoons are strategic assets to be cherished, nurtured and protected.
A money grab
Saturday 17 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I agree with the Australians comment about the Cook Islands not recognising overseas driver’s licences.
'It's about moving forward'
Saturday 17 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For several days now the Prime Minister has wasted his energy on slamming me as the Leader of the Opposition.
Release info on purse seining
Saturday 17 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read in CI News on Friday August 16 about the recent Tuna Commission Scientific Committee in Micronesia, and the concern that the fisheries scientists expressed about the state of our tuna stocks.
Performance review a mockery
Friday 16 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am sad to hear that Tupuna Rakanui was terminated as clerk of the House because of a performance review.
Dog owners the guilty ones
Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to add my voice of complaint to that of Sue Cooper who was a recent visitor with a nasty experience of local dogs.
Grey Power plans to march on
Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, With the sitting of Parliament postponed to next month, we the Grey Power have eased off our preparations to march to Parliament to show our displeasure at the governments’ decision to tax and backdate it two years.
Not a letter for print
Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am surprised that you printed a letter to the editor ascribed to me without firstly getting it from me and without obtaining my approval to put it in your newspaper.
Ripped off in the Cooks?
Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I think it’s about time for NZ people to stop getting ripped off in the Cooks.
Purse seine fleets 'predators'
Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with shock horror the news of the European Union (EU) trying to get access for their purse seine fleets to Cook Islands waters.
'A demo wearing a different coat'
Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For the record, I want to clarify the background relating to Cook Islands Party (CIP) candidate Kaota Tuariki’s desertion of the Democratic Party.
Clarification needed on pension changes
Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Congratulations on fantastic Maeva Nui celebrations.
What about motorbikes
Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I agree that overseas driver licences should allow visitors to drive on our roads without the need for a Cook Islands licence.
PERCA still 'toothless tiger'
Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Having served two terms on the Public Expenditure Review Committee and Audit (PERCA) I feel that the public have the right to know why the committee is often regarded as not doing enough to investigate alleged misuse of public funds.
Roaming dogs on the increase
Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have just returned home to New Zealand after a wonderful stay in your beautiful piece of paradise.
Driving in Pukapuka
Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I can’t wait to use my New Zealand driver’s licence on Pukapuka when I visit in a couple years’ time.
Another monopoly?
Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My freight agent in Auckland advises that Matson Line, which operates the Olomana that serves both Raro and Aitutaki, has introduced another shipping service.
Forgotten
Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My mother’s family settled in New Zealand in 1842, and my father’s family came to New Zealand in 1913, so I consider that I qualify to be called a New Zealand citizen.
Policy only a half measure
Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Hearty congratulations to those of ‘The Lost Tribe’ who will benefit from NZ’s intended policy change in regards to the portability of NZ superannuation to locals and expats living in the Cooks.
Time to accept licenced drivers
Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In regards to the Cook Islands driver’s licensing, as an Australian living in the Brisbane metropolis with a population of about 2.5 million, I find it appalling that a small island nation with a smaller population than the suburb within which I reside does not recognize the validity of an Australian driver’s license.
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