Letters to the Editor
'Recognise our licence'
Tuesday 20 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last week I read about Australian John Morrisey (Time to accept licenced drivers, August 10) complaining about having to wait for a while at the police station to get his driving licence.
Disappearing act
Tuesday 20 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was so happy to finally get a collar for my dog last Monday in Tupapa from the CISPCA - they are usually a hefty $20 at the CITC and donating what I could afford to get her one was fantastic.
'Take your own medicine'
Tuesday 20 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The people of this country deserve better! They must be sick, like I am, of the constant whinging and complaining by the Leader of the Opposition every time a response is made to his unfounded and exaggerated attacks against me, my government, my candidate for the Murienua by-election Kaota Tuariki, and lately, against my media professional Trevor Pitt.
Clarification on pension changes
Tuesday 20 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Wednesday August 14 you published comments from Iaveta Short seeking clarification of the recent changes to eligibility for portability of New Zealand pensions.
World's oldest director?
Tuesday 20 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, With its usual finesse for accuracy your newspaper referred in its lead article on Friday August 16 (Colagate gains exposure online) to the "alleged role of CITC founder and director Trevor Clarke and his associates".
Who is ripping off who?
Monday 19 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read the letter by Rob Allen on August 15 headed “Ripped off in the Cooks”, which cannot go unanswered.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
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