Letters to the Editor
Youth initiative impressive
Saturday 16 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s with great pleasure that I have been reading in CI News about all the work of NZ High Commissioner John Carter and the Future for Youth initiative.
Bank lifting its game on services
Friday 15 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In reply to the letter ‘Lift your game’ (March 12) from ‘Frustrated Vehicle Owner’ I am sorry that the vehicle owner reached such a point of frustration and thus felt the need to vent via a letter to the editor.
'Tourism is not the answer'
Friday 15 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with great dismay in CI News that the NZ Aid Programme will focus its donor aid on tourism and tourism-supported infrastructure projects in the Cook Islands.
'An amazing character'
Friday 15 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yet again and very unconciously, NZ’s High Commissioner John Carter has taken the public limelight by showing our tax-funded politicians how to perform their job of providing assistance in the community where it is needed most.
Cook Islanders evicted from state homes
Friday 15 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A Cook Islands family in New Zealand have been given orders to evacuate their state home.
Water project a national folly
Thursday 14 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The recently announced Rarotonga water project is to cost $60 million dollars.
Rich history, ancient culture
Wednesday 13 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In regards to the World Heritage Convention workshop this week in Rarotonga-while the World Heritage workshop may not concern us directly we do have at the Cook Islands Library & Museum Society one of the most extensive early Pacific Islands reference book collections as well as Cook Islands artifacts and we feel we could learn-and contribute-to preserving cultural and heritage sites in the Cook Islands.
'Lift your game'
Wednesday 13 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Having just got back from an interminable and frustrating wait in a queue at the Bank of the Cook Islands, I thought I would raise the question: Why is the public subjected to the unending inefficiency of the Bank of the Cook Islands to deal with vehicle registration? If we are not customers of this bank, then why do we have to join the long lines at the bank and waste hours of our own valuable time just to pay a bill and get a receipt and sticker? Why can’t we go to our own bank, or the Post Office or have an online system (that we can actually activate)? Year after year in March the queues at the BCI move forward in inches over hours.
Direct route for Asian tourists
Wednesday 13 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Nearly two years ago, in July 2011, I wrote to your paper concerning the decision by the Cook Islands not to pursue direct flights from Fiji to the Cook Islands, as well as on the subject of the Air NZ subsidies, etcetera.
Pulled off air
Wednesday 13 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, CITV’s programming leaves a lot to be desired.
Time to take a stand
Wednesday 13 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Nine blurry minutes of video footage leaked to the media this month have sparked global outrage and re-opened a painful discussion about Fiji that hits a nerve for many residents of the Cook Islands.
'Aquaponics may be the solution'
Tuesday 12 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to ‘Handout please’ (Learning how to apply for aid, Saturday March 9) what did the economic students to our site ‘learn’? They learnt how to turn a failed business venture into an opportunity; our experiences on how we have taken a more holistic approach to sustainable development; the importance of inclusiveness, community and partnerships to help grow a business, which in turn grows the economy.
'No allowances for playing golf'
Tuesday 12 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have all read confirmation that the PM Henry Puna took one week off for golf.
'Taking a real hammering'
Monday 11 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can someone in government please take the necessary action for the roads which were dug up around Avarua about three weeks ago for a water project to be repaired as soon as possible? With my car taking a real hammering on these torn up roads, how long do these roads need to remain unsealed before the road gang can come in to reseal? My heart goes out to those poor souls in Tupapa who must endure the dangerous dust particles whipped up 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Power outage woes
Monday 11 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wrote to CI News last week expressing frustration at the problems created by the power outage (on March 4) which should have been avoided.
Even slower the other way
Monday 11 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In regards to ‘snail mail’ from Rarotonga--it’s even slower going the other way! It is not unusual for letters from the UK and USA to take 6 months to get to Raro, and when they do arrive they are tattered and dirty as if they’ve been kicked around the floor.
Learning how to apply for aid?
Saturday 9 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Following on from the letter on Monday March 4 ‘Remarkable achievement’ about the Aquaponics in Titikaveka, it is indeed a remarkable achievement for the inexperienced operators of that venture to have conned a quarter of a million dollars (CI News 25 August 2012) out of NZ Aid.
NZ pension issue shelved again
Saturday 9 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Since there has been no feedback yet from government on the outcome of talks in Queenstown reguarding the portability of NZ superannuation, the following email I received from Mr [Murray] McCully’s office two days ago should provide enlightenment (and disappointment) for those golden oldies hoping for glad tidings: ‘7 March, 2013, Dear Les, Thank you for your emails on the 23 and 26 February 2013 regarding the issue of eligibility for NZ superannuation in the Cook Islands.
'Disrespectful on our part'
Thursday 7 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to use this forum to say how appalled and extremely disappointed I am at the dismal turnout of parents and caregivers to the Tereora College AGM on Tuesday March 5.
The changing face of tourism
Thursday 7 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Just returned from another wonderful trip to Rarotonga! While there though we noticed more this time than any trip before just how many non-Cook Islanders were serving us.
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