Letters to the Editor
'Go and plant it'
Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your smoke signaller really lives as though they are from the dark ages, wouldn’t you agree? What is unbelievable about transport fuel costs, sweat and labour to make a maire ei? What else is there? There is no other expense on the producer’s part -- that is the truth.
Locals given priority?
Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The carefully construed dribble from the country’s Public Service Commissioner in response to concerns raised about the recruitment of an expatriate to a position in the public service is most worrying.
Pothole problem
Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last week I saw a vehicle narrowly miss injuring a small child as it squeezed into the road entrance at Takitumu primary school then veered sharply to avoid a growing number of huge pot holes that have sprouted up due to last year’s heavy rains.
Fiji not suspended
Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Please allow me to correct one point made in Monday’s press, ‘Fiji situation monitored by Cooks’.
What's the cost of Colagate?
Tuesday 19 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I won’t put my name to this letter and my reasons for this will be obvious to most readers.
Seeing red over Colagate
Tuesday 19 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’ve just picked up a copy of the Investigate magazine from Bounty Bookshop, with the Colagate article, and what an excellent read.
The dangers of Coke
Tuesday 19 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Over the past few weeks the controversy over the Colagate scandal has raged on.
How many fishing licenses?
Saturday 16 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In my letter to the editor of February 12, I quoted 62 longline licenses based on MMR’s release published on February 8 page 10, I quote, “Cook Islands licenses have been given to 32 frozen albacore and fresh tuna longliners, two carrier vessels, 16 purse seiners under the US treaty, two trawlers, 17 exploratory big eye and swordfish longliners, three fuel and bunker and 13 semi-super freeze longliners (minus 35 degree) vessels”.
'Where's our national pride?'
Saturday 16 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I congratulate local consultant Petero Okotai for sharing his frank and largely spot-on views in Cook Islands News on this country’s growing appetite and shameless audacity to beg for outside aid monies.
Fair tax for all our people
Saturday 16 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Every government requires tax revenue to carry out the necessities-health, education, welfare, law and order and so on.
'Let's not get sucked in'
Saturday 16 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I support Tuesday’s letter to the editor in regards to Coca Cola the health enemy.
Lip service to “going local”
Friday 15 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to highlight a few points regarding boomerang aid and the effect it has had on local graduates and the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) sector in the Cook Islands based on the articles by Petero Okotai.
Cook Islanders preferred for jobs
Friday 15 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This letter is in response to the letter ‘Why a non-Cook Islander?’ from ‘Fair Go’.
'Why a non-Cook Islander?'
Wednesday 13 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Recently the Office of the Public Service Commission confirmed the new CITAF (Cook Islands Technical Assistance Fund) manager appointment.
Coca Cola 'good health enemy'
Wednesday 13 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Reading “Healthy choices prevent lifestyle diseases” on page 6 of your Monday February 11 edition, the word hypocrisy sprang to my mind immediately.
Our own 'Pretty Woman'?
Wednesday 13 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Who remembers the movie Pretty Woman, where a rich man lavishes an escort with gifts and money for her services? Does anyone see the similarity with the Chinese company that is lavishing out gifts and money accepted by our own Pretty Woman Teina Bishop in return for our marine resources? We the people have voiced our concern, but Teina Bishop is so blind that he does not care what services he is providing.
Festival to celebrate harvest
Wednesday 13 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The best locally grown produce and most delicious plates of food will be a couple of the star attractions at the inaugural ‘Te mou o te enua – celebrate the harvest’ festival tomorrow at the Punanga Nui Markets.
Answer needed on party hopping
Tuesday 12 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Leader of the Opposition, Wilkie Rasmussen on radio Matariki FM, February 11 made mention when discussing Norman George’s application for a declaratory judgement on the anti-party hopping issue, that Norman George had written a letter to the editor recently and I had signed it as coming from me.
Down the road to Fishgate?
Tuesday 12 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Approximately a month ago, over a period of weeks, many writers to your paper were requesting that MMR inform the public with information about fishing licenses.
Cruising right on by
Thursday 7 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Another cruise liner did not land at Avatiu Harbour last Saturday, and we missed out on more revenue for the country, I think this is the fifth landing in the last three months that was cancelled due to rough seas in town, nearly $500,000 in potential income has been lost to date.
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