Letters to the Editor
Finding the right balance
Wednesday 20 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
As humans we don’t seem to be adept at finding the happy medium, striking the right balance, practicing the principles of moderation.
Tourism not all doom and gloom
Tuesday 19 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was interested in the comments that Amelia Borofsky made regarding the potential negative impact of tourism to the Cook Islands and highlighted how tourism has impacted Hawaii in a negative way.
An alternative water supply system
Tuesday 19 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Is there an alternative to the $60m Rarotonga water project? The answer to this question is a definite yes! In the Cook Islands Party manifesto of the last election it has a proposal to improve the water supply on Rarotonga by encouraging and optimising the use of water tanks for households.
Head in the sand
Monday 18 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The letter of condemnation by the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands against Fiji regime brutality comes way too late.
'Who do you see?'
Monday 18 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I just want to respond to a smoke signaller’s comment in Cook Islands News that George Maggie has not done anything since he became an MP for Tupapa-Maraerenga.
Turning on the tap
Monday 18 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Temu Okotai’s letter of March 14 is thought provoking – but puts forward some questionable points which require greater scrutiny.
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.
'A God given quality'
Saturday 16 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a Member of Parliament and a public figure, I accept the criticisms that have been directed at me in the past but felt that there really wasn’t any need for me to respond.
A milestone for CI women
Saturday 16 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Friday last week I was privileged to witness the announcement Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard made come to fruitition in regards to International Women’s Day Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum (March 8).
'Over the top'
Saturday 16 March 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The letters of praise for John Carter are over the top.
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.
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