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Elect PM

Wednesday 31 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I wish to bring out into the public arena the issue of the election of the prime minister of the Cook Islands.

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Thanks and praise to fire fighters

Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, To the dedicated MEN and WOMEN of the Puaikura Volunteer Fire Brigade and Takitumu and Airport Fire Service:

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Wrong message

Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In the U14 football game last Saturday between Tupapa and Nikao, a player was harshly tackled from behind and ended up landing shoulder first into the dirt drawing an uproar from the majority of spectators, but a carry-on call was called by the ref Lai resulting in another incident occurring not long after that.

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What value going green?

Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, What value is going green to Cook Islands people?

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Power charges repel people

Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Can Te Aponga Uira tell the reading public why they have a policy of making some new power users pay for a substation at the cost of $30,000, in order for these folk to get access to something most people take for granted – electricity – and TAU gets to own the substation afterwards? This is morally wrong on so many levels.

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Rehearing not correct

Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In reporting on our successful appeal to the Privy Council in Tuesday’s edition your reporter is in error when she declares that ours was an appeal for a rehearing and that the matter has been sent back to the Court of Appeal for that purpose.

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Te Mire Tama: pride in our culture and custom

Saturday 20 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I wish to convey my heartfelt appreciation for the excellent ‘Te Mire Tama’ programme on Thursday evening at the national auditorium. This kind of activity assured me that our nation is heading the right path in encouraging our children to take pride in our culture and custom and most importantly our ‘heritage’.

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Call for full transparency

Saturday 20 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I read with interest the extremely well written article by your outstanding journalist Rachel Reeves which appeared in yesterday’s paper headed “Call for greater fisheries transparency”.

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One of the best experiences of our lives

Friday 19 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, For those people that don’t know us, our names are Johanna and Marc ‘Mareko’ from Germany and we just finished an internship at Island Hopper Vacation.

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For the love of netball

Thursday 18 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As a diehard netball fan, I want to take this opportunity to take my hat off to the national netball team – you ladies did us proud!

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Where are the helmets?

Wednesday 17 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A big thank you to the Motor Centre for handing out free of charge 800 plus motorcycle helmets.

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Personal and political criticism rejected

Tuesday 16 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Firstly, it is disappointing that you have authorised the publication of such a letter in your newspaper without disclosing the identity of the author (dated 15 October 2012).

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Soft drink tax avoidance was smart but unethical

Tuesday 16 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, This is in response to Count von Count II’s assessment of the ‘Colagate’ lost revenue issue.

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Is Biolytix a failure?

Tuesday 16 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Can someone in MOIP clarify why the Biolytix treatment plant is still being installed on the WATSAN sanitation upgrade in Muri when it has become apparent that this particular treatment has proven to be a failure in Australia?

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Fizz falls flat

Monday 15 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I have thus far resisted the temptation of commenting on the published comments concerning the Audit Office report into “imported soft drinks by CITC” dated 29 July 2011. However, on reading the letter by “Taxpayer” (CINews 10 October), I am going to respond and this will be my first and last word on this.

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Challenged

Monday 15 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, While I was on holiday in Aitutaki recently, I read in your paper and heard on Radio New Zealand International about local MP Mona Ioane ‘bagging’ the Commissioner of Police about his leadership style.

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Bird kerfuffle

Monday 15 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to respond, please, to two recent articles in your paper, the first appearing on 22 September (p.13, ‘No official list of threatened species’, reported by Calida Smylie), the second on 10 October (p.8, ‘Kopeka our most threatened bird’, same byline). Both were reported as having originated from Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust (CINHT) and quoted its director, Mr Gerald McCormack.

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'We set the rules, we're in control'

Saturday 13 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Reuben Tylor for his letter to the editor in yesterday’s Cook Islands News.

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Call for licensing moratorium

Saturday 13 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It was an excellent letter from Rueben Tylor (yesterday).

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Take heed

Saturday 13 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Whilst the Minister of Fisheries is to be congratulated on his willingness to seek an economic return from our vast but vulnerable fish resource, he should take heed of the concerns expressed not only by Reuben Tylor in his latest letter to CINews but also of many of his (the Minister’s) friends and supporters.

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