Letters to the Editor
Minister apologises
Saturday 13 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Firstly I have just sent James Beer an apology for not being able to keep our original appointment on Friday 5th November last year. As he mentioned I was delayed at a previous appointment that ran over time.
Fishing lessons from the Sheraton
Friday 12 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I want to thank you Minister, for being direct in your answers to my questions.
Tender fuel delivery, not supply
Wednesday 10 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I should offer my unreserved apology to Brett Porter for supplying “reckless information” re the freight content on petroleum imports.
Former treasurer attacked over Colagate
Wednesday 10 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, First of all, I really feel for Pilz Napa and family over the advantage CITC received for many years, especially as they had a legitimate business that simply could not compete with imported goods.
Call for public meeting
Wednesday 10 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Finance Minister Mark Brown is correct. The mess popularly called “Colagate” predates the current government. And the one before that, and the one before that... it has, in fact, spanned several governments.
Why another fuel shortage?
Tuesday 9 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We ran short on fuel a few weekends ago, this week it has happened again. It has a surprisingly large impact on commodity and service markets.
'Flip-flop blunder after blunder'
Monday 8 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Has the Minister of Finance lost the plot? It seems so. Contrary to what he claims, he appears to spend almost all of his time in office making blunder after blunder.
Pigs might fly
Monday 8 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Regarding your story heading ‘Bulk fuel deal likely’ (Mon October 1), it is good news that government is considering ways of consolidating fuel volumes and thus reducing the landed cost.
Colagate came with Demo mess
Saturday 6 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have just been informed that I have been mentioned twice in this week’s letters to the editor of Cook Islands News. One by an anonymous Demo supporter who is ashamed of the way our country hosted the Pacific Islands Forum and another by Mr James Beer in a letter regarding the ongoing CITC soft drink import levy splitting.
Let it live
Saturday 6 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Why, why why? Do we need more concrete on Rarotonga? More tarseal, perhaps?
Plant a tree
Saturday 6 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The facts are that the tree is in the middle of a commercial area and there is a plan to develop the area.
Shipping monopoly?
Saturday 6 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
What is a monopoly? Dictionary dot Com describes it as,
Kupu tano e tivaevae
Saturday 6 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia orana Etita, Kua tatau au i te atikara “Tivaivai and craft intrigue visitors” i roto i te nuti peapa tei tataia no te ra 3 o Okotopa, kua taitaia toku ngakau. Te tumu kua putuputu roa te nuti peapa i te tata i te kupu ‘tivaivai’e kare i te kupu tano e tei matauia e ko te ‘tivaevae’.
Correct name is tivaevae
Saturday 6 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read the article “Tivaivai and craft intrigue visitors” in the newspaper for Wednesday 3 October, and I was concerned because the newspaper seems to write more about the word ‘tivaivai’ instead of the correct word ‘tivaevae’.
Cartoon draws disappointment and anger
Wednesday 3 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I feel compelled to express my disappointment and anger in the Kata cartoon that appeared in last Thursday’s Cook Islands News. Quite apart from insulting the people of the Solomon Islands, this cartoon associates Tav with this insult. I find this very disturbing to myself personally and to all that are associated with […]
Finsec's response 'unsatisfactory'
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Firstly thank you for printing my letter in respect of unanswered questions put to our Finsec in yesterday’s CINews. Secondly thank you to Mr Neves for responding to my letter but the response was totally unsatisfactory. I took Mr Neves’ advice when he said that future practices would be on the MFEM website. […]
'No merit in tax review' refuted
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In his latest confusing attempt to answer questions posed by Mr Framhein, the Financial Secretary says his letter is about “MFEM’s practice in the past of splitting soft drink imports into separate import entry classifications”. In fact, this was not an MFEM practice at all but instead a long running CITC exploitation of […]
Entertained and appalled by the news
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was recently a second-time visitor to Rarotonga and once again an avid reader of Cook Islands News. A daily dose of CINews is one way a short term Kiwi visitor can try to get a little beyond the surface of charming Cook Islands’ life. Over my morning coffee I found myself by […]
Name with-held for fear of retaliation
Tuesday 2 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to Ben Ponia’s letter of Saturday 29, Ben I respect MMR’s operational premise and responsibility however Webster’s Dictionary describes TRANSPARENCY as “free from pretence or deceit and readily understood” therefore I have to question your statistics. First let’s ignore anything prior to 2011 – it’s immaterial. We are told we have […]
MFEM sees no merit in pursuit
Monday 1 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to William Framhein’s recent letter to you in which he makes a number of allegations regarding MFEM’s practice in the past of splitting soft drink imports into separate import entry classifications for contents and packaging. The issue raised by Mr Framhein was also raised in a letter from James Beer (at […]
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