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Minerals trip to China not a 'junket'

Thursday 23 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I sent you a private email on Monday regarding problems I saw with Monday’s CINews article (21/8/12) on my report on the recent minerals seminar. It has been two days now with no explanation or apology and therefore this public ‘Letter to the Editor’ is now necessary. Whilst I am grateful that my […]

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Why the big secret over fishing licences?

Wednesday 22 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write about the response in your newspaper by the Secretary of Marine Resources Ben Ponia to your OIA questions about fishing licences. Once again this guy continues to avoid and not provide answers to questions rightfully being asked by the public and government watchdogs. I believe the agreements which are signed with […]

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Good luck Bill Framhein: The Lost Tribe

Wednesday 22 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As spokesman for our Lost Tribe, I will follow the case of Bill Framhein (CINews Monday August 20) with great interest. We applaud Auckland councillor Mike Lee’s lobbying on Bill’s behalf. Mr Lee has quite correctly pointed out – as we have also tried to emphasise for nearly 20 years – that this […]

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Clarifications

Tuesday 21 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Just a few clarifications to two articles which have appeared over the past week. 1) Regarding Friday August 17’s article reference to the late Peto Nicholas being a member of the team which beat the Italian national rugby side, that game was played in 1980 – not in 1981. 2) Re the article […]

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2 more years of whinging

Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Thanks to the Demo conference for making clear who I am not voting for in the next election. Congratulations Demos for picking a leader that has no problem cutting of the noses of his Tongareva people in order to spite the face of the Cook Islands. You have a leader who is not […]

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It's amazing why tourists come

Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, There are a lot of dogs in the Vaimaanga area now. A few weeks ago I started my walk and saw the Esther Honey director dumping a dog around the area. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was dropping off a dog who lives around the area. Funny […]

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Stand up

Saturday 18 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, No matter which political party gets elected as the government, no matter who the prime minister is, no matter who the members of parliament are, no matter what they say, no matter what they do, and no matter where they go, through our democratic system there will always be those out in the […]

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Herded like animals

Saturday 18 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am not from Tongareva or Manihiki or any of the Northern Group islands. I’m Rarotongan with a little bit of Mangaian and proud of it. Witnessing what happened at Avatiu wharf on Saturday afternoon whereby our people from the Northern Group were almost herded like animals on to a already overloaded vessel […]

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Forum is a wonderful opportunity

Saturday 18 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I read with interest two items in Friday’s paper (August 17) critical of two aspects of the preparations for the 43rd Pacific Leaders Forum being held here later in the month. The first was about a motorcade rehearsal held on Wednesday August 15 after 4pm, and the second about the perceived cost of […]

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Get back the dogcatcher

Friday 17 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Once upon a time in Raro there was a dogcatcher, causing quite some controversy and discussions about how to deal with Raro’s dog problem. I envy this time, because at least there was widespread agreement that we have a problem with too many dogs roaming around our roads. At least this is the […]

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Import tax too much

Friday 17 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Aunty June is right. The 75% import tax on soft drinks is ridiculous. The government is telling us that the tax is for health reasons to discourage people from drinking soft drinks. If health issues are the reason for the increased taxes, why are there no duties on unhealthy food items, and why […]

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No way I'm terminating Sky

Friday 17 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Firstly my sincere thank you maata Cook Islands News for highlighting my concern regarding the Sky Television problem. Mr Walker, I have been to your office twice to talk about our Sky TV reception problem with the recent problem indicating on the screen NO SIGNAL or BAD CHANNEL which started last Friday night […]

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'You can't make ika mata without slicing fish'

Friday 17 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am staggered by the credulity of your report on the Democratic Party Conference and the remarks attributed to new leader Wilkie Rasmussen that ‘I have not resigned from the Cook Islands Party’. This man is making false statements and it does concern me and should concern a lot of other people. If […]

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Using youth as an excuse is not acceptable

Thursday 16 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to chip in my five cents about the police officer who stole NZ$9000 from an active crime scene earlier this year and escaped jail time and got no other punishment than a mild slap on the wrist and some public shame that will last five minutes. It’s unbelievable that she […]

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Get rich quick fishing scheme flawed

Thursday 16 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Last month MMR issued a statement that it hoped ”one day our small scale fishermen can piggy back“ into the deep sea fishery, off the back of companies such as Luen Thai Fishing Ventures Ltd. We have experience in this country on how Cook Islanders can piggy back into an industry on the […]

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Scurrilous mischief-making

Thursday 16 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I believe a retraction by the Cook Islands News is in order in terms of the story you reported on regarding the Demo Party conference as reported in CINews (August 15). I am open about my friendship with Mr Norman George. But I find it incredulous that your reporting would go as far […]

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Sorry about it, says Sky's local agent

Thursday 16 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Firstly I wish to acknowledge Cook Island Television and Vaka Television for the coverage of the recent Olympic Games in London, England. Keep up with the good work. Unfortunately for those owning and paying Sky TV more than $700 yearly, sorry you missed out. Why? Poor reception. I have visited the Sky TV […]

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Cop crimes not as bad

Wednesday 15 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write in relation to some past and present articles in the newspaper about the behaviour of members of our police force. This morning (August 14) I read about an officer stealing from a crime scene more than $5000. Previously I’ve read about police officers crashing their trucks, officers driving while under the […]

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Stray dogs are spoiling Rarotonga

Wednesday 15 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I‘ve been a frequent visitor to your beautiful country since 1992 and feel well qualified to comment on Raro as tourists see it. Spoiling the many lovely aspects of a holiday here right now is the current dog population. Regardless of figures recently quoted of a reduction in the number of ‘wild dogs’, […]

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Shame on the PM

Tuesday 14 August 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I read in your newspaper the shocking news that the Tongareva people did not depart on Saturday on Lady Naomi due to some political intervention on whose cargo went first on the boat. The PM’s cargo was given as a first priority to go to Manihiki and other Tere Parties missed out on […]

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