Letters to the Editor
BTIB, the future is in your hands
Monday 23 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It really annoyed me when I read in the paper that some health conference spokesperson said that Cook Islanders have really low education. Would this be Cook Islanders living in New Zealand? Can’t be. A lot of organisations in Auckland such as the Pukapuka New Zealand community are purchasing huge 35 storey buildings […]
Does the offence justify the cost?
Monday 23 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’ve just read Saturday’s front-page story about the jail sentences imposed on Operation Eagle defendants. And I have to ask: What are the court’s priorities? People who constitute a threat to society, or people who grow and sell a plant that is, elsewhere in the world, quasi-legal, and for good reason? I read […]
Well done
Monday 23 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last Sunday we were guests in the morning service at the Cook Islands Christian Church just up the road from the Pacific Resort. We were a group of 10 from NZ lucky enough to have had the opportunity to visit your beautiful country and hear the fantastic singing in church. During the service […]
Support Honolulu flight
Monday 23 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in support of the possibility of a Hawaiian Airlines flight between Honolulu and Rarotonga. Given that Hawaiian Airlines will be flying from Auckland to Honolulu, it would be an easy stop-over. The Cook Islands Tourism Corporation would do well to encourage Hawaiian Airlines to make the stop. For people in […]
MPs, your time is up
Monday 23 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I couldn’t agree more with the writer of the article about MPs, taking a pay cut, to lead by example. That is real leadership not saying one thing during the years of opposition and then doing the opposite when the party becomes the government. Secondly cut off the appointing their mates to different […]
Architects should foot VIP lounge bill
Friday 20 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Everyone is aware that the terminal at Rarotonga International Airport is brand new and cost tens of millions of dollars to design and construct. Obviously, the design of the new airport terminal was not only to cater for current tourism loads when it comes to visitor arrivals and departures but, just as important, […]
Blame airport authority for VIP lounge
Friday 20 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The people making negative comments regarding the non-attendance of a Cook Islands delegation at the Pacific Arts Festival due to the lack of funds and the 330K used for the VIP lounge upgrade need to understand why things are the way they are. Firstly, the size and the location of the VIP lounge […]
Absence at festival 'shameful'
Friday 20 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Please feel free to edit my letter, but I am typing this with tears steaming down my face, so I might not be thinking clearly right now. I have just finished reading the documentary written by Alexander Teariki Olah on the Marumaru Atua about the finishing leg of their voyage from Espiritu Santos […]
Walk talk
Thursday 19 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The other afternoon I took a walk along the back road from Tupapa to Avana. I cannot recall the last time I saw the back road in such a terrible state. Here we are, after almost 47 years of self-government, and in the very peak of the country’s tourist season all we have […]
Ban shark finning
Thursday 19 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I think everyone should protect our sharks. I heard there was a boat in the Cook Island waters, with a lot of shark fins on it. As part of their licence to fish in CI waters, no fishing boats are allowed to take sharks fins. I found out about shark fin soup, too. […]
Grateful thanks
Thursday 19 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My husband John was on the ‘Tangaroa – Jillymae’ on its tragic final voyage. John and I would like to express our grateful thanks to all concerned on the day. Thanks to Skipper Blair (Wilson) for your support and quiet, calm manner while all on board clung to the boat in the sea […]
Mixed messages from MMR
Thursday 19 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It has been an interesting few weeks in the fisheries world, since my letter raising my concerns at shark finning. The good news first! The Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) has finally released Vaine Wichman’s report on the game fishing industry and status of fisheries in the southern group. (It says that the […]
Cost control?
Wednesday 18 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I never heard of such a thing until I had a chat with my mate in Manihiki, who stated the ship Kwai came in on July 15 from Hawaii and that’s where that 2kg chicken for $40 came from. Bloody hell, this is a daylight robbery or an attack from the pirates in […]
Two issues
Wednesday 18 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I have two issues to address 1. The process of recruitment, selection and appointment concerning the Punanga Nui management. What was the process used for the recruitment, selection and appointment of the new chairperson and of the new committee that is involved in the management of the Punanga Nui? The process does not […]
Mistaken identity
Tuesday 17 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Like many avid readers of CINews I was pleased to see the photo of another batch of Permanent Residents being welcomed into the Cook Islands family. However, since then, I’ve had a range of comments either congratulating me on becoming PR, or noting they had always thought I was a local ‘all these […]
Political point scoring from situation
Tuesday 17 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I just wanted to respond to Wilkie Rasmussen’s comments regarding Kiki Matenga’s electoral petition. Wilkie of all people should know that the electoral process doesn’t end when the by-election results are confirmed. The electoral act outlines a process for an appeal if a candidate standing in an election is satisfied that further clarification […]
Windage and 'crabbing' a particular port problem
Tuesday 17 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Not being an importer of any consequence, I am not overly concerned as to who gets the second shipping licence or what the political ramifications are. Of more concern are the specifications of the ships that are to be used by the operators of these licences. As a former harbourmaster and pilot for […]
Be assured
Monday 16 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As I read Alex Olah’s description of what transpired at the Pacific Festival I could feel their disappointment and tears of how they must have experienced the ‘let down’ of what should have been a joyous occasion. The MOCD should have known in advance and organised the welcoming contingent appropriately, properly allocated the […]
Stop carnage
Monday 16 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Helmets. Bottom line, they do save lives. However, despite all that is being said, I agree with both sides on certain issues as to the wearing of them or not. What really is the issue is ”police presence“. As I have said before in these letters, when deaths are prevalent on our roads […]
Barking dogs annoying
Monday 16 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My husband and I have just returned home from staying for 26 days at the Sunset Resort. We had lovely and enjoyable holidays which were spoiled only by being woken nearly every night by barking dogs. Those dogs do not appear to belong to anyone and they certainly are not controlled by anyone. […]
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