Letters to the Editor
Super system unfair
Friday 27 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am quite amazed that being an MP would require you to be elected for only two terms before being entitled to superannuation for life. On my own calculation with the recent terms of election, these cronies need only eight years of being a Member of Parliament, 20 days’ work per year (if […]
'Pure incompetence'
Friday 27 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is incredible that on the morning of the opening of Te Maeva Nui, the BTIB is asking for sponsorship for the event. What has the previous and new Secretary of Culture been doing for the last 12 months? If they were doing their job properly, sponsorship should have been secured soon after […]
Implement a road levy on vehicles
Friday 27 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yes, I do agree with people and even tourists complaining about the roads around the island. I took a ride around just recently and it is unsafe in most areas. I would have expected the road to be safer to use than before, but no, it is the other way around. I did […]
The issue of copyright
Thursday 26 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Though seemingly creative, the new Telecom NZ ”Kung Fu“ prepaid adverts might be infringing international copyright. Of course I could be wrong, and Telecom may have paid ‘Golden Harvest Company Pictures’, or the estate of Bruce Lee, for the use of his image and their movie. With the profits they make off the […]
CEO clarifies comments
Thursday 26 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I just wish to clarify a point mis-reported in your article on page 7 headed ”Meeting highlights mismanagement“ by Matiu Workman. You have me quoted as saying ”That’s absolute nonsense… etc“ under the paragraph describing Graham’s suggestion of the government’s stance not being affected whether Mark Brown was elected or not. I actually […]
We will remember this incompetence
Thursday 26 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, How much longer do we have to suffer this incompetence and apparent dishonesty from CISNOC? It is a pathetic joke. Meeting after meeting deferred with the reason cited changing from day to day, as recounted by Hugh Graham in your report yesterday. The board is now openly acting in defiance of the majority […]
Invest super money locally
Thursday 26 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest in the Cook Islands News (Saturday July 21) that our invested national superannuation funds for 2011 gave us a net return of 2.6% after ”fees and other expenses“ were deducted. The interest rate charged by our local banks for development projects is around 10% (or in most cases higher) […]
Scrutiny required
Tuesday 24 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The question as to the authority to grant these shipping licence approvals, the conditions, obligations and responsibilities associated with them, and the policing of the same, requires scrutiny. In the his haste to favour Tai Moana over the government’s shipping company PFL, the Minister of Transport has unfortunately invoked a provision of the […]
Guam is just four years away
Tuesday 24 July 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s sad to read that the brunt of the blame for non-appearance of a Cook Islands contingent at the Arts Festival is being directed at Tauranga Vananga, the Ministry of Culture. Unfortunately in the current difficult worldwide economic climate and given our limited capital, government has to make difficult decisions as who to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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