Letters to the Editor
Stop the road toll 'nightmare'
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is indeed a very sad moment for the loss of another young life on our road. Yes, our road has yet again claimed another young life and this time a young sailor from the visiting NZ navy boat. I am a mother of children around the same age as the young sailor […]
Obey the rules or 'see you later'
Tuesday 26 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The recent granting of more Chinese fishing licenses with the prospect of even more being issued soon, coupled with increasing public concern over the sustainability of stocks and shark finning activities, raise the need for MMR and the minister to respond to at least two of the major issues at issue regarding licensing. […]
No access to a CT scanner
Monday 25 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Have just opened the world news section of your newspaper, and am looking at the horrific X-ray image of the spear embedded in the head of the US teenager after a spear gun accident in a fishing trip in Florida. Doctors had to cut part of the spear off before they could fit […]
Keep it up, Fitness Cook Islands
Saturday 23 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My partner and I are from Cairns, Australia and were in the Cook Islands for over a month in March. I used the gym quite a lot and, well, we thought we can’t just be on holiday and indulge on the good island food (oh, yes, the markets were excellent). Monday morning on […]
How stupid we have become!
Saturday 23 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your reports and letters regarding disciplining children have recently been doing the email rounds here in OZ! Many a true word spoken in jest? 1957 vs 2012 Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fight after school. 1957 – Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. […]
Only hope is moving overseas
Thursday 21 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last night on One News there was a news item relating to the reduction in fuel prices in NZ with the cost of diesel to drop to $1.46 per litre. Seeing that the cost of the same product in this country is currently at least $2.50 per litre, I would like to know […]
Muri road needs attention
Thursday 21 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I can see reason for the need to improve the state of the road in Avarua but surely the terrible state of the road in Muri, the so-called jewel in the crown when it comes to the country’s tourism industry, warrants urgent improvement? If anything, when talking about the tourism industry, Muri beach […]
Encouragement for the executive
Thursday 21 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After reading of the plight of the Pukapuka Community of NZ Inc, I wanted to write some words of encouragement to the executive of the group. According to the NZ Herald report, the community has already sold off two properties to pay their debts and are planning to sell two more. My advice […]
$194,000 for Vaimaru water
Wednesday 20 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Responding to Kata’s cartoon in Monday’s Cook Islands News concerning the water situation in Arenikau, Aitutaki, it is correct that in recent times the town water supply has been consistently turned off for periods of time to domestic home uses. Sometimes the water supply had been cut off for several days at a […]
Marurai and Toka going to Perth
Monday 18 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can I make a correction please? The two Members of Parliament from the Opposition side travelling to West Australia are the former Prime Minister Jim Marurai and Rakahanga MP Taunga Toka. Their names were recommended by the Opposition caucus to the Clerk of our Parliament just under two weeks ago. I, as the […]
We should protect all sharks
Monday 18 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to express my concerns regarding the meeting that was held last week by MMR about shark conservation. As one of the 15 that attended, the message that I got from this was that it was okay to catch some shark species. Personally I think this is garbage. As someone whose […]
Vaine roiroi kore e te maroiroi
Monday 18 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kit e Etita, Tata atu au i te oronga atu i ta matou akameitaki anga ta te au metuavaine o Ngatiarua e tei akakorona ia ki te kana tunu mori te ka tae mai, tei turuturu ia mai e te ona tauturu CIS, tei oora ia mai e ta ratou tamaine angaanga koia a Vanesa. […]
Charters more valuable than harpooning
Monday 18 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Many of your readers I am sure would like to see a picture of ‘Tamariki Kuki Airani’s’ grandfather harpooning fish from his vaka, if only to remind of bygone days when fish were plentiful. I recall during my childhood, the then common practice of stalking and the spearing of fish from the beach […]
Salute to Rangi
Saturday 16 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am so impressed with Moana Moeka’a’s comprehensive coverage of his late father Rangitukua’s story. Intrigued by the man’s history especially when he was being educated on the remote island of Mauke then. Considering the difficulties that he had to put up with in trying to get to Rarotonga to travel to NZ […]
There are jobs
Saturday 16 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read my friend MP Winton Pickering’s article on people leaving Pa Enua saying ”we got no jobs“. There are immediate jobs for at least 10 workers on Mangaia and 10 on Mauke to work in the maire exports. Earn earn up to $200 per day. You are your own boss. It is […]
What about the survey office?
Saturday 16 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Reading with interest Minister Mark Brown’s sourcing funds to computerise the Ministry of Justice and Police in your paper the other day prompts me to write and offer my 2 cent contribution to your paper about the neglect and demise of a now very small (3 staff) but equally important government institution and […]
Telecom explains work behind outages
Saturday 16 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Recent comments about the adequacy of public notices when Telecom plans outages that affect our services have led us to re-think the way we do this. At the moment we have several important developments on the go and these require us to take parts of the network down for short periods to implement […]
Absolute crap
Friday 15 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to reply to Meg Perkins of the University of Queensland, published on June 14. I have 12 siblings, five older and seven younger. We have had a great upbringing, you couldn’t ask for a better mum and dad. Both have well-respected jobs, were always there when we needed them, made […]
Are we promoting shark fishing?
Friday 15 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last letter I reported that MMR refused to allow me to have a copy of the licences they have issued for exploratory fishing licences. My main objection to the issuing of the exploratory long line licences has always been the increase in the number of licences when I believe the resource is already […]
Who wants cheap fish?
Thursday 14 June 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is a response to Tuesday’s letter to the editor headed ‘Go local, fish local’ signed by Tamariki Kuki Airani. I guess you are one of those people who sit around and whinge all day while the world goes by. You may feel free to use my name when it suits you but […]
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