Letters to the Editor
Pension problems still not resolved
Saturday 24 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Mr Geoff Porter, you really have revealed a lot of valuable information on the NZ pension in your letter to the editor. I left Raro to live in NZ in December 2005 aged 62 years after receiving a reply to my letter from the Head Office of WINZ in Wellington that I have […]
Why not subsidise northern flights?
Friday 23 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing to follow-up regarding the $12.5 subsidy to Air New Zealand for flights aimed at increasing tourism. While I laud this effort, I also wonder about encouraging local flights, especially between the Northern Group and Rarotonga. The current lack of regular, affordable transportation is discouraging. To travel from Rarotonga to Pukapuka […]
Not all support
Friday 23 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Please allow me ‘to kill two flies with one stroke’, as the saying goes. Firstly, I disagree with Dick (affectionately known as Dicky) Thomson, as far as his complete disgust is concerned. The Aitutaki Sharks were informed, as we read, two months ago that the Takuvaine Warriors are unable to travel due to […]
Judicature law like David and Goliath
Friday 23 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If sending letters to the newspaper gets disclosure that the Judicature Amendment Bill really is at the behest of the Bankers’ Association, it is a win for freedom of information. The Law Society would win points if their aim to ‘diffuse legal knowledge’ to the public happened before it goes to Select Committee […]
Batman cashes cheques, flees island
Friday 23 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to the compendium initiative by the John Batman Group which has polarised the tourism industry. As a small tour operator obviously I am one of those totally opposed to this initiative. Basically this man Jarrod La Canna came to see us, showing a fancy compendium and a list […]
Warriors hit back
Thursday 22 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the comments made by John Baxter re the Warriors vs. Sharks game. Firstly, John Baxter should get all the facts before making nonsense comments. The Warriors decision not to travel to play the Sharks was tabled two months ago in the CIRL executive meeting and not a […]
Disgusted with Rarotonga teams
Thursday 22 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is with sympathy and rightful support of Aitutaki and our only representative rugby league team the Sharks that I, a long-term resident here, register my complete disgust with insensitive/uncaring and very bad sportsmanship of Rarotonga teams who renage/opt-out at short notice from competing at Aitutaki! Why? You have far more money-earning supporters […]
Law Society clarifies Judicature Bill
Thursday 22 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter to the editor by ‘Concerned Citizen’ appearing in Saturday’s edition of the Cook Islands News March 10 and headed ‘New law favours banks’, as well as information disseminated by the Cook Islands News regarding same. I write to you in my capacity as the President of the Cook […]
Conflict of interest by lawyers 'absurd'
Thursday 22 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your letter writer ‘Concerned Citizen’ makes absurd the issue of “conflict of interest”. He calls for lawyers on the Parliamentary Select Committee on the Judicature Amendment Bill to step down because in his presumptuous opinion, these lawyers who are also elected Parliamentarians are sponsoring the Bill. He compares it to Justice Wilson who […]
Lawyers have a conflict in Judicature Act
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, I am commenting after reading Monday’s front page of lawyer Tim Arnold and former lawyer Trevor Clarke coming forward with a more moderate or ‘less aggressive’ approach to the principles of the proposed amendment to the Judicature Act. It is especially of interest considering Clarke is one of the most prominent businessmen in […]
Prolonged police process questioned
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am concerned at the prolonged process by the authorities in bringing their case to the courts. In particular I refer to a charge against a friend who we know to be an upstanding and intelligent Cook Island citizen; contributing professionally to his country through his work and who has been charged with […]
Call for details of Endeavour deal
Wednesday 21 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Without knowing the details of the scope of the current Endeavour offer (not having had the details disclosed), I have seen the 2007 colour brochure that the company handed out at the time. Going on that information, Endeavour wants exclusive rights to the seabed mining rights and any minerals found, with no qualifications. […]
Take control of your own health
Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am incredibly disappointed to learn that a person I know who went to the hospital in Rarotonga for a Pap Smear was told she would be too young by the gynaecologist. I want to know why in the world would a medical professional want to stop a young person who is taking […]
The evil side of the Cook Islands
Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, One of my sons just returned from a South Pacific cruise on a sailing vessel. After the sailing vessel visited the Cook Islands he recommended to his mother and I to go there. I never heard of the Cook Islands so I looked it up on the internet. At first it was refreshing […]
War games wrong, name an insult
Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write to you in respect of the story entitled ‘Paintball Natives!’ in the weekend section of CINews dated March 3. Firstly, I am disappointed that the Religious Advisory Council has not commented on the introduction of war games by the Celebration on the Rock movement’s Pastor Jonathan Cargill. Secondly, who does Pastor […]
Gender equality remains a key issue
Tuesday 20 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you for inviting me to make some comments on the recent letters in your paper referring to women being discriminated upon in our workforce. Women have played a valuable role as independent advocates and activists throughout the growth and history of this country. In 1981, the Cook Islands National Council of Women […]
What mechanisms protect local employers?
Monday 19 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My letters over the past few days have brought employment issues of both the employer and employee’s to the fore. Good employees are a key to a business’s success. When employers in the Cook Islands lose a staff member they have trained, they get peeved off when the company down the road offers […]
Don't let the bureaucrats get you
Monday 19 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In reply to the article in last week’s news about the harbourmaster leaving because he is worried about receiving his NZ pension, I don’t blame him. In 2002 I was living in Christchurch and receiving the pension and went to WINZ and told them I was considering going to live in Rarotonga, they […]
The Lost Tribe strikes again
Monday 19 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last week’s reports and letters about the NZ pension emphasise the gross deficiencies in the NZ Superannuation Act as it relates to eligible NZ expats and Cook Islanders living here. Your recent coverage of the dilemma of Bill Framhein, a Cook Islander and Vietnam War veteran who is stuck in an untenable situation […]
Bunglings and lies on NZ pension
Saturday 17 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It was with shock and disbelief that I read yet again the bungling and lies that continually come from the various New Zealand governments when in office on the subject of the New Zealand Pension. Your article ‘Harbourmaster quits over NZ pension’ featured in the Thursday issue of the Cook Islands News strongly […]
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