Letters to the Editor
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Airport project ‘disaster from inception’
Tuesday 15 November 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The $6.5 million runway replacement project was a disaster waiting to happen before it even started. Look at the people in charge. The project manager, Ianis Boaza, is an Airport Authority board member and deputy chairman. He is a political appointment, with no engineering qualifications and experience. Taoro Brown, is the chairman of the Airport Authority, another political appointment, with no engineering qualifications and experience.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Should we be worried about a 16 per cent NCEA pilot pass rate?
Monday 14 November 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Kia orana ki to tatou iti tangata. I read with shock that our Cook Islands’ students received a 16 per cent pass rate during the NCEA pilot test.
Man’s best friend
Monday 14 November 2022 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
It’s been a hard day’s night and I’ve been working like a dog (Beatles) – this has been a phrase used for ages to describe where an employee is at the mercy of the employer and is made to work on a task without taking any breaks, writes Ruta Mave.
LETTER TO EDITOR: ‘Fleecing the power uses’
Saturday 12 November 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Kia Orana, if, as Trevor Clarke states in his excellent letter to the editor, (Cook Islands News, October 25, 2022), the main reason for Te Aponga Uira’s existence has been moved from providing sustainable electricity at cheapest prices to the iti Tangata of Rarotonga, to becoming a cash cow for CIIC (Cook Islands Investment Corporation), then surely TAU has to come clean, and provide reasons justifying that position.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Search and rescue mission
Friday 11 November 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Some observations from someone close to the person brought down off the cross island walk recently. Do not get me wrong, the SAR (search and rescue) teams are an incredibly important service for the community however some other points need to be brought to the conversations being shared over the last few weeks in the newspaper.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Cap on visitor numbers
Thursday 10 November 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Our Tahitian cousins, it seems, are light-years ahead of us once again, calling for a cap on visitor numbers. They want a cap at 300,000 tourists so that there is one local for each visitor.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Remembering the late Police chief
Tuesday 8 November 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Please allow me to write a few words about this great Cook Islander. Tangata Nekeare made history together with Fred Goodwin (now Sir Fred Goodwin) when they were the first police cadets appointed by the Cook Islands Police.
LETTER TO EDITOR: China support ‘should be welcomed’
Saturday 5 November 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Your letter writer of yesterday’s ‘No Chinatown’ message is just sour grapes.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Justice must be seen to be done
Friday 4 November 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I’m confused! In the Cook Islands News court report of 2 November, I read where a young man pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving. The offence being the result of a two car a collision, where he ran into the rear of another vehicle. The police allege it was due to him not paying attention on the road. Full article click on link
LETTER: We are all equal in the eyes of God
Monday 31 October 2022 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Today is October 31st or Halloween where the ghosts and spirits are said to walk amongst us and to help them blend in, people dress up in costumes of the dead, writes Ruta Mave.
LETTER: Showers of blessing
Monday 31 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Lord Jesus, how so awesome, amazing and wonderful is your love and provision towards us, for the huge, humungous, voluminous and God-blessed downpour – a much-needed rain miracle last weekend ushering us into Gospel Week’s Celebration and still showering blessings to another weekend.
LETTER: A memorable birthday for all the wrong reasons
Thursday 27 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Yesterday, October 22, was my birthday, it was also the day my brother would return from Rarotonga to Auckland on Air New Zealand 945 with a Premium Economy seat that I booked and paid for (no awards points used, just good old hard cash) back in August, one of the last two seats available for this grade of service. I treated him to a Business class ride up here but I was unable to purchase a return Business Class seat because they were ALL SOLD OUT BACK IN AUGUST.
LETTER: TAU’s solar bid ‘designed to fail’
Tuesday 25 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Te Aponga Uira (TAU) has announced it seeks private sector investment in solar arrays for 4 MW of solar energy. This would require millions of dollars of investment, probably $7 million to $8m in total.
LETTER: Access to proper water system
Saturday 22 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Further to the letter to the editor (Where’s the promised potable water? Cook Islands News 20/10/22), regarding all that incredible waste of taxpayers’ money on the ongoing Te Mato Vai/To Tatou Vai fiasco – both local taxpayers’ contribution as well as from our generous New Zealand cousins – and nothing to show for it!
CHURCH TALK: The family is ordained of God
Friday 21 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I am grateful for the opportunities we have to learn more about our Saviour Jesus Christ, his gospel, and how we can actively participate in the work of salvation and exaltation both for ourselves and our families, writes Tamatoa Jonassen of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
LETTER: ‘Christianity’ and homosexuality
Friday 21 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Kia Orana in the wonderful name of the Lord Jesus Christ. My topic to share to the people of the Cook Islands this week. “Auraka E Tau’ati I Taku Ipukarea - Rape not my paradise Cook Islands.” 1. Mr Editor my bible says – “Righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people.” Proverb 14:34 2. God hates sin but he loves man to come to repentance because God got no respect for any person. 3. Repentance is the most appropriate situation for any person who hates God and Christianity
Where’s the promised potable water?
Thursday 20 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, So, the Government has walked away from legal claims against the Te Mato Vai contractor China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (“CCECC”) for substandard work.
The name Avaiki Nui
Wednesday 19 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, God save us from another insecure Cook Islander born overseas (Te Kaveinga ki ‘Avaiki Nui, Oct 18) who needs to remind us who live here how useless we are.
LETTER: ‘I don’t want to die’
Friday 14 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I did break the law, yes, I did deserve to go to jail, and when I got sentenced my lawyer put to Crown Law, all my medical records stating my condition and asking for my sentence to be reduced, and Crown Law said no, and that Corrections can cater for me and look after people in my condition.
LETTER: Prison abuse allegations dismissed
Thursday 13 October 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to recent allegations levelled against the corrections department by a current inmate who is on medical referral in New Zealand.