Letters to the Editor
'Dreamliner' would help
Thursday 1 March 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In an extraordinary act of goodwill, barely half way through the three-year “agreement” with Air New Zealand, the Cook Islands Government has increased its subsidy to the airline. It would seem, despite the obvious hardships confronting the world airline industry, that there are ample opportunities for Air New Zealand to reciprocate “in kind”. […]
Wall allows 'overtopping'
Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Don Dorrell is correct in saying that the reports to government from both Australian and New Zealand have recommended that area of the port be left as a sloping beach to reduce wave reflections going back into the harbour. The armour rock slope construction in this area has been designed to reduce wave […]
Go loco registered owner blows steam
Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write with outraged surprise and curiosity as the owner of the only steam locomotive within several hundred kilometres of this island, and the registered user of the username “goloco” at Telecom Cook Islands, to note – in what appears to be a blatant example of “passing off” on page 6 of yesterday’s […]
China pursues CI Governmentium
Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The CSIRO has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. It is called Governmentium (Gv). It has one neutron, 23 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 309. These 309 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast […]
Political 'sidetracking' attempt failed
Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Minister of Finance’s and the Prime Minister’s statements in CINews on February 23 really showed the financial incompetence, the lack of acceptance of the CISNOC history and politicians’ attempts to sidetrack the public and sports codes over the CISNOC affair. We had Minister Brown saying “to ensure the financial management is brought […]
Go loco!
Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I thought this parable below would be fitting for the CISNOC and what is happening with our country: Henry Puna is my Shepherd I shall not want He leadeth me beside still offices and an incompetent CISNOC He restoreth my doubt in the CIP Party He annointeth my vote with overseas travel While […]
Deal disadvantages subsidy payers
Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The points made by the CEO and Chairperson of the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation to justify the continuation and increase in subsidy to Air NZ for the Los Angeles and Sydney routes are all valid. However, equally valid are other points that have not been covered and should have been explored. Why has […]
Avatiu rock wall 'dangerous'
Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your letter writer who called the new rock wall at Avatiu useless did not get it quite right. It is in fact both illegal and dangerous. Many people have been asking about this so I make the following points: (1) When he was told the Japanese JIKA report recommended a rock wall for […]
CISNOC has robbed us
Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is interesting (and sad) to note in recent newspaper articles about how disappointing and depressing it is to be robbed by your own people, when a lot of people including our own system, don’t get it that the same trait has happened where CISNOC has robbed the local athletes of funding that […]
4 dropouts in 16 minutes
Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, There is no perceived slow connection. If your Skype drops out because of an internet connection fault, is this perceived or real? Come on TCI, come clean and explain this, you cannot keep adding more connections to the same outlet and expect the speed to remain the same. Would you get four dropouts […]
Get them to lay a fibre-optic cable
Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Firstly, a comment on the article ‘$55m offer for exploration’ in relation to a Canadian mining company’s application for an exploratory seabed licence in the Cooks. In the interests of the continuing developments of our telecommunications services, while they are at it, why do the Ministers of Telecommunications and Deep-Sea Mining not negotiate […]
Out of sight, more in mind
Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the article ‘Volunteer dreams in Pukapuka’ published on 15/2/12. The article does not exaggerate the needs of Niua School. I have served the Ministry of Education for 44 years. I worked as a science teacher at Niua School for the last 20 years. Since 1992, I tried to get […]
Looking for solutions
Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to the article I wrote ‘Volunteer dreams in Pukapuka’ about Niua School that appeared in the Cook Islands News. I want to be very clear that the principal and the staff of the school did not know about the article nor were they involved in any part of […]
Face it, it's an environmental problem
Saturday 25 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Regarding the Ngatangiia Farm Stench, I see in Tuesday’s CINews the Minister of Health Nandi Glassie has finally managed to see through the bunch of crap being put forward by the Director of Environment Vaitoti Tupa and come to the conclusion that this problem is, and always has been, the responsibility of the […]
Smile at our visitors
Saturday 25 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Visitors do seem to be fewer but it is the off peak season after all and perhaps we just notice them more because so many of our own people have left our shores. The Air NZ subsidy debate is a difficult one, because on the one hand, the taxpayers via the government are […]
Not so cultural
Saturday 25 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Where has the “cultural” in Punanga Nui cultural market gone? In support of Just Wondering (February 16) I would like to add that government should remember that Punanga Nui market was initially funded by NZODA as a hand-up for Maori people with small businesses – not as a profit-making scheme for government. While […]
Disclaimer: check your acronyms!
Saturday 25 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The following letter is a disclaimer and we implore you Mr Editor to print this to save the reputation of our organisation for what is a terrible case of mistaken identity. On Thursday you ran a disrespectful letter from the Peoples Popular Front of Judea (“PPFJ”) which pillaried Mark Brown, Henry Puna and […]
Useless rock wall
Friday 24 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s ironic that the newspaper had the photo of the new rock wall in the Avatiu harbour with the caption ‘New wharf used for the first time’. The fact that the rock wall is a total waste of money and cannot be used for any harbour function begs the question as to whose […]
Lack of transparency
Friday 24 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We are very concerned about the lack of transparency with the seabed mining negotiations. It is only because a question was asked in parliament that we know anything about this latest approach by Endeavour. We urgently request of government that they keep the Cook Islands public fully informed of what is happening. We […]
Loan conditions are the answer
Thursday 23 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Over the last two months we have heard Mark Brown and Henry Puna parrot the mantra “We cannot direct changes at CISNOC” time and again. “It’s up to the members” they squawk. Even the FINSEC has joined in the birdsong. This is rather disingenuous. On a superficial level, they are right, they cannot […]
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