Letters to the Editor
Complaint
Wednesday 25 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest the letter of complaint by Vanessa Pringle and Sarah Henley regarding their treatment at The Rarotongan Beach Resort and Spa. Their complaint seemed to me rather clear they had dined at the hotel, went to use a beach lounger and were told to leave or pay $100. They thought […]
Please clarify the key issues
Wednesday 25 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In the long and informative response on the exploratory fishing licence issue in Saturdays paper, there is a lack of clarification on several key issues which TIS has raised in the recent past, for which we would appreciate a response. 1. What provisions are there in these exploratory licences which will minimise catching […]
Referral system warrants review
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I couldnt help but write in about the issue of patient transfer to NZ. It really sickens me to know that there are some patients being transferred over because they were intoxicated and never had respect for others around them. They defied the law of this country and decided to drive a motor […]
What could be more important?
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Seems TIS (and Andy Olah) is getting all hot and bothered with the suggestion that, maybe, just maybe, it should focus more of its energies on the matter likely to most affect our country and its people in coming years. TIS was set up by people of like minds to promote and educate, […]
Manure is different from NPK
Tuesday 24 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It worries us to hear MPs talking on the radio about wanting subsidies for manure from the New Zealand High Commission. Firstly, NPK is not manure. There is a critical point of difference that can mean the difference between life and death for our soil biology; sustainable or short term agriculture. Manure is […]
Happy to provide in-house training
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to support a recent letter titled Keep to a schedule in regards to CITVs broadcasting standards. I acknowledge the effort of Cook Islands Television for being an informative and entertaining station for most Cook Islanders, but there is still more room for improvement, more particularly with its news broadcast. Firstly, […]
We are taking our business elsewhere
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am a repeat offender of holidaying in beautiful sunny Rarotonga. I not only have encouraged family but also a lot of friends to come here and visit the island in the sun. I am writing to you today as a tourist who is spending money on the island and have been shooed […]
Motu Koromiri case will set precedent
Monday 23 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to forward my comments in regards to the Motu Koromiri case. This injunction is a compelling avenue for the landowners to pursue, in order to objectively exhaust an essential path to obtain justice. Some say that this application has been brought about by Captain Tama Lagoon Cruizes total ignorance to […]
More wrongs to correct
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Lets start from when Christianity arrived on our beautiful island. Pa Taputapuatea ruled Takitumu, he had three wives living with him on the paepae of Pa in Turangi. There is no such thing as first wife, senior line or whatever, they all lived on the paepae of Pa in Turangi as his wives. […]
Disappointing
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To Tinned Fish eater, etc What a disappointing letter from you! To blame TIS for its inaction is just plain puerile; and to write that you were once a member of TIS in the good times is just an admission that you would rather sit on the sideline and whinge and moan, rather […]
MMR restates its case
Saturday 21 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Throughout 2011, the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) offshore fisheries programme has been of high public interest and this is welcomed given the enormity of what is at stake. But as the year has progressed the reporting and opinions that have followed our progress has drifted away from the facts of the matter […]
Whats the big rush?
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to comment on Mr Kevin Wards letter of Wednesday Jan 18, 2012. Considering that Rarotonga’s road is only 32 kilometres around, for heavens sake, whats the big rush? Travellers from around the world have been praising our islands peacefulness and the peoples gentleness, so why such aggressiveness towards someone who, because […]
The advantages of deep-litter production
Friday 20 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Scotts chicken farm is in a residential district of the tropical region of our central South Pacific capital island which is now increasingly sub-divided into encroaching neighbouring sections. The acrid stench of collected raw chicken manure in the tropics is too concentrated. This is especially so in egg-producing intensive cage/battery farms. This writer, […]
Shocking stuff
Thursday 19 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Its just shocking to read yesterdays paper about the skipper who sailed to Rarotonga by himself, was allowed free access into Rarotonga by the harbour master who was sick, escaped the customs check, was allowed to see the doctor (who did not admit him into the medical ward for observation but knew his […]
Keep to a schedule
Wednesday 18 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, When are CITV going to get a more accurate TV schedule in place? I did notice they now say Greys Anatomy or whatever follows TV One News will be after the TV One News, so they have taken note there, obviously knowing they will be running late. But again, last night CITV advertised […]
Worst thing to happen to this country in decades
Wednesday 18 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Concerned Cookie (January 17) has got it right or your banner certainly said it! The fishing licences issued to the Chinese are a national disaster! Wake up TIS. Instead of worrying about recyclable picnic plates, how about doing something (as the only NGO environmental protection agency in this country) and rally your people/government […]
No Maori name for this group of islands
Wednesday 18 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thanks but no thanks to Interested (January 17) for the false propaganda and inaccurate history of the Cook Islands. If anyone needs to go back to history and find out who we really were it is you. Here’s the correct history of your country (available to be read in history books about the […]
Why recycling is the last resort
Wednesday 18 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The letter writer who doesnt want to restrict the number and types of cars imported to the Cook Islands makes me wonder if they might be someone who makes money from selling them. Either that or they are a minority in this country who doesnt think too much about the earths future. Their […]
Monsieur rouler au pas
Wednesday 18 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On 27 November 2011, I lodged with the commissioner of police a formal complaint of nuisance driving against an elderly Tahitian man driving a silver and green Mitsubishi double cab and more recently a small delivery van with a blue canopy. On 19 December I sent a second letter seeking police action or […]
Passion and concern
Tuesday 17 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to the letter to the editor headed TIS should fight fishing, not cars, TIS was responding to a request from media to make a comment on a story about the importation of cars. It is wonderful to read the letter writers passion and concern for over-fishing in our waters there is […]
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