Letters to the Editor
Thanks for a great day of tennis
Wednesday 1 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Just wanted to say a big thank you to Malcolm Kajer, the tennis committee members and also senior tennis players who were involved with putting together a fantastic tennis carnival for the kids last Wednesday. There was a large number of children present but it all appeared to be very well organised. My […]
Suicide must NEVER be an option
Tuesday 31 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Our names are Lara and Elin and we have been best friends since starting school at Tereora College many years ago. We and many of our other friends are saddened at hearing of the passing of so many young people due to suicide. Although we are two people raised in different religious backgrounds, […]
There is poverty in the Cook Islands
Friday 27 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This has been a huge concern for a long time. Its too expensive to live in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Everything is too over-priced, from bread to petrol to living arrangements (ie rent or even mortgages). The best place to eat, Cafe Ariki, has got the right idea. I want to address this with […]
The big kahunas dictate
Friday 27 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is very interesting reading the report Ben Ponia gave last week on distributing licences and the issues concerning the over fishing in our part of the world. The political issues raised awareness that we are not in control of our waters – the big kahunas can dictate and manipulate how and what […]
Please get on with it
Friday 27 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Headlined in the CI News front page: Captain Maara Tetava praises his staff at the police department over and over again. He has also been telling us, the public, for ages that the police are committed to reducing crime! (Did you know that this is actually their job?) Is this not why we […]
These processes do take time
Friday 27 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to the letter to the editor in your 25 January Cook Islands News titled When are we getting paid? As Government Statistician responsible for the conduct of the Cook Islands Census, and on behalf of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM), I wish to offer our sincerest […]
No response, no excuse
Thursday 26 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article from a few weeks ago about two Italian documentary filmmakers critical of the waste management system in Pukapuka. There has been no response from Rarotonga. Government officials came to visit the island last week and did not respond to the issue. Distance is not an […]
When are we getting paid?
Thursday 26 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Being an enumerator during the recent national Census, I am wondering when are we to be paid. I have been contacting the Statistics Office for any confirmation since before Christmas and the answer I get is either the end of this week or next week. How many next week have gone past and […]
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 […]
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, […]
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