Letters to the Editor
TIS supports proposed shark sanctuary
Friday 13 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, TIS is in full support of the recent initiative by PICI to establish a shark sanctuary in the Cook Islands. We also know how important shark fins are in Chinese cooking. We would like to know if there are any provisions in any of the foreign fishing licenses issued recently to the Chinese […]
Selective legislation?
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can someone in government please enlighten the public why appropriate legislation exists in this country to stop someone from being a public nuisance if that person blasts his stereo all night but inappropriate legislation when it comes to the authorities stopping that same person from being a public nuisance if he/she decides to […]
Plea to support new airline
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A few years back, when Air Rarotonga out of the blue increased its northern group fare by a whopping 70%, northern group residents and pearl farmers alike rallied and went to the Air Raro and the then PM as well as the Minister of Aviation. The response was the same: A A commission […]
TIS should fight fishing, not cars
Thursday 12 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, TIS would better serve a great many more people in the Cook Islands if it were to do something about government issuing licences to the Chinese, rather than trying to curb the personal choices and freedoms of the car-driving population of Rarotonga (January 10). Good on Tapi Taio and Reuben Tylor for keeping […]
Auraka e irinaki ua i te kavamani
Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Ki te Etita Te ariki nei au ma te turu pakari i te manako ta te Minita Ngateitei Nandie Glassie e akakite ra i roto i te nuti pepa kia tutaki te kopu tangata i tetai tuanga o te patete o te au Maki e apaina ia nei ki Nutireni me kare mei te au […]
In trouble
Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I can concur with Mr Tylors reading of the state of the Tuna Fishery on Rarotonga. My records show for the months of October, November and December 2010, I caught 1500kg of tuna, and for the same period last year 2011, only 30kg of tuna was caught. This clearly demonstrates there is something […]
Happy returnees!
Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to submit a response to Mr Ron Heckmans letter that was published on Thursday 29 December 2011. Mr Heckman says that he and his wife have made three trips to the Cook Islands and that number three will be their last due to unscrupulous businesses, predatory practices and a fall […]
Threat to curb free press worrying
Wednesday 11 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is a very worrying time for this country when we see a number of people justifiably criticising this government and cabinet ministers through your newspaper for lack of action and for one of these ministers to respond by threatening to curb the powers of free press. A case in point was Nandi […]
Ministers prayer
Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As health minister, I live in a haze, playing my endless games, My kingdoms won, my will be done Well wasn’t I voted in. Give me this day my daily bread. As if I really cared, for my surgeons needs, Give me this day my own twisted way. Lead me not into political […]
Yellowfin tuna resource has collapsed
Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The weather wasnt too bad for fishing over the Xmas period, mostly offshore on Avana side. However fishing was once again very disappointing. I went out seven times, each time for between one and two hours, and caught a total of six skipjack, none of them bigger than 2kg. So I pulled out […]
Looking beyond the market
Tuesday 10 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is not in direct response to Vaine Wichmans letter but Part 3 and a continuation of my critique of capitalism in indigenous societies. Restructuring adjustments in many countries have shown some improvement in financial performance, accountability and productivity depending on political will. On the other hand, there is evidence that poverty gaps […]
Nuttiest statement
Monday 9 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Its time for your disgruntled tourist to wake up and realise that there are other hotels/motels apart from the ones at Muri and have nice beaches, granted the sand may not be as fine or have a sweeping lagoon area. As for the drumming at 9pm and couldn’t it be done during the […]
Security breach
Monday 9 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in reference to your article on January 4 headed Xmas in Afghanistan. I am a 100% Cook Islander and a sergeant in the Australian Army and about to be deployed to Afghanistan. It is good to see one of our own serving overseas however as a serving member I would […]
Chickenhearted
Monday 9 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Its understandable that the anonymous correspondents who are kicking up a stink about a stink, i.e. the foul (fowl?) aroma from John Scotts chicken farm, are angry about the effluvium assaulting their nostrils. Its obviously not just a paltry affair, but a rather serious poultry matter, which is making them quite irritable and […]
Proud to see
Monday 9 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was holidaying at Mount Maunganui during the weekend of the Ports of Tauranga Triathlon with my family when I noticed some of the triathletes from the Cook Islands swimming, running and biking their hearts out. How proud I was to be a Cook Islander standing among the other spectators and screaming my […]
New Year challenge for the PM
Monday 9 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It looks like the PM in his capacity as Minister for the Environment has a job on his hands in the New Year. From the large number of letters to the editor over the last few weeks about the stench coming from a chicken farm in Ngatangiia, it is obvious that this is […]
Public health census in Muri
Saturday 7 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In writing this letter, I have no intention of involving myself in gutter level politicking, which has been generated by defeatist politicians that have jumped on the bandwagon of the Scotts Farm saga in anonymous fashion to propagate their political agenda on this rather very important issue concerning the Muri community and Mr […]
TIS shocked
Saturday 7 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, At the public consultations on the controversial subject of foreign fishing licences several months ago, the public was told that these were exploratory licences, to help us gather data on the extent of our fishery resources. It is clear that for this to be effective, there would need to be at least one […]
Smell is worse
Saturday 7 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If your letter writer in Fridays paper is correct in saying that the Muri Beach Club Hotel & Spa was largely financed and built from the profits of Scotts Farm, one can deduce that this hotel was built at the expense of those unfortunate residents in Muri who have had to put up […]
No one gives a damn
Saturday 7 January 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to respond to the letter of 29 December (Looking beyond the market) by Anonymous. Te akameitaki nei au ia koe, Anonymous! I offer three additional comments. No personalities involved. 1. Having recently returned from a global conference on market-based economics (my work prohibits me from elaborating), I wish Anonymous had […]
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