Letters to the Editor
Its not about the money
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to make a personal comment on many people who answer a question on the use of money and where it should go and their reasons why. I am a PR who has lived here for 21 years and taught for 16 years. I consider, as a fully New Zealand qualified […]
It is time for all this to stop
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have lived on this beautiful island since February this year, and have been astounded to hear the stories from locals on how long they have been fighting to have something done about the stench that comes from Scotts poultry farm. They tell me this has been ongoing for years they have been […]
Neighbour pleads for action
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A number of people have told me that they believe I am the person referred to by your correspondent Not Cricket (December 22) described as a property owner who used to be manager of CITC. As such I feel compelled to respond to the unfounded and libellous allegations by Not Cricket. I am […]
Where will funds go?
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The prime minister promoting the marine park concept overseas is a big joke and hypocritical at the same time. This marine park is only a cover to receive millions of dollars of donor funds that will go into a private trust fund and bank account. I ask the prime minister, whose original idea […]
Horrible of horrible
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Cook Islands, called heaven on earth. So the pamphlets tell us in any travel booking office in NZ and Australia. First night I was in Rarotonga and at Muri Beach, I smelled the most horrible of horrible smells I have never experienced ever before. Needless to say, I had to close my […]
NES must act
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I note with interest that the Environment Service is trying to deny any responsibility for the stink that has been affecting the Muri area for some time now. Below are sections from the Environment Act that suggest it is very much their responsibility. Page 8:Pollution means the introduction either directly or indirectly of […]
Scott accusation is downright insulting
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I find it downright insulting that Scotts Farm has the nerve to accuse your newspaper of being irresponsible when all these years it is clearly evident that Scotts Farm has, time and time again, demonstrated to be totally irresponsible by not preventing the horrible stench from its egg farm affecting the entire neighbourhood. […]
More than just smells
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am just wondering if all the brouhaha about smells from Scotts fowl operation has more sinister and/or other motives than just smells. When you consider that the farm was there long before certain accommodation units and private properties were built close by, with the knowledge of the builders that they were likely […]
Scott comment reserved
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, You say I have declined to comment on recent letters. That is only partly true. So far you have published six letters attacking our operation but only the last three did you successfully communicate any invitation to comment. There have been so many exaggerations, provocations and untruths that I thought that I would […]
Sack the lot of them
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After all the bad and shocking news contained in your article in yesterdays paper (December 21) your report states: It remains unclear whether the executive board will resign. I say, sack the lot of them power hungry and, in many peoples minds, dishonest individuals. Enough is enough. They have had their hands in […]
Too quick to offer support
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A few years ago CISNOC had at least $160,000 on term deposit plus other bank accounts, perhaps they had $200,000. Now they are in a massive deficit. They treated the Pacific Mini Games money as their own, and have received thousands of dollars in grants. This means they have spent hundreds of thousands […]
Dont blame Geoff or Rosie
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, From all the controversy among the sports codes and the executives of CISNOC, what has the minister got to say about this whole saga? Doesnt CISNOC go under the sports portfolio umbrella, because its pretty stupid if not, and does CISNOC have to pay back government for things such as the airfares to […]
CISNOCs finances are a police matter
Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The whole board of CISNOC should or must resign immediately due to the gross mismanagement, insolvency and misuse of sports and government funds held in trust by incompetent people at CISNOC. The writing was on the wall some years ago but Sir Geoff refused to acknowledge the big mess within CISNOC, now the […]
Why are we reforming again?
Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is my appeal to the Government of the Cook Islands to reconsider the public sector reform currently being ushered through by ADB. This is not the first time that the Cook Islands have undergone economic reform. We vividly remember the 1995/6 reform which forced many Cook Islands families out of their islands […]
Questions for lawyer and police
Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After reading the article Jury acquits convicted criminal in your edition of Thursday December 15, and if the article is in fact correct, I am concerned about justice for the victim and the safety of the community at large. As a member of the general public I do have questions about this particular […]
Inform people of risks and benefits
Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in regards to this weeks article on Henry Puna, Kevin Iro, Abu Dhabi and a clown fish named Nemo. Last time I checked lobbyists like Kevin Iro usually wine and dine government officials with lunch and drinks but I suppose when youve got personal business interests, contractual aspirations for yourself and […]
Stench a national issue
Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to join others in conveying dismay and utter disgust in regards to the awful smell permeating from Scotts farm all these years and getting worse as time goes by. A special congratulations to Mann Short who has the courage and conviction to be proactive in getting this stench problem addressed. […]
Too offensive to overlook
Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have returned to your beautiful island every year since 1997 for very obvious reasons. Its beauty, the gentle and friendly people, the amazing blue lagoon keep pulling us back. Although we have encountered this problem on many of our previous visits, we now feel compelled to comment on the overpowering stench of […]
It's for aristocracy
Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s ironic a minister of an elected government should consider it important to set aside a day for the aristocracy in this country, ie Ui Ariki Day. These are people who are born to their positions: an anomaly in any democracy. These people aren’t elected by the public of this country, so why […]
A disgrace!
Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Well people what a political disgrace it was The quiet President and the noisy people and the Rosie They said they had taken the money of the sports and they wont pay it back The Olympic people are supporting the people who took the money The Government said they would pay the bailout […]
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