Wednesday 28 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Recently I ended my letter by questioning whether it was a good idea for MMR to sell our fish to foreign fishing companies at 18 cents a kilo. Some years ago this might have been good, but times change. Some of us remember when fruit like bananas, pawpaw, tomatoes, were all grown for […]
Wednesday 28 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Fortunately, my home is not next door to Scotts Farm. As a resident of Muri, however, my family do get the effects of the awful smell on a regular basis. I therefore wish to have my say on what is a very important and serious issue. Important not only for the many people […]
Wednesday 28 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have found this debate regarding John Scotts Farm very interesting. What has concerned me is all the talk about the smell, but not about what is causing the smell. Out of all the letters not one has raised the point about the conditions of where and what the chickens are kept in. […]
Saturday 24 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To the mamas and the papas who had contacted me regarding the One News, my recommendation to you is to tune in to Vaka Television at 7.30pm. There are also other programmes too you can watch. Thank you Vaka Television for your great contribution and keep up with the good work. Finally to […]
Saturday 24 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your team at Cook Islands News. May the festive season bring joy and happiness to you all. You have served our communities well during 2011. Cook Islands News Online has been very informative, educational and entertaining for our people in the Cook Islands, New […]
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Prime Minister and Government are dragging their feet with replacing the current Public Service Commissioner, who was suppose to retire back in August or September. Now with the ADB Public Sector Review Report completed, is the PM going to keep him on to push the changes, for which, ironically, he was allegedly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In Thursdays CINews a letter headed Dont blame Geoff or Rosie makes a couple of incorrect statements. The writer Respect our elders from Takitumu is free to respect whoever they want to respect, but please get your facts correct. The writer says CISNOC has had two extremely difficult years (2009-2011) due to hosting […]
Friday 23 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am not surprised that Mr Scott has declined to comment on any of the recent letters sent to your paper re Scotts Farm. Im not sure what it is that Mann Short or Mr Scott have done to resolve what appears to be an ongoing problem for Muri residents. What I do […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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