Letters to the Editor
Dreams tattered because of greed
Friday 16 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to Matthew Tauia doing things the Wale way I hope he knows what doing things the Wale ways means. We want our leaders to have a caring, loving and patient heart. We do not want people who are violent and aggressive and self-centred. I have watched what Nuku Rapana has built, […]
There can be no better system
Friday 16 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your article on the Iorama Ngatua acquittal with the highlighting of previous convictions in the publication of December 15 does Iorama and the jury who served at the trial a disservice. Your reporter has wildly oversimplified this matter which lasted the better part of 4 days in the High Court. She was there […]
Disgruntled customer lets off steam
Friday 16 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write this letter in the hope that something tangible comes of my most disappointing dining experience of late. Having spent $39 at Bamboo Jacks in Tupapa for a dismal Friday night takeaway for two, the only potential positive to come of my purchase is that the restaurant learns something and implements some […]
Improvements underway
Friday 16 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to the letter to the newspaper on Thursday December 15, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning has an annual road works programme that is freely available to the general public. Regrettably the extent of repairs and maintenance to our roads needed, far exceeds our annual budget allocation. A scenario that is […]
Do something about low wages
Thursday 15 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If you have a well-paying job then its easier to pay for stuff like groceries. But because of a lack of awareness or government advertising to get a better education to receive higher wages, some get paid five dollars an hour and it sucks. Because of a failing economy a lot of potential […]
Manureva ketch history sought
Thursday 15 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In 2006 I purchased a 54-ft wooden ketch, the Manureva, in Sebana Cove Malaysia, where it had apparently laid for some years. It was the property of a deceased estate, so obviously I wasnt able to learn anything of its history from the previous owner. I am informed from records found that she […]
MOIP needs a shakeup
Thursday 15 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Some time ago the tar sealed road leading from Rarotongas power station in Avatiu valley right down to the intersection in Ruatonga was excavated to install water/electrical pipes. Since that time MOIP has failed to reseal those parts of the road damaged during the excavation. Used by many people on a daily basis, […]
Lower the departure tax
Wednesday 14 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Now that the departure tax has been raised again I am issuing a challenge to the present government to look into the matter and reduce the departure tax fee to at least $35. A number of our elderly people do travel overseas especially to New Zealand for medical check-ups. With the amount of […]
When the fish is gone, we have no future
Wednesday 14 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In April 2009 I wrote a letter about restricting the issuance of fishing licenses due to a rapid decline in fishing stocks worldwide. I read in todays news (Monday December 12) that government has issued more licenses to outsiders. More alarmingly the advisors chosen to be advisories are part of a very big […]
Lower the stall fee
Tuesday 13 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Nukupure Park market night did ok on the night, however I would like to comment. Is this a money making venture for the BTIB board or is it to help those in the lower income bracket? What do we get out of the $50 stall fee which is very steep for most […]
Scotts smell should not be tolerated
Monday 12 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I do not live in the tapere of Muri in the village of Ngatangiia. Nonetheless I am outraged that Scotts Egg Farm is allowed, year after year after year, to continue to operate in such a way that this farm churns out the most awful, nauseating smell. How this government and previous administrations […]
Do real research
Saturday 10 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I havent written about fishing for some time because MMR reached an agreement with the Fishing Association two months ago to carry out some basic research. Included in this were the review of their existing catch records, a survey of local fishermen who are complaining about their decline in catch of tuna, and […]
Please leave BTIB alone
Friday 9 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Im just writing to support BTIB in organising the market days and night market that was held recently during the Vaka Eiva. This is in response to the letter by Disgraced. BTIB had done a great job in helping this event also in support of the Takuvaine/Tutakimoa market days. I find there is […]
Do it the Wale way - respectfully
Friday 9 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest your article regarding the NZ Pukapuka Community going to court in the Wednesday 7 edition of Cook Islands News. It states that Nuku Rapana is using the so called draft constitution that he drafted in August this year for a mandate that his position of president of the Pukapuka […]
Blinded by the Chinese dollar
Wednesday 7 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Whilst our Pacific neighbours have wisely closed off their fishing territories to foreign entities to preserve stocks and allow for a sustainable future for their countries here our ignorant government continues to pursue the short term gain of Chinese dollars blinded by the fact that they will eventually rape our ocean. Purse seine […]
Right decision would have been to postpone
Wednesday 7 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest Tupapa president John Paul Wilsons reply to Avids Supporters letter and noted that CIFA approved one game be postponed and not both. The decision by CIFA on which match or game(s) should be postponed is unruling and the request by Tupapa (JP) should never have been allowed at the […]
Dont blame BTIB for ill-timing
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter by Disgraced in the newspaper of Friday December 2, complaining about the recent Trade Days organized by BTIB during the Vaka Eiva. Disgraced and his family had caught the bus into town to arrive at the site where the Trade Days were held at midday to […]
Inquiry needed into soccer boycott
Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The move by Titikaveka Premier Mens team to boycott Tuesdays match against Tupapa is admirable and a first of its kind in the Cook Islands soccer competition. Usually if its in the interest of the game, its straight forward, but this does not appear to be, our island players at best of times […]
What crap!
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, What a load of crap! I am referring to the visitor from the USA who attended the Vaka Eiva Trade Day Being a true-blue local and a stall vendor on the day, I sold food from 9am to 3pm, like all the other 15 stalls that were there. I take my hat off […]
Much ado about nothing
Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In your online paper dated November 16, it shows you devoted a total of 15 articles to a young NZ man named Zac Guildford. Eight of the articles were placed in Top Stories. It is then repeated seven times in the General News section. Despite common knowledge that Zac is an All Black […]
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