Letters to the Editor
Ministry backs bright sparks
Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I would like to share my views concerning a letter to the editor Why am I too young for a stall? in the Thursday, October 13 edition of Cook Islands News. As the enterprise and financial literacy advisor at the Ministry of Education, I would like to fully support our young entrepreneur, Teherenui […]
Logging fish catch a step in the right direction
Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Some good news. I went to a meeting arranged between MMR and Cook Islands Fishing Association to talk specifically about why the tuna stocks around Raro are depleted. I think the meeting made some progress at the end but it wasnt easy, and there were some real surprises. The problem at the beginning was MMR […]
Food doesnt determine the condition of the heart
Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I note some of the responses surrounding the clean and unclean animal situation have not particularly answered Bills query. I suspect Bill does not really care about the Biblical truth but rather is trying to stir. However, the query is an interesting one. We know that the word of God is infallible and […]
All answers to be found in the Bible
Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing to you in response to Bill Caruthers letter in your newspaper of October 11th entitled God Hates Prawns. Firstly I am happy to learn Bill does read the Bible and I would like to thank Bill for expressing his views and for directing the two questions to church ministers, pastors, […]
Carry on nibbling on prawns
Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Hoseas letter about God hating prawns does not make sense. He says originally man had a vegan diet. In other words man did not kill and eat rats, rabbits (delicious), locusts, mynah birds and other creatures. All these mentioned easily multiply and wipe out completely crops like wheat, fruit and other plants man […]
Tenants treated like worthless squatters
Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The letter (Saturday, October 15) by CICC legal advisor Mr Iaveta Short is a lie, misleading and a ploy to regain public support for its handling of the Tepuka affair. I will again clarify the tenants position. Mr Short states that we the tenants object to paying land rent, think the land should […]
Future in good hands
Saturday 15 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I want to congratulate the Mire Tama contestants on an outstanding performance when participating in the Mire Tama held in the National Auditorium last night. The show itself was an outstanding success and the organisers and all who made it possible such as the sponsors are to be congratulated. But the stars of […]
CICC legal advisor comments on Tepuka saga
Saturday 15 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The action by Elena Tavioni presumably on behalf of the Ngati Makea has not been generated by the recent application by the CICC to enforce the payment of annual rental by some of the land tenants at Tepuka. We have heard the rumblings by some as long as five years ago when the […]
Some cases too hard
Thursday 13 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Fantastic to see that the prime minister has publicly acknowledged that the police department has done such a great job in recent months, leading the world when it comes to battling both petty crime and traffic violations. I therefore guess it is a no brainer that the sparkling performance of the police department […]
Why am I too young for a stall?
Thursday 13 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Monday I called BTIB to inquire about a stall at the Youth market advertised by BTIB to encourage youth entrepreneurship. I managed to reserve a spot for my stall. Today my dad told me that he had heard on the radio that the youth market was only for those aged 15 to […]
Why is government dithering?
Wednesday 12 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Why is this government dithering about Andrew Iroa? While they lavish themselves and indulge in quest tumble overseas travel at the drop of the hat at taxpayers expense, a young man in the prime of his life is suffering. So what if he was born in Fiji? Where is the spirit of the […]
Cost of living adjustment urgent
Wednesday 12 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If there is one important piece of work that the outgoing Public Service Commissioner has refused to address during his tenure, that would have to be the cost of living adjustment. Over the past five years the cost of almost every item sold in stores throughout the country has increased considerably. Worse still, […]
God hates prawns
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, While perusing my Bible the other day I came upon the rather alarming passage relating to my diet and that of many others in the Cook Islands. In Leviticus 11 God says: 11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in […]
Challenge answered
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Just to answer the Headless Chicken Kuki Kukupa who does not want to give his real identity. I did not run away from the Cook Islands I came to New Zealand for better education and to give my children the same. During the 1970s the Cook Islands Party Government did not want to […]
Test equipment a worthless instrument
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I suggest the Healthy Water Consumer in his letter titled Scaremongering logs on to: http://www. guackwatch. orgiO I QuackeryRelatedTopics/Cancer/ clark html. (I provide various extracts from this and other websites). Here he will find the answers to his questions about laboratory test equipment and discover that the so called Syncrometer Cor similar as […]
Penrhyn landowner challenges payment
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am a landowner of Naharakura Section 19, Omoka, Penrhyn, and have succeeded to both the interests of Revahua and Pangerua, the original landowners recognised in the freehold order of JJ MacCauley dated 16 August 1976. On Saturday 24 September, 2011, I read in the Cook Islands News the most welcome news that […]
Scaremongering
Saturday 8 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am concerned about Mr Richard Wachters claims regarding his water testing, What qualifications does Mr Wachter have, does he have a proper laboratory, control sample procedures, sterile containers, what are his parameters for his tests and what standards is he using? In a past report he even claimed the HIV virus was […]
A virtual meeting would lead world
Saturday 8 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I hear PM Henry Puna saying that their trips overseas are necessary. I believe it is time for a paradigm shift and our small Pacific Nations could lead the world in realising the extent of technological advances and letting the world know that were serious about reducing our carbon footprint. The Smoke Signaller […]
A government full of yes-men?
Saturday 8 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, There is an old Chinese proverb which says that a government full of yes-men ill serves the needs of the people. When you look at our own situation here, the costly yet totally unnecessary expansion of ministerial support office budgets, coupled with the ever-increasing political interference in the appointments of senior public servants, […]
Lawyer explains
Wednesday 5 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In a newspaper article published earlier this week, I am reported as being a member of the Land Agents Registration Board. That is incorrect. Prior to standing for Parliament in last years general election I resigned from that position. At the time, I indicated a willingness to be reappointed. However, since then I […]
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