Letters to the Editor
LETTERS: ‘Rubbish not picked up’
Saturday 27 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor It is with some regret that I have turned to your newspaper in order to bring attention to selected items of rubbish not picked up on our Tuesdays rubbish collection. Local neighbours in our vicinity take the time to select and separate tins, plastic and bottles into specific containers but as the picture […]
LETTERS: Proposed medicinal cannabis plan
Saturday 27 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, What it means for individuals who require access to cannabis for medicinal purposes. This is by no means a blueprint for our medicinal cannabis plan but merely an outline or rough draft if you will, based somewhat on Canada’s plan in 2016 for medicinal cannabis before they legalised all marijuana use. Individuals with a medical […]
LETTERS: ‘Save Nukupure Park’
Friday 26 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The other night, there was a CITV news item about the newly-elected Ngatangiia MP, Kaka Ama showing the damage to the Nukupure Park football field from the recent huge wave surges that have occurred in Ngatangiia and Titikaveka. It was very pleasing to see that the debris was being cleared with the assistance of the ICI team. Well done.
LETTER: ‘We’re still living in the past’
Thursday 7 July 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Kia orana e te ititangata kuki airani. No te mea e ko teia taku tataanga mua kia kotou, te aravei nei au ia tatou, i roto i te aroa o te Atua. Manea tikae te Ra o te Ui Ariki ta matou i akaepaepa i Nukuroa nei i te ra tai o Tiurai. Kua tae mai oki te Kaumaiti Nui, koia a Tou Ariki pera katoa, a Tiatava Tiki Tetava Ariki ki Nukuroa nei. Kua maeva e kua mataora te Ra o te Ui Ariki.
LETTERS: Cannabis referendum
Friday 24 June 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I feel for those who wants this referendum to be accepted due to their illness and pain.
NES responds to Sheraton complaint
Tuesday 10 May 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter to your editor titled ‘Tail wagging the dog?’ on Saturday, May 7, 2022.
LETTERS: Unseen casualty of Covid-19 pandemic
Thursday 21 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, the Prime Minister and his officials have got it wrong, there will never be a post Covid pandemic.
LETTERS: Dog registration and fee
Friday 8 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, clarification should be sought from the Cook Islands Police on their Facebook post of 6 April where they state: “The date for annual registration of dogs has lapsed and Police would like to advise all owners about the requirement to settle their obligations.
LETTERS: Government funded welfare packages
Thursday 7 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I don’t expect many of your readers will recall the supposedly import substitution focused Minister of Finance, Mark Brown two years ago urging people to support local businesses.
LETTERS: Driving along Nikao seawall
Monday 4 April 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, this road is so smooth and innocent (Police investigating motor vehicle and cyclist crash, Cook Islands News, March 31).
LETTERS: Covid hospitalisation and death
Tuesday 29 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, let’s create an Independent Public Covid Watch Group.
LETTERS: Suspended Deputy PM’s salary
Monday 28 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, extraordinary that Hon. (Robert) Tapaitau is still being paid the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) salary – $137,750! (Additional charges, Cook Islands News 25/3/22).
LETTERS: Govt grant ‘delay frustrating’
Thursday 24 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, it seems that one cannot get it right, you have Sole Trader Grant application on a waiting list that has taken more than three weeks to process, when your application was already submitted on the first of the month.
LETTERS: NZ ‘essential’ for support
Wednesday 23 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, with the arrival of Covid-19 to the Cook Islands, and with it the need for our people to quarantine or to isolate in order to protect others, Government is providing financial support to those who cannot work due to infection or resident in the same households.
LETTERS: Reduction in welfare packages
Tuesday 22 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, it was disheartening to hear on the radio talk back show on March 18, 2022 from TMO (Te Marae Ora Ministry of Health) staff and other agencies that the welfare packages that was issued to Covid-19 affected homes was reduced by the governing agencies.
LETTERS: 'Reopen Pa Enua borders'
Monday 21 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, why is the rest of the Pa Enua closed except Aitutaki?
LETTERS: Animal rights and welfare
Friday 18 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, following some time of having my neighbour’s piglets digging up my gardens and yard on a daily basis (a yearly event) I approached said neighbour – a good bloke and quietly and politely requested that he please contain his piglets on his own property.
LETTERS: More than meets the eyes
Thursday 17 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, (As a follow up to the article published in Cook Islands News, Saturday, March 12: “There’s much more to the Cook Islands than meets the eye”).
LETTERS: Cannabis, the burning questions
Wednesday 16 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, does the Cook Islands News have an editorial page that essentially states or supports the position of your newspaper in relation to various topics in our community?
LETTERS: Fuel price
Tuesday 15 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, yes, fuel (prices) will continue to rise, and so will the inflation rate, and also the cost of living across the board … sad fact of the times we live in. Government can assist with cuts in the fuel tax for starters, and that will assist the consumer/iti tangata quickly.