Letters to the Editor
Why is there state censorship?
Saturday 4 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I cant understand why in Fiji there is still state censorship of the media and restriction on free speech four and half years after the 2006 coup? That might be the post coup regimes way of shaping a better Fiji but it is not a very convincing way, is it? I think it […]
Scared to be in Rarotonga
Friday 3 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am very concerned a month after an elderly mans death CI News has confronted the police with information that he could have been murdered, with Thursdays story Death may be probed. There have been reports of Operation Eagle day in day out but nothing at all about a murder. A few years […]
Police complaints authority needed
Friday 3 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, While we all congratulate the Police with their results in Operation Eagle, there are other areas of great concern to me. On Thursday it was reported that the Police Commissioner was considering reopening the cause of death of a man in Matavera last week, Death may be probed. When a body displays a […]
Unhappy over surf mission
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, What a deal for wanting to do a good thing! The aim of the recent two week surf mission was to introduce the Australian people to the beauty of the Cook Islands through a Track Magazine article, to be produced within the next three months. Businesses in the Cook Islands were keen to […]
Much potential in eGovernment
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Until recently, the main drivers internationally for e-government have been efficiency gains and effective delivery of policy outcomes. The focus has now shifted to other objectives such as improving services, increasing accountability and facilitating engagement with the public. I was encouraged by the statements made by Finance Minister Mark Brown in Saturdays paper […]
Card seller has bully beef
Wednesday 1 June 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Not all retailers are delighted at being turned over by Telecom, a smoke signaller writes in response to yesterdays smokie on E-Cards. Switching from 20 percent to 7 percent margin is only part of the problem. Providing till-roll, internet and increased shopkeeper time (now most of the transactions are at the $5 level) means that […]
Slippery, smelly, steep slope
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Over the last few years we have been doing early morning fitness walks up hospital hill. In the past when we got about three-quarters of the way up we often used to walk through the delightful smell of raw sewage wafting down from the hospitals septic tanks. Now a large area of hillside […]
Kite-surfers, tread lightly
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have just returned from a week in Aitutaki – my fifth visit there. I spent two days on the beautiful lagoon. I visited Honeymoon Island and was extremely disturbed to see construction taking place on this island amongst the nesting ground of the Red-Tailed Tern. To hear that the kite-surfing championships, in […]
Some tourists we dont enjoy
Monday 30 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Much as we like having tourists visit our country, there is one kind of tourist we don’t enjoy having. They are usually young New Zealanders, in their 20s, who travel cheaply and usually as a group of six to eight. Seemingly they are enjoying themselves, until you get up close to them. You […]
Catholic fundraiser at St Josephs
Friday 27 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Umu, barbeque and desserts are on the Catholic Youth Gala menu today. The Catholic youth will be running a food gala in front of the St Josephs Hall behind the Avarua Catholic Cathedral that will include local, Tahitian and outer island delicacies such as rimu and tupa. Food sales will start at 7.30 this morning […]
Lets hear a balanced view
Friday 27 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is obvious from the article Problems with government appointments published on Wednesday 25 May that certain HOMs, considered to be appointments under the previous government, who are not in favour with the new regime, seem to be targeted. I hope this is not part of an organised systematic approach to slowly weed […]
What a big joke!
Friday 27 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to Mrs Quarter, Vainetoa, and the letter Justice must not be cruel published Wednesday May 11 – what a joke! What does having children have anything to do with it? You mentioned in your response to Honesty, the best policy of all, published Tuesday May 10 from me as the mother, […]
Not enough space
Thursday 26 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After visiting the Esther Honey compound last week, I was very disturbed to see how little room they have to keep the unwanted animals that they have on site. Where they are at present is only a quarter acre of land, and is not big enough for the purpose. Is there anyone out […]
Its not drunk driving
Thursday 26 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to correct your heading of Jury Convicts man of drunk driving in Wednesdays Cook Islands News. My client Koroa Raumea was not convicted of drunken driving but of driving with excess alcohol in his breath EBA. He was acquitted of 2 charges of driving under the influence of drink or […]
Stan Wright a Leinster legend
Wednesday 25 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I dont believe there are many of your compatriots who live in Ireland and unfortunately one who does live here will shortly be leaving. Stan Wright came to play rugby for Leinster in 2006 and played his first match literally a few hours after landing. From that inauspicious start Stan has played for […]
Pukapuka entitled to people of integrity
Tuesday 24 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Is it just me or is there something rather strange about putting up a candidate that the High Court held committed bribery? Surely the party brass could have found someone else for the candidacy we already have two Members of Parliament with blemished records with the court and if by chance this candidate […]
Bishops scripture reading wrong
Tuesday 24 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I find Tutai Peres Churchtalk message in Fridays paper disappointing, misleading, and wrong on some aspects. I agree totally with him on not being able to predict the date of the end times etc. This man Harold Camping is walking into areas Jesus told us not to (just as he did in 1994). […]
Fewer government employees needed
Monday 23 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wasnt surprised about the present financial situation. I knew all along that we did not have the resources to deal with our infrastructure. I did remind the previous government about restructuring the government entities to save money but it fell on deaf ears. Well over 40 percent of revenue is used to […]
Great injustice done to our family
Monday 23 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To Rahui David, genealogy is a very big part of Gods work since the beginning yes, you have your genealogy and we have found ours. Firstly I wasnt pointing fingers but verifying what my sister and I found in the courts when we did our research. As mentioned earlier, our ancestors guided us […]
Leave the waves to the real locals
Saturday 21 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Theres suggestion of offering surfing tours and surfing camps here on our small and lovely island. We LOCAL surfers who have been born and grown here still wish our spots to remain uncrowded. Ive surfed many places but nothing compares to our local spots. Less crowds and less aggression. Lets keep it that […]
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