Letters to the Editor
Good on BTIB
Saturday 7 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Congratulations to the BTIB! I read with interest yesterdays CINews article on the BTIB refusal to approve a foreign company registration application due to the lack of local involvement in their harbour works contract. What a ray of sunshine! We must now all carefully watch our new look Government to ensure they do […]
Money waiting for landowners
Saturday 7 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For the sake of reassuring the 242 landowners who have right of claim to their money being held in their land trust account at this office, I wish to note that your article is misleading where it states that the Registrar is not paying the money to the landowners. That is incorrect. The […]
Guard our precious marine resources
Saturday 7 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I expressed my concerns at the proposal to issue exploratory licences for purse seining when it was first announced. Since then we have had the benefit of further explanations from Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) both in the newspaper and at public meetings, Ipukarea Societys TV programme on the poor state of Pacific fishing resources, […]
Whats going on?
Friday 6 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wait with baited breath for the next gripping episode of the long running soap opera to appear on our media screens The rise and fall and rise of the short hom. What is going on in this longrunning saga ….or have we just lost the plot? Isnt it time that the Police […]
Well done team
Friday 6 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a cataract patient I write to express my appreciation of the splendid work being done by the volunteer eye specialist team from New Zealand. Not only are their dedication and skills apparent, but their informal, cheerful approach on a first name basis immediately puts apprehensive patients at ease. The local population should […]
No holding back
Friday 6 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I note Julian Dashwood, the new Chairman for the CIIC Board, deliberately deflected what really happened with the sacking of Piltz Napa from the Te Aponga Uira Board. Brave man, our Julian, a political appointee himself he would be first to admit it. For Julian and all other interested readers including anxious Democratic […]
Not convicted
Thursday 5 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In yesterdays CINews mention was made about my client Matangaro Lang, being convicted of breaching a non molestation order. Although the J.P. found her guilty on the evidence before her, she did not convict her of the charge. Instead my client was discharged without conviction and ordered to come up for sentence if […]
SS Maitai designers turning in graves
Thursday 5 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yesterday I wrote to you on a serious matter of defamation. Today I am writing to you on an even more serious matter your blatant…. ongoing… gratuitous…. unforgivable… inexplicable… refusal to embrace elementary aspects of marine engineering as they relate to the description of the component parts of steamship propulsion systems. Yes, I […]
Allegation outrageous
Wednesday 4 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last Saturday the Cook Islands News reported on the Yvonne Quarter jail sentence. The article included outrageous, and unsubstantiated allegations against other staff members of our company. I find this an appalling and contemptuous piece of journalism. Here are some facts. Yvonne Quarter stole in excess of $75,000 from our company in a […]
Reasons for exploratory fishing not good enough
Tuesday 3 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The MMR public consultation on exploratory fishing was a big disappointment for me. With all the media hype involved, I was expecting the Pukapuka hostel to be full! In fact, no offence, but there were more ex-pats there than our local Maori people. To make matters worse, the presentation was all in English […]
A setback for democracy
Tuesday 3 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The recent subterfuge in Parliament to plunk MP Norman George before the Privileges Committee has not surprised me that it would fertile incense, repartee and debate. Friends and strangers who have visited, rung and stopped by for a chat, fervently expressed coherent comments and opinions in the negative. Standing Orders 37 & 38 […]
TIS asks to be on fishery review panel
Monday 2 May 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Wed like to thank the Minister for Marine Resources Teina Bishop, the Secretary of Marine Resources Ben Ponia and his staff for adopting a policy of transparency and presenting their proposed exploratory fishing plans at a public meeting last Thursday evening. We had asked MMR to meet with our members at our own […]
Conned big time
Saturday 30 April 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Chinese are taking far more fishing stock right now from Cook Islands waters and basically there is nothing Cook Islanders can do about it! Cheap loans, smiling Chinese government officials, cheap buildings with Chinese labour and materials! Cook Islanders have been conned big time. There wont be much fish or any seafood […]
Police finance process new
Saturday 30 April 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to the article in the Cook Islands News dated Thursday April 28 and titled Audit finds faults in Police books. I would like to point out that your reporter has incorrectly reported the period of the report as covering the period from October 1 to December 31 2010. The report in […]
Usurpers warned
Saturday 30 April 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Where are the tangata whenua of NZ and Aussie, in the Anzac battle at Raemaru? We were not consulted nor were we asked to be selectors or players. To show our displeasure at this obvious snub of the Anzac natives, we and our supporters will hold a hikoi from anywhere on Rarotonga to […]
Why do we pay a suspended HOM?
Saturday 30 April 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can someone in government please tell the public why the former Secretary for Justice continues to receive his full pay months after he has been suspended? Surely there is a limit or cut off period when a suspended HOM or any public servant for that matter stops receiving a salary. And what happens […]
Enough is enough
Saturday 30 April 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a frequent globetrotter himself, I find it rather amusing that the Public Service Commissioner is now working furiously to put into place a mechanism so as to prevent HOMs from taking further advantage of their positions to abuse overseas travel. But good on Navy Epati for having the guts to stand his […]
Dont be fooled
Friday 29 April 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Every Cook Islander and Pacific Islander should click and see these videos. Purse seine fishing is going to destroy the fish stocks in our territories. No matter what the government says or theyre research seems to claim, this irresponsible act of allowing purse seine fishing will be disastrous for our ocean ecology and […]
Disbelief at size of ships
Friday 29 April 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with disbelief the concept that a cruise ship of 150m will be able to just drive in and back out of your exposed harbour. I then took it upon myself to do some research on the size of cruise ships that visit Rarotonga and am amazed that the port itself must […]
Audit responds to conflict of interest claim
Friday 29 April 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This will be my last public statement in the media about this particular subject matter. I refer to the letter to the editor by Mr Lance Patterson, retired auditor. Mr Patterson makes some fair points (and he can be assured I take no offence at his letter) but he, like the general public, […]
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