Letters to the Editor
Shame on rip-offs
Saturday 12 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am very disgusted to learn that some of our own people will gladly rip off our elderly folks for their own selfish gain. An elderly woman of Ngatangiia was charged $400 for the cutting of her lawns (2), one for $250 and the other for $150. Previously, she had it cut by […]
Don't play vulgar music!
Friday 11 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Monday morning while driving to work as usual with the radio on, a Maori song that was playing at about 7.40am caught my attention. I was so outraged at such a low class composition on wife beating. What was this person thinking while composing the song, is it a reflection of himself? […]
Undersea cable could never pay its way
Friday 11 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am a 22-year-old Cook Islander living in New Zealand. I was living in Rarotonga from 2001 to 2007 and I have seen firsthand how ridiculous the data and speed plans are from dial up to the ‘New Age’ Broadband, and I can tell you after living here in NZ and enjoying 20MB […]
Help repatriate Cook Islanders
Thursday 10 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Since the calamity of the earthquake in Christchurch coupled by the loss of lives in a disaster so devastating for the people of Christchurch and the entire nation, it is good to hear the Cook Islands Community in Christchurch coming together to provide spiritual and emotional support amongst each other during these difficult […]
Very murky waters
Thursday 10 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The new Speaker of the House is operating in very murky waters. The other unelected parliamentarian in the Pacific who has problems with the media is in Fiji. Under our Constitution the Government can appoint an additional number of parliamentarians who have the right to speak but not to vote in the house. […]
Ridiculous
Thursday 10 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is ridiculous… perhaps Sir Geoffrey genuinely feels he has cause for complaint but it’s time journalism stopped apologising for doing its job and I can’t think of anyone better than John Woods to ever so politely suggest there might be other priorities facing parliament such as chronic under attendance and unbridled executive […]
Sound training not finished
Thursday 10 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Regarding the sound quality at the national auditorium, I came down to tutor trainees in 2005 who later became the best auditorium technical crew up until mid 2010. In late 2010 I was asked to return to tutor a fresh crew after the `best’ were dismissed for unbelievable personal issues. I could not […]
Thanks for shopping spree
Wednesday 9 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As the winner of the $500 shopping spree for the Valentine’s Day draw at the T-Shirt Factory, I would personally like to thank everyone involved. It was great fun, and it took me three trips to complete shopping for this very generous prize. Thank you for treating me so wonderfully. It was the […]
PSC should write a public service manual
Wednesday 9 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It has become standard practice for incoming Governments to launch attacks on their inherited (and supposedly bloated) public service as a means of quickly shifting expenditure to their own programmes. However, in the Cook Islands it is not supported by the facts. This past financial year the public service under-spent. In some ministries […]
Poor sound at auditorium
Wednesday 9 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I speak in regards to the Composers Competition held last week at the National Auditorium. I have been a regular to this event for the last four years and somehow the quality of the sound this year was terrible. I feel for the composers and singers, for their restless nights to prepare for […]
Suggestions to make internet affordable
Tuesday 8 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I worry about the way Telecom Cook Islands (TCI) is promoting their new plans as being cheaper because the reality maybe the exact opposite. This essentially stems from the way their plans have been put together. I refer specifically to the data-capacity and excess charges in their lower priced plans. By the way, […]
Telecom, the game's up!
Tuesday 8 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, There is little doubt that Telecom Cook Islands is mounting what can only be viewed as a rear-guard action to continue to enjoy its monopoly position in the Cook Islands. As the Cook Islands’ most loathed business, they will find few supporters amongst local business and residential customers. That is of their own […]
Strong demand for new broadband plans
Tuesday 8 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The interest generated by the introduction of our new Broadband Plans and lower prices has exceeded my expectations. Despite the letters to CINews, in the first four days since launching our new plans, we have processed over 100 service orders from customers taking advantage of the changes we have introduced. This confirms just […]
Sooner or later
Saturday 5 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As far as I am concerned, I am not the least bit interested to learn how TCI formulates and justifies its charges. At the end of the day the telecommunications industry in the Cook Islands comprises of one player, that being TCI, which makes it a monopoly. This is my interest and what […]
E reo akameitakianga
Saturday 5 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is with a thankful heart and a rejoicing spirit that I would like to express my sincere grateful appreciation to the following people (or persons) who, as a result of an accident on Saturday February 19, 2011, comforted and prayed over me in my time of desperation as I struggled for life. […]
Bird survives tree trimming
Saturday 5 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yesterday (Friday) I received a phone call from TM: “We are trimming trees in Upper Tupapa and found a young native bird sitting on a branch. Could you come and get it so we can cut the tree?” I assumed the bird was a Kakaia chick (White Tern), and they have been fed […]
Fishing company denies 'on-selling'
Friday 4 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your headline and article in Tuesday’s press by Florence Syme-Buchanan about fishing licences for NCIFC contained many seriously misleading errors which can easily have been researched properly by the writer. A most serious accusation is that NCIFC ‘on-sold’ licences for ‘big profits’ more than what MMR were charging. This was a very specific […]
How much was 'scalped'?
Thursday 3 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Through your newspaper I think the public has every right to learn more about the royalties that were obtained by local middle men for foreign fishing fleets which were licensed to fish in our country’s waters. The first has to do with those involved in this rort whereby a sizeable chunk of the […]
Recycled rubbish should go to NZ
Thursday 3 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We are really pleased to see the kerbside collection of recyclables happening again. Now the community can separate their recyclables from their general waste and know that they will remain separated. We are hopeful that efforts are being made to send those recyclables to New Zealand. We believe that recyclables should be sent […]
It could be huge
Wednesday 2 March 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is a thank you to the people of Aitutaki from an American flyfisherman. Kia Orana and meitaki for sharing your island. Like many of you, I am a fisherman. I like to catch and eat fish. You can use the spear, the hand line and the net. I use the fly rod. […]
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