Letters to the Editor
Look at court examples
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I can see the dilemma of having sympathy for the person who is HIV positive but also concern about the far reaching health effects in that he may have had relationships with others who could now be in danger of becoming HIV positive as a result. Two overseas stories could be of interest, […]
Stop the crap
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, There have been far too many speculations from outsiders about how our CIP caucus members and supporters are behaving. It’s time to stop the crap. Comments of that nature, without a roto does not interest te toke enua o to tatou basileia. We need people with positive waves from on which we can […]
Yes or no will do
Saturday 22 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Palmerston Health Clinic questions remain unanswered. I thank Helen Sinclair for the rundown of what is happening recently regarding the Palmerston Island’s Health Centre, however my questions have not been answered and I will ask them again. 1. Is it true that Ministry of Health has already reported to EU that the Palmerston […]
Good work!
Thursday 20 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A few words of expressing many thanks to the Action Minister Teariki Heather and Tupapa Action Man Member of Parliament George Angene. A stream opposite my place in Ooa Tupapa which has been blocked and overgrown with debris and grass for the last three years is now being cleared after just a day […]
Bubble blower
Thursday 20 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Why would/should we the tax payer contribute anything to Taio’s latest reef wrecker’s delivery cost? He has already said that he has no interest in servicing the Northern group and his boat sounds too large to make most trips economical anyway. I would much rather support the leaner, cleaner and greener sailing option […]
It's colonial land court 'injustice'
Thursday 20 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Pa’s lawyer’s comments in your front page editorial on January 12 bordered, in my opinion, on contempt and arrogance, not only to the protesting Vaikai Family, but also to the many other families who have been deprived of their lands too by the processes of the colonial Land Court. It would in my […]
'Sufferer' disempowering
Wednesday 19 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We were happy to read the article ‘PIAF supports Cook Islands HIV Committee’ in the CI News paper on Monday 17 January. I would like to offer some information that might be useful in writing articles about HIV and HIV-positive people in the future. The article begins with the statement “The Pacific Islands […]
Let's hope Minister's magic is contagious
Wednesday 19 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to offer top marks and a big thank you to the Minister for Works, Hon. Teariki Heather, for the rapid response by the road works crew to repair the road in Matavera that leads to Takitumu school. Three days after I had expressed concern about this very road being in […]
Mitchell report subject to OIA request
Wednesday 19 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Please allow me to respond to certain statements made in ‘High commissioner’s comments with held’ which appeared in yesterday’s edition of Cook Islands News. The Cook Islands-New Zealand relationship is the most important international tie this country has with other countries. As such, it is essential for those holding official positions in the […]
Cyclone recovery 'mickey mouse'
Tuesday 18 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s nearly a year since the Cyclone Pat recovery project started, and it is still a distant, far away from completion exercise. And whatever reasoning and excusable manipulation that we would choose to swing from, at the end of the day, we still have people with hindered lives living in tents like sardines, […]
Community clean up in Muri
Monday 17 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Residents in Muri Tapere are being called to a community working bee this afternoon starting at 5pm at the Nukupure Park. The working bee has been called by Pu Tapere Keta Williams and will included cleaning rubbish and overgrowth around the sports grounds at Nukupure Park. The working bee is a post festive season cleanup […]
Just research it first
Monday 17 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m writing to ensure there is no misinformation circulating as a result of your letter writer “Toketoke Enua“. The point I’ve been making all along is that all available information on the fish traps in Avana-Aroko should be examined before springing into action. If the research concludes that the fish traps are the […]
Palmerston health clinic questions
Monday 17 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I understand that the Cook Islands Ministry of Health received $160K from the European Union in 2007 to build a medical centre on Palmerston Island. It is now 2011 and still a medical centre has not been built. I want to ask the former Outer Islands Health Director, now Secretary of Health Tupou […]
'The honest approach has disappeared'
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is finished, and finally, the people have spoken. Every election leaves a track of disharmony from the candidates’ supporters, and this mayoral election for Aitutaki, according to some people, is a classic duplication of that unfortunate concept. Various accusations, such as the lack of promotion for such an important occasion, a much […]
Govt has betrayed outer islands: Wilkie
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Has the Government betrayed a number of voters and candidates in the Outer Islands Local Government Elections held yesterday? My simple answer is, YES – ABSOLUTELY! The Government has committed gross injustice. I understand both the Prime Minister and the Head of the Ministry of Planning and Infrastructure echoed each other with their […]
Call to repair road damage
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, With schools to resume operation in a couple of weeks it is my hope that the Ministry of Works will get in and fix the road that leads directly to Takitumu Primary School in Matavera from the main road. Ever since Telecom Cook Islands dug this road up to lay cables a couple […]
Avana stench inquiry
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am amazed that the horrible stench at Avana harbour has gone ‘un-noticed’ by the appropriate authorities, in this case probably the ministries of health, marine resources, infrastructure & planning and environment services, so that this appalling smell pollution problem can be eradicated. But then again, attending to public nuisances such as this […]
Call to catch scrap-munchers
Saturday 15 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This letter to your columns is in justifiable and credible support of Papa Joe Ngatae, the Police and Justice Ministry appointed dog-ranger who, to this time has weathered so much criticism for his sometimes natural overzealousness in eradicating paraiah, unfed and abandoned dogs which kill tethered goats and terrorise almost every pedestrian and […]
'Let's get on with it, mate'
Friday 14 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My sympathy to those Queenslanders affected by the floods. Green and Gold, like Tok, is asking for a national fundraising appeal. Let’s be realistic and practical. Aussies are seasoned victims of all kinds of disasters – fires, cyclones, floods, drought. However, the thing about Aussies is that during or after a disaster, unlike […]
A case for action man
Friday 14 January 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a Ngatangiia family man whose children regularly make use of Muri lagoon for recreational purposes, it concerns me greatly that much needed plans to improve the quality of water in Muri lagoon by removing the fish traps appears to have hit a brick wall all because one person who is not from […]
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