Letters to the Editor
A load of rubbish
Saturday 6 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to comment on the “second annual report” by Telecom Cook Islands under the headline ‘Telecom public report sets out priorities’ published in Cook Islands News on Thursday November 4. Editor, what a load of rubbish! Pu’iiiiiiiii aue te akama! That’s not an annual report and that’s certainly not the sort […]
Claims mostly fibs
Saturday 6 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If one really wants to gauge just how much or little the MP for Ngatangiia, Sir Terepai Maoate, has done over the past 27 years for his village, you only have to observe the fact that this village has the most terrible roads on Rarotonga. Without question the jewel in the crown when […]
It's not his fault
Friday 5 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, “We are our own enemies” … that will be the likes of yourself, Mike Tavioni. I wish to submit my disappointment in you for assuming/saying that it is Jim Marurai who turned down William Framhein’s Kukicell proposal/venture. It is “not” my father’s fault that William Franhein had been turned down and I would […]
Dirty politics
Friday 5 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I believe ‘Speak the truth’ does not live in Ngatangiia to elaborate on a lot of nonsense about Sir Terepai and Ngatangiia. Please keep your dirty politics and laundry in your own camp. Ngatangiia is the corner stone of economic development in the Cook Islands. If you haven’t noticed please take a slow […]
Eggs again
Friday 5 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If John Scott says none of the tons of chicken tutai that fills his sheds every year goes into the lagoon, can he please tell us exactly what runs down that stream next to his property when it rains hard? As for 88% of New Zealand’s eggs being produced in cruel cage factory […]
Support for 'local hero'
Friday 5 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write to offer my support and commendation to our Local Hero John Scott for fighting for us local egg producers. Premeditated pricing and wholesaler monopoly is wrong and should not be supported. Some years back there was a monopoly on the shipping service to the Cook Islands. The CIP Government then legislated […]
Fresh is best
Thursday 4 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A good egg is a fresh egg. The fresher the egg the better the egg. Local eggs are much fresher than imported eggs; this is just common sense. If I test NZ eggs, statistically one in six eggs is positive for bacteria. In local eggs, one out of 30 will have bacteria. Fresh […]
Sir Terepai's election brochure attacked
Thursday 4 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have just seen Sir Terepai Maoate’s brochure for the coming election as an independent candidate in Ngatangiia. We take issue with several things he put in his brochure: On the front page he highlights the building of Ngatangiia through “integrity and honesty.” How can he possibly state this when he failed to […]
'Marital upgrade' among candidates decried
Thursday 4 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to make one observation of what I have noticed regarding some of the people running in this coming election. I note with interest that we have some candidates who have had and continue to have problems in the most basic unit of any social system or social structure – the family. […]
Be careful
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Be careful about the allegations. We have as much interest as everyone else in keeping the lagoon free from pollution. No manure from our chickens ends up in the lagoon and never has. We bag it and sell it to growers, currently at $3 a bag – a further attempt at import substitution […]
Ring road no surprise
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to those critics out there who are obviously not as clued-up as the rest of the population, I want to point out that the re-location of the road in Titikaveka around the back of the Vaimaanga Hotel has been the subject of national debate since the late 1980s. Nothing has been […]
We are our own enemies
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In a small country like ours everyone knows just about everyone else. I am referring to our people meaning both the indigenous people as well as to our PRs, at least I believe that we are one. We should be mindful of each other, tolerant and helpful. But I can not help thinking […]
Eccentric Yes, mad No
Wednesday 3 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to Local Business Owner’s letter. Yes, I have rebuilt a steam locomotive single-handed. Yes, I climb mountains barefooted. Yes, I am a plastic-sandaled tamure dancer…, but the “madness” surrounding current investment policies is not of my making! In October 2005 – with 25 years experience of DIB/BTIB applications […]
A different perspective
Tuesday 2 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to put forward a different perspective to the story from the Demos about their trip to Mangaia. And this is from people who were on the ground and actually saw what happened. Andy Matapo did not want the delegation from Rarotonga to visit Tamarua. Same as Mauke and Mitiaro. But they […]
George answers JP court criticism
Tuesday 2 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to help clear the confusion over criminal Court hearings on Thursdays. There is no such thing as “instant justice” unless an arrested person pleads guilty to the charge straight away and is fined. This is okay for minor charges such as drunkenness or common assault or bad language offences. The cases […]
Secret Mirage land deal 'stinks'
Tuesday 2 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Here we go again! You would have thought after the TOA scandal those Demo idiots would have learnt their lesson. But no, another secret deal has been inked by a minority Government in its dying days with developers gifting them publicly owned land. There is very little beach access for members of the […]
Police answer complaints
Monday 1 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Police commissioner Maara Tetava has responded to Putoto Powell’s allegations that police treated her in a ‘totally unsatisfactory’ manner following a motor vehicle crash she was involved in last month. Powell had charged in last week’s CI News that police ‘spin doctors’ would likely make excuses for the way they treated her. Tetava responded: “About […]
Why does Telecom need protection?
Monday 1 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have experienced the most frustrating four years of my life, and perhaps the most costly, and I would like to briefly explain this frustration to your readers. In 2005 I began inquiries with the Prime Minister in respect of telecommunications and in 2007 and 2008 respectively registered companies including a mobile phone […]
My Papa catches bad people
Monday 1 November 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor My Papa is a policeman. I love him because he catches bad people to keep me safe. He is sad when bad people steal and do bad things. He is sad when people die on the road. He works hard. He comes home late at night and goes to work any time. Sometimes […]
Why do drains now?
Saturday 30 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Really great to see the road drainage work being done in Tupapa but why did it take until just before the elections to get this job carried out? Does that mean the next major road works on Rarotonga will take place in four years time a few weeks before the next general elections? […]
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