Letters to the Editor
LETTERS: Tsunami warning
Wednesday 19 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, many of us are wondering why EMCI (Emergency Management Cook Islands) failed to put out early warnings to owners of boats in both Avarua and Avatiu harbours last Friday night before the tsunami resulting from the Tonga volcanic eruption capsized boats and caused others to smash into each other?
LETTERS: Call to legalise marijuana use
Tuesday 18 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, anecdotally, over 50 per cent of the Cook Islands (adult) population uses marijuana, some say it’s as high as 70 per cent.
LETTERS: Dirty politics or public service?
Monday 17 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I see George Angene, ex-con and current MP, regularly blow drying the main road stretch from his place to Taputapuatea. His sign says, always helping the people, but he is only helping certain people?
LETTERS: ‘Prison life is not luxurious’
Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, in response to Jacqueline Ngatai-Cowan’s letter in CI News January 8, 2022. Firstly, I want to thank her for her concerns regarding her partner’s situation at Arorangi Prison and his medical condition.
LETTERS: Are we prepared for Covid?
Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, talk about putting out a message that is guaranteed to get some backlash from social media (‘We are ready, prepared and protected’, January 11, 2022).
LETTERS: Solving labour shortage problem
Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, maybe an agreement of higher wages for an agreed period, to then be reduced back to normal with an incentive programme to increase the wage back to the higher rate agreed upon (No immediate fix for local labour shortage, January 10, 2022).
LETTERS: Losing our Covid free status
Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Let’s think this through for a second (Reduced health clinics when border reopens, January 6, 2022).
LETTERS: A humble plea for help
Saturday 8 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I’m not the kind of person who writes letters to the editor, but at this point, I don’t know what else to do. I’m writing this with the hope that someone who reads it will be able to help me or at least point me in the right direction.
Concern over police handling of arrested citizens in custody
Friday 7 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, police handling of arrested citizens held in custody cruel and shameful.
LETTERS: Hemp – a new cash crop
Thursday 6 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, in December of 2020 the Fijian Government initiated talks for hemp to replace the sugar industry as the backbone of the economy.
Dealing with bad debtors
Wednesday 5 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, the last two years of Covid-19 have placed huge pressure on small businesses to keep themselves afloat in the face of debtors, theft, poor service, and employees leaving for greener pastures.
Attack on award nominees ‘appalling’
Friday 31 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, as someone who took the time to nominate someone for the Cook Islands News Cook Islander of the Year award, I totally disagree with Te Tuhi’s letter to the editor.
Cook Islander of the Year
Thursday 30 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I must admit that I think this is a worthy gong for those who actually deserve it.
‘Speechless’ about elderly vaccination
Wednesday 22 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, it gave me a slight shock reaction when Elder Verokura Andrew updated their vaccination trip.
Covid – disease of vaccinated or unvaccinated?
Tuesday 21 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Serena Hunter (in her letter on December 11 – No jab, no job policy) wrote that “Gibraltar, population of 33,000, over 118% vaccinated (beat that), and facing a surge in cases”.
Vaccinated versus unvaccinated
Monday 20 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Associate Prof. John Dunn’s letter in Tuesday’s newspaper (‘Unvaccinated are a risk to others’, December 14).
Pa Enua tourism will ‘languish again’
Saturday 18 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I have just listened to, and read the Prime Minister’s comments on the opening of the border on 13th January. And while I applaud the Prime Minister for letting ‘tourism’ start again, I am totally dismayed by the inequality of it all.
Call to clampdown on noisy motorcycles
Thursday 16 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Great initiative from the police to step up and enforce the helmet laws. At the same time, they should also focus on motor bike noisy mufflers.
Raro cops to step up helmet enforcement
Wednesday 15 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, great initiative from the police to step up the helmet laws.
‘Unvaccinated are a risk to others’
Tuesday 14 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Serena Hunter’s view cannot go unchallenged (No jab, no job policy, Cook Islands News, December 11, 2021).