Letters to the Editor
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
Sad news
Saturday 30 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, What a sad day for Rarotonga! I am referring to the article below of the “once again” approved ring road about the “new” proposed Mirage (formerly Sheraton, Hilton etc.) development in Vaimaanga. As multiple visitors to Rarotonga since the early 1990’s, we have always enjoyed driving around or running along the road or […]
Stop farm pollution
Saturday 30 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Despite what John Scott blabbers on about when it comes to the so-called benefits of producing local eggs over those that are imported, to save Rarotonga’s fragile and vulnerable lagoons from further environmental damage as a result of commercial farm pollution, I would much rather spend extra money on imported eggs rather than […]
JP court a circus
Saturday 30 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Cook Islands News report from the High Court proceedings of October 28 once again highlights the shortcomings in the process of many cases heard by JPs, and the circus it has become. In earlier reports we have read of serious charges where the defendants receive name suppression due ‘to having to inform […]
Why we should use cloth nappies
Friday 29 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m all for giving new parents a hand up whilst they re-evaluate their budget, but it upsets me to hear a young mum say she needs the extra money because disposable nappies cost so much. Should taxpayer money fund toxic landfill that is killing our environment? It is so upsetting to see even […]
It isn't rocket science
Friday 29 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am responding to the letter signed ‘Pro Police’. I appreciate the fact you support your police department, that is in fact admirable. I personally do not have a beef with Cook Islands Police Department. But I would like to know where you get your numbers to back up your claims. I read […]
Theft at 'crisis point'
Friday 29 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We keep reading with dismay the ever increasing and alarming rate of theft and burglaries within our communities on Rarotonga. I sympathise with those homeowners whose homes have been broken into. We have also experienced these unfortunate incidents, not once, not twice, but three times over the past 18-24 months. We have had […]
Resort's ring road riles
Friday 29 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A smoke signaller writes: “With regards to the new ring road to go around the Sheraton/Mirage site in Vaimaanga just announced by Cabinet, this might be a great opportunity for the new Cook Islands Party candidate for Titikaveka, as well as the free-thinking independents standing for that constituency, to question whether they would want to […]
Arnold's madness is scary Dear Editor,
Friday 29 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Mr Arnold is now suggesting that locals only be able to purchase businesses here and that locals should no longer be able to sell their businesses for the ‘Best price you can get in a world wide market. Scary stuff! If this populist rhetoric from Mr Arnold is an attempt to become more in tune […]
Let's stop combative politics
Friday 29 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Smoke Signal that suggests that CIP candidate Tom Marsters and Demo candidate Tapi Taio are conspiring with each other to unseat their respective opposition candidates in Murienua and Akaoa is nothing more than a smoke screen. I happen to find Tom and Tapi and their families as good people. I have a […]
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