Letters to the Editor
Please fix our roads
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For about the hundredth time can government please, please, please do something about those areas around Rarotonga’s mains roads where the water collects and floods the roads every time it rains? Some of these roads, to name a few, include in front of Ngatangiia church, across from Te Uki Ou school in Turangi, […]
Lawyers not taking over
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read the letter of Punctillius in Thursday’s paper with interest. The letter made some interesting points on the legislative process but did not accurately represent either my thoughts or my statements. First, there is no doubt we need more Cook Islanders to work as lawyers in private practice in the Cook Islands. […]
Faith is the only means of salvation
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A reply to Tutai Pere’s comments regarding the article I wrote a couple of weeks ago. As a mention, I also support the response from Brian Chitty in your paper. Faith is the only means of salvation. That is given to us by God – it is His gift by His grace (Ephesians […]
The great Bible baptism debate
Saturday 9 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I do not wish to debate any more on this issue regarding the One and Only Bible Baptism that is recorded in Holy Scripture. No one ever conducted any baptism after the Great Commission of Jesus recorded in Mathew 28:19, Mark 16:16 and Luke 24:47 until the 120 believers received the Promise of […]
Wilkie on Carr's departure
Friday 8 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Kevin Carr’s explanation about his departure from office of Acting Financial Secretary in his letter to the editor is fair comment in some respects. But to say that I am afraid to discuss issues with him is untrue. Early in his appointment he pronounced what he would do, but arrogantly stated that the […]
Disgraceful Raro taxi service
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, While having lunch last Sunday, my family and I noticed a taxi driver stop outside our place and drop off a family of tourists. While this could be normal because there is an accommodation place next door, it looked strange as the people were reading a map and looking confused. The taxi driver, […]
More lawyers not needed
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have to take issue with Tim Arnold’s assertion that we need more lawyers in the Cook Islands and politics. The very nature of the legal profession is adversarial and combative. Do we want more of that in Parliament? Of greater importance concerns the written language of our laws and regulations. They are […]
Attention letter writers
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A number of emails sent to the editor@cookislandsnews.com address over the last few days were held up due to technical problems with an email filter, and we only received them yesterday. A number of these emails were letters to the editor. The problem has now been resolved and it appears as if we have received […]
Carr explains his sudden departure
Thursday 7 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to the letter to the Editor on Friday 1st October with the heading “Is Carr’s sacking legal” and would like to clarify the situation. Firstly the Minister did not sack me but rather sent a letter that conveyed his loss of confidence and said that he had conveyed this to the […]
Great medical attention
Tuesday 5 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My wife and I recently holidayed in Rarotonga and whilst there my wife had the misfortune to cut her hand quite badly. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the owners of the Kikau Hut Restaurant for their kind assistance and also to thank the doctor, nurse and receptionist in particular […]
Baptism suggestion 'preposterous'
Tuesday 5 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If water baptism is the way to heaven, Jesus lied when he told the anabaptised thief (Lk 23:43) that they would both be in paradise that day. If water baptism is essential for salvation, Paul set a bad example by not emphasising this ordinance in his ministry (1 Cor 1:17) If immersion in […]
Import substitution – what a joke
Tuesday 5 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Democratic Party Government’s position on import substitution is nothing but a joke. CITC is flooding the market with NZ eggs when local production is more than capable of meeting the demand. Attempts by this writer to get government to include in the Fair Trading Act of 2008 a Protection of Local Industry […]
Short on memory
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to yesterday’s front page where Mann Short stated that Ngatangiia has always been a Demo village. This is tutae toa puakatoro. Mann Short has a very short memory because Sir Apenera Short (Mann’s father) was one of the longest CIP and an MP that stood for Ngatangiia before he became QR. […]
A very negative holiday
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last spring I sent a letter to the editor advising the Cook Islands my wife and I were returning for a third holiday to the Cook Islands because there were more positives than negatives. I must regret that our third visit will probably be our last because there were far more negatives than […]
Need to address pensions
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We read on the front page of your paper that the cost of old age pensions etc to the Government is predicted to rise. One reason of course being that more advanced medication helps to keep people alive longer. I was not surprised to read that Government is advised not to reduce the […]
Wild chickens of Raro unite!
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To be anti-rooster is the same as being anti-Raro culture and lifestyle. There is a simple solution. The complainers should take their tourist dollars and spend it in downtown LA or any other city in the world where the traffic and other engine noises are more annoying than a rooster any night of […]
Give us just one policy
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As an undecided voter in the upcoming elections I would like to ask both of the main political parties for some information which might help me and many others to decide on where to cast our votes. Could someone who is entitled to speak on behalf of your respective parties (maybe the president, […]
Encourage our leaders
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Following the Ngatangiia candidate selection I think it is time for some public reflection. It seems to me that the fastest growing international sport is Criticising Politicians. They are described as venal and corrupt by those people who are unaware of their real motivations. They are regarded as lower than Used Car Salesmen. […]
Give us real value
Saturday 2 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Even after all these years when government’s annual budgets have climbed to almost $200 million and advances in building construction technologies have improved in leaps and bounds, we see that Rarotonga’s supply of clean fresh water remains woefully inadequate. Why has this government failed to address Rarotonga’s continued water shortages? Why is it […]
Country has had a 'gutsful' of old guard
Friday 1 October 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The emphatic election victory this week of an inexperienced politician over one of the most experienced politicians this country has ever known, is clear testament that the voters of this country have had a gutsful of the political old guard and are now yearning for change. Indeed, the time has perhaps come for […]
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