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Monday 20 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Early in December my wife and I will be arriving to spend another enjoyable six weeks on the beautiful island of Rarotonga, this will make our fifth year that we have spent Christmas and New Year with you all. My only regret is that we cannot get a direct flight from Canada to […]
Call for integrity
Monday 20 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We call for leaders of ‘integrity’, but what does that mean? I read this description and thought it worth submitting for personal reflection and as we each contemplate who to bless with our vote. Ted Engstrom writes: “The world needs people who cannot be bought; whose word is their bond; who put character […]
Challenge issued to Punctillius
Monday 20 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is so great that you, Mr or Mrs Punctillius is quick to respond to my reply to your letter on September 15. The only sad thing is you don’t know what is right or wrong. You don’t even have the balls to reveal your name to the public. Why is it supplied […]
Stop stealing our pawpaws
Saturday 18 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To the lowlife who is stealing pawpaws from my mother’s plot in Turangi – you must feel proud stealing the fruits of someone else’s labour. It must feel good sneaking up, no doubt in the dark of night and swiping the whole crop, which someone else has spent the time and energy in […]
Ideas for political reform
Saturday 18 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It is always important to first try to determine whether the problems have to do with the system or the people. If the political culture is corrupt, it will infect any system that is put in place. The success of a political system over time depends on historical context and events – once in operation […]
A case of the 'flip-flops'
Saturday 18 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, An article in yesterday’s paper labels me as a ‘flip-flop’ on political reform. Check the background of the GPC and you will find they too suffer from ‘flip-flops’! They never had national seats and a nationally elected PM in their agenda – now they do! I went off the GPC sometimes in 2003 […]
Cook Islands spirit
Friday 17 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We would like to publically recognise Tangianu Tuaputa’s support and aid to us following a motor bike accident near his home. His human response seems to exemplify the Cook Islanders’ spirit. Our four day stopover in Rarotonga on the way to Australia has given us the pleasure of discovering the island’s beauty and […]
Ask all the right questions
Friday 17 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was delighted with the passionate response to my provocative letter “Cut our Cake” earlier in the week, but the correspondent asked the wrong question. The questions he should have asked was: What are the Cook Islands and what is a Cook Islander? A Constitution should deal with the question of who we […]
Disgusted and angry
Thursday 16 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was so disgusted and angry when I read the “Cut our cake to size” letter by Portillius. The subject about land tenure is not a subject that you can pussyfoot around with. Is that your real name? If not, why didn’t you let it be printed? Who do you think you are, […]
Electric service
Thursday 16 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Tuesday at 10pm the electricity to our house was cut off. This was not a power cut to a whole area but just to our house alone. We called Te Aponga’s 24hr fault line and spoke to the very helpful gentleman that was on call. Within 20 minutes there was a Te […]
Thanks for road work
Thursday 16 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I just wanted to offer my thanks and gratitude to the fixing of the Tupapa crossroad inland of Super Brown Store. Minister Smiley Heather, Tou Ariki, Tere Taio and the Works boys –a meitaki maata on behalf of the people living in this area. Although it took seven years to fix it we […]
Always remember how we got here
Thursday 16 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For the last year, at least, I read with amazement on how brainwashed our people have been and continue to be on the issues of fuel supply and political reform. One fuel supply company reminds me of what the school books taught me of what the Nazis did to the German people back […]
Cut our cake to size
Wednesday 15 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The debate should not be about how rich (or thick) the icing is on top of the cake, it should be about how the ingredients are combined and organised in the body of the cake. I would like to throw out a provocative question. Is the Westminster system – based on the English […]
Humbled by Arnold's plan
Wednesday 15 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was so amazed and humbled to read Tim Arnold’s political plan for upgrading the Cook Islands’ Constitution if he becomes the MP for Tupapa. This is what the other political advocates and current politician should be dealing with – the moral issues and sensible thing to do for the country. I hope […]
No show by MPs says a lot
Wednesday 15 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The GPC forum for change was an interesting meeting that demonstrates just how little the sitting MPs really care about what you think – they don’t show up! But first, kudos to Robert Wigmore for his attendance and participation. Teina Bishops super brief appearance allowed no questions from the public so I hope […]
How a democracy works
Tuesday 14 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Wednesday, September 8 I attended the GPC meeting and there I asked the candidates: “Would you still run for parliament if the pay was to be reduced from $50,000 to $3000 per year and all the perks wiped?” A few said yes but most were evasive using arguments like “we would not […]
So just what is political reform?
Tuesday 14 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your feasts of political reform editorials invited opinions. Those championing it appeared to be devoid of sufficient knowledge and proper understanding of what a political ‘reform’ really is; its purposes and essential paradigms. What you reported those saying was not political ‘reform’ but electoral, parliamentary and or economic reform? They are neither one […]
Referendum or no referendum?
Tuesday 14 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To hold a referendum asking the people of the Cook Islands, for the reduction of the numbers of Members of Parliament, the answer will definitely be the affirmative. Who, and how, will make the decision to make reduction possible? To the writer, there is no need for a referendum for this, because we […]
Beautification contracts all MP related
Tuesday 14 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Rouru Tangatapoto regarding the Titikaveka Beautification contract, my letter was not a personal attack on him and his private business but it is an attempt to reveal how these beautification contracts are awarded and to see if the decisions are biased and political. The tender was awarded […]
Children our greatest asset
Monday 13 September 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to support Moana Rule’s letter and petition for a reciprocal Child Support Agreement between the Cook Islands and NZ. Like Moana, I know firsthand what she is and has been going through. My daughter also is a victim of abandonment. The lack of commitment, inconsistency and irresponsible behaviour of the absent […]
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