Letters to the Editor
Police recruitment ‘merit based’
Monday 13 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, your item about our new recruits (Fijians recruited as police struggle with resources, Cook Islands News, December 4) conflated two issues, which are not directly related.
No jab, no job policy
Saturday 11 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, headlines I would never have dreamed to see in the Cook Islands this week.
Are we prepared to re-open safely?
Friday 10 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, how much effort does the Prime Minister and the Secretary for Health expend to say the words, “We’re prepared”?
Protest against border reopening
Thursday 9 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, it’s good that you’re wanting to keep our paradise safe I’m with you on that. But sooner or later that border has to open because if it doesn’t the economy is going to go kaput – tourism is our main source of income.
No jab, no church
Wednesday 8 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I find this quite interesting that churches in the Cook Islands want to tell their parishioners to stay home if they are unvaccinated at a time when they can ill afford to turn people away because of diminishing numbers, especially the younger ones.
Speaking ‘truth’ to power
Tuesday 7 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Secretary of Health, Bob Williams, is rolling the dice with our lives. He has failed us on so many fronts.
Rarotonga’s growing waste problem
Monday 6 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, stop bringing low quality goods to the island. Chinese rubbish that you use once and it breaks.
Wrong immigration law repealed
Friday 3 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, a clerical oversight that resulted in the wrong version of the new Immigration Act being passed by Parliament last week has been repealed, and the intended Immigration Bill was tabled on Thursday, December 2 to begin its passage through the House and into law.
Concerns over water shortage
Thursday 2 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, To Tatou Vai (TTV) spokesperson Jaewynn McKay, in response to the fact that water is running over the weir at the Papua intake, leads us to believe that it is a case of rain falling unevenly from one catchment to the next.
Thanks to those who worked behind the scenes
Wednesday 1 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
We are blessed to be among those about to conclude our stay in MIQ at Edgewater.
Water flowing over the weir at Papua
Tuesday 30 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The water intake at Papua (Wigmore’s waterfall) is easily accessed by all. There has been no significant rain for weeks. TTV (To Tatou Vai) is running constant media notices telling us how dire is our water shortage.
A weed choked stagnant pond
Monday 29 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I often swim in the clear waters in the lagoon at Tikioki, where you can feel the cool fresh seawater coming over the reef and flushing the stale water away to be refreshed twice daily reducing the weed and algae growth.
Home is where the heart is
Saturday 27 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
There is a relationship between our love of chopping down trees and trimming them back for convenience to this proposed attitude towards our people, yes, our people offshore trimmed and cut down like unwanted branches ready for the fire, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.
LETTERS: Deep sea exploration and mining
Saturday 20 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for Saturday November 20, 2021
LETTERS: It’s better to be safe than sorry
Friday 19 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for Friday November 19, 2021
Covid-19 modelling ‘frightening’
Thursday 18 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for Thursday November 18, 2021
Where is the medicinal cannabis?
Wednesday 17 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for Wednesday November 17, 2021
LETTERS: Wage subsidy scheme explained
Tuesday 16 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for Tuesday November 16, 2021
LETTERS: On your own head be it!
Saturday 13 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for Saturday November 13, 2021
LETTERS: Returnees to pay for quarantine
Tuesday 9 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letters for Tuesday November 9, 2021