Letters to the Editor
Please, stand up for the little people
Wednesday 5 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I want to write to you about my sheer frustration at what has happened on the corner of the road to Nikao Maori school and Avatea School. I have children who go to Avatea and am very afraid for their safety. Very quickly we saw a building being erected on the corner of […]
Telecom must change
Wednesday 5 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Telecom is charging our tourists around 650 per cent more for internet access than we are paying. If you want access to Telecom’s WIFI internet access (Hot Spot) you have to pay a minimum of $15 dollars for 50 megabytes of data. How does this compare to what I pay for 50 mega […]
Who foots the bill?
Tuesday 4 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Kia orana te iti tangata. It’s me again, Uncle Bob! No surprise on the outcome of Norm’s Court Case. But at whose cost? Take a wild guess, te iti tangata, the bill is yours, say thanks to Pai and co. These crackers have cost the country more than their combined worth. They pushed […]
Police action beggars belief
Tuesday 4 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Helen Greig’s account of the disgraceful treatment of her by the police recently makes for sobering reading. How a competent police officers could pursue an innocent person based on such suspect information beggars belief. It is so important the police maintain public confidence in their integrity and objectivity. Helen Greig’s story does not […]
Wrongful arrest disgraceful
Tuesday 4 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor. After reading the story of misdirected justice regarding Helen Greig’s wrongful arrest, I can only say one word – disgraceful. Disgraceful that the police have suddenly become judge and jury, disgraceful that the police can make arrests or hold a member of the public without due diligence and due process, disgraceful that a […]
Please explain tourism situation
Monday 3 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor A few days ago you had the ‘golden goose’ of tourism being strangled in your newspaper cartoon. I think that is such a good image of what’s happening in this country. What I am worried about is that it is being allowed to happen with no one really doing anything about it. There […]
A ridiculous situation
Saturday 1 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I just happened to pick up the newspaper about 10 minutes ago and to my amusement, there was a reta re Health System Unfair. I am saddened to read that Tuao Messine’s son and daughter-in-law is facing what we came through and I applaud them for voicing their disappointment. I can only hope […]
Meitaki maata CI from the UK
Saturday 1 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I just want to send out a big thank you to the people of the Cook Islands. I made my first trip to your beautiful country last month with my wife and children. It has always been a dream of mine to visit, ever since I can remember. Well finally in my 47th […]
Thank you 60+ women
Saturday 1 May 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to thank and acknowledge the women of the sixty plus club for their work in the community. I had the privilege of being a guest speaker as a representative of Punanga Tauturu Inc at their monthly meeting and have walked away renewed in my conviction of the resilience and perseverance […]
That's democracy!
Friday 30 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As I have a lot of friends on Rarotonga I regularly dip into your online publication to catch up on local news and views. This week I was pleased to see a most erudite communication from The Bard and as today, April 23, is Shakespeare’s birthday I thought it fitting to congratulate the […]
Plates just the number
Friday 30 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest the article on Cook Islands number plates. I live in Michigan, USA and have new Cook Islands plates on four cars. My Toyota with the CI plate on the front of the car in the snow appeared in the CI News last year. We only need a rear plate […]
A bit of poetry
Thursday 29 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is a response to the letter signed ‘Two senesene worth’ letter in your newspaper yesterday: Two Senesene, the moon is green. Yes! Minister Wilkie, the moon is green. Two Senesene, the sun is purple. Yes! Minister Wilkie, the sun is purple. Two Senesene, I command you to follow my instructions. Yes! Minister […]
Coco Putt deserves a licence
Thursday 29 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to the issuing of a new liquor licence. People who set up the new business called Coco Putt put a lot of money and dreams into their new venture, and then are denied a restaurant liquor licence, which is needed by the business to succeed. I know Tokerau […]
Health system unfair
Thursday 29 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to voice my disappointment at our national health system in regards to an issue when my son and daughter in-law were blessed with a beautiful baby girl in March this year at the Rarotonga hospital. They were told to pay $1000 for their week’s stay in hospital, added to that they […]
Give board a fair go
Wednesday 28 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, There has been a lot of recent criticism of the Tourist Authority Board and its chairman but the persons on this board are undoubtedly the most capable and experienced we have available on the island. Some of the criticism is coming from people with a vested interest in seeing change or other people […]
Reciprocal friendship for New Zealanders
Wednesday 28 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, No country in the whole world welcomes and financially assists the Cook Islands more than New Zealand. So what about some special reciprocation for our Kiwi friends and relations? Give New Zealanders your thanks and encouragement by helping their citizens exclusively, because of who they are, as they do for you. Invite all […]
We're in a 'perilous position'
Wednesday 28 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Cook Islands has been put in a perilous position by the Tourism Board, as it moved to reprimand Unique Tourism Collection (UTC) over Christopher de Doby’s letter to the industry. The board has acted hastily and incorrectly on many counts. The letter was not anonymous, as claimed. It was directed at Tata […]
A bit bogged out
Wednesday 28 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to “Man with a ‘beef’ lets rip”.Yes, Steve Boggs let rip alright. A big fat smelly one. And I’m a bit bogged out by it. Can he please just get over himself and let the Minister of Finance do his job. Does he not appreciate that there is […]
CISNOC 'circus' claims answered
Wednesday 28 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Events at CISNOC (Cook Islands Sport and National Olympic Committee) since the Pacific Mini Games have been nothing short of a circus. This outfit seems to have turned into a defacto office for former CIP hacks and has-beens. The grandstanding President is now off to Europe for another junket being a world conference […]
Man with a 'beef' let's rip
Tuesday 27 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, John Woods is right, I got a beef! I got a beef with anyone who praises Wilkie Rasmussen or any other member of cabinet, both past and present who would front up in court regarding Toagate, but doesn’t blast them all for agreeing to such a foolish idea in the first place. All […]
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