Letters to the Editor
'Sheraton' detail refuted
Tuesday 27 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write regarding the letter ‘Sheraton worse than Toagate’ by Jacqui Evans in yesterday’s Cook Islands News. 1. Where on earth did Evans get the b.s. from? 2. I have never been a Minister of Tourism and as a person educated in legal matters would never sign a contract binding Cabinet or the […]
Why the barrage?
Monday 26 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I, like many people with an interest in tourism, went to the public meeting held by the tourism board. I have to admit that when I went in, I was slightly pessimistic as to the outcome. I am ashamed to say that after reading so much in the news about how bad everything […]
'Sheraton' worse than 'Toagate'
Monday 26 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s nonsense that Toagate is the “worst financial blunder that has ever been made by a Cook Island politician since self-government” as claimed by letter-writer “E Tu e Ara e taku Iti tangata”. I don’t condone the actions that lead to the Toagate debacle, but we should never forget what got us into […]
Our hopes are dashed
Monday 26 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Tight Five have been in control for four and a half months. How hopeful some of us were when they took over. How wrong. Except for replacing the Secretary of Finance with a competent person, what have they achieved? They have turned the future of our back-bone industry over to one resort […]
Letter writer upset
Saturday 24 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter to let your readers know that I have written a letter to your newspaper in order to respond to Wilkie Rasmussen’s last wrongful and false accusations against me, but Cook Islands News refused to print my letter. John Woods, managing editor of the Cook Islands News, said my […]
Clinic backs its work
Saturday 24 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In a recent CI News article the Director of Public Health makes a statement about the findings of Better Health Research Centre calling them “wild statements”. We ask, does the director have access to up-to-date information to justify saying this? Can he prove that illnesses we report do not exist here and that […]
Finish what was started
Friday 23 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This Toagate problem will not be solved, unless someone steps in and picks up the faults and sorts it out without blaming others who did not do their job rightly or did not finish it. Wilkie Rasmussen needs to concentrate on fixing it, because he is the new leader that has been appointed […]
Respect America
Friday 23 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, How sad it is to read and notice straight away the bigoted comments penned by Wilkie Rasmussen in his letter to the editor last Thursday. I was absolutely disgusted that he would stoop so low as to highlight to the whole world, via this medium, Steve Boggs’ country of origin and his relevance […]
Best refs for top games
Friday 23 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In reply to ‘Give credit to the ref’, and his defensive and sheltering of an individual referee, I would like to lend in my support to the writer who was requesting our best referee for top games. Top referees cannot and should not hold centre stage of any match, they should control the […]
Toagate – worst blunder since self government
Thursday 22 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It saddens me to observe people like Bret and Tony holding the people of the Cook Islands to ransom in terms of what they think is right, that is, for the people of the Cook Islands to pay for not only the stupid and silly mistakes done by former Finance Minister Sir Terepai […]
Exit review by tourism marketing director
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
My five years as Director of Marketing and at times Acting CEO have been years of great enjoyment and professional development. In that time I have seen the corporation expand in incredibly positive ways. It has been a challenge and as we all know, we have had highs and lows. As colleagues we have not […]
Four tourism questions:
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Note: these are my personal views and do not include all of my concerns, however these are the main four I have at this time. This latest, very serious revelation from Australia leaves much for you to answer. I hope you and the board take it seriously instead of denouncing the comments and attacking the […]
Sunspots positive
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have been following along the recent changes in the Tourism Corporation and have stood by while reading a variety of negative comments in regards to the recent changes and I feel like I cannot stand by anymore without adding my perspective. I have personally worked with the Tourism Corporation for over 20 […]
Stop the Titanic
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It amazes me just how blinded Tata is about the clear conflict of interest he has holding his private hotel ownership and the tourism chairmanship. Tata, since becoming the chair of tourism, started all these problems by introducing a vision that doesn’t exist and getting rid of capable and professional staff. I don’t […]
It's a comedy of errors
Wednesday 21 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m getting tired of the countless letters streaming in from overseas bemoaning the fact that the Cook Islands are on a path of destruction at the hands brutal dictators, inept politicians and a local population that is too stupid to act. Politics in the Cook Islands is no different from other countries worldwide […]
It's treachery
Tuesday 20 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Was it worth your while printing rubbish from Steve Boggs? I wonder whether attributions to me by Boggs require you to check authenticity. Or is it the case that you don’t care? How disappointing. Anyway, I called Steve Boggs an American because he is. That’s not being a bigot. It’s telling the truth. […]
Cancel the direct Aussie flights now
Tuesday 20 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I tried to find Christopher de Doby amongst Australian travel wholesalers without success. His damming report on Tata Crocombe may have some legs, however we should be made aware if he is in a position to be so scathing and if he does indeed represent Australia wholesalers’ thinking. Australians have a wide choice […]
Wilkie accused of bigotry and hypocrisy
Monday 19 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In Wilkie Rasmussen’s letter to the editor on Thursday he points out that I’m an American living in the Cook Islands with no importance to his people. What does that have to do with anything? The only type of person who would bring this up is a bigot, someone who can’t stand another […]
Why separate rubbish?
Monday 19 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As I watch the rubbish collectors from my window, I am left wondering why on earth we bother to separate our cans, plastics and bottles. Once again, everything just gets thrown into the truck and quashed with all the other household rubbish – not into the ‘recycle trailer’ on the back that seems […]
Thoughts from France
Monday 19 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, No doubt you will be surprised to hear from a French reader of your newspaper, so let me just explain that, almost 50 years ago, I succeeded in introducing to Rarotonga a number of tropical flowering trees, some of which are still alive in spite of repeated cyclones, for instance two spectacular gold […]
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