Letters to the Editor
Give us league points
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Now that the rugby league’s minor premiership competition is a week away from concluding, can those high ranking executives on the Cook Islands Rugby League board provide to your newspaper for publishing a points table for the six premier-grade teams. That way league fans and club supporters like me can have some idea […]
Both have degenerated
Tuesday 13 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, What a wonderful state of affairs we find ourselves in. On one hand the CIP jolly themselves along with an unelected leader and an unrespected spokesperson/MP gleefully picking up their $2 fee to allow amused villagers to vote with their conscience. On the other we have Mr Nazi condemning anyone that disagrees with […]
Blame shifting
Tuesday 13 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, According to Wilkie Rasmussen, Toagate would have never happened if only Prime Minister Jim Marurai had done his job. So why does Rasmussen continue to blame only Terepai Maoate for the Toagate affair? Let’s take a look at the facts. Last month Rasmussen put the blame squarely on Maoate when he said Terepai […]
'Grand Plan' sidelines little guys
Monday 12 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, So the Tourism Board has a Grand Plan and they want the whole country to buy into it. They want government to double its expenditure on tourism, they want the industry to increase their expenditure on marketing, and they want us all ‘on board the vaka’ paddling in the same direction. Never mind […]
It's a disgrace
Saturday 10 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Just reading all the articles in the local paper is a disgrace to both parties (CIP & Demo). We have a major problem here amongst both parties. Why are you guys showing your incompetency in leading the country by running each other down? New Zealand, Australia, United States are not even doing this, […]
So much bickering and battling
Saturday 10 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
We don’t want any more stupid leaders! Dear Editor, It is so disappointing to return home and find that we are still our own worst enemies. How can we possibly expect the elected leaders, of this country or any organisation, to do their job well in a climate of so much bickering and internal battling […]
Why are visitors picking up our rubbish?
Friday 9 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I felt compelled to write and express how ashamed I was to see the touring Foothills Lions under 16 rugby team from Canada pick up months worth of rubbish at the waterfall. Far out! How lazy have we become! These young guys picked up beer cans, soft drink bottles and worst of all […]
Mataiapo challenges MPs to public debate
Friday 9 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Kia orana once again. I am writing this letter with my very deep concern about our financial situation. In fact, I have raised the problems many times previously without a bloody response from the politicians. We are bankrupt right now and the government is relying on a day to day basis to secure […]
Please explain what 'values'
Friday 9 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, During the time when Sir Terepai had been sacked as a minister of the crown and the Demo Party was imploding, the former Demo Party Vice-President Karla Eggelton went on record to say that the political turmoil at that time had “brought out the values of the nation”. Well now that Karla’s mother, […]
Praying for parliament
Thursday 8 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m not siding with anyone on the latest government shenanigans, as it seems in my 11 years of being back in the Cooks there hasn’t been a time when power play didn’t rear its ugly head in one form or another. Party politics leaves me believing that if you really want to make […]
Keep politics out of it
Thursday 8 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Many voters believe all senior government bureaucratic positions should be hired on the basis of their competency, experience and professionalism, selected by a competent board and not at the whim of political favour. How many examples do we need to prove hiring for political or family reasons is disastrous to our countries economy. […]
Nice place, shame about the politics
Wednesday 7 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Kia orana, te iti tangata and all others that read this, Having recently returned from lovely Rarotonga, back in the cooler climate of where I am now, I gotta say yes, still an awesome place to be, shame about the sacked MP who just won’t get the hint. Think about it, is there […]
Do things ever change?
Wednesday 7 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Kia Orana, There’s an old saying “The more things change, the more they stay the same” and never more so than right now it seems. The latest news to come out of Rarotonga regarding the recent departures from Cook Islands Tourism must be extremely disappointing for the industry as a whole. The same […]
People our biggest asset
Tuesday 6 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I totally agree with Papa Mike in regard to the people of the Cook Islands being our/your best asset…I love the people. My family. Who, no matter what is happening in the world, won’t stop smiling. The little people, who work hard for next to nothing, still smile. Who, after working for a […]
Do nothing, say nothing
Tuesday 6 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, One of the reasons families continue to leave the Cook Islands and have given up on our beautiful island is because they can’t stomach what a complete and total joke the Marurai government is. A recent example is, Finance Minister Wilkie Rasmussen stating in the Cook Islands News, “it’s likely government will no […]
Thank you from Aitutaki
Tuesday 6 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, George “Maggie” Angene was amongst the first volunteers who came to Aitutaki in the wake of the Cyclone Pat disaster. George Maggie offered his assistance free of charge to Aitutaki families who needed some help with rebuilding their damaged homes. Maggie’s experience with limestone buildings came in very useful in Aitutaki. The first […]
Call for free meals
Tuesday 6 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m letting the Cook Islands know that T&M Heather have breakfast and lunch provided for their employees – how great is that? Tourism Cook Islands on a whole can learn from this company. Tourism operators throughout the world always provide staff with complimentary meals but for some reason tourism Cook Islands as a […]
Think carefully about tourism
Tuesday 6 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Congratulations to ‘Papa Mike’ for his letter on Monday March 29. We would like to add our comments to his. As repeat visitors to these beautiful islands, we agree with his views. We have been coming to the Cook Islands over the last ten years and have seen changes that are inevitable. But, […]
'Rip-off' profits paid by consumers
Tuesday 6 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Telecom is a rip-off. To watch and listen to the posturing by the CEO on TV the other night makes me sick. Telecom makes millions of dollars a year profit from the customers in the Cook Islands. How do we know this? Study the various budget books put out by government over the […]
Probe, please
Saturday 3 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A couple of months after the end of the Pacific Mini Games I posed the question, through your paper, asking when the public would be able to obtain details on the exact amount of money spent on these games, how and where the money was spent and who got what. In response, government […]
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