Letters to the Editor
Old photos wanted
Friday 16 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’ve been trying to hunt down old school photos for 1976 of Avatea School, Kumete Sports, and Primary School Competitions. Likewise for Tereora College from 1977 to 1981. Living overseas doesn’t make it easy to search the archives in Raro. I’ve tried asking friends and old school friends, so far no availability. Are […]
$1 fare no good for small people
Friday 16 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Cook Islands Tourism Board for devising such a brilliant strategy (like last year’s) which serves your own personal agendas and not the industry as a whole. The recent and ongoing increase in Air Raro flights to Aitutaki per day is only catering for the big resorts at the expense of […]
Top grade ref required for premier match
Friday 16 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am not a club supporter of either the Avatiu Eels or the Ngatangiia Sea Eagles. I am, however, a big fan of rugby league. I love the game and reckon that the way it is played in our country is bloody awesome. In fact, the hugely exciting match between the Panthers and […]
Broadband speeds explained
Thursday 15 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Residential broadband problems are sometimes to do with the age and lack of memory of a computer. This is one comment from Telecom Cook Islands in reply to questions asked by a reader in Smoke Signals about residential broadband. TCI marketing and sales manager Mark Boyd thanks the signaller (on April 14) and says the […]
'I listen to my people'
Thursday 15 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to tell Mr Boggs, an Amercian living in Arorangi, that I have always called things as I see them and will continue to do so. I wish to thank him for reminding the public of my previous views which I have never retracted or denounced. I hope he understands what I […]
Timber is better
Thursday 15 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On my way home after chatting with a local about concerns of sand removal on Mauke, it struck me that this same concern needs to be considered with the block houses being planned for Aitutaki. I do not believe that Aitutaki’s environment can sustain the taking of enough sand to build so many […]
Poetic justice
Thursday 15 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Who are we kidding when we think we can get the general public to change their voting habits and select candidates of a high calibre who are savvy and can make decisive decisions at both village and national level? We can only hope that 10-20 years down the track this may change but […]
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 […]
A shot in the arm
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Another member (Cassey Eggelton) has joined the ‘team’, and that’s what the island needs – team players. Just what the doctor ordered – a team of people working towards a better future for the country ‘together’. Not the constant childish tantrums we’ve been witness to of late. The country cannot afford that. The […]
Scary stuff
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to two articles in Saturday’s Cook Islands News that clearly show we have problems with justice. It was an interesting story about Mark Short on the state of our Justice Department. Something disturbs me a little though and I quote Mark, “We’re appointing JPs but we have no resources to train […]
Independence – the way to go
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Maybe Herr Tongia can assist. If half of the Demo MPs meet to discuss matters of public interest, what is it called if not a Demo Caucus? Okay, so that he doesn’t get upset again, let’s call it a Non-Demo Caucus. Actually, he’s so angry that they met, they may soon be Non-Demos […]
Scrap VAT on solar systems
Wednesday 14 April 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Renewable energy – let’s get on with it! I don’t disagree with the need to pursue large scale renewable energy sources over time but it is obvious at the moment from media coverage that the government is not in a position to do anything much about it, more’s the pity. However, it is […]
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, […]
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