Letters to the Editor
Let Aitutaki benefit
Monday 22 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We cannot but share the frustration of Aitutaki in the way their cyclone recovery has been taken over by a bureaucracy based in Rarotonga. Consider that Aitutaki has direct shipping from New Zealand and Rarotonga and it has good communications with mobile phone coverage and the internet. Aitutakians are certainly no less intelligent […]
CIP silent on 'excessive' spending until now
Monday 22 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For the last 10 years, the CIP leadership has been silent while Maoate-led governments step-by-step blew out the budget. In 1999, only 1300 government jobs had survived the reform while presently there are close to 2000. The CIP should have objected to every staff addition because the 1996 reform demonstrated that 1300 persons […]
Political power for self-gain
Monday 22 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It concerns me greatly that the prime minister of this country is calling for the public to support political reform when it is clear as daylight that his stitched-up government goes directly against the grain of what people recognise as good governance and political stability. Don’t preach what you cannot practice prime minister […]
Chinese car claims 'baseless'
Saturday 20 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Reference is made to your front page article “Audit looks into claimed Chinese car kickbacks” on 16 March 2010. My response is to make corrections to your headline article that purposely seeks to defame my character publicly with unprofessional baseless report findings. It is unfortunate that your article irresponsibly refers to use of […]
Parties being self-righteous
Saturday 20 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The political parties calling the PM “self-serving” are like the pot calling the kettle black, a smoke signaller says. “CIPs and Demos pretending to be holier-than-thou are a hilarious exercise in hypocrisy. They, self-serving? Never! There must have been 8000 persons less 19 on Rarotonga laughing at that headline. One friend said, “Maybe the parties […]
'An old sailor' greeting
Saturday 20 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a Silver Surfer (old age pensioner) I came across your Cook Islands News website and it brought back many memories. I was in the Royal Navy in the 1950s and I served on HMS Warrior we had the good fortune to come to Rarotonga in 1956. The welcome we got from the […]
Cyclone Pat may bring Phoenix out of ashes
Friday 19 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After surveying the damage in Aitutaki via pictures sent to me by friends and family in the Cooks, it’s devastating to see the island in the aftermath of Cyclone Pat. I feel deeply for the people of Aitutaki and my family there. Aid money will come and rescue in part and relieve some […]
Manihikians had same fear
Friday 19 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest sadness Mayor Tai Herman’s letter of Wednesday’s Cook Islands News. However, it was interesting because he expressed the same concerns forwarded by some of us in Manihiki during the planning stages after Cyclone Martin, which were ignored. Sad because it seems that nothing was learnt from the Manihiki experience. […]
The tsunami call
Friday 19 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Our police commissioner has spoken that he will continue to urge all of us into the hills whenever there is a tsunami wave coming our way. If he checks with his counterpart in Hawaii, he would find that for 50 years staff at the centre have made judgement calls to only areas that […]
Consider shipping containers
Friday 19 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Aitutaki Mayor Tai Herman is right to reject the offer of Lockwood Timber Houses. They would not stand up to another ‘Pat’ cyclone. Perhaps consideration should be given to steel constructed homes in the form of shipping containers. I have been involved in the design aspect of these types of homes which are […]
Congrats to mayor
Thursday 18 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, I wish to congratulate Tai Herman, Aitutaki’s mayor, for taking a bold stand in rejecting the proposal from Habitat for Humanity to build 70 houses — funded by both the NZ and Cook Islands governments — for those families whose homes were completely destroyed during Cyclone Pat. I reckon that the very last […]
Bribery is unacceptable
Thursday 18 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am not surprised that the former head of CICC, John Tini, was allegedly handed a brand new vehicle from the Chinese construction company CCECC a year or so ago. I wonder who else in government may have received such a ‘present’ from CCECC? Whether they be state, public or privately owned, some […]
Suggestions to address death toll
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have a great concern for the tragic death toll caused by drink driving of our young people in the Cook Islands. What is the government doing about this? Are there or has the Ministry of Transport or the Justice Department put anything in place to educate or to raise awareness of the […]
Get over it
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, It is sad to see that the Demo Party still cannot get over the events that took place before Christmas, which was history in the making for this country. I read in today’s paper that they’ve finally got the ‘balls’ to sack the PM from the Demo Party. Despite the PM’s sacking, this […]
PM should cop the blame
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last night (Monday) on TVNZ One News the NZ Prime Minister John Key explained that his government had made a decision for NZ not to bid for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The reason: the projected financial costs relating to hosting of the Commonwealth Games would far outstrip the anticipated benefits. In simple terms, […]
Beware 'The Big One'
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In reply to Tsunami Stressed, may I remind you that the Word of God is the only truth – it’s absolutely the Right Way. I praised the EMCI for the repeated warnings on the air for the general public especially in the late hours of the morning and the response was awesome. But […]
Aitutaki council frustrated
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The people of Aitutaki are grateful that New Zealand Government has now confirmed their aid package of $5.5million towards the recovery of Aitutaki. As much as we want to thank New Zealand for their kind generosity there is a time and a place for that. Under the circumstances, there is a short fall […]
Police took no risks in tsunami response
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to the articles in the paper recently about the response of the Police and Emergency Management group to the Chile Tsunami warning. When we previously did not react very quickly to the Samoa tsunami, we were criticised by a number of people and an audit investigation was conducted into our actions. […]
Dump party loyalty
Wednesday 17 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Two things are most certain from the coming elections: Firstly, Makiuti Tongia will never be a member of parliament; and secondly, all MPs sacked by Makiuti Tongia and his club members will win their seats. These include Jim, Wilkie, Wigmore, Piho and Heather. Makiuti’s excuse for sacking them is to pay back for […]
No money left after games 'show'
Tuesday 16 March 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Good on Serena Hunter for expressing her anger and frustration in the way this country has been poorly governed in recent years. All my family and friends share Serena’s view that the current bunch of politicians have been disastrous in managing the affairs of the country and that new political leadership is desperately […]
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