Letters to the Editor
Just the facts
Monday 18 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Amid all the political commotion going on, and while many get carried away, I think it is necessary that we go back to the plain, simple facts. All this turmoil began when the prime minister admitted to being pressured by persons outside of government (his words) to sack Sir Terepai Maoate as the […]
It saddens me
Monday 18 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It saddens me to read about the island struggles when it’s the government that can’t get their act together, continuously blaming each other. Maybe it is time for a change – out with the old and in with the new. Maybe it’s time to bring in new faces, youthful ideas. Surely we have […]
Open letter to new Minister
Monday 18 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Tepuka’s road looks like a riverbed. Could the new Minister of Works please make fixing it one of the priorities in his new portfolio, please? The road was made worse when work took place on it last year around the same time the stadium was being built; afterwards nothing happened with returning it […]
Shame on 19 MPs
Monday 18 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m appalled and absolutely stunned by the 19 members of parliament who seem to have rallied around former DPM Maoate. How can this be possible in a supposedly Constitutional Democracy? It’s unbelievable in this day and age given the central cause of all this debacle. If this happened in any other country such […]
Rugby heads should quit
Saturday 16 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The current Cook Islands Rugby Union executives should all resign from their positions. Over the last decade, the IRB has invested so much money in training and development and using various overseas players and coaches for our National 15 and National Sevens team. Last year we were beaten by PNG and Niue in […]
Real reform deserves a knighthood
Saturday 16 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Should PM Marurai really be congratulated for putting political reform on the urgent list of things to do before the general elections? If he is genuinely committed to carrying out much needed political reform, then the guy deserves a knighthood. But if his putting political reform on the agenda merely as a strategy […]
Faint praise
Saturday 16 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Ex-Public Servant’s letter (Friday January 15) is damning with faint praise. Just like his “good old friend” Don Silk, he has no idea what the point of his letter is. Let me spell it out for both of them: Richard Chapman has nothing to do with this generation of poorly performing public servants. […]
No clues on dumpings
Saturday 16 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Public health and environmental officers are still in the dark as to the persons responsible for incidents reported to the agencies this week. On Tuesday morning raw chicken pieces and vegetables apparently came off a vehicle and ended up on the road at Harley Street corner. Then on Wednesday a couple of decaying dogs and […]
Is God too busy?
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Although the rambling religious letter from “The Messenger” (CINews January) is no doubt well-meaning, it’s probably a futile plea, because if there is a God (whether He be Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Hindu or any other deity), His priorities would focus on monitoring the major tragic world events such as the killing fields of […]
Morals must be back in education
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I want to thank and encourage that keen student who is going on to university to study. Yes 13 years of schooling before heading to university is a great amount of time in life that should have been made to make someone a better person. The amount of hours given to education in […]
Not that Dick
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I hasten to come to the aid of Ms Mason re her letter in Saturday’s edition of CINews regarding the top position of Dick Chapman as the “most hated public servant ever”, as graded by my good old friend Don Silk. Surely, the top position should go to another Dick who worked for […]
Porcelain Cleaner speaks for itself
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My friend Neil Mitchell of Aitutaki describes most things about the product he purchased in Aitutaki that damaged his shower, BUT not all things. He writes that it is labelled in Bahasa Indonesian and that the ‘use’ instructions are all in Bahasa Indonesian. He says that the product has pictures for directions of […]
Good work, Maara
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I note with interest Mr George’s complaint about the Police lack of response on January 12. I totally agree with Maara Tetava and congratulate him on his response. The system I set up and had operating did not involve first line response matters being ‘duck shoved’ to the CIB, as it is a […]
Punish the parents
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I totally agree with “a very angry and disgruntled Cook Islander” regarding our current theft problem. These mostly young and undisciplined thieves are quickly damaging our good reputation which has taken many years and a lot of expense to foster and develop. Fortunately this problem can be quickly and easily solved if the […]
Go with the PM
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The consequential move by Dr Maoate to regain government and prime ministership of this country is not only pathetic but shameful. He was sacked because he mismanaged the finances of this country and PM Marurai rightly did the only appropriate thing by getting rid of him. So the question is why is he […]
Norm alert
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would remind all the public of the Cook Islands that an empty vessel makes the most noise. Be very careful over the next few months and watch out for Big Norm as he is gleefully stirring the pot of Government instability. The end result could be a new Attorney General (Big Norm […]
Suspicions confirmed
Friday 15 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The political turmoil over the past few weeks, which now seems to have culminated in the formation of a government, albeit rather shaky, that consists of five MPs, will probably confirm the public’s growing suspicions that a great majority of the politicians of this country are nothing but disloyal, two-faced, self-centered, greedy individuals […]
Time ripe
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In an attempt to justify the formation of a Demo/CIP coalition ‘caretaker’ government, the president of the Demo Party Makuiti Tongia publicly stated that both parties would be “…putting aside our political differences…”. Can Tongia tell us what these differences are? In any healthy democracy, ideology is the fuel that drives political parties. […]
Fuel 'borrowing' stopped in Aitutaki
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to the letter from Stunned Aitutakian, which appeared in your January 12 issue, I would like to correct the misinformation provided by the self proclaimed, “not very well educated” writer. In the past, the Aitutaki Power Supply (APS) or EPS Aitutaki, as it was known then, adopted a practice of seeking […]
Back off, let the PM lead
Thursday 14 January 2010 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is a message to the 19 MPs comprising of Demos and CIPs who are on the rampage to run down the prime minister Jim Marurai and his duly sworn cabinet ministers. Back off all of you, what ever you are planning against the PM. Here’s a word of wisdom for you lot. […]
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