Letters to the Editor
Cook Islander of the Year
Thursday 30 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I must admit that I think this is a worthy gong for those who actually deserve it.
‘Speechless’ about elderly vaccination
Wednesday 22 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, it gave me a slight shock reaction when Elder Verokura Andrew updated their vaccination trip.
Covid – disease of vaccinated or unvaccinated?
Tuesday 21 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Serena Hunter (in her letter on December 11 – No jab, no job policy) wrote that “Gibraltar, population of 33,000, over 118% vaccinated (beat that), and facing a surge in cases”.
Vaccinated versus unvaccinated
Monday 20 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I wish to respond to Associate Prof. John Dunn’s letter in Tuesday’s newspaper (‘Unvaccinated are a risk to others’, December 14).
Pa Enua tourism will ‘languish again’
Saturday 18 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I have just listened to, and read the Prime Minister’s comments on the opening of the border on 13th January. And while I applaud the Prime Minister for letting ‘tourism’ start again, I am totally dismayed by the inequality of it all.
Call to clampdown on noisy motorcycles
Thursday 16 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Great initiative from the police to step up and enforce the helmet laws. At the same time, they should also focus on motor bike noisy mufflers.
Raro cops to step up helmet enforcement
Wednesday 15 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, great initiative from the police to step up the helmet laws.
‘Unvaccinated are a risk to others’
Tuesday 14 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Serena Hunter’s view cannot go unchallenged (No jab, no job policy, Cook Islands News, December 11, 2021).
Police recruitment ‘merit based’
Monday 13 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, your item about our new recruits (Fijians recruited as police struggle with resources, Cook Islands News, December 4) conflated two issues, which are not directly related.
No jab, no job policy
Saturday 11 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, headlines I would never have dreamed to see in the Cook Islands this week.
Are we prepared to re-open safely?
Friday 10 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, how much effort does the Prime Minister and the Secretary for Health expend to say the words, “We’re prepared”?
Protest against border reopening
Thursday 9 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, it’s good that you’re wanting to keep our paradise safe I’m with you on that. But sooner or later that border has to open because if it doesn’t the economy is going to go kaput – tourism is our main source of income.
No jab, no church
Wednesday 8 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, I find this quite interesting that churches in the Cook Islands want to tell their parishioners to stay home if they are unvaccinated at a time when they can ill afford to turn people away because of diminishing numbers, especially the younger ones.
Speaking ‘truth’ to power
Tuesday 7 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Secretary of Health, Bob Williams, is rolling the dice with our lives. He has failed us on so many fronts.
Rarotonga’s growing waste problem
Monday 6 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, stop bringing low quality goods to the island. Chinese rubbish that you use once and it breaks.
Wrong immigration law repealed
Friday 3 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, a clerical oversight that resulted in the wrong version of the new Immigration Act being passed by Parliament last week has been repealed, and the intended Immigration Bill was tabled on Thursday, December 2 to begin its passage through the House and into law.
Concerns over water shortage
Thursday 2 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, To Tatou Vai (TTV) spokesperson Jaewynn McKay, in response to the fact that water is running over the weir at the Papua intake, leads us to believe that it is a case of rain falling unevenly from one catchment to the next.
Thanks to those who worked behind the scenes
Wednesday 1 December 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
We are blessed to be among those about to conclude our stay in MIQ at Edgewater.
Water flowing over the weir at Papua
Tuesday 30 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The water intake at Papua (Wigmore’s waterfall) is easily accessed by all. There has been no significant rain for weeks. TTV (To Tatou Vai) is running constant media notices telling us how dire is our water shortage.
A weed choked stagnant pond
Monday 29 November 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I often swim in the clear waters in the lagoon at Tikioki, where you can feel the cool fresh seawater coming over the reef and flushing the stale water away to be refreshed twice daily reducing the weed and algae growth.