Letters to the Editor
LETTER: ‘Responsible ocean stewardship is our common goal’
Monday 22 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"The recent statements by the Government and Opposition on seabed minerals (SBM) development, and the NGO reactions it garnered is a watershed moment."
Prioritising projects
Saturday 20 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
We are in the middle of a pandemic and our hospital is ill equipped to handle any coronavirus case if “God forbid” it arrives here.
‘Moratorium is not a ban on research’
Saturday 20 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor It’s concerning that after a visit to the northern Cook Islands, the Democratic Party is willing to change their position on the international proposal for a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining.
LETTERS: Lack of political opposition, seabed mining, allegations of conflict of interest
Friday 19 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor
Letters for Friday March 19, 2021
LETTER: Chamber defends CookSafe contact tracing
Wednesday 17 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor
"It’s up to all of us – individuals, businesses, the community at large – to play our part in keeping the Cook Islands safe and Covid-free."
Clarification
Saturday 13 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Comments by Te Tuhi Kelly were copied to me on Thursday from his Rarotonga Community Blog. I don’t know what his audience reach is but since he mentioned both the Cook Islands News and me, I wish to correct him through your newspaper.
Congratulations Dr Herman
Saturday 13 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I wish to convey sincere congratulations and best wishes to Dr Josephine Aumea Herman for getting appointed the Waitemata District Health Board’s Director of Pacific Health on behalf of our Cook Islands Religious Advisory Council.
Religious council’s decision questioned
Saturday 13 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Wow! Has Bishop Tutai Pere and Tou Ariki forgotten about separation of church and state? Freedom of religion?
LETTER: Covid-19 vaccination = protection
Thursday 11 March 2021 | Written by Emmanuel Samoglou | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, Get back to the basics with regards to vaccination. When smallpox was rampant in 17/1800s, it was the doctors of the day who observed that milk maids who picked up cowpox from milking cows were more resistant to smallpox – a more virulent form of pox. From my recollection, the pus from the […]
‘Come, let’s talk this over’
Monday 8 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor I write in response to the Letter to the Editor from Kare e Pikkikaa, CI News 06/03/21.
Tsunami warning
Saturday 6 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
We wish to convey sincere congratulations and big meitaki maata for the very swift and efficient dispatch of news and information regarding our recent tsunami alert warnings from our disaster management authorities, police, government heads of ministries, radio, TV, Facebook, heads of respective organisations and all else involved.
Agriculture’s free seedlings programme
Saturday 6 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, On Tuesday night the Minister of Agriculture, Rose Brown and Secretary, Marama Anguna, came on TV telling growers to come to the Agriculture Nursery in Arorangi to collect seedlings.
‘More independent research needed’
Saturday 27 February 2021 | Written by Te Ipukarea Society | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I want to clarify that our article was not anonymous (Call for ‘independent’ deep sea research, Cook Islands News, February 20). I emailed Gerald (McCormack) before submitting our article to let him know we had issues with several of his points and would therefore be replying in the newspaper.
READER: 'It's not what you know, it's who you know'
Friday 12 February 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"I have seen a large amount of people in positions who are just there because it’s a job and who they know."
LETTERS: Changing narrative regarding USP
Thursday 11 February 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"It is a Fiji Government problem that is impacting USP and correspondingly it is Fiji Government credibility that is seriously eroded."
Finding solutions to water shortage
Monday 1 February 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor As far back as 2012 I have been writing letters in this same vein.
Freedom of speech vs hate speech
Saturday 30 January 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The Cook Islands Opposition Democratic Party is calling on the Prime Minister to confirm George Pitt, whose abrasive, unsubstantiated style of writing attacks Cook Islanders from all walks of life, is being paid out of the public purse.
LETTER: FinSec takes on columnist over SMART Economy Initiative
Thursday 28 January 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"I would expect you as Editor to hold your columnist accountable to your newspaper’s Journalism Charter, published in July 2019."
LETTER: Nom de plume policy change
Wednesday 27 January 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Letter writer commends decision by CI News editor to permit non de plume letters.
LETTER: Aboriginals don't mark January 26
Monday 25 January 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"The arrival of large numbers of people from Britain started a catastrophic change for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nations that had lived on the land for over 60,000 years; the oldest living culture on planet Earth. "