Letters to the Editor
LETTERS: Land issues in Muri
Tuesday 15 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Readers discuss land issues on the motu Koromiri in Muri.
LETTERS: Demos festive celebration on Koromiri queried
Saturday 12 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Organised by Ngatangiia member Tama Tuavera, and Sel Napa, the Democratic Party advertised they’re holding a seasonal party event on Saturday, December 12 on Koromiri Island.
LETTER: ‘Double standards’ on travel bubble
Friday 11 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The New Zealand government gave 88 members of an international film crew (border) exemption to travel to New Zealand to shoot the Netflix show Cowboy Bebop, this total included 17 dependents.
LETTER: Subsidising the local shipping industry
Thursday 10 December 2020 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Why doesn’t the government work with (Tapi) Taio, who’s an experienced entrepreneur and a local expert in the shipping industry? Is it because he’s a Demo stalwart?
LETTER: Sexually Transmitted Infections on the rise
Thursday 10 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Condoms, condoms, condoms … what more can be said?
LETTER: ‘The writing is on the wall’
Wednesday 9 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
To expand upon the headline article ‘Select committees under fire’, December 2 edition. The current version of the To Tatou Vai Authority Bill disregards the cultural and economic context of Rarotonga. At the vaka presentations in July 2020 it was evident that it required a complete redraft.
LETTER: Stranded for four months
Tuesday 8 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Grant a “one time” quarantine free Rarotonga/Auckland flight to fly stranded Australians out.
LETTER: Where is the justice?
Tuesday 8 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
I would like to commend you on today’s paper December 7, 2020 – probably the most factual and poignant front page I’ve seen in your paper ...
LETTER: Time to think outside the NZ bubble?
Monday 7 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The Australian and New Zealand governments were trying to reach a Trans-Tasman bubble as we all know, that would then start to include Pacific Islands, that every island nation has been holding out for.
LETTER: Real or controlled democracy?
Saturday 5 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"In my view, there have been and continues to be “multiple red flag situations” within the upper echelons of central power whereby knowingly, and for some unknown reason, have not been investigated or reviewed."
LETTER: Food Security
Saturday 5 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
The value of egg and pork imports has risen exponentially in recent years, to the detriment of local industries, argues John M Scott.
LETTER: Too little, too late
Friday 4 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"Businesses and government have to share the blame for the delay in opening up a NZ/CI travel bubble."
LETTER: Giving credit where it’s due
Thursday 3 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"I think the Cook Islands Government are responsible for our Covid free status."
LETTER: Suggestion to improve tendering process
Wednesday 2 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"Tenders over $1million should be conducted with a public opening of bids with an independent auditor present to ensure all bidders comply with contract documents."
LETTER: Calling out corruption in Cooks
Tuesday 1 December 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Thank you, John Uri, for taking the time to respond (Letter: Who is corrupting your system? Monday, November 30). You raise a very good point on specificity and of calling people out and I am happy to respond to that. In today’s world, calling people out by name and hanging them out in the public […]
LETTERS: Delaying debate on same-sex rights
Friday 27 November 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"The government’s deferral of accepting same sex relationships will make them the laughing stock, so to speak, of the world."
LETTER: What are the effects of water treatment on Rarotonga's streams?
Thursday 26 November 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"Freshwater streams are not used as drain for water treatment residuals in New Zealand - or in Australia. There is no scientific research on the long-term effects of PACl waste on stream life."
LETTER: Landowner concerns with water treatment
Thursday 26 November 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"The landowners who do not oppose government were invited. As an intake landowner, and Takau Rangatira, I was not notified. I was not invited to witness chemicals being added."
LETTER: Treatment of Rarotonga’s water supply
Monday 23 November 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"Ozone is far more powerful than chlorine and there is no residual foul taste, and while I am certain the authorities would have considered it, it would have been ruled out for no other reason that it would require the electrification of all ten intakes and the impact of that cost on what was already an embarrassment would have been untenable."
LETTER: Treating drinking water using ozone
Saturday 21 November 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"We have the unique opportunity of not only getting into the 20th century but also the 21st century by using ozone to treat our water"