Letters to the Editor
LETTER: ‘PM Brown giving us false hope’
Wednesday 31 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"I believe Mark Brown is misleading our anxious and desperate business sector, all the people in our country who are hurting financially and giving us false hope."
Letter: Key questions on seabed mining
Tuesday 30 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor, The Seabed Minerals Commissioner’s letter on Monday (March 22) didn’t answer the question of what potential risks to the environment from mining were presented to communities in the pa enua.
LETTER: Citizen Against Corruption
Sunday 28 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
If the recent private prosecution against PM Mark Brown and former MP Henry Puna proves anything it is this; the ordinary citizen of this country has the freedom to seek recourse through the courts to address matters of concern regarding the government.
LETTER: Mass vaccination before bubble’
Sunday 28 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Dear Editor My response to the Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive comments re “there is no scientific reason to delay” (the opening of the border for two-way quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Cook Islands) in Thursday’s edition of Cook Islands News (What’s the hold-up Jacinda?), is that, I would rather be safe, than sorry.
LETTER: The rights of the LGBTQI+ community
Thursday 25 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
"... when it suits Mr Brown and Parliament, they can move with speed especially when it suits their purposes and yet this same swiftness to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of our LGBTQI community sits in the dark."
LETTERS: Justice = equality, fairness, access for all
Wednesday 24 March 2021 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
Mailbox for Wednesday March 24, 2021
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."
