Letters to the Editor
Letters: Alcohol drug of most concern
Saturday 21 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, As a person involved in drug education for more than 30 years, I agree with this week’s opinion piece by Reuben Tylor in CINews that drug education is incredibly important.
Letters: Pension situation food for thought
Friday 20 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Minister Mac Mokoroa's reply in Parliament recently to a question regarding the justification for the over-70s being paid $700 a month while pensions under 70 continue to receive $500 a month, was thought-provoking.
Letters: Warm welcome to Wellington...
Wednesday 18 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Congratulations to Thomas Wynne and welcome to Wellington.
Letters: Give safe water a chance
Sunday 15 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
To the people of Rarotonga, Kia Orana e te iti Tangata,
Letters: Nobody is above the law
Sunday 15 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Criminal private prosecution is a legal avenue provided under our laws to concerned private citizens when the independent policing and investigating arms of government are unable to carry out their lawful duties.
Letters: No excuses for not paying workers
Friday 13 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, It is simply appalling that after four years of government indifference, there still remains a number of people who had worked many long, ungodly and "graveyard shift" hours during the 2015 Te Maeva Nui Festival just so they could ensure the needs and comforts of our Pa Enua whanau and visitors were well-catered for, and yet unbelievably, they still remain unpaid.
Letters: Anti-chemical lobby demands meeting
Friday 13 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Since July 2019 Te Vai Ora Maori has met with water engineers, the House of Ariki, growers, landowner representatives, traditional leaders, environmental NGOs, the Opposition, and community members – to canvas their views of the chemical treatment of Rarotonga's water supply.
Letters: Water petition
Wednesday 11 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Justine Flanagan and Imogen Ingram led our group, Te Vai Ora Maori, to Parliament to present our Petition to the Clerk of Parliament Tangata Vainerere.
Letters: Help our teachers to help our kids
Wednesday 11 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, You are so right, Renall Vogel (“Why investing in our teachers is investing in the future”, Dec 7). Discipline and respect is taught at home by the parents.
Letters: Support for anti-chlorine group
Monday 9 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The conscientious action taken by Anna Rasmussen, Tere Carr, Justine Flanagan and Andy Kirkwood, who form the face and team of “Te Vai Ora Maori” should be applauded.
Letters: Cleaner water treatment options
Monday 9 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Has water authority (government) investigated cleaner water treatment option before making commitment to chlorinate water on Rarotonga?
Letters: Police office suspended, not sacked
Saturday 7 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The police officer embroiled in an assault case presently before the court has not been dismissed, contrary to reported comments in your newspaper.
Letters: Banking agreement
Saturday 7 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia orana editor, Like Mr Faireka, I too am baffled as to the Cook Islands News article headline of a new Chinese bank starting up in the Cook Islands.
Letters; Ill-informed MPs make us a banana republic
Saturday 7 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Parliamentary Select Committee is out of touch with modern-day Cook Islands and the world for that matter.
Letters: Wetland sewage treatment
Friday 6 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Gerry Burke from Ireland is my name, and this is a follow-up letter to one I wrote you and all Cook Islanders last year.
Letters: Web access for those with disabilities
Friday 6 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The government has included a Universal Access Plan into its revised Telecommunications Bill 2019, offering concessions for internet access and services "of reasonable quality" and "at a reasonable cost" for "particular groups of persons or to persons in particular areas".
Letters: Amend the law for all
Thursday 5 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Christianity is our way of life in the Cook Islands and we are not all akatutuvaine, they are special like everyone else.
Letters: Kindness after Gary Donison's death
Thursday 5 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
On behalf of our family, thank you to the staff of Aitutaki Lagoon Private Island Resort and everyone else who has extended kindness and compassion to our dear sister-in-law, Leslie Donison, as she navigates the unthinkable.
Letters: Govt must mend the law for all
Thursday 5 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Thank you so much Louisa Wall for your tautoko in the kaupapa, I am the Cook Islands’ first transgender to have a sex change, in 1976.
Letters: No room for Chinese bank
Wednesday 4 December 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor Your article “Chinese banks can enter Cooks crowded market” in Thursday, October 24 issue, came as a real surprise.