Letters to the Editor

Letters: Banking in Rarotonga

Monday 11 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Fifty years ago on November 10, 1969 the National Bank of New Zealand opened for business in Avarua in premises adjacent to the Post Office.

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Letters: Most sexual abuse is by straight men

Monday 11 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor I would like to respond to letters about same-sex law reform (Letters, Nov 8).

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Letters: The built legacy that we leave our children

Saturday 9 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana editor, There used to be a lovely convention here in Rarotonga, that no building or structure was allowed to be built higher than a coconut tree.

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Letters: Not about tourism

Friday 8 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I just don't know what tourism has to do with the same-sex debate.

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Letters: Only Cook Islanders should be deciding same-sex as crime

Friday 8 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Australia, New Zealand, America, England, made laws supporting the community of gender identity and homosexuality.

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Letters: Pet poison deaths are horrific'

Thursday 7 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana editor, We’ve just buried our cat Tammy after a two-day search. We’ve buried four pets in the past week from poisoning by slug pellets. Kobe, Moss the Boss, Pandora and today Tammy. We buried Roxy and Shelley earlier on in the year.

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Letters: Mareka kore to Enuamanu

Thursday 7 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Leta kite Etita, Kia Orana e te Etita I te Aroa Ranuinui o te Atua.

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Letters: Cook Islands should be free

Thursday 7 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Rarotonga belongs to the people, not Mark Brown. Who is this guy, where did he come from? In my days Rarotonga was a place to be free, not for sale.

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Letters: Te-Hani in by-election in Atiu

Wednesday 6 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, The recent publication and TV media statements made by June Baudinet requires a humble response. First and foremost, her statement regarding the recent hosting of the CICC General Assembly got her slammed on social media.

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Letters: Criminalising same-sex couples is against Constitution

Wednesday 6 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, To try and legislate against men and women is hubris.

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Letters: Raro 7s a Rush

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Kia orana iteia popongi Manea, It's good to see that Sevens is still played back home, awesome, akamaroiroi, especially with guys like Eric Rush being involved. High five to this awesome guy Rushy,

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Letters: Ministry We'll seek safer pest controls

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, The Ministry of Agriculture maintains a small stock of slug and snail pellets for border management and emergency purposes.

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Letters: Same-sex law reform

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, I find your article, entitled "Backdown on same-sex law reform", published on Saturday 2 November 2019, mischievous.

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Letters: 'Ridiculous decision'

Monday 4 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor How ridiculous! Absolutely atrocious. I’ve always been so proud to call myself a Cook Islander but today I’m extremely disappointed and ashamed. For a country who prides itself on forward thinking we’ve gone back to the dark ages!

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Letters: Uproar over same-sex ban

Monday 4 November 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor Cook Islands Tourism promote values which they say reflect “our unique and modern way of life”, but there’s nothing modern about the decision reported by Cook Islands News, not only to retain old laws about homosexuality, but extend them to women as well.

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Letters: Accept offer of NZ ambulance

Friday 1 November 2019 | Written by Losirene Lacanivalu | Published in Letters to the Editor

New Zealand wouldn’t spend the money to send over a dud (“Critical care needed for ailing ambulance,” Oct 31).

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Letters: USP teacher training gives back to locals

Thursday 31 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Thanks USP for offering this option.

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Letters: The ants know everything!

Thursday 31 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Like the majority of Cook Islanders didn't predict this would happen!

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Letter: 'No future for pearl farmers'

Wednesday 30 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On Thursday, October 10, I and other current and former Manihikian pearl farmers as well as the retail/wholesale stakeholders attended a Pearl Industry Forum. The Forum was jointly held by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR), at the Sinai Hall.

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Letters: Ban dangerous use of plant sprays

Tuesday 29 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, I am writing to ask that the Department of Agriculture ban the abhorrent use of pesticides and herbicides by market growers in Rarotonga.

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