Letters to the Editor
Letters: Doctors and healers alike bring insight
Sunday 27 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, I had the pleasure of meeting Barbara O'Neill for the first time earlier this year (“Banned healer breaks silence to protest her innocence”, Oct 22) and communicated with her after that to bring her back again in September this year.
Letters: Restructuring consulate
Sunday 27 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
What we need here in New Zealand for our Cook Islands families is a strong social service with qualified and passionate people who are able to assist and support in all areas whether it be health, housing, work and income, police.
Letters: Clutching at straws
Friday 25 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Government’s obvious United Nations aspirations leading to loss of New Zealand citizenship for all Cook Islanders here and abroad ... for what real and tangible benefits?
Letters: Meitaki ma'ata to Te Are Manu for caring for our furry companions
Thursday 24 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, It was a proverbial dark and stormy night when we heard a pitiful mewling. There under the hibiscus bush near the back door was a bedraggled kitten.
Letters: Fatal gastro outbreak
Wednesday 23 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia orana editor, I wrote (Letters, Aug 10) that many people in area from Betela meeting house, through Kavera, Aroa and Rutaki to Vaimaanga, became sick after drinking water conveyed in a new pipeline in 1964.
Letters: Time to wise up or wash away
Wednesday 23 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, It seems to me that quite a few people in Rarotonga have become complacent about cyclone preparedness.
Letters: Naturopath's cancer cure claims
Tuesday 22 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Barbara O’Neill has been investigated by the New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission and is permanently prohibited from providing any health services, whether in a paid or voluntary capacity.
Letters: Building more hotels
Tuesday 22 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia orana editor The economist may have “overlooked” asking local’s their opinions however, what they’re saying is not damning our market but more of a warning.
Letters: Dealing with deadly starfish
Monday 21 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, We read a very interesting report in the Cook Island News about Dr Teina Rongo’s tour of Mitiaro’s reefs and what is going on with eradicating Crown of Thorns starfish there (October 9, 2019).
Letters: Inquest into boy's drowning
Saturday 19 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Police spokesperson Trevor Pitt (“Police discuss inquest into missing boy”, Oct 14) mentioned there were “legal complications” in investigating the death of a missing person, as they could not be formally declared dead for 7 years.
Letters: A sad ode to a 'bad' government
Saturday 19 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
"Me akara toku mata kite au mea e tupu nei, te akaroa e, kua puta roa ki roto I toku ngakau, te mama – ere!"
LETTERS: Avaroa cable landing
Friday 18 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia orana editor, With regard to the front page article (“Fears of being ‘bullied and railroaded’,” October 16), in truth, the working committee of the Stanley Heather Family have committed unequivocally for several months, to uphold to the highest standard, their responsibilities as ambassadors for their family and people to reach the best possible outcome for our nation’s economic future.
LETTERS: It's never too late for leadership
Friday 18 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Kia orana, tatou katoatoa I roto I te aroa maata o to tatou Atua ko Iesu Mesia. This letter is addressed to the people of Atiu to please reconsider and rethink who will be the best choice of leader for the people of Atiu.
Letters: Cable digging is on public land
Thursday 17 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Your article (“Fears of being ‘bullied and railroaded’,” October 16) will leave readers concerned.
Letters: A poem from the roundabout at Avarua
Thursday 17 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The biggest feet, red hibiscus shirt
Letter: Seeking information on Papa Tom Davis
Wednesday 16 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor My name is Rob Hack. I'm a poet here on a quest to gather information about Papa Tom Davis (pictured) for a writing project because: a) I have wanted to for years and b) I am tired of Kiwis saying “no” when I ask them “have you heard of Tom Davis?”
Letters: Purse seining deal 'a mistake'
Wednesday 16 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor Government made the mistake by accepting an eight-year fishing agreement with the European Union (reviewable every four years). It has given away our fish stock like peanuts with very minimal return for it.
Letters: Adoption
Tuesday 15 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor In the argument of who should have rights to the lands of blood relatives and non bloods, there is one missing element not being recognised and that is, why was the child adopted in the first place?
Letters: Rising to level of incompetence
Tuesday 15 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
LETTERS Dear editor, I like Te Tuhi Kelly’s comment that political parties promote their people into roles in the public service even though they don’t have skills and experience in those roles. I read an old publication by Laurence J Peter called the Peter Principle – here are a few quotes: “In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”
Letters: It's sad to see Tiare Taporo in a Samoa dry dock
Monday 14 October 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have been very interested from time to time in news of the steel North Sea trawler which was converted and refitted in Newfoundland and renamed Tiare Taporo – taking largely under false pretences the famous name of my family’s New Zealand kauri-built schooner owned by AB Donald Ltd of Auckland.
