Letters to the Editor
Letters: The Great Fleet is a great myth
Tuesday 3 September 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor The history of the colonisation of Aotearoa by our tupuna has been written about and discussed at length by generations of learned and not so learned people.
Letters: Sorry King Tuheitia, the land is all gone
Monday 2 September 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, With all the celebrations recognising the Maori King with the gifting of land from the people of Aitutaki I have to ask how can it be?
Letters: Something fishy going on with PM
Saturday 31 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
OPINION: Dear editor, I want to ask the Prime Minister if he likes to eat tinned fish? I know I don't, but that is all I can afford and even then it is very expensive.
Letters: Ui Ariki's primacy is questionable
Saturday 31 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, “Our traditional leaders have spoken” was the caption the CIP recently posted, sharing an article via Facebook in which Tupuna Rakanui stated the Ui Ariki supported water Chlorination. I’d like to remind them just how “traditional” they are.
Letters: Feeling mast-algic
Friday 30 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Here's a little more information (and some old photographs) on the now demolished Matavera radio mast.
Christians with liquor stores are hypocrites
Friday 30 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Praise the Lord and kia orana!
Letters: Treat water stations, not home water
Friday 30 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, As the debate continues, to treat water or not, I find it interesting to read so many opinions. It occurs to me that either way there will be a huge number of people left disappointed by the final decision.
Letters: Cook Islands is prime real estate for non-Cook Islanders
Wednesday 28 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I hope my comment does not aggravate the situation back home. And I am in full support to the petition!
Letters: Young business leaders redefine success
Wednesday 28 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia orana editor, I wanted to say meitaki ma'ata for including two local businesses owned and operated by young Cook Islanders in your paper over the weekend!
Letters; Do not feed the Raro dogs
Tuesday 27 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, An old adage with regards to dogs. If it ain’t yours, don’t touch it!
Letters: Doctor shortage
Tuesday 27 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor There is an easy solution to the doctor shortage in the Cook Islands.
Letters: Cooks v China
Tuesday 27 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Looking back at government’s social, economic and political performance failures over recent years, and the resulting repercussions of this government’s incompetency in so many areas; for example, it incompetence to institute relevant social youth programmes, leading to an increase in youth drink-driving deaths, crimes and suicides.
Letters: One bad apple in a pack
Monday 26 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
OPINION: Dear Editor, There is not a dog problem on Raro; it is a people problem.
Letters: Reflection on Pastor Eliu Eliu
Saturday 24 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, It is with great sadness that I heard of the laying to rest of my dear brother ELiu ELiu. Ever since we met during our Masters Degree studies at Avondale College back in 1995, I have had the utmost respect and high regard for this Man of God.
Letters: Ariki v Aronga Mana
Saturday 24 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, You report that Aronga Mana is noted in the constitution; as having holders of subordinate titles under the Ariki.
Letters: Imagine fewer politicians
Friday 23 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I saw the headline in your paper: ‘Health boss hails the ‘resilience’ of Pa Enua without any doctors’.
Letters: 'Chlorine is a river of no return'
Wednesday 21 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, It really saddens me to read in this morning’s newspaper (August 20) that the Ui Ariki or traditional leaders have given their full support to chlorinate our water. I thought they would give chances to their Matakeinanga to get the support.
Letters: 'Chlorine '
Wednesday 21 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Chlorine was discovered in 1774 by chemist Karl Scheele; first used for disinfection in 1850, and used to disinfect London’s water supply during its infamous cholera epidemic.
Letters: As wastewater goes into ocean
Tuesday 20 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, With the Mei Te Vai Ki Te Vai Project and proposed ocean outfall for Muri septic, the left hand doesn't seem to know what the right is doing.
Letters: Guest house sector needs scrutiny
Monday 19 August 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, The core of your story Guests told they’re ‘dirty’, ‘drunk’, ‘liars’, and their child will be ‘punched in the face’) has important ramifications for the tourism industry as well.
