Letters to the Editor
The line for locals
Wednesday 17 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Are we welcome here? Depends who you are dealing with.
Alcohol kills on roads and in homes
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The problem with statistics is they can be taken out of context and used to misrepresent the whole, as we have seen with the chlorine debate.
Bluesky: Shape up or ship out
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We recently spent a lovely two weeks in Rarotonga. Lovely, that is, except for a chaotic failure to connect with wifi.
An informed opinion on chlorine
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am against the chlorination of our water. I have tasted chlorine in drinking water in New Zealand and dislike the smell and taste of it, it’s horrible.
Over-the- top pay for a part-time job
Tuesday 16 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Concerning the MPs’ pay rise, here’s a blast from the past.
MPs' shameful work habits
Monday 15 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The landmark decision to pamper MPs with a whopping $700,000 windfall is absurd and unjustified. They do not deserve it; they did not earn it.
Build it and they will run free
Monday 15 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A proverb says idle hands are the devils tools. When kids have nothing to do they are more likely to get into trouble.
Letters: Tourists safe from godlessness
Saturday 13 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, kia orana! I write in reply to Joe Fox, a successful New York businessman (Letters, July 9) who spent only a week visiting our beautiful Cook Islands.
Letters: Rose Tuki-Brown pales next to Jacinda Ardern
Saturday 13 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, RAT Mave (Letters, July 11) must be commended for illustrating so succinctly what our so-called leaders are about.
Letters: 'Experts' give chlorine no credence
Saturday 13 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I agree entirely with your comment (Editorial, July 12) that “most of us know very little about the science behind water disinfection”.
Talbot walks, Puna talks
Friday 12 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, To the people who find the wage increase of the Cook Islands MPs outrageous I invite you to look at your job, your industry, and figure out what you could do and achieve with an extra $50,000 per year, as Prime Minister Henry Puna gave himself. I invite you to send lists of how $700,000 every year will improve your work, sport and charity.
Shame on those who mistreat their animals
Friday 12 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Those of us working in Avarua yesterday were treated to the sight and sounds of a nearby resident beating the living daylights out of his dog.
My 3c worth
Thursday 11 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia orana editor, I understand that if the Pacific Games event is for an international qualifying event, then ‘open’ eligibility applies (depending on that international federation’s rules). I believe league Nines fulfils this criteria so the majority of both the men’s and women’s teams came from overseas.
Paying MPs to rake up the leaves
Thursday 11 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear editor, Parliament sat for 13 half-days. Let’s round that up to seven full days. Now MPs get an extra $20,000 – that’s an extra $2,857.00 per sitting.
Asking parents about meth
Thursday 11 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In early 2017 I wrote to the then Minister of Health and asked if he would co-ordinate a meeting between his departments of Health and Justice, together with Education and Police, to discuss how government might take a co-ordinated approach to the coming Meth epidemic. The Minister was not convinced the issue was a priority.
We must demand research on water chlorine
Wednesday 10 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Government should stop misleading us about chlorine in our water supply.
Thirteen years of pay rises hard to justify
Tuesday 9 July 2019 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The 45 per cent pay raise? I agree with the 2.5 per cent per year – from the year an MP was elected.
No paradise for gay people
Tuesday 9 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Greetings and allow me to introduce myself. My name is Joe Fox, and I just spent a week visiting your beautiful country.
Will cars stop them walking?
Tuesday 9 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The purchase of four electric cars for ministers costing $60,000 is interesting, considering Raro Cars were selling Nissan Leaf cars for $17,000 retail each – an affordable option and one that would mean more cars for cash.
Letters: Blessed with enough for all
Saturday 6 July 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It was a very cold and chilly early morning on Tuesday, when many solar eclipse followers hoped for a clear morning to capture a good view.
