Letters to the Editor
TMV project stalled by land issues
Wednesday 6 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In Tim Tepaki’s most recent letter to the editor relating to the Te Mato Vai (TMV) project, he asks, “where the project manager, ‘Kupe’, is in all this”.
Grappling with issues in the electorate
Wednesday 6 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last week, on Thursday May 31, I had my campaign launch at the Takuvaine Meeting House, which was attended by about 40 people, who with others bought out all the plates of food we had on sale.
Research and knowledge are good things
Wednesday 6 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest the National Environment Service’s two-page advertisement on May 22.
Call for families to clean up graves
Tuesday 5 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing to CINews to create awareness among those families whose loved ones are buried next to the Catholic Cemetery in Panama.
Happy Nicholas is still running
Tuesday 5 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We are happy to read in the CINews on May 31 that the Cook Islands Party RAPPA candidate, Albert Nicholas, is still running in the general election on June 14, despite his ongoing illness.
MP blamed for lack of action on Muri road project
Tuesday 5 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a longtime Muri resident I wish to respond to the letter writer “Thomas the Tank Engine” regarding to the roads in Muri.
Hands off our 'super' fund, please
Tuesday 5 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It was disturbing news last week that the politicians of the region now want to get their hands on our “personal savings” (superannuation to feed their various development projects (political goals),
Call for thought before you vote
Tuesday 5 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To my friend who is a looking for fresh air (CINews, June 1), Socrates has this for you: “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.”
So where's the TMV project manager?
Tuesday 5 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Firstly, may I apologise for interfering in public sector developments, which I am about to do…
Tax on pensions draws more comment
Tuesday 5 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, From his musings in the letters to the editor of CINews, it’s hard to know if Dennis Tunui is being silly, serious, satirical or flat-out delusional.
Nasty campaigning won't stand scrutiny
Saturday 2 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was personally encouraged to see that others like “Move On” are concerned about the callous campaign tactics of George Pitt and the Democratic Party.
Candidates challenged for PPP views
Saturday 2 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your story of May 29, headed “Parties have say on pa enua project”, solicited comments from political parties on the Paradise Prosperity Plan (PPP) development scoped by Merchant of Paradise (MOP) for the Pa Enua.
Billboard clearly doing the intended job
Saturday 2 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Obviously the letter-writer “Action Time” has good eyesight. Well done you, the Captain Tama billboard is obviously doing what is it intended to do, make people take notice!
Criticism of CIP government 'a turn-off'
Saturday 2 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a voter who has kept an open mind about which political party I would like to see govern this country for the next four years, I have been turned off by the ongoing criticism from the Demo Party about the performance of CIP government over the past four years.
Takitumu Demos take heat from DPM
Saturday 2 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If you weren’t tuned in to the radio on Thursday, you would not have heard a call from the deputy prime minister Teariki Heather who gave the Takitumu panel of the Democratic Party a real tongue lashing!
Te Mato Vai select committee issues
Saturday 2 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am picking up on the suggestion that John Scott made recently that the Te Mato Vai petition should be published in CINews so that those issues raised by the 2000 petitioners could be read again and issues faced now could be compared with the concerns raised four years ago.
A question about Muri road
Friday 1 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I see CIP Ngatangiia candidate Tukaka Ama is promising to "fix" the road in Muri.
A reminder about Demo's last term
Friday 1 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Demos tell us it’s time for change and they want to govern again.
Mark Twain's advice something to remember
Friday 1 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Mark Twain is said to have made this quote: “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”.
Lack of commitment disappointing - Tunui
Friday 1 June 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was very disappointed, as were my fellow Grey Power mamas and papas from Matavera, Ngatangiia and Titikaveka, because at a meeting last week none of the three Democratic candidates who are running for three seats in Takitumu mentioned the very thing we wanted to hear them say – that a Democratic Party will do away with taxing pensions.