Letters to the Editor
Everyone must pay tax
Friday 25 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor So Grey Power’s latest excuse is because they worked in New Zealand in the sixties and they paid taxes, they are entitled to a tax free pension here in the Cook Islands because the New Zealand government supported us financially. Te akapeea mai nei kotou ma?
Mangaia political reform plan fades into history
Thursday 24 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Electoral reform discussions are topical again - but always seem to subside once elections are over.
Te puapinga o te Vaka Konitara
Thursday 24 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kua akatupu ia te Vaka Konitara i raro ake i te ture enua o Rarotonga. Ite mataiti 2007 kua takore ia atu tei reira e te Kavamani Democratic Party. Ko Ngamau Munokoa te Minita o te tuanga Internal Affairs i tei reira tuatau. Ko teia tana i tuatua ei turu ite takore anga ite Vaka Konitara, `e mea tau rai kia takore ia atu te Vaka konitara note mea kare oki e matutu ana tana angaanga note tama oire. Kare katoa oki e rava ana te tuanga moni ta te Kavamani e tuku nei kite Vaka Konitara note rave i tana angaanga.’
Tax threshold increase could help cost of living
Thursday 24 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This present government has made a number of decisions over the last two terms of parliament have affected many Cook Islanders.
Prosperity plan has serious flaws
Thursday 24 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor. So Tepaki says his plan involving the CIP government and the Chinese government is going to yield an operating profit (before tax and interest) of $120 million a year.
Next expert please
Wednesday 23 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We are all used to the ‘experts’ who visit us for a few days, give us their expert advice on what we should be doing, and then depart forever.
No free ride for this Grey Power taxpayer
Wednesday 23 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In 1964 I started work in New Zealand, doing two jobs and paying tax accordingly.
Answers sought on Te Mato Vai issues
Tuesday 22 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The last time I directed a question through this column to the minister of finance (CINews February 12, 2018), it related to migrant workers and their superannuation rights.
Review report highlights 'then and now' issues
Tuesday 22 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your page one story in CINews, May 17, reviews some of the recommendations of the 1998 report of the Commission of Review into electoral matters.
They're doing well, for sure!
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If the Minister of Finance really believed his own spin that we are all doing so well and “many Cook Islanders are making more money than before”, then why did the government give a few taxpayers a state handout by writing off their core taxes?
Don't ask for a free ride
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Recently the Grey Power has had ads playing on TV asking that they don’t get taxed.
More praise for Rarotonga hospital staff
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last week I underwent a small surgical procedure at Rarotonga hospital which involved going to theatre and having to be anesthetised.
Call for faith a bit rich coming from Nicholas
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Faith is a powerful word that is embedded in the Holy Bible.
Ungrateful lot should pay their taxes
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Grey Power members who get the New Zealand pension - double the pension I receive as a Cook Islander, want their pension paid here in the Cook Islands, but don’t want to pay tax.
Pensioner is happy to do right thing
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As an 82-year-old pensioner myself, I couldn't agree less with this Grey Power view that pensioners shouldn’t have to pay tax.
Te tero – E pute moni no te akatere anga i te Basileia
Monday 21 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
E te Etita, Kare e kai nga manga kare e tutaki ko te tero, e pute moni na te Kavamani, no te te akatupu anga e te tutaki anga i tana au angaanga no te iti tangata mei te paruru e te rapakau anga maki, te tua o te apii, e te akava.
A different opinion on our economy
Friday 18 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Finance minister Mark Brown’s comments in a story headed, “Prospering well under CIP”, in CINews on Tuesday May 8 need a serious fact check.
Free to risk life and limb without OSH regulations
Friday 18 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I couldn't agree more with Des Eggleton on the introduction of Occupational Health and Safety to the Cook Islands.
Government blind to plight of elderly
Thursday 17 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, There simply has to be a change of government after the election on June 14.
Smiley's Ruaau launch an event to remember
Wednesday 16 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On the afternoon of Saturday May 12, William “Smiley” Heather held his official Ruaau puna launch in Arorangi, announcing his intention to once again stand as a Democratic Party candidate for the constituency of Ruaau in next month’s General Election.
