Letters to the Editor
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.
In search of a message in a bottle
Wednesday 16 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In 1977-78, I was a member of the crew of the British yacht Debenhams, participating in the second Whitbread Round the World Race (these days called the Volvo Ocean Race), joining a fleet of 14 other participants. The yachts raced Portsmouth - Cape Town - Auckland - Cape Horn - Rio - Portsmouth.
Politicians' shortcomings come home to roost at election time
Wednesday 16 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Party politics these days seem mostly to be about dirty politics.
OSH consultancy deemed a waste of money
Tuesday 15 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yet again this country is wasting funds, this time on imported consultants to bring in some occupational safety and health (OSH) regulations.
When great good comes out of great wrong
Monday 14 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Sometimes great good can come out of a great wrong.
CIP need to stop making it happen
Saturday 12 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Reading the Friday, May 4 issue of the CINews daily paper, caretaker PM Puna typically displays his usual arrogance, with gloating approval of his CIP government’s appalling track record over the past seven years, his very own comments becoming an open and scathing indictment of past and current incompetencies as government.
Hospital staff are 'wonderful'
Friday 11 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Through your newspaper I would like to convey our thanks to the wonderful staff at the Rarotonga Hospital for their recent treatment of my wife.
Govt ignores the majority
Friday 11 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A number of decisions made by this present government over the last two terms of parliament have affected some, if not all Cook Islanders and were enacted despite serious protestations from various sectors of the public.
Voters should ponder issues
Friday 11 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, During a visit to Rarotonga a couple of years ago, landowners from Manihiki threatened the government that damage would be carried out on newly installed solar panels on their island if they were not given lease or rent monies while they were in Rarotonga.
Tax question wrong: Beer
Thursday 10 May 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The question posed by the letter-writer “Making it Happen,” (page 4) in today’s CINews, is wrong.
