Opinion
Israel Folau for love
Wednesday 22 May 2019 | Published in Opinion
“For greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends – Kia oronga te tangata I tona uaorai ora no tona au taunga, kare rava e tangata aroa maata atu I te reira” – John 15:13. There has been widespread debate here and abroad over the Folau controversy.
It's not what you know
Wednesday 22 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Our JPs are taking a strong stand on fraud.
Embarrassing to hear the Demos
Wednesday 22 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The litigious nature of the Democratic Party has exposed itself in the letter dated May 17 by the ghost writer “Disgruntled Taxpayer”.
Public opinion and wishes ignored by govt
Tuesday 21 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I applaud CINews’ announcement in Saturday's issue to conduct a random telephone poll regarding a range of issues government appear to be more interested in “railroading through with little transparency and at any cost”, irrespective of the public's concerns and views.
Meth issue 'bigger than you and me'
Tuesday 21 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Kudos to CI News publisher John Woods for revealing his own experiences with meth and also to Norman George for raising some of the drug issues for quite a number of years now.
'You are public property'
Monday 20 May 2019 | Published in Opinion
I have been asked repeatedly to get back into writing articles in the newspapers. I enjoy doing it, largely to let off steam and to vent my own feelings about certain public issues. My friend John Woods invited me to get back into it, so I decided ‘why not’.
CIWA responds to claims from Internal Affairs
Friday 17 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor This is in response to your report on Tuesday May 7 about Cook Islands Workers Association representatives (CIWA) walking out of the meeting with Internal Affairs.
Sitting days tests integrity
Friday 17 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Over the weekend, a group of friends and I happened to be discussing the Parliamentary debacle of three half sitting days that happened last month. The majority conclusion was that it was disgraceful, and was avoidable.
Kata May 16
Friday 17 May 2019 | Published in Kata
Dark clouds of meth loom over us
Thursday 16 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Meth is a scourge, it has wrecked my family and I have seen the damage it has done to my peer group and friends and colleagues. One sadly took his life at the end of last year and another died prematurely after complications from his addiction and in the end everyone loses.
Are we really making progress on Rarotonga?
Thursday 16 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Driving through the village of Muri I was deeply saddened to observe what Rarotonga calls progress.
Cook Islands deeply into drugs
Wednesday 15 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I applaud the comments by my ex-police colleague and friend Rod Henderson in last Friday’s paper (Cooks easy prey for drug lords).
May 15 Kata
Wednesday 15 May 2019 | Published in Kata
Kata may 14
Tuesday 14 May 2019 | Published in Kata
Take a gander at parliamentarian's behaviour
Monday 13 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, You report four youths being investigated for stealing a rental car. What happened to them? Should we send them home and allow them to carry on their lives or should they be accountable?
Under cone of silence
Saturday 11 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Now that the re-sealing of the main road in Muri will shortly be completed, I do hope that the appropriate authorities in government will ensure that the household that has been placing cones on the roadside adjacent to the Muri Food Night Market, in an effort to charge motorists for parking, will be prevented from doing so.
Good luck – we'll certainly need it
Saturday 11 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, You report deputy prime minister Mark Brown took a delegation to China last month, to attend the Belt and Road Forum for International Co-operation (“‘Cook Islands attend China forum”, May 4).
MPs' pay rise is a rort
Friday 10 May 2019 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your article “Public vent at MP pay push” was validation of your publication’s Street Poll, where respondents all agreed our MPs are paid too much. The vast majority of our people locally and our Cookies abroad in Aotearoa, Australia and elsewhere would really disagree with deputy prime minister Mark Brown’s claim that our politicians are due more money because “the MPs have not had a pay rise for 14 years”. (“MPs deserve more pay, says Brown”, April 12).
Kata May 8
Wednesday 8 May 2019 | Published in Kata
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