Opinion
Residents biting the dust out in Ngatangiia
Wednesday 17 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
How much longer must the people of Ngatangiia and Titikaveka and passing motorists, have to endure the dusty, pot-holed roads which were a direct result of Te Aponga (TAU) ripping up the existing roads in order to lay new cables and their inability to seal these same roads for weeks?
PM and Brown dodge comment on UN membership
Wednesday 17 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In 2012 Prime minister Puna made a statement quoted in the New Zealand Listener magazine that he wanted to give up New Zealand citizenship.
Questions to MP go unanswered
Wednesday 17 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Thank you Danny Mataroa for your letter (CI News, January 15).
Kata cartoon goes down a real treat
Wednesday 17 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kata is brilliant.
Donated tractor difficult to miss
Tuesday 16 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
William Framhein enquired in a letter published in CINews on Saturday as to the whereabouts of the tractor and the agricultural machinery donated by the Chinese government.
Letter wasn't about race
Tuesday 16 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I support David McNair’s letter about the weekly column that Thomas Wynne writes.
Sugar book fascinating – and scary
Tuesday 16 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have just finished reading a book on sugar written by Damon Gameau, the same man who made the film on sugar that was shown in schools not so long ago.
Ban plastic straws and help protect our precious environment
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
We may be world leaders in our bid to be self-sustainable by 2020, but when it comes to protecting our lagoons and island from plastic pollution we are our own worst enemies.
Cook Islands on rocky road in UN seat bid
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Opinion
It seems every other Cook Islander doesn’t think it’s a good idea.
Time to step back and think about China issue
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It might be a good time for all the parties involved to take a step back and think carefully before further antagonising an already difficult situation.
MP Maggie so good, they should name a street after him
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Smoke Signals
I recently read some criticism of George Maggie in CINews. I don’t agree with everything this person was saying about George Maggie because I think Maggie is a great example for the people’s representative and the people in parliament.
Best role of a parent is 'guide on the side'
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Opinion
I’ve just had a huge wake-up call, a teachable moment about my role with my adult children and grandchildren.
Challenge for Maggie: Show us where the Chinese gear has gone
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The letter by Grass Cutter headlined ‘Wannabe PM insults our intelligence’, in last Saturday’s CI News needs to be acknowledged positively in terms of its balance and accuracy.
Water treatment remains an issue
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The last paragraph of a story in Wednesday’s CINews captured my attention.
Debt and more debt for our country
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Opinion
In my column last week, I said there is one thing that will certainly happen this year, and that is that there will be a general election.
Good on you, Thomas...
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Thomas Wynne's column is the one thing I do look forward to read in the paper each week. It’s typical of papa'a like David McNair to run down our people like that.
Some lessons to be learned from row over Chinese aid
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It was interesting to hear on Wednesday morning’s Radio Cook Islands-RNZ International and Pacific News report, comments attributed to Senator Concerta Fierravanti-Wells, Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific.
What's up with the new truck?
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have seen a brand new bitumen truck parked at ICI the last week or so, and I wanted to know from the ICI secretary whether this is the same bitumen truck that was talked about in parliament as having been paid for and not delivered, because the New Zealand company had gone into receivership.
Tourist numbers not the only issue
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Tourism has committed itself to operating under a sustainable guidance system for all the areas tourism affects - that means our culture, community and environment.
High-flying PM jets off on first overseas trip of the year
Wednesday 10 January 2018 | Published in Smoke Signals
The year was just eight days old when our PM announced he was off overseas yet again, this time to Abu Dhabi for a renewable energy meeting. “Maybe he’s trying to break last year’s record for the amount of time spent out of the country,” a smoke signaller says. BAD AND BADDER… The amount of bad and dangerous driving that’s going on around the island at present points to the fact that we need the increased police alertness to continue. What’s going to happen when the checkpoints fade back to their normal level? ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN The police statement about the very uncertain rules regarding riding on the back of trucks was all well and good, but in the meantime, people are still riding around perched on the side of truck trays, or standing up and leaning on the back of the cab, without holding on to anything. It’s an accident waiting to happen – and if it is against the law, no-one’s doing anything about it. HITCHING A RIDE Unfortunately, it seems the police don’t follow their own rules when it comes to dangerous riding on the back of trucks. Seen yesterday at Panama, a truck driving along the main road with a police bike on the back – and a policeman sitting astride it! If the truck had come to a sudden stop, things could have got pretty tricky. WHALE TALE GAINS NEW LIFE The remarkable story about whale researcher Nan Hauser diving with a humpback whale off Rarotonga last year has gained a whole new life on the internet. Months after the story first appeared in CI News, overseas media have put a whole new spin on the episode. The New Boston Post, which bills itself as “the hub of conservative thought,” ran a story saying: “A Maine woman diving near the Cook Islands in the South Pacific cavorted with a humpback whale that kept trying to shield her with a giant pectoral fin; it took her a while to figure out the whale appeared to be shielding her from a lurking tiger shark. A video associated with the story in the link below shows the woman interacting with the whale, but doesn’t show the shark.” BALANCED VIEW The whale tale has also been aired on CBS news, together of video footage of the whale researcher and the humpback whale said to have protected her from a tiger shark. Thankfully, however, CBS took a more objective approach. “While Hauser credits the whale for protecting her, she acknowledges she can’t know what the whale was thinking,” the CBS story said. “James Sulikowski, a marine biologist and professor at the University of New England who has studied tiger sharks, said he’s not convinced that the whale saved her life. “The shark could have just been hanging around,” he said. “There’s really no way of knowing the whale’s motivation.” TABLOID SENSATION The prize for the most over-the-top version of the story predictably goes to a British tabloid, the Mirror, whose website ran a story and video headlined: “Amazing moment hero whale saves snorkeler from shark by hiding her under giant fin while pushing her to safety.”
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