Opinion
Issues come with 'developed' status
Monday 25 September 2017 | Published in Opinion
I found Mark Brown’s article in CI News on September 21 quite interesting.
Business dispute goes way too far
Monday 25 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I feel compelled to write this letter regarding Chris Vaile’s attack on my wife and her family through the two page advertisements (if that’s what this paper wants to call them), that revolve around a business dispute. I’ve stayed well away from this matter but Vaile has drawn me in as a father and a husband.
Burglary ruins tourist's holiday
Monday 25 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I write this letter reluctantly.
MOP land clarified
Monday 25 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Just that we are clear, there is no problem with land availability in the Cook Islands for development by Merchant of Paradise (MOP).
Aitutaki misses out
Friday 22 September 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
It is very disappointing to hear that the Aitutaki Ports Authority wasn’t authorised to exempt the port charge for the donated timber used in the playground that’s being built for the children of Aitutaki.
'I'm not a foreigner' says Vaile
Friday 22 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Regarding the letter from Joe Ngatae, written succinctly in Maori and published in CINews on September 20, I would like to point out that I have resided in the Cook Islands for 45 years.
E taku taeke
Friday 22 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In response to the letter in CI News on September 20 by Joe Ngatae:
It's time to give peace a chance
Friday 22 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I was saddened to read through your paper and find no mention or acknowledgement that today (September 21) is designated as United Nations World Peace Day.
Taxing situation
Wednesday 20 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
If the tax department wants to collect more tax they could try being a little friendlier by removing the pot plants from outside their new office. They have blocked off one of the in-demand temporary parking spots for people checking their mail.
Time to plan for natural disaster is now
Wednesday 20 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Most people in this beautiful and safe Te Ipukarea paradise of ours – locals, residents, wannabe locals and wannabe residents, foreign workers and our valued visitors, understand and grasp that the issue of climate change will have far-reaching future consequences for our Planet Earth.
MOP confident it can meet lending criteria
Tuesday 19 September 2017 | Published in Opinion
It seems I overestimated expected objections to the Merchant of Paradise (MOP) Paradise Prosperity Plan (PPP).
Conflicts of interest must be dealt with
Tuesday 19 September 2017 | Published in Opinion
In most governments, Cabinet ministers are strictly forbidden to have conflicts of interest.
Market critic needs to check the facts
Tuesday 19 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Issues raised by the unnamed writer of the letter in Monday’s paper headlined, “Fair treatment seems lacking in market plans”, cannot go uncontested because many of their claims stated as fact are blatantly incorrect and border on being slanderous.
'Selective justice' cause for concern
Monday 18 September 2017 | Published in Opinion
Prime minister Henry Puna last week referred to my column, written two weeks earlier, as “a pathetic attempt to discredit this government”.
When is a union not a union?
Monday 18 September 2017 | Published in Opinion
If you have been reading a number of my articles over the last few months, you will note that I have raised a number of issues regarding the treatment of foreign workers by Cook Islands employers.
We like our 'third world' chickens just the way they are
Monday 18 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I write in defence of local chickens.
Virtue of Peacefulness brings great blessings
Monday 18 September 2017 | Published in Opinion
International Peace Day is being proclaimed by the United Nations on September 21.
Crying foul over our poultry
Monday 18 September 2017 | Published in Opinion
It was interesting reading in CI News yesterday comments made by a tourist from New Zealand complaining about the chickens and chicken poo everywhere on Rarotonga.
EIA process around the wrong way
Friday 15 September 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
We see that the Environment Service is calling for submissions on an EIA for the significant expansion of the Club Raro resort.
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