Opinion
Try another engine
Tuesday 11 July 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
No doubt we residents of Ngatipa are grateful that Action Man blows away the rubbish on the road on a regular basis, but one wonders if there are any four-stroke leaf blowers for sale on the island, a smoke signaller says. “It’s hard to decide what’s more irritating, the leaves on the side of the road or the ear-splitting whine from the leaf-blowing machine.
Call for reform should be answered
Tuesday 11 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I see that Jim Maurai, a former prime minister and the current MP for Mangaia, is calling it quits and as CI News noted, the current prime minister, Henry Puna, noted in parliament last week that it could be time to revisit Marurai’s 2010 call for political reform.
Dodgy driving shows urgent need for more road signs
Monday 10 July 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
Our new road markings are a start, but let’s not stop there. We urgently need signs around the island to alert tourists to one-way lanes and exits, a smoke signaller says.
Workers, it's time for you to help yourselves
Monday 10 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The focus in my recent comments in my letters to the editor of CI News has been directed at the poor treatment of foreign workers.
Thanks for the great time, but...
Monday 10 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have just returned from a most wonderful and relaxing holiday in Rarotonga.
Reflections on rest – and rising tide of rubbish
Monday 10 July 2017 | Published in Opinion
After we immigrated in the 1980s from the United States to Canada, I became close friends with another immigrant, a Scottish elder nicknamed Boo.
Black leader's words resonate here
Monday 10 July 2017 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion
In the 1960s a Black African American leader rose about the same time as Martin Luther King Jr.
More respect is needed for Papa Dan
Thursday 6 July 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
“I would like to respond to the negative ‘Blast at the past,’ smoke signal regarding Papa Dan, printed in CI News several weeks ago,” a smoke signaller writes.
Modern day slavery alive in Cooks
Thursday 6 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 was introduced into the UK in March 2015, in response to heightened concern around slavery, human trafficking and forced labour in the UK.
To “Unionist”
Wednesday 5 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It is good to see you have a lot of experience in Human Resources.
Some of the abuses foreign workers suffer
Wednesday 5 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Increasingly foreign workers in the Cook Islands are becoming the backbone of our economy and increasingly they are not being given the respect and protection from a lot of unscrupulous Cook Islanders. As a worker they have rights as an employee enshrined in Cook Islands employment legislation.
The story behind Tongareva 'blowout'
Wednesday 5 July 2017 | Published in Tropical Chronicles
Being Tongareva-born, I have an ongoing interest in the affairs of the island.
Comments on egg supplies wide of mark
Tuesday 4 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I was disappointed with deputy Prime Minister Teariki Heather's comments in parliament last Thursday on the Agriculture Vote when he said, "I have bought eggs supplied by Papa John Scott and I can assure this House that he cannot supply the needs of our people."
Workers suffer at hands of employers
Tuesday 4 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
If Mr Pynenburg and his ilk think the ERA 2012 protects workers from unscrupulous business owners, then he either has selective memory loss or he is totally unaware of the goings on of his fellow members of the Chamber of Commerce and other business owners in their treatment of local workers and foreigners.
Here's a quick lesson on our court hierarchy
Tuesday 4 July 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Appellate Court would not be amused at all.
More to 'back road' than meets the eye
Tuesday 4 July 2017 | Published in Opinion
Driving around the “back road” you wouldn’t know or often remember that right beneath our feet, lies one of the greatest ancient building achievements of Eastern Polynesia.
Clear lessons from teachable moments
Tuesday 4 July 2017 | Published in Opinion
Have you ever piled your plate and overstuffed yourself at a big feed, from a table loaded with your favorite dishes and desserts?
Departure lounge loo not a good look for tourists
Friday 30 June 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
Smoke signaller who was in the departure lounge at Rarotonga International Airport recently says the lounge facilities need to be much more closely monitored.
Kare e na te teina e apii i te tuakana
Friday 30 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
E pa’uanga teia I te reta a te tangata tavini o te Kaumaiti o te Are Ariki i te ra 28 o Tiunu.
Some questions for the Chamber of Commerce
Friday 30 June 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Chamber of Commerce, we are led to believe, is the voice of business in the Cook Islands (read that as “Rarotonga” if you like).
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