Opinion

PM tracking device

Wednesday 7 December 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

INSPIRED BY A story in Monday’s CI News, a smoke signaller writing under the name, “Puff Puff,” has come up with an interesting idea: “Would it not be a practical idea to fit one of the shark tags on to the Prime Minister? We would always know where to find him.”

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Spanish downplay huge size of ships

Wednesday 7 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

LIKE MANY other Cook Islanders, I have been following the EU agreement/purse seining issue closely. The recent MMR/EU/Spanish purse seine factory ships association OPAGAC meeting was an attempt to justify the EU fishing agreement and intended presence of the Spanish fleet here.

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Are we still a democracy?

Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES of our western democratic system are: “For the people, of the people, by the people,” a smoke signaller says.

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Too many steerers, not enough paddlers

Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I FIRST read this about 20 years ago.

Letters to the Editor

Traditional leaders versus government

Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

WHO SHALL prevail in this saga of jurisdictional ownership in the Cook Islands?

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Puna must lead on urgent plan to clean lagoon

Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

LAST week three crucial pieces of legislation were presented to New Zealand’s parliament, basically allowing major clean-up work to take place around the Kaikoura area, without requiring Environmental Impact Assessments to be carried out in the first instance.

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Important ways you can support elders

Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

PAPA DAN and I are visiting his mother, who just had her 90th birthday party.

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Snorkelling spot ruined

Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

OUR SON spent time with us in Titikaveka as a teenager, then married an Aitutaki girl and lived on Rarotonga for some time, then moved to New Zealand for some years.

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Tongareva problems on many fronts

Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

“PROCEED with your plans and the people will come round eventually!”

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Shooting incident leaves questions remaining

Monday 5 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

THERE ARE a number of things which have occurred over the past couple of months that are related to various government/Crown agencies that, I believe, need to be looked at more closely before we all forget about these things.

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Clues to snap election in recent government moves

Friday 2 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

IT'S OBVIOUS that over the past month, serious preparations have been made for a possible upcoming snap election.

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Aronga Mana view on EU meeting

Friday 2 December 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

THE ARONGA Mana spoke very passionately about the purse seine/EU agreement issue in their peaceful protest at the EU/Ministry of Marine Resources purse seining meeting.

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Muri ultimatum a big fail for DPM

Thursday 1 December 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

LAST YEAR ICI minister Teariki Heather gave an ultimatum to all commercial businesses operating along the Muri lagoon:

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Helmet law should apply to everyone the same way

Tuesday 29 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

ON OUR recent trip to Rarotonga we hired one motorbike and were under the impression that if we didn't go over 40km an hour, we didn't need to use our helmets.

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PM stays on the plane while country suffers

Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals

“IT IS JUST appalling that no sooner is the PM back on the island, he turns right around and is back on the plane overseas,” a smoke signaller says.

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No-show trophy an embarrassment for CI league

Monday 28 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

LAST WEEK Cook Islands Rugby League was put into an unfortunate situation whereby its reputation, credibility and future wellbeing in terms of remaining one of the country’s top sports code was thrown into the public spotlight and heavily criticised.

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