Opinion
Righteousness the path to happiness
Monday 7 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
WHEN PEOPLE are asked what really matters in life, they often say “To be happy”.
Search for seabird making progress thanks to recorder
Monday 7 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
THE SEARCH for evidence of petrels and shearwaters on Rarotonga continues.
We need better pay to afford those licences
Friday 4 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“IT’S GOOD TO see that the cost of a Cook Islands driver’s licence has been raised to the same level that motorists pay in Australia and New Zealand,” a smoke signaller says.
PM comparison tells the story
Friday 4 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
AS TRAGIC events played out in the Cook Islands and in Brisbane, Australia recently, a comparison of leadership and the compassion shown by the actions of two prime ministers was very telling.
So just who's the boss?
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
SUNDAY CHECKPOINT “IT'S A SIGHT I haven’t seen before on a Sunday, but it was great to see the police mount a checkpoint just past the airport last weekend,” a smoke signaller says.
Workshop waste of time, money and effort
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WATCHING the news on TV the other night it was amazing to see how much waste of time, money and effort we go through to bring experts from overseas and host a workshop with so many senior government officials about reducing our high road accident and fatality rate.
More on those airline subsidies
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
TO “ANONYMOUS” (CI News November 1), all I can say is, read my article of October 20 again.
Wedding planner aids jilted bride
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
DEAR BEAUTIFUL Rarotonga.
EU deal show of foolishness
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
TOGETHER, the people of the Cook Islands are watching prime minister Henry Puna’s government make a series of fundamental mistakes that will hurt our people for decades to come.
The burglary murder... wrong man charged
Wednesday 2 November 2016 | Published in Opinion
OUR RECONSTRUCTION of the crime scene was that the deceased was woken up when someone walked into his bedroom.
WHERE WAS SECURITY?
Wednesday 2 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
Regarding THE BREAK and enter of one of the huts at the Punanga Nui market over the weekend, I am just curious to know where was the taxpayer-funded security? And then, despite the heavy floodlights surrounding the area, surely movement around the place is evident?
Do the maths and airline subsidy is looking essential
Tuesday 1 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IN REPLY to the opinion piece written by Mata Atua McNair, headlined, “The case for ending airline subsidy,” where does Mata McNair think the tax dollars come from that fund the subsidies?
Case illustrates nature of corruption
Tuesday 1 November 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IN MY last letter I explained how corruption covered a wide range of misconduct by public officials and how only the most serious types of corruption were crimes.
Drug tests needed
Monday 31 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
CAN WE PLEASE Institute random drug checks for our “honourable” Members of Parliament?
Waste material dumping upsets Swiss visitors
Monday 31 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
AS REGULAR visitors to the Cook Islands we are saddened and shocked to see what is happening to this once unspoiled paradise.
Of cats and widespread algae
Monday 31 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A COUPLE of brief observations on recent news items.
Pay police more
Friday 28 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
I one hundred per cent agree with the smoke signaller who said our police officers deserve a wage increase. I hear they get paid peanuts and it is barely a liveable income. Why are our police severely underpaid and withheld from a well-deserving, and fully justifiable income? And not to forget the police are in need of much better resources, especially after last week’s incident.
Tourism budget more than health and education spending combined
Friday 28 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In reply to “Keep the Subsidy” (CI News October 27), the MFEM Budget Book 2 shows the following estimates for 2016/17.
Some ideas for protecting precious lagoon
Friday 28 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I recently spent an enjoyable two-week holiday on your island paradise, with my family from Sydney. After a five-year absence it was great to be back again.
Source of Muri weed hardly rocket science
Friday 28 October 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The ongoing debate on the algal bloom or seaweed problem in the Muri lagoon environment has become very tiresome, with the same old repetitive arguments by everyone with a point of view on what caused it, who is to blame, what’s the solution, who’s to pay for it, etc, etc.
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