Opinion
MMR bid for new statute could contain fish hooks
Thursday 11 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THE INK is hardly dry on the Marine Resources Act 2005, and yet just 11 years later, the Ministry of Marine Resources are pressing to bring out a completely new statute.
Police deserve better money
Wednesday 10 August 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
Finally, someone has spoken out about the police salaries!
It's a set-up job
Wednesday 10 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
“JUST A Man’s View” (Cl News August 5) makes the error of suggesting our political future should be based on “gender correctness.”
Future PM has men at her beck and call
Wednesday 10 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
HOW ENTERTAINING to see all these men lining up to say they will be supporting, guiding, speaking, and controlling the puppet strings of Rose Brown, the future prime minister of the Unity party.
Still bugged about those buggies
Wednesday 10 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
DESPITE all the complaints, the buggies continue to plague us.
Few tweaks needed
Tuesday 9 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I WOULD like to say a big thank you to the principal of Takitumu for all her efforts in following through on improving the road safety at the school’s main road pedestrian crossing.
Call to dump George
Tuesday 9 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
OBVIOUSLY, Norman George and I do not see eye to eye.
Tourism growth could make paradise 'living hell'
Tuesday 9 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
REGARDING our ever-increasing tourist numbers, there comes a point when this is not a good thing.
Island doesn't need another white elephant
Tuesday 9 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WELL, IT is that time of year again where we hear the next instalment in the saga of the Sheraton ghost town.
Govt on the same tired bandwagon
Tuesday 9 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
TOURISM Cook Islands continues to talk about massive "growth" of the tourism sector of the Cook Islands economy as if growth was some holy grail that we will all benefit from.
Deputy PM is right
Monday 8 August 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
THE DPM IS right, every last public servant should have been at the auditorium on August 4 to celebrate our independence.
Funding questions
Monday 8 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THIS LATEST funding the Cook Islands is receiving is for climate change.
DPM's quote could mean several things
Monday 8 August 2016 | Published in Tropical Chronicles
HERE’S what deputy prime minister Teariki Heather said in his Constitution Day speech: “It is not what your country can do for you but it is what you can do for your country.”
DPM should talk to his colleagues
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
I THINK THE DPM needs to give his speech about civil servants not turning up for Constitution Day celebrations to his fellow cabinet members.
Nothing independent about begging for money
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IF THE CIP government spent as much time on developing our country as they do on finding ways to access funding, we would be more worthy of calling ourselves independent than we are right now.
Questions about buggies need to be answered
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
DESPITE ALL the complaints that have been aired in CI News, the yellow buggies continue to plague us.
It's time for a new approach to politics
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT’S INTERESTING to see all the knives coming out since Rose Brown made her first public statement.
Te Maeva Nui shows the true spirit of unity
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Opinion
THIS IS a very special week here in the Cook Islands. Te Maeva Nui (meaning in English, The Big Celebration) is a time to honor the Constitution created 51 years ago preserving the rights and freedoms of the people of these islands.
Taxation can be a good thing
Saturday 6 August 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
WHEN IT becomes obvious that changing peoples’ habits is in the interest of everyone concerned, then a smart government can produce a win-win situation by gently nudging with tax adjustments.
Fund returns not that super
Friday 5 August 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“AT LONG LAST the CI Superannuation annual membership statements are being delivered, just over seven months from December 31, 2015.
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