Opinion
Explanation needed
Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
CAN SOMEONE please explain a few things about Teina Bishop's corruption charge?
Minister's statement a bold one indeed
Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT WAS a bold statement indeed from Finance minister Mark Brown in yesterday’s CI News, regarding Rose Brown’s recent move to lead the parliamentary opposition.
Achievements nothing to boast about
Friday 29 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
TO THE smoke signaller who sang the praises of the CIP party in CI News recently, it’s wonderful you are so supportive of your party - the one you say has done so much for us over the last six years.
Chicken photo appeals
Thursday 28 July 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“WHAT A SWEET photo caption story that was in CI News last week, about the mother hen and chick crossing the road at a Give Way sign,” a smoke signaller says.
What's happened to neutering plan?
Thursday 28 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I ENJOYED the two recent articles about dogs on Rarotonga.
Prison kitchen could do with a revamp
Thursday 28 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
AS VISITOR once again to your delightful shores, I was privileged to be able to inspect your local prison.
Why are we a divided nation?
Wednesday 27 July 2016 | Published in Opinion
WE ARE polite, kindly, refined, affable, polished and courteous, yet capable of unleashing ruthless cruelty and savagery beyond measure!
Fishing license status questioned
Tuesday 26 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
LAST WEEK the High Court found former Minister of Marine Resources, Teina Bishop, guilty of accepting a bribe from Chinese fishing company Leun Thai in return for 18 fishing licenses.
MP's bike-riding example for all
Tuesday 26 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
IT WAS good to see MP “Captain Tama” riding his bike into work last week.
Grey Power reference is not welcome
Tuesday 26 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
EARLIER this month, Grey Power was referred to in a newspaper story in what I believe is a totally inappropriate way.
Flights at all hours in the name of money
Tuesday 26 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I HOPE that the family of the smoke signaller who lives in Nikao and works in Turangi were consulted about the airport location, and, if a landowning family, that they were suitably financially compensated.
Concrete better than new tiles
Monday 25 July 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
CAN IT BE true that the Ministry of Justice intends to put some sort of ceramic tiles on the renovated steps to the courthouse?
Complaints make buggy solutions obvious
Monday 25 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
TO THE smoke signaller who suggested we should be discussing solutions to the buggy issue, rather than complaining.
More of us need to grow our own food
Monday 25 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I AM wondering how our farmers are going with learning about how to be organic growers as announced as a trial by our Ministry of Agriculture in an attempt to find ways to lessen the use of dangerous paraquat sprays on our food grown here in the Cook Islands.
Where to for Demos after Teina Bishop?
Monday 25 July 2016 | Published in Opinion
RIGHT NOW, I am in extreme anguish over the guilty finding the jury returned for my dear friend Teina Bishop.
Demo party cops fallout from Teina Bishop case
Saturday 23 July 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“HOW CAN ANYONE now have any credibility and faith in the opposition and in the Democratic Party?” a smoke signaller asks.
Legend production a great show
Saturday 23 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
THE MINISTRY of Cultural Development must be congratulated on its excellent cultural legend drama production involving the schools on Thursday.
It's time for women to run the country
Saturday 23 July 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
SOMEONE wrote to CI News saying Rose Brown would be a good PM if she achieved various things.
More to decluttering than meets the eye...
Saturday 23 July 2016 | Published in Opinion
Can you imagine becoming a millionaire by teaching people how to fold their underwear in a new way?
Political writer on the money
Friday 22 July 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
THE POLITICAL COMMENTATOR who predicted last week that the Demo Party would self-destruct before long, was right on the money, a smoke signaler says.
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