Opinion
Pets dying from dangerous sprays
Monday 16 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It is with great sadness that I continually read about beloved pet animals being poisoned by weed spray used on our plantations.
Downsides to bigger jet on LA service
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
It’s great that we have a larger aircraft servicing the Los Angeles route, but how much thought was put into the revised schedule, a smoke signaller wants to know.
Tourism awards 'outstanding'
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia Orana to all the tourism businesses who entered the 2016 Air New Zealand Cook Islands Tourism Awards.
We're paying too much for too little
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I was stunned to learn (CI News May 4), that we already have 52 governmental agencies and authorities providing services to our population of around 13,000.
Chance to appreciate the women in our lives
Sunday 15 May 2016 | Published in Opinion
We set aside one day a year to celebrate mothers. My husband and I send roses to his mother, now nearly 90.
Thieves trash house
Friday 13 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A couple of weeks ago while I was away from Rarotonga my home at Avana was broken into and trashed and many items stolen. This was not a standard robbery and for someone to systematically wreck a place like this is very, very sad indeed.
Tivaivai vs tivaevae
Friday 13 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
CI News had this very discussion just a few years ago and it settled then on ‘tivaivai’ after many lengthy arguments and discussion.
Tennis coach impresses Canadian visitors
Friday 13 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
During our recent stay in Rarotonga we were honoured to be members of the Tennis Club and played almost every second day during our two months away from Canada.
Cost-cutting should start at the top
Friday 13 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Regarding the apparent call from MFEM for cost-cutting in government departments, one would hope that they will start at the top and make their way down.
Column provokes speedier response
Friday 13 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The Commissioner of Police is quicker at responding to an article in my column than he is at replying to my letters directly to him.
Advertisements just window dressing
Thursday 12 May 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
Executive officer positions in the outer islands are being advertised. But that’s all nonsense as the “boys” have already been lined up for the job, a smoke signaller claims. “As long as you’re a CIP supporter you can get the job. That’s even if you don’t have any qualifications, like the guy who stood for CIP on a southern group island with a low population. He is already on site advising the island council.”
Time-travelling proves too confusing
Thursday 12 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to respond to your speedy comments about my time zone-crossing capabilities.
Auraka e varenga akakino
Thursday 12 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
E taitaia ana au me tatau au ite au akakino ate au tangata i to tatou Kavamani e tauta nei i te akatere i to tatou ipukarea i teia tuatau.
Lawyer's position on funding a mystery
Thursday 12 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
May I again refer to Wilkie Rasmussen’s article of May 1, headed “Tongareva gold rush an illusion.” In particular, may I refer to his comments on funding?
Achievement list sadly short
Wednesday 11 May 2016 | Published in Opinion
Pretend to be a CIP Member of Parliament or a cabinet minister. Ask yourself this question, “What accomplishments have we achieved in two terms of governance?”
Keep quiet and it will all go away?
Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“The prime minister has kept pretty quiet about dissent within the ranks about the controversial EU purse seine fishing deal,” a smoke signaller says. “Is it a case of saying nothing and hoping it will go away, like the Aitutaki Sunday flights referendum, perhaps?”
Aronga Mana opinions rather extreme
Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have just skimmed through the response by Wilkie Rasmussen to the Aronga Mana press release and can see his point.
Another view on democracy
Tuesday 10 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I read an article in CI News on May 6, submitted by “Finding Nemo” from outer-space tapa-taatai.
Watch this space
Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“To anyone who has lived in the Cook Islands long enough and has seen the two recent smoke signals challenging government to do something with the reclaimed land for “the new Constitution Park,” such as the foreshadowed skateboard park, there might, just might, be the suspicion that a friend of government is waiting in the wings with a sweetheart deal all sewn up for a long term lease of a couple of acres of absolute lagoon-front land,” a smoke signaller says.
PNG police commissioner's advice could he heeded here
Monday 9 May 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
After reading your recent story relating to the unusual reason given by Papua New Guinea’s police commissioner for the closure of the PNG National Fraud and Anti-Corruption Directorate and the subsequent recommendation by the Deputy Chief Justice to reopen this office, that an excerpt from it needed to be reprinted.
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