Opinion

Puna's promise to sue NZ paper forgotten

Thursday 21 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

One thing that has never been mentioned or discussed in the media since it happened last year is the incident where the PM said he would sue a New Zealand newspaper for claiming that he had plans to drop New Zealand passports and seek Cook Islands membership of the United Nations

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Obsolete offences a fascinating read

Thursday 21 April 2016 | Published in Opinion

There are some quite interesting offences left over from old times whose useful purposes have long gone. I will highlight both useful and obsolete examples.

Opinion

Quick solution to being hoodwinked

Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

May I suggest to the ghost calling himself “Hoodwinked,” who asked in your March 11 edition, “Can someone tell us who’s right and who’s wrong?” that he should go to MMR and find out for himself.

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A special poem about Tongareva

Tuesday 19 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I’m not quite sure how it came about, but a few years ago my aunt, Rama Isaia and I collaborated on a poem based on her feelings concerning Tongareva and her people during the Second World War.

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EU agreement signing 'hogwash and lies'

Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Now the truth has come out about the “leaked emails” between government officials on how they handled or mishandled the EU fishing agreement.

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Not giving an inch

Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

My wife and I recently spent a couple of weeks in Rarotonga and with a couple of exceptions the people were absolutely wonderful.

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Lack of government funding doesn't wash

Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

I commend and congratulate Mark Short and the rest of the Cook Islands’ team for taking the initiative to hold a car-wash event on the weekend in order to raise the necessary funds for their trip to represent the country at the upcoming Pacific Festival of Arts to be held in Guam later in the year.

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Danger lurks in the corridors of power

Monday 18 April 2016 | Published in Tropical Chronicles

Pleasant surprises don’t come that often in our political democracy.

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Gather courage and write your life story

Saturday 16 April 2016 | Published in Virtues in Paradise

This week, I will pause for applause, because I have just completed writing my first novel, A Scent of Sage. It will be published soon on Amazon, God willing.

Virtues in Paradise

Auraka e akaapaapa ua

Saturday 16 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Inangaro au i te tuku i teia au manako noku na roto i taau nuti pepa, me ka tika iakoe, e tama kia kite mai to tatou iti tangata, penei te vai ua ra tetai au tangata e manakonako to ratou mei toku rai.

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Don't knock Kelvin

Saturday 16 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

During my 28 years here, I have not often written letters to the newspaper because inevitably an attack has resulted.

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Heart troubled at development talk

Saturday 16 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Today, like any other day, I remember my grandparents and my ancestors, except unlike other days, today my heart is troubled.

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Penrhyn plans a case of history repeating

Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Looking at the latest plans to develop Penrhyn, it seems to me that throughout the history of our island, outsiders have come to destroy Tongareva, and then they leave.

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Oldies want everything for nothing

Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

It is a disgrace that the very same New Zealand pensioners who refuse to pay tax on their pension in the Cook Islands are demanding the Cook Islands government pay for them to travel to New Zealand for health referral.

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Nightly din a fowl experience

Friday 15 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

A few weeks ago we returned from an idyllic holiday on Rarotonga. What a blissful time we had on your beautiful island...sunny days, palm trees waving and sparkling blue sea to snorkel in, friendly people.

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Finance minister the one for top job

Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor

On Tuesday evening Finance minister Mark Brown fronted on CITV to explain why Government was supportive of licensing super purse seine vessels from the EU to plunder the tuna stocks in our country’s EEZ.

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