Opinion
Another view on the purse seining debate
Wednesday 23 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I refer to the recent letter to your paper by Ministry of Marine Resources secretary, Ben Ponia.
Good Friday wrong day for music and gaiety
Wednesday 23 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It is difficult to understand how a Christian nation like the Cook Islands, can allow the desecration of one of Christianity’s most sacred days in the liturgical calendar, Good Friday, with the licencing of a Beach Day Out at Nikao on that day.
Classroom tiling matter of priority, says CIIC head
Wednesday 23 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I refer to Ruth Horton’s letter to the editor in the March 19 issue of CI News, regarding tiling issues at Takitumu School.
PSC gets dates out of order
Wednesday 23 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I note that the Public Service Commissioner is quoted in a story about Arorangi Prison in CI News on March 19 as saying, “When I saw this in the paper I rang the Secretary of Justice and he informed me that the prison Superintendent had been asked to provide a report to him of the incident.”
This gas thief takes the cake
Wednesday 23 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
When it comes to petty thieving this one surely takes the cake;
Drink-driving needs tougher penalties
Wednesday 23 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In response to a comment about drink-driving in CI News on March 15, I am very much in support of what the person who wrote it had to say.
Level play field?
Monday 21 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
While private customers of Te Aponga are routinely faced with having power cut off for failure to pay bills, and then faced with punitive fees for re-connection, it is said that a major hotel on Rarotonga has on occasion run up an overdue bill to an almost unbelievable amount.
Facts show there was no 'intercept' of discussion
Monday 21 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I fail to see the relevance of Tim Tepaki’s tirade in Saturday’s letters to the editor to my simple answer to a simple question posed on the Cook Islands Politics Facebook page.
Chuck it in the bin and start the process again
Monday 21 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Regarding Frederick Webb’s letter printed in CI News on Thursday, March 17. May I begin by stating some facts:
Excavation is muddying the Muri algae issue
Monday 21 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Another day, another protest on the beach at Muri lagoon.
School maintenance seems low priority
Saturday 19 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It saddened me to read your headline about the Cook Islands Investment Corporation putting funding towards the upkeep of the Justice and Cook Islands Police Service buildings originally built by the Chinese.
Internet conversation ill-advised
Saturday 19 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A week ago Merchant of Paradise intelligence intercepted an internet conversation gone viral between Kelvin Passfield (KP) of Te Ipukarea Society (TIS) and Jason Brown (JB), the subject matter being me and the objective being to damage me, presumably for calling petitioners supporting the stance of TIS against purse seine fishing “terrorists”.
Aussies raise the bar on House sittings
Saturday 19 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I saw on TV that the Australian Senate sat for a record 28 continuous hours this week to debate a bill in the Upper House.
Lagoon trial raises some tricky issues
Saturday 19 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
After a tip-off that the ‘bulldozer in the lagoon” trial was underway in Muri lagoon on Thursday morning as part of the ecologically-dangerous exercise of removing algae by heavy machinery, I immediately raced around to seek the details of whether permission had been granted, and if so, how any such permission had been given, despite there not having been an EIA public consultation process.
Easter a potent symbol of hope
Saturday 19 March 2016 | Published in Opinion
Easter is coming, a holy season for many faiths.
Ministers need to explain their actions
Friday 18 March 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“There must be something wrong with the perception of Cabinet Ministers, and indeed members of Parliament as to what their role actually is in the Cook Islands Parliament,” a smoke signaller says.
Still with the CIP
Friday 18 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
To set the record straight and to correct recent comments in the media.
MPs need more to do
Friday 18 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
After the latest display of blatant bribery and leading the outer islands up the garden path, we have to ask ourselves why are we paying so many people MPs to sit around doing nothing.
Counsellor speaks out on jail issues
Friday 18 March 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
As is often the case, in the work I am afforded to do in our community people share their stories. Sometimes very intimate stories, and I go away feeling very privileged to be a part of their lives and a part of that story just for a moment.
Justice system still failing us
Thursday 17 March 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“It’s worrying to read our justice system again failing to deliver any sensible sentencing,” a smoke signaller says.
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