Opinion
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tepaki letters tough going
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I am an avid reader of the CI News, but am finding it quite tedious with the letters CI News continues to print from Tim Tepaki.
More to those initials than some claim
Thursday 14 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Here are some points for consideration in responding to the discussion on the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement.
How the criminal law system works
Wednesday 13 April 2016 | Published in Opinion
Our criminal law system works around the police who enforce the law.
People on Tongareva will have final say
Tuesday 12 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Surprise!
Opinions need care, but thanks for reading!
Tuesday 12 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I would like to reply to Thomas Wynn’s letter to the editor of CI News published on April 11.
More on lawyer and the land division
Tuesday 12 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
CI News recently published a letter from solicitor Mr Norman George in which Mr George purported to tell the story of the circumstances under which the Chief Justice suspended Mr George from appearing in the Land Division of the High Court for a three-year period.
Pointless aspiration
Monday 11 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
An interesting article highlighting how a special task force will shortly to be established with the primary intention of exploring how the Cook Islands could possibly qualify in becoming a member of the United Nations club whilst its nationals continue to retain New Zealand passports was recently published in your newspaper.
Need to read missing EIA report
Monday 11 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
National Environment Director Joseph Bider in his self-preserving statement to your reporter in respect of the “missing” EIA report for Quadrant Limited said: “However it is very possible the report went missing in between checks, which unfortunately is beyond our control.”
Can someone tell us who's right and who's wrong
Monday 11 April 2016 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In my opinion, the best thing Tim Tepaki could do would be to shut up once and for all.
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