Opinion
EHF not particularly nice to be near
Friday 27 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We are staying about 50 metres from EHF property - and please don’t call us a low income family.
Grand final cricket needs single venue
Friday 27 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have been following the Rarotonga cricket competition for the last four years and I have noticed that this year, the standard of cricket on the island has improved in both the men and women’s competitions.
'Forbidden' topic needs public airing
Friday 27 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Tuesday night I went to the family law meeting at Matavera..
Puna's promise empty
Friday 27 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Before the current Prime minister and the CIP won government Puna announced that when he and the CIP government come in to power his government will convene parliament for at least 100 days of each year.
A case for changes in super rules
Friday 27 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My attention has been drawn to a lengthy article written by New Zealand’s renowned law professor Dame Alison Quentin-Baxter, titled “The New Zealand Model of Free Association: What does it mean for New Zealand?”
Fewer pageants New Year wish
Thursday 26 November 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
The countdown to Christmas has begun, and soon after that it will be the countdown to a New Year. One smoke signaller says his main wish for 2016 is that we won’t see all the bickering about beauty pageants which has confused and exhausted Rarotonga residents this year.
Rock wall not a good idea at all
Thursday 26 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We see yet another advertisement for a landowner wanting to install a “rock revetment” in Nikao.
Machines for our birthright
Thursday 26 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, When paying my Telecom bill recently I looked across the street and was rather amazed to see the half acre of Chinese bottom of the line rototillers and farm bikes in various stages of assembly.
Time to wake up to our prejudices
Thursday 26 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Fortunately in my job and vocation as a counsellor I do not have the discretionary power to decide who I will or will not speak to or see, and I have to manage whomever and whatever walks through my door.
Threat just silly
Wednesday 25 November 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Does anyone think the Esther Honey row is getting a bit…petty? They’re doing a great job and a civil servant’s threat to inform the US Embassy about their alleged wrongdoings is not only heavy-handed, it’s downright stupid!
PM braves terrorism to avoid home issues
Wednesday 25 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Prime Minister Henry Puna has gone off to Paris to face the world despite the very real threat of terrorism in France.
One way to deal with lagoon weed
Wednesday 25 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Regarding the weed problem at Muri lagoon, in my small town of Tokoroa, New Zealand, where I lived and worked for many years, as the town grew and expanded, the council built near sports grounds, parks and a lake.
Creepy shadows...
Wednesday 25 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Democratic Party’s “shadow” ministerial portfolio allocations featured on the front page in last Wednesday’s CI News gave me the creeps. These unlicensed, inexperienced drivers (politically speaking), except for James Beer, spell disaster for the Basileia.
Vow renewal raises vexing issues
Wednesday 25 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read the article about the banning of a same-sex couple renewing their vows in Rarotonga.
Civil defence failure is shameful
Wednesday 25 November 2015 | Published in Opinion
By Norman George, Lawyer “Rarotonga, we have a problem.” A spate of recent drownings and what appears to be the systematic failure of the police and other emergency services to react on time is catastrophic, shameful and inexcusable.
Brown aims at the wrong target
Tuesday 24 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Minister of Finance Mark Brown has been on the radio saying that the anti-purse seining push comes from conservation groups overseas.
Eviction news creates concern
Tuesday 24 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing to express my deep concern that the CIIC is planning to evict the Esther Honey Foundation from its location in Nikao.
Shocked, sad at EHF situation
Tuesday 24 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing to you from the UK to express my shock and sadness at the news that the Esther Honey Foundation may be losing its Nikao premises, and quite possibly its position in the Cook Islands as the premier provider of veterinary services.
Eviction of Honey team is a disgrace
Monday 23 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The decision by CIIC chief executive Tamarii Tutangata to evict the Esther Honey team, their assets and including the communities’ four-legged friends (not theirs) is a total disgrace and an insult to the team of great International volunteers who opted to serve our communities for free.
Something smells fishy around here
Monday 23 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On the subject of government transparency, corruption, and fishing licenses does it sound strange to anyone else that our MMR leaders Puna and Ponia think that selling off our fish at 0.16c per kilogram is good financing?
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