Opinion
Responses make amusing reading
Wednesday 23 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I’m amused by the response of your correspondents “Please Take the Ticket” and “PhD-girl” to Bishop Pere’s recent rant.
Pastor critics need to read
Wednesday 23 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, One of your correspondents who criticises Bishop Pere, mentions Planet Earth and bedtime stories.
Get a move on, MPs
Monday 21 December 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Has anyone else been stuck behind one of the Members of Parliament for Rarotonga as they struggle to get to grips with their new Chinese-built quad bikes? I was stuck behind MP for Ngatangiia Tama Tuavera as he drove very slowly through Muri on Saturday. Obviously these new quad bikes are taking a while to get used to!
Lights appreciated at Christmas
Monday 21 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, One of the great things to come out of the 50th celebrations was the zig-zag of coloured lights around the island.
Leviticus has us in a tight spot
Monday 21 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you for doing so much to educate our people regarding God’s Law in Friday’s Cook Islands news by publishing the letter to the editor from our eloquent Pastor.
No conflict of interest over pearl promo
Monday 21 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Your lead story on Saturday, December 19 entitled Conflict of interest a real pearler, focused on an alleged conflict of interest and improper conduct on the part of the Cook Islands Pearl Authority (CIPA) when it entered into a promotional arrangement with Drum Productions Ltd (DPL) to launch the Style Pasifika Collection.
Parliament now a social event notice board
Monday 21 December 2015 | Published in Opinion
Parliament sat and rose after two measly days of sitting. It would be fair to say, it was simply a waste of time.
Hold those texts
Friday 18 December 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Thanks, Bluesky, for offering special deals on mobile data for the festive season. But please, would you quit sending your text messages at 10.30 at night. They are just as annoying as the early morning ones we used to get from Telecom.
An insult to Christian principles
Friday 18 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,
Remember, it's not James Beer's petition
Friday 18 December 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Listening to the PM at Monday’s sitting. I wish to remind the PM that it is not James Beer’s purse seining petition. It is 4000 members of the public’s petition and on its presentation this should trigger formation of a Select Committee to look into the matter.
Threat quite clear
Friday 18 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s extraordinary that someone in Brian Coker’s position, a businessman with a business geared for tourism, plus an interest in the pearl farming industry in Manihiki, is so misinformed to claim that climate change is not “the biggest threat to mankind,” today. (CINews, December 14).
Leading figure in 'Schoonergate' departs leaving some questions
Friday 18 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Your paper has printed findings on the Schoonergate saga to the effect that Richard Neves was out of order in his use of public funding for the payment towards an unsafe boat for transporting our people back to the pa enua.
Critics, time to eat your hearts out!
Friday 18 December 2015 | Published in Opinion
Friday, December 18, marks the crowning event in a story of unflinching determination, commitment and daring, to open what could be the largest building in the Cook Islands, Te Patupaepae o Enuamanu, Enuamanu III.
Pipe project stalled for good reason
Wednesday 16 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The work to lay water pipes across the area from Kauare to Avaavaroa in Titikaveka is stalled for a good reason.
'Santa from Hell' faces day of reckoning
Wednesday 16 December 2015 | Published in Opinion
We Cook Islanders like to be renowned for our kindness, God-fearing Christian saintliness and for being civil to one another.
It's all a matter of politicians' priorities
Tuesday 15 December 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Word on the coconut wireless is that parliament will wrap up its second sitting of the year today… It is Aitutaki day tomorrow and the PM and his mates will surely want to get into the festive spirit by Friday. So much for democracy!
Planned cable project raises questions
Tuesday 15 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Recently the CI News published an article which said that Bluesky had signed a turnkey project with Alcatel Lucent to provide a cable link via the about to be built Moana cable.
Bigger issues than climate change
Monday 14 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The statements attributed to the Prime Minister, Henry Puna in CI News on December 12 such as – “the Cook Islands is increasingly threatened by sea level rises driven by global warming” – are really quite amazing.
Writer not travelling at taxpayers' expense
Monday 14 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter from ‘Disgruntled Taxpayer’ which refers to my attendance as a Pacific Media Editor covering the Tuna Commission (WCPFC12) meeting in Bali this month.
What's happened to our traditional dishes?
Monday 14 December 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was pleased to see the food competition advertised recently, with the focus on our local food.
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