Opinion
Good on you, Joseph!
Monday 31 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Congratulations to Joseph Brider for his new position as HOM for Environment.
From farce to scandal and back
Saturday 29 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The contract between the government and Pacific Schooners Limited has gone from scandal, to farce, and back to scandal again. What do we know?
OPM account is hard to swallow
Saturday 29 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Regarding the lead story in your paper this morning I am somewhat gobsmacked at the explanation coming from the Office of the Prime Minister as to what warranted the payment of some $41,000 to disgruntled Manihiki landowners.
Hidden danger in island vege gardens
Friday 28 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In recent months I have noticed an increase in planting and we are all celebrating the arrival of tomatoes and cucumbers on offer at the market stalls.
Left not right on our roads
Friday 28 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor In the interest of safety on our roads how did we end up with 10 left hand drive buggies on our roads?
Compliments for Justice Savage
Friday 28 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The exposure in your paper of Henry Puna’s largesse in his constituency of 152 voters should send alarm bells ringing all around the Cook Islands.
The joke is over
Thursday 27 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, One Cook Islands. Two Miss Cook Islands. Three Pageants.
Local pension rules hard on expats
Thursday 27 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The rules governing eligibility for the local pension are totally unfair.
Columnist hits back at Demo Party critic
Thursday 27 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If ever there was a dimwit letter to you, Captain Tama’s one to you yesterday was it.
Whiteware needs collection
Wednesday 26 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is great that the National Environment Service is behind the collection of whiteware for disposal off the island, and even better to see Infrastructure Cook Islands as part of the process too.
More on tax issue
Wednesday 26 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Six members from Arorangi, Muri, Tikioki, Turangi and Matavera told a packed Grey Power meeting recently about the shock visits and statements they had received from two senior Tax Officers from MFEM at their homes.
'Schoonergate' tip of the iceberg?
Wednesday 26 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, John Scott’s excellent letter (August 24) concerning the Financial Secretary’s methods of appropriation of public monies to support the “Schoonergate” saga, raises in my mind other questions.
PM comparisons not on, says MP
Wednesday 26 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor. Does Wilkie Rasmussen really know what he is saying? I think not.
Churches have major role to play in the running of our country
Wednesday 26 August 2015 | Published in Opinion
A late amendment to the Cook Islands Constitution was added in 1997.
Union boss needs more understanding
Tuesday 25 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Anthony Turua’s letter of August 20 confirms his lack of understanding.
Nameless writer got it all wrong
Tuesday 25 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The gutless letter writer who anonymously wrote to your paper Monday August 15 under the guise of “a proud Cook Islander,” should be reminded that anonymity is not a shroud under which to flaunt bigotry or misinformation.
More to celebrations than meets the eye
Monday 24 August 2015 | Published in Opinion
Now that Te Maeva Nui and Constitution Day are done and dusted, we all can move on. Move on to what though, some of you may ask? Some may be lucky to assume or stumble into great wealth and fortune.
Some questions for the Financial Secretary
Monday 24 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can the Financial Secretary confirm whether it is correct that the deposit paid to Pacific Schooners Limited was from the Prime Minister’s Office budget after sufficient funds were transferred there from the budget of the Ministry of Cultural Development?
The other side of anonymity
Monday 24 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In light of the recent call for anonymous letter writers to name themselves, I ask that if this happens, then the government spin doctors who often send in letters under the guise they are from the general public will also have to stand up and be identified.
More on the broadband usage saga
Friday 21 August 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Further to Peter Heays’ letter to the editor in yesterday’s CI News headlined ‘Time for Bluesky to answer some questions’, the stock response from Bluesky to complaints about the huge usage spike everyone seemed to face in first week of August seems to be due to a Windows upgrade.
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