Opinion

Call for police investigation

Friday 13 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The bizarre story in CI News on November 9 which, if true, seems to indicate massive corruption by revenue officers, should be publicly investigated and referred to the Police Department if it has any basis in fact.

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Brown's comments need correcting

Friday 13 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Minister of Finance needs correcting on a number of comments made on Wednesday this week on Matariki FM and on Radio Cook Islands.

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Law says everyone must pay tax

Friday 13 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In response to Don Reid’s letter, actually I do not have a low opinion of Grey Power at all.

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Occupation right: an analysis

Thursday 12 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Given that occupation right has become the “topic de jour,” you may be interested in this simplified and edited version of an analysis of a law that I wrote in relation to the new interpretation of Right of Occupation.

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Time to come clean on the 'One China' policy

Thursday 12 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Reading about another deal with the Chinese, signed by our Prime Minister, all smiles with nodding agreement to the “One China” policy troubles me deeply.

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Thank you, Aitutaki

Wednesday 11 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A sincere meitaki maata to the people of Aitutaki.

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Frame opinion and freedom of expression

Wednesday 11 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I listened with interest to CITV on Monday evening where some institution calling itself the Pacific Freedom Foundation was reported as taking Government to task about its gagging injunction of Dr Frame’s draft legal opinion, as just that very morning I had been discussing with you the extraordinary implications of this whole affair for freedom of expression.

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Sevens brawl highlights violence problem

Wednesday 11 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Last week the Cook Islands hosted the International Rugby Sevens, described as one of the great ruby seven tournaments in the South Pacific.

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Avatiu MP faces difficult decisions

Wednesday 11 November 2015 | Published in Opinion

A week can be a long time in politics.

Opinion

Better off with the Kiwis

Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The grant agreement from New Zealand for Tereora College of $11.7 million, signed and sealed on November 5, just three months after John Key announced the grant at the 50th celebrations in August 2015, shows how the New Zealand government has a real commitment to helping the Cook Islands.

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Superannuitants have done the hard yards

Tuesday 10 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Te Tuhi Kelly clearly has a very shallow opinion of Grey Power members and their expectations in their retirement years.

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'Enlightened' by government info

Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It seems like anyone can write a letter making false and speculative statements to incite hatred and then hide behind the anonymity of a nom-de-plume. I thought I may as well have a go at this.

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Referendum was hardly a majority

Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In the Cook Islands News dated November 6, the following statement concerning Sunday flights to and from Aitutaki was included, which is actually quite misleading – surely unintentionally.

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A brief few words on that pension tax

Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

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Talking about corruption is not enough

Monday 9 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Your article on November 6, Anti-corruption moves rubbished, sheds light on the champion against corruption, Nandi Glassie, in his efforts to thwart corruption by travelling to St Petersburg again to deliver the same speech he did recently for the same reasons.

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Situation much worse behind the scenes

Saturday 7 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Government’s latest media release is a quite-natural attempt at damage control.

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Press release misses vital information

Saturday 7 November 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to the press release presumptuously suggesting no misconduct on the part of any government “officials” (no mention of “Ministers”) without sharing with us exactly what the nature was of the FIU questions referred to Crown Law.