Opinion
Chinese tractors not the right answer
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To the Minister of Agriculture: I read the story in CI News about the Chinese tractors which have been given to the Cook Islands to help the farmers of the Pa Enua.
Muri lagoon a waiting time bomb
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Muri lagoon problem was always a time bomb waiting to happen.
Check the Bible for facts about greeting
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am the person who wrote the letter to the editor on October 2, headlined, “They’re taking the ‘n’ out of Kia Orana.” I was writing about how some Cook Islanders have got into the habit of using the New Zealand Maori greeting, “Kia Ora.”
Island reminders in chilly British Columbia
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
On our journey overseas, we have travelled by ferry to Cormorant Island on Alert Bay in the Pacific. It is located in British Columbia on the west coast of Canada.
Maintenance not just our problem
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was passing Constitution Park on my way to Lagoon Day on Thursday when I saw a whole lot of Chinese tractors.
Machine handover a sad day
Tuesday 27 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The noisy commotion at the Constitution Park on Thursday, made by a bunch of Opposition and government MPs over the Chinese government’s gift of more tractors and machines, was unbelievable.
Lagoon problems need action
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The people of Ngatangiia have been the victims of rapid, irresponsible and ill-planned development at Muri beach, resulting in the pollution of Muri lagoon.
Scary vehicles on our roads
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Today I saw a very scary sight: A large truck with its chassis pumped up high above its wheels like it was trying to be a monster truck, sitting in the car park at CITC.
Aitutaki Hospital does great job
Friday 23 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My husband and I can think of no better way to express our thanks and gratitude for the wonderful care given to us at the Aitutaki Hospital than to write a letter to your newspaper, so that many people can read it.
Piggery operators act above the law
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Reverend Aitau is quoted in Wednesday’s Cook Island’s News in a story regarding the illegal piggery which has been polluting a stream and the lagoon, as saying that he did not think the piggery reflected badly on the church.
Problem sites share owner
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Has anyone else noticed that the two large eyesores and trouble spots with rubbish and piggeries are situated on land owned by the same person who is receiving lease money on both?
PM's treatment by police seen as special
Thursday 22 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The police claim Prime Minister Puna received no special treatment’ for the road accident that has been highlighted in the news lately. However, I believe the truth is that he did get special treatment.
Auditorium costs need more explanation
Wednesday 21 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A press release on the MFEM website relating to expenditure of $796,000.00 for “Costs Associated With the Improvements to The National Auditorium,” needs some explanation from the Minister of Finance, Mark Brown and the Financial Secretary, Richard Neves.
News gives plenty to think about
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Last Friday’s and Saturday’s Cook Islands News gives us much to contemplate.
Piggery brings shame on church
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, If the illegal pig farm run by the good Christians teaching the future pastors of the Cook Islands Christian Church were not enough bad publicity and shame on the morals of the Cook Islands, we now have the additional shame of our reckless disregard for God’s creatures at the abandoned Sheraton site.
Saying it one more time
Tuesday 20 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For the umpteenth time to the letter-writer “Who gives a ....” local and New Zealand-paid pensioners were never required to pay tax by the CIP and Democratic Government from 1965.
At last, some hope for our environment
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was fortunate to be at a meeting to discuss cleaning up the lagoon of invading algae and hear our Minister of Environment Kiriau Turepu say how he is concerned with our Environment and wanting to do something about it.
Orana is the name of a zoo
Monday 19 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in support of Toke Enua (Fri. Oct 16), who confirms what I have always believed to be the correct way to write that well known Cook Islands greeting: “Kia ora ana”.
'Sheraton' fit for paintball games only
Saturday 17 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After the Oceania Marsters championship last week, I took my competitor friend for a drive around the island to see the sights.
'Issued and paid' not what it seems
Saturday 17 October 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Mr Neves is incorrect in his assessment that the words “issued and paid” relate to all that which is in an Appropriation Act, where he asserts “the total amount issued and paid in 2014/15 was $181 million well below the Constitutional limit of $227 million.”
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