Opinion
'Borrowed title does not belong to them'
Tuesday 9 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, May I remind the person who used the above title in CI News on June 4 that she/he is using a borrowed title that does not belong to them.
Rarotonga Hospital wins patient's praise
Tuesday 9 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We arrived in Rarotonga from New Zealand with a couple of our friends for my husband Ben’s 30th birthday.
Pre-eminence of Jesus Christ
Monday 8 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing with much concern and disturbance in my heart, soul and spirit over some people quoting and yet having very little or no knowledge about the Lord Jesus Christ that our Christian Bible speaks about.
Don't fill in our wetlands
Monday 8 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Environment Service seeks comment on a plan to ‘Backfill of wetland to construct a concrete batching station’.
Hope sheds light in dark places
Sunday 7 June 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
On a recent cloudy Sunday, when I was driving with a friend to church, we suddenly saw a huge perfect rainbow, one end in the lagoon, the other arching to the other side of the island.
PM in dangerous territory
Sunday 7 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Here is a syllogism (a logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true), of sorts.
Handout timing is 'perfect'
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Taking a handout from (holding hands with) the French military for the 50-year anniversary of our ‘independence’ has to be the perfect crowning glory for the Cook Islands’ reputation.
Same old issue, different spin
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last Tuesday (June 2) in the Cook Islands News the authorities were quoted as saying they were working on a draft water standards policy.
SMOKE SIGNALS: Legend more than proves himself
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Congratulations to the 2015 premier league champions’ Avatiu and well done in securing the legend Riki Cowan.
We want to keep NZ citizenship
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The people of this country need to be very concerned and worried that they could potentially lose their New Zealand citizenship in the future if Prime Minister Henry Puna continues to lobby and push for the Cook Islands to gain membership of the United Nations.
Rules clarified
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thanks for the opportunity to reply to a letter from San Francisco resident Alan Clarkson-Dodds which was published in CI News recently, as to whether ‘catch and release’ of marine life is allowed in the lagoon areas in the Rarotonga Raui areas.
PM's comments 'incredible' in online story
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest an article published on stuff.co.nz – headlined ‘Cook Islands push for independence from NZ’.
Letters good forum for our questions
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is your paper that keeps me and a lot of other readers well informed.
Smoke Signals: Budget Statement Delay
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Budget statement delay March 30 has come and gone and government has not published its Budget Policy Statement and the first quarter financial results.
Smoke Signals: PM's advisor goes too far
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Regarding the Prime Minister’s advisor Trevor Pitt’s letter on Friday May 29: The PM clearly has gone way too far with his comments on the Cooks becoming independent and Trevor is now in defence mode over so-called “hearsay reporting”.
Lack of fish raises issues
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have just finished four weeks in the beautiful Rarotonga and have enjoyed it as usual except for one thing.
Ticket prices call for a reality check
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Earlier this year the 50th anniversary celebration ambassador, Nick Henry advised me and my colleagues that ticket prices for the Te Maeva Nui festivities would be set so that ordinary Cook Islanders would find them affordable.
Rubbish issue needs fixing now
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It was refreshing but also sad to read in CI News on Saturday, other letters of complaint and concern about the rubbish and pollution problem we have on our beaches and at our landfill.
Road repairs a matter of having the money
Saturday 30 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in response to Julie Middleton’s letter about roads and I begin by saying I have considerable sympathy for her position.
Beaches not clean enough
Saturday 30 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We recently returned from a week on your beautiful island.
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