Opinion
'Where do we Aitutakians benefit from Sunday flights?'
Monday 27 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to your front page story “Aitutaki votes to ban Sunday flights” dated 24 April 2015.
Strong youth voice at protest march
Monday 27 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It was great to not only see local fishermen and concerned local residents take part in the protest march against purse seine fishing last Friday, but also the significant group of young people present at the march showing their support.
One-sided views
Sunday 26 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was very glad to see the Prime Minister’s comments in the Cook Islands News on Thursday, concerning the one-sided promotion of the purse seining issue.
Mangaia trip not a perk
Sunday 26 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Te iu! It seems the letter-writer ‘Pricey Presents’ wants a share of free perks.
Take a few noughts off those fossil ages
Sunday 26 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The letter "Arorangi beach fascinates visiting fossil-hunters" (April 17) referred to intertidal fossils on a beach in Arorangi said by a scientist to be up to two million years old.
Good to hear people having a say on issues
Friday 24 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, How exciting to hear busy phone lines on Thursday morning's CI Radio talkback and these were all concerned Cook Islanders speaking up.
Freedom and responsibility Dear Editor,
Friday 24 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In just over a week it will be World Freedom of the Press Day (May 3).
Check out the figures...
Friday 24 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, MMR warned the audience at recent public meetings that they will license purse seining ships to take 30,000 tonnes of skipjack a year from Cook Islands waters.
Ngatangiia MP's actions louder than words
Friday 24 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, There have been numerous letters to the editor over the past couple of months criticising Tamaiva Tuavera, the Member of Parliament for Ngatangiia.
Cultural shift needed for reform to work
Thursday 23 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: Corruption, corrupt, corruptible. I’ve been hearing those words a lot lately.
Bible reading has good advice on the dangers of borrowing
Thursday 23 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Wednesday's CICC reading from Te Tia (Deuteronomy 15:1-18), is an instruction to Israel.
Thomas stance 'baffling'
Thursday 23 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It continues to baffle me that the Public Service Commissioner thinks that Ben Ponia's unacceptably bad behaviour when representing the country at a very important, high-level international fisheries meeting in Auckland earlier in the year was blown out of proportion.
Palau sets example worth considering
Wednesday 22 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Compared to other Island countries in the Pacific, the Cook Islands is probably the most financially well off in terms of Gross Domestic Product per capita.
Much more to logo than meets the eye
Wednesday 22 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Marae Moana's logo was designed as a statement.
E mati na te tangata rikiriki
Wednesday 22 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Ki te Etita, I te Varaire ra 17 Aperira i runga i te ratio porokaramu a te Minita ngateitei Teariki Heather, kua tuatua aia e, ko teia anga'anga e patoi'anga e te mati a te Varaire ra 24 o Aperira, na te au papaa teia i akatupu, e kare na te Maori, ko to tatou iti tangata Maori kare ratou e rave ana i teia anga'anga.
Don't hold a party if you can't afford it
Tuesday 21 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I note in last Friday’s CINews that our Prime Minister, who seems to be heavily addicted to globe-trotting, has spent taxpayers’ funds on yet another plane trip.
Some questions about Mangaia trip
Tuesday 21 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was interested to see PM Puna is taking Kiriau Turepu and Albert Nicolas to Mangaia for the handover of machinery.
Auraka e noo ua, mati okotai tatou
Tuesday 21 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
E te Eteta, Maromaroa tikai toku ngakau.
More thoughts on purse seining issue
Tuesday 21 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to commend your balanced reporting of the purse seining issue by printing Ben Ponia's thoughtful response to the Te Ipukarea Society’s letter.
Art exhibition a fun night
Tuesday 21 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was lucky enough to be invited to 'Bloody Mosquitoes' - an exhibition of watercolours on rice paper, held at LBV, Avarua on April 16.
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