Opinion

Result speaks for itself

Wednesday 25 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I find Taoro Brown’s allegation in Saturday’s (March 21) paper to be absurd, ridiculous and groundless.

Letters to the Editor

Diving tragedy needs answers

Wednesday 25 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Chip Boyle of Export Aquarium Ltd in Matavera has for decades exported what must by now be millions of dollars’ worth of aquarium fish from the reefs of Rarotonga.

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Long wait for family law change

Tuesday 24 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Family Law Bill has been long in the waiting, especially for practitioners in family law and for people caught in custody and children welfare related disputes.

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Call for more tolerance

Monday 23 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Saturday 21 March was designated by the United Nations as Race Unity Day.

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Praying to the drumbeat

Monday 23 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Yesterday Sunday morning I heard drumming – which no doubt was associated with the arrival of a cruise ship off Rarotonga – and it made me think about what has happened in the Cook Islands since gaining self-government in 1965.

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'Honourable' title has to be earned

Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Reading the CINews stories over the last few days, I have been asking myself whether the title of Honourable Members of Parliament is either accurate or earned.

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Be kind to a really special person and give yourself a birthday present

Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise

Have you ever given yourself a birthday present?

Virtues in Paradise

Secretary has praise for MMR staff

Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I thank the public who participated in our Q&A session on purse seining on Monday March 16.

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What's my father got to do with it?

Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, With all due respect to you Wilkie Rasmussen, your article in CINews on Monday, March 16 mentioned my father, the late Albert Peto Nicholas.

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Integrity goes out the door...

Sunday 22 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Since Black Friday, May 13, I have asked the question, what makes people like Albert Nicholas Jnr, blatantly deceive not only the Democratic voters of RAPPA, but also the vaka committees present at a party meeting.

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Purse seining well explained

Friday 20 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to thank Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) for the very informative presentations on Monday night on the purse seine fishing.

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School meeting source of frustration

Thursday 19 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write to express my frustration and to protest at what took place at the Avarua School AGM at the Sinai Hall on Tuesday afternoon from 4.30pm-5.30pm (please note, the timing is important).

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Fishing in raui areas 'disturbing'

Thursday 19 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We have recently returned from our third trip to Rarotonga and we felt compelled to write about an issue that we find disturbing.

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Service cut a business decision

Thursday 19 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to Teina Bishop’s grumble about the cut in shipping service to Aitutaki.

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New insights on fishing issue

Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Thank you MMR for Monday night’s purse seine consultation.

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Malfunctioning phones cause concern

Wednesday 18 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am really concerned that Telecom Cook Islands has not issued a media release to explain why a number of top-brand cellphones (Samsung, iPhone, Nokia) have been malfunctioning over the past week or so.

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Partnership claim 'absolute nonsense'

Tuesday 17 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The claim by Albert Nicholas that his party-hopping or vaka-jumping is the result of a partnership agreement between the Avatiu Democrats and the Cook Islands Party Government is absolute nonsense.