Opinion
Smoke Signals: Dangerous blast
Tuesday 14 July 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
NOT FUNNY AT ALL A headline in CI News tells us tourists have been hurt after being blown off an airport boundary fence buy a jet blast.
Details needed on schooner payment
Tuesday 14 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can Financial Secretary Richard Neves please confirm that Pacific Schooners has not been paid any money as stated in the news report in CI News last week?
Business challenge credit to schools
Monday 13 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Wednesday of last week I was privileged to be on the judging panel for the Bank of Cook Islands Year 10 Business Challenge.
Let those VIPs ride on the bus
Monday 13 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Does anyone else find it strange that our Prime Minister has travelled the world to beg for money and yet is spending all the money on looking like we have lots of money?
UN foray smells of immaturity
Friday 10 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Henry Puna’s citizenship-threatening foray into the high stakes game of cat-and-mouse diplomacy, whereby New Zealand’s whistle-clean credibility, image and reputation could possibly come in for some serious flak from certain quarters within the United Nations, is totally unwarranted and uncalled for.
Sky frustrates All Black fans
Friday 10 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Like many others, I was extremely disappointed that Sky Pacific did not show the Manu Samoa versus All Blacks game on Tuesday.
Fruit and veges in short supply for celebrations
Friday 10 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Earlier in the year the Ministry of Agriculture harped on about working closely with the growers of this country to ensure that adequate varieties and quantities of fruits and vegetables would be available for the expected thousands of participants and visitors flocking here to celebrate the country’s 50th constitution celebrations.
Jet blast area needs action from our airport authority
Thursday 9 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It was with concern for public safety that I read in CI News on July 1 that three tourists ended up in hospital as a result of jet blast from an Air New Zealand Boeing 777.
George support misses the mark
Thursday 9 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Tut-tut Brian Mason, I thought as a lawyer it was part of your mandate not to enter into a debate without knowing your subject matter first.
Schooner issue raises questions
Thursday 9 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It should concern the taxpayers of this country greatly that our government has entered into a contract with Pacific Schooners Ltd to transport dance groups back to their home islands after the 2015 Maeva Nui, using the Pacific Schooners’ boat, ‘Tiare Taporo’.
Counting the cost
Wednesday 8 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, CI News cartoonist Kata got it right once again.
Transparency still required
Wednesday 8 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Minister Mark Brown said months ago that the government were going to crack down on corruption and be more transparent.
UN seat all about our survival
Wednesday 8 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, My letter of June 26 headed. ‘Think twice about UN status’ was aimed at provoking debate on the issue of whether or not we should proceed to full sovereignty and take our place at the UN table.
SMOKE SIGNALS: A celebration to remember
Tuesday 7 July 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Which government agency recently as part of their gesture to their parting chief executive had a food and beverage bill of well over $3,00000?
Brown's new job raises questions
Monday 6 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is said that corruption occurs when anyone in a position of power abuses it for his or her own personal gain or the gain of particular individuals at the expense of the group.
Kikau still great roofing option
Monday 6 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I notice our treated kikau product is getting a bad rap in your newspaper these days. I would like to differ with Romani's view that our product would have to be replaced 10 times in 25 years. We have found that the life of our treated kikau is more like 10 years.
It's time for us to get growing!
Monday 6 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As it gets cold in New Zealand (right down to -21C in the coldest areas in the South Island), I see the locals wearing ski jackets here, yet my garden on Rarotonga is still blooming with flowers and ferns.
SMOKE SIGNALS: Car money should have gone to school
Monday 6 July 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
I read with utter disgust this morning about the purchase of the cars by government that are later to be sold off.
Jet blast blows egg on some faces
Monday 6 July 2015 | Published in Opinion
It seems that I am not the only one who believes in reverse psychology.
George critic misses the target
Thursday 2 July 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The writer of the anonymous letter published in CI News on June 27 assures readers that most repeat offenders know their rights, thereby implying that Mr George's representation of them is a waste of his legal skills and his willingness to give of his time voluntarily and without charge.
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