Opinion
Proposed shelter not so authentic
Saturday 7 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Ports Authority's claim to incorporate a 'strong cultural element' in the proposed new Are Tapaeanga at Avatiu Wharf is false.
Rules won't stop spill
Saturday 7 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After reading Glenn Armstrong’s comments in CINews on February 25 about Triad’s pipeline ads, I decided to add my comments.
My visit to a very special person
Saturday 7 March 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
The best present we can offer anyone is the gift of our presence – our loving, focused, rapt attention.
New approach needed by our fishing industry
Friday 6 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have read with interest about developments at home and thought how ironic it is that people working in agriculture and fisheries are educated to believe that nature will take care of any problems that might occur.
Sleepwalking theory has element of truth
Friday 6 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is said that the news-media simply reflects what is happening in society. If that is the case, then I truly despair at the current state of affairs in our country.
So where's the advertisement got to?
Thursday 5 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It has been over a month since I wrote a letter to your newspaper enquiring why the Secretary for Marine Resources, Ben Ponia, had not advertised the post of Director for Offshore Fisheries since the post had been vacant at MMR for more than a year.
Anger misdirected
Thursday 5 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have to ask what T&M Heather has done to the letter writer called Matakite, to make him or her so angry and hateful.
Expensive report makes us poorer
Wednesday 4 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am befuddled as to why Treasury continue to spend $100,000 per year (they should tell us the exact amount) to get a Standard and Poors report.
It pays to do your homework first
Wednesday 4 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Please allow me to comment on a letter written by someone who called themselves Matakite, that was printed in CINews on Friday, February 19.
Lost Tribe's issue with local pension
Tuesday 3 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A recent letter from ‘Old Timer’ letter in CINews cites ‘Les Priest and his group of superannuitants’.
Horses in need of some care too
Tuesday 3 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is with pleasure we see that the director of sales and marketing for the Rarotongan Beach Resort and Spa supports Esther Honey and SPCA efforts at improving animal welfare on Rarotonga.
Keeping Puaikura safe for everybody
Tuesday 3 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in reponse to a letter in the Cook Islands News on Friday, February 19 signed by ‘Matakite’.
TCI share sale raises questions
Tuesday 3 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Minister Brown’s misconstruction of the TCI share sale (CINews February 21) must be corrected.
Local zone to protect fishing
Monday 2 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The traditional leaders in the House of Ariki and Koutu Nui note with interest last Thursday’s front page story entitled ‘Marae Moana gathers momentum’ and we would like to briefly explain the 50 mile + 50 mile marine zones around each island of the Cook Islands.
Lotto blues
Monday 2 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Nothing irks me more than the monotonous and oft-repeated ad on TV about the TattsLotto.
Too soon to say what TCI sale means
Sunday 1 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s now a done deal – the 60 per cent shareholding in Telecom Cook Islands (TCI)has been sold by Spark (formerly Telecom New Zealand) for $NZ23 million (about $US17.3 million) to a new company to be known as Teleraro Ltd.
Zones aim to protect local fishing
Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thank you for coverage of Marae Moana in yesterday’s paper.
Expensive tuna
Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, This is a follow-up up to the recent articles and letters about tuna fishing in CINews.
Smoke siganls
Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
CIP executives in bit of a spin What a lot of spin doctors the CIP executives have turned out to be.
Tanker visits would pose new hazards
Friday 27 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am responding to the front page article in Wednesday’s Cook Islands News, in which Glenn Armstrong was quoted extensively.
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