Opinion
'No more coalitions please'
Wednesday 24 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor Rumpelstiltskin: no more coalitions please. If Cook Islands News applied itself to investigating our current affairs instead of just parroting the skewed opinions of uninformed observers, newspaper readers would learn something of value.
Follow George Maggie's example
Tuesday 23 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Democratic Party’s vulnerability to lack of sensible in depth debate initiatives right throughout Parliament came to the fore on the last day of sitting when their Leader William Smiley Heather ‘waffled’ his way incoherently in reply to the second reading of the Income Tax Amendment Bill.
Call it the 'social disaster bill'
Monday 22 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Social Assistance Bill recently debated in the NZ parliament is a misnomer: it should be renamed the Social Discrimination Bill.
'Fish worth a lifetime of tourist dollars'
Monday 22 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I enjoyed reading your large allocation of news from Palau where they have set world firsts in achieving a protected ocean environment around their islands.
Boycott 50th celebrations in protest
Saturday 20 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The reported comments by Prime Minister Henry Puna in yesterday's CINews relating to purse seining are disappointing and deserve comment.
Begging drivel embarrassing
Saturday 20 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can we really be listening to the ministers in Parliament and believe they are working towards a better economy for the Cook Islands?
It's freedom of choice
Saturday 20 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Does anyone or anybody have the right to force an adult to attend a church service?
More about Miss Cook Islands...
Friday 19 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It was an interesting story in the Cook Islands News on June 18 in regard to the MCIA and MCIPA.
MP's referendum views 'astounding'
Friday 19 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After reading last Saturday’s paper (13 June) re discussion on the Aitutaki Sunday flights in parliament and the launch of the Kia Orana campaign by Tourism Cook Islands, I was tempted to write to your paper – combining both issues to reflect my view on the Sunday flights.
PM shows his persistence
Friday 19 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, PM Henry Puna intends to continue his pursuit of UN membership when PM Key visits in August (CINews 17.06.15).
That's great work, High Commissioner!
Thursday 18 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing to express my sincere thanks to the new New Zealand High Commissioner, Nick Hurley for his excellent foresight and action in helping to bring the traditional artists of New Zealand the Cook Islands together.
Issues surround motion rejection
Thursday 18 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Last week a motion expressing no confidence in the Cabinet and another delving into the New Zealand citizenship and UN membership controversy were submitted by the Opposition for inclusion in the Parliamentary Order Paper. Neither of the motions made it that far, and in a letter to the editor of CI News, John Scott explains why…
The mother of all Cook Islands laws
Thursday 18 June 2015 | Published in Opinion
Next to the Constitution, the Crimes Act 1969 is the mother of all our laws.
Independence a distraction?
Monday 15 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am concerned by the reporting of what was actually said about the bid to seek a seat on the United Nations.
Questions about PM's houses
Monday 15 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, PM Puna has announced finally his reasons for his wife and driver taking a flight to Manahiki but he hasn’t explained his truck.
Tribute to passionate people
Monday 15 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In my efforts to bring public awareness to our environment I unwittingly stumbled over a very important realisation in my last letter - that of the ‘Passionate People Protecting Paradise’ we have in our midst here in the Cook Islands.
Time to call general election
Monday 15 June 2015 | Published in Opinion
Let me put a question to CI News readers out there. Should Prime Minister Henry Puna dissolve Parliament and call a new general election?
ISIS has been this way before
Saturday 13 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Must I remind the Deacons of the First Church of Papa Tangaroa (CI News June 11) that we already had our own ISIS movements, way back in the days of our idol god Tangaroa.
Grey Power stands firm against back tax
Saturday 13 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Grey Power holds fortnightly meetings at the Sinai Hall to keep its very worried members informed about the latest development with the Government over back tax, but most importantly to keep their morale up in the face of continued threatening letters from MFEM.
SMOKE SIGNALS: So what were they up to?
Friday 12 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
What were the CIP government ministers doing consulting with the Queens Representative at Government House before Parliament sat on June 10?
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