Opinion
Working in mysterious ways
Thursday 11 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I was surprised to see my photo in the back of Thursday’s CI News as part of an article explaining the next day, Friday June 5, was Environment Day.
Bishop's words not appreciated
Thursday 11 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The idea of freedom of religion has at its heart freedom from religion.
Thanks so much, Cook Islanders!
Thursday 11 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On behalf of all the volunteers, staff, management and board here at Vanuatu Red Cross Society, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to the people of the Cook Islands and the Cook Islands Red Cross for their generous donation to our Tropical Cyclone Pam recovery operations.
Norman George and 'reefer madness'
Thursday 11 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor I read with interest Norman George’s scholarly article on the Narcotics and Misuse of Drugs Act.
MPs not instantly honourable
Wednesday 10 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can the media please stop calling what I term these political crooks, ‘Honourable’.
SMOKE SIGNALS: One strike and you're out
Wednesday 10 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Ministry of Justice, how much longer do we have to put up with repeat offenders?
Smoke Signals: PM Puna's master plan?
Tuesday 9 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
We see in Thursday's front page story that our very own Prime Minister has had improved relations with France on his agenda for the past two years.
'Borrowed title does not belong to them'
Tuesday 9 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, May I remind the person who used the above title in CI News on June 4 that she/he is using a borrowed title that does not belong to them.
Rarotonga Hospital wins patient's praise
Tuesday 9 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We arrived in Rarotonga from New Zealand with a couple of our friends for my husband Ben’s 30th birthday.
Pre-eminence of Jesus Christ
Monday 8 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing with much concern and disturbance in my heart, soul and spirit over some people quoting and yet having very little or no knowledge about the Lord Jesus Christ that our Christian Bible speaks about.
Don't fill in our wetlands
Monday 8 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Environment Service seeks comment on a plan to ‘Backfill of wetland to construct a concrete batching station’.
Hope sheds light in dark places
Sunday 7 June 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
On a recent cloudy Sunday, when I was driving with a friend to church, we suddenly saw a huge perfect rainbow, one end in the lagoon, the other arching to the other side of the island.
PM in dangerous territory
Sunday 7 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Here is a syllogism (a logical argument that applies deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion based on two or more propositions that are asserted or assumed to be true), of sorts.
Handout timing is 'perfect'
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Taking a handout from (holding hands with) the French military for the 50-year anniversary of our ‘independence’ has to be the perfect crowning glory for the Cook Islands’ reputation.
Same old issue, different spin
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Last Tuesday (June 2) in the Cook Islands News the authorities were quoted as saying they were working on a draft water standards policy.
SMOKE SIGNALS: Legend more than proves himself
Friday 5 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Congratulations to the 2015 premier league champions’ Avatiu and well done in securing the legend Riki Cowan.
We want to keep NZ citizenship
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The people of this country need to be very concerned and worried that they could potentially lose their New Zealand citizenship in the future if Prime Minister Henry Puna continues to lobby and push for the Cook Islands to gain membership of the United Nations.
Rules clarified
Thursday 4 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Thanks for the opportunity to reply to a letter from San Francisco resident Alan Clarkson-Dodds which was published in CI News recently, as to whether ‘catch and release’ of marine life is allowed in the lagoon areas in the Rarotonga Raui areas.
PM's comments 'incredible' in online story
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest an article published on stuff.co.nz – headlined ‘Cook Islands push for independence from NZ’.
Letters good forum for our questions
Wednesday 3 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is your paper that keeps me and a lot of other readers well informed.
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