Opinion
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?
Law reform ideas raise questions
Friday 12 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In all cases, as Norman George mentioned in his recent column in CI News relating to either drunk, drug or dangerous driving, drivers do not get into their cars or on their motorbikes with the thought of hurting or killing anyone.
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.
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