Opinion
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.
Smoke Signals: Budget Statement Delay
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Budget statement delay March 30 has come and gone and government has not published its Budget Policy Statement and the first quarter financial results.
Smoke Signals: PM's advisor goes too far
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Regarding the Prime Minister’s advisor Trevor Pitt’s letter on Friday May 29: The PM clearly has gone way too far with his comments on the Cooks becoming independent and Trevor is now in defence mode over so-called “hearsay reporting”.
Lack of fish raises issues
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have just finished four weeks in the beautiful Rarotonga and have enjoyed it as usual except for one thing.
Ticket prices call for a reality check
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Earlier this year the 50th anniversary celebration ambassador, Nick Henry advised me and my colleagues that ticket prices for the Te Maeva Nui festivities would be set so that ordinary Cook Islanders would find them affordable.
Rubbish issue needs fixing now
Tuesday 2 June 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It was refreshing but also sad to read in CI News on Saturday, other letters of complaint and concern about the rubbish and pollution problem we have on our beaches and at our landfill.
Road repairs a matter of having the money
Saturday 30 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I write in response to Julie Middleton’s letter about roads and I begin by saying I have considerable sympathy for her position.
Beaches not clean enough
Saturday 30 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We recently returned from a week on your beautiful island.
Dump site in need of action now
Saturday 30 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Cook Islands Television news a couple of nights ago, Alan Heather took issue over the management of the Arorangi dump site.
Agriculture and animal care
Saturday 30 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After reading some of the letters in your paper regarding animal welfare, I thought it best to write and state the Ministry of Agriculture/Livestock Division’s position on this issue.
Time to speak up on violence
Friday 29 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It has been a week or maybe two since the headlines read and explained the amount of domestic violence and abuse our women and children suffer here in our paradise called the Cook Islands.
Citizenship status not up to PM
Friday 29 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to thank Don Reid (CI News May 26), for drawing my attention to PM Henry Puna's revealing but also very alarming statement reported by the head of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in the Listener article earlier this month.
Puna critics plain spiteful
Friday 29 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It’s a pity that in the 50 years of self-government, letter-writing to newspapers has not progressed beyond the nastiness of anonymous individuals with too much time on their hands.
Fed up with state of our roads
Thursday 28 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Like recent correspondents, I too am fed up with the current state of the roads.
Second opinion on that 'tax grab'
Thursday 28 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A very good turnout at our second Grey Power meeting on Wednesday at the Sinai Hall included a tourist, a Government political economist from New Zealand over here on holiday.
Don't badmouth animal clinic
Thursday 28 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I was really pleased to read the article entitled: ‘Cook Islanders concerned about this country’s inadequate animal welfare laws have formed Cook Islands Veterinary Services Incorporated (CIVSI) in an effort to address some of the problems involving animal care in this country’.
Forum critic shows ignorance
Wednesday 27 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Upon reading the letter to the editor in Fridays CI News by your anonymous correspondent, I was immediately struck by a word that I was taught when I was a youngster at school.
Welcome to the $50 celebrations
Wednesday 27 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I heard on radio, yesterday (Monday), that tickets to the dance festivities at the national auditorium during Te Maeva Nui, will range from $30 to $50, and that it will cost $10 to view the proceedings on an outside screen – each night!
What is Puna getting up to?
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In the New Zealand Listener magazine dated May 9-15, Colin Tukuitonga, described as ‘the Pacific nations’ chief advocate’, reported that our Prime Minister Henry Puna had told him he was thinking of giving up the Cook Islands’ New Zealand citizenship and the New Zealand passport.
Making his mark on the world
Tuesday 26 May 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Minister Mark Brown fresh from the ADB meeting in Azerbaijan then goes to Penrhyn and Manihiki.
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