Opinion

Why coalition proposal is too little and too late

Monday 19 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

is too little and too late Dear Editor, A coalition Government between the Democratic Party and Cook Islands Party is not an option for the Demos.

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Historical record the main concern

Monday 19 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My main concern is for our history to be accurately recorded.

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A matter of conviction

Monday 19 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, After all these years, Iaveta Short has finally acknowledged that the $337,000 Finbar Kenny gave to Albert Henry in 1978 was not Cook Islands Government money, but rather, it was a ‘grant’ (his words), gift or political donation.

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Problem of neglect

Sunday 18 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I sympathise with the concerns addressed in the letter from Te akaroa i to Nukuroa which discussed Mitiaro's plight in this day and age.

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Cleanliness next to Godliness

Sunday 18 January 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise

In all the holy books of the world’s religions, there is a virtue that is named as a stepping stone to Paradise, bringing us “nearer my God to Thee.”

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What about the crayfish?

Sunday 18 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We are all trying to do our bit to help improve our environment with rubbish clean-up efforts and protecting our whales and turtles etc, but we need to also think about our reef a little bit more.

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Meaty concerns

Friday 16 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It should be of concern to all thinking Cook Islanders that wanna-be Prime Minister Bishop appears to be promoting food and celebrations as the best means to capture voters’ attention and interest in the upcoming Vaipae-Tautu byelection.

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Avoiding Tupapa seems better idea

Friday 16 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Don Tua is doing a great job with the dogs but I don’t see myself getting on my knees in front of a pack of attacking dogs anytime soon!

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Lust for power puts future in peril

Friday 16 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Recent letters have highlighted the nation’s ‘Catch 22’ of 20-plus years of political party refusal to take the action demanded by the majority of the people of the Cook Islands for serious political reform.

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Smokies: What's the word on project CEO?

Friday 16 January 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals

Word has it that the CEO of the Te Mato Vai Project, Mr Latu has resigned and left the Cook Islands....can officials at the ICI confirm or deny this?

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Nameless critics 'plain gutless'

Thursday 15 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, There are many things to admire about the Cook Islands. But one of the least admirable is the propensity for people to have a tilt at you in the local papers without signing their name.

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Government let MP down

Thursday 15 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am offended that Ngatangiia MP Tamaiva Tuavera has the audacity to criticise the former MP for Ngatangiia, Ata Herman, for failing to do anything for his constituency.

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Losing sight of issues in voter fly-in scandal

Thursday 15 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It seems that Howard Henry is confused and has lost sight of the real issues in the fly-in voter scandal and then trying to call it a ‘copy-cat’ on the Demo ‘stunt’.

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How we got to this point

Thursday 15 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Who remembers how this country has got into the political mess it now finds itself embroiled in?

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Grey Power's plea to Minister of Finance

Wednesday 14 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On behalf of Grey Power members and all Cook Islanders who would support our cause, we would like to publicly express our disappointment and strong resentment if the Minister of Finance proposes to reappoint Richard Neves as Financial Secretary.

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Rasmussen comments 'shameful, shocking'

Wednesday 14 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor The recent articles ‘Prime Minister Henry Puna should take a hike’, and ‘A new government should be formed in the New Year’ (December 31), ‘Rasmussen calls out PM on sneak mission to Mangaia’ (January 5) have prompted me to write my second letter to you this year.

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