Opinion
Round houses notable for their absence
Friday 13 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to the outrageous comments by the fake professor Katoa Rahi of Pukapuka in Tuesday’s paper - ko koe te pikika'a.
Structures should match our own culture
Thursday 12 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As I read through the learned Professor Katoa Rahi’s letter explaining about the round house, I found he actually did little to explain who or which island in the Cook Islands built such structures, but talked more about Samoan fale, Rapa Nui etc.
Urgent need to sort difficult challenges
Thursday 12 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We hear a lot of talk about reform in the Cook Islands these days.
Country's leaders lack ideas
Thursday 12 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Comparing the Cook Islands and Singapore as nations, as alluded to by ‘Coconuthead’ in a recent letter, illustrates what leadership and national pride are really about.
'Paradise' disappears
Wednesday 11 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am a Cook Islander now living in New Zealand.
Credit report provides good value for money
Wednesday 11 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Replying to Iaveta Short’s letter from last week headlined ‘Expensive report makes us poorer’.
Compensation issue 'scary'
Wednesday 11 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the front page story in last Saturday’s paper regarding phase two of Te Mato Vai - the water intakes.
Wastewater rules come with big costs attached
Wednesday 11 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to my article published in last week’s Herald, ‘A Case for a Public Reticulation Sewerage System’.
No lack of evidence for round houses
Wednesday 11 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I refer to the misleading comments written by ‘Historian’ in your paper, on March 7, 2015.
Plea for answers on 'Brych Yard' upkeep
Tuesday 10 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article ‘Old soldier’s headstone is now safe’, published in Cook Islands News on February 11 this year.
George cops it over roadside behaviour
Monday 9 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, George Maggie MP must be the highest-paid traffic cop in the country.
Car pound issue is public funds
Monday 9 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Joe Ngatae and Constable Aporo Miria have got it all wrong.
Proposed shelter not so authentic
Saturday 7 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The Ports Authority's claim to incorporate a 'strong cultural element' in the proposed new Are Tapaeanga at Avatiu Wharf is false.
Rules won't stop spill
Saturday 7 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, After reading Glenn Armstrong’s comments in CINews on February 25 about Triad’s pipeline ads, I decided to add my comments.
My visit to a very special person
Saturday 7 March 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
The best present we can offer anyone is the gift of our presence – our loving, focused, rapt attention.
New approach needed by our fishing industry
Friday 6 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have read with interest about developments at home and thought how ironic it is that people working in agriculture and fisheries are educated to believe that nature will take care of any problems that might occur.
Sleepwalking theory has element of truth
Friday 6 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is said that the news-media simply reflects what is happening in society. If that is the case, then I truly despair at the current state of affairs in our country.
So where's the advertisement got to?
Thursday 5 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It has been over a month since I wrote a letter to your newspaper enquiring why the Secretary for Marine Resources, Ben Ponia, had not advertised the post of Director for Offshore Fisheries since the post had been vacant at MMR for more than a year.
Anger misdirected
Thursday 5 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have to ask what T&M Heather has done to the letter writer called Matakite, to make him or her so angry and hateful.
Expensive report makes us poorer
Wednesday 4 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am befuddled as to why Treasury continue to spend $100,000 per year (they should tell us the exact amount) to get a Standard and Poors report.
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