Opinion
Rubbish hard to bear
Friday 13 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Here are some new words that can be sung to a well-known children’s song.
Communicating with foreign bank a bit tricky
Friday 13 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to share the following information with those of your readers who currently bank with Westpac in the Cook Islands.
Law barks up the wrong tree
Thursday 12 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read your front page article on Saturday, February 7, with interest.
Travel costs too much for 80 minute game
Thursday 12 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It is with a sense of great horror that I have just learned that the cost of return airfares for one premier grade team to travel to Aitutaki in order to play the Aitutaki Sharks is a whopping $8000.
Fishing deals send wrong message
Wednesday 11 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Re Ben Ponia’s letter on purse seine fishing, published Saturday February 7, I would first like to thank him very much for taking the time to respond to Te Ipukarea Society’s letter of the week before.
Why petrol pricing needs explanation
Tuesday 10 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It has taken far too long, but finally we have the good news in Saturday’s CINews that the price of petrol is to come down.
Time to slow down tuna catch
Tuesday 10 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read Ben Ponia’s letter on Saturday, February 7 regarding the use of FADs for purse seine vessels and how he believes Te Ipukarea Society’s proposed ban on these FADs could have dire consequences for the Cook Islands: a ‘death wish for our fledgling fishing industry’.
Smoke Signals: Indication of carelessness?
Tuesday 10 February 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
Making a sudden turn to the right without indicating isn’t a good idea. But it’s even less of a good idea when you’re a uniformed policeman driving a Government vehicle.
No mystery in need for information
Monday 9 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It seems that the bureaucrats are mystified by the request by landowners at certain water intakes for detailed plans on the extent of work to be carried out during the proposed upgrades of the system.
Shipping cuts no surprise
Monday 9 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The PM's recent public comments in that the shipping cuts have come as a complete surprise to his Office is another illustration that the PM does not have his finger on the nation's pulse when it comes to issues of national importance.
Smoke signals: Pass that by us once again please
Monday 9 February 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
An oxymoron is when two words are put together when they mean the opposite of each other.
Create unity in the community
Sunday 8 February 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
When I recently asked a friend who looked sad and down-hearted, “Pe’ea koe?” (How are you? in Cook Islands Maori), he gave me the automatic ‘fine, thank you’ or ‘Meitaki’.
More on FADs and purse seine fishing
Sunday 8 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kia orana Editor In response to Kelvin Passfield’s letter on behalf of Te Ipukarea Society (TIS), MMR did conduct extensive consultation on purse seining on Rarotonga, throughout the islands of the Pae enua, and with fishing clubs and traditional leaders.
DPM doesn't deserve bad those comments
Sunday 8 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am disturbed to read the negative comments made in the newspapers by some people who seem to dislike Deputy Prime Minister Teariki Heather and the company T&M Heather.
Smoke Signals Setting an example?
Sunday 8 February 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
In this time of economic uncertainty, with no money available to save the environment, there’s an article telling us to “refuse, reuse, reduce and recycle’.
Smoke Signals: Quit the spin and give us the facts
Friday 6 February 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
The questions in relation to the China grant of heavy machinery are good to see. Our government needs to stop the spin and give us the facts!
Tell us more, please
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Recently you devoted a full page to a Derek Fox article lauding Pacific Resort's dedication to sourcing as much of its food requirements locally as possible.
Explanation wanted from head of MMR
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It has been well over a year since the previous Director for the Offshore Division of Ministry of Marine Resources (MMR) resigned from his post.
Time to bring out the long spoons?
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On the surface of it, all the machinery donated by the Chinese government appears good and sound.
Cornering the beetroot market
Thursday 5 February 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It will only take a few lines to answer Kevin Cook's letter about the beetroot market.
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