Opinion
Smoke Signals: Weighty questions for the health department
Saturday 24 January 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
With the Cook Islands number three on the list of countries with the highest percentage of obese people, maybe the health department don’t understand that muscle is heavier than fat so encouraging people to exercise isn’t going to work.
Virtues power spiritual warriors
Saturday 24 January 2015 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
When my husband Dan, brother John and I put together our first book, The Family Virtues Guide, we had a big dream; to help parents raise children who would be champions of virtue.
Faulty car brings holiday blues for tourists
Friday 23 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
My husband and I have just returned from our third wonderful visit to the Cook Islands.
Political reform crucial, but delays keep coming
Thursday 22 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I am drawn to support John Scott and his letter to the editor of the CI Herald dated January 7.
The last word on Demo fly-ins
Wednesday 21 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Re: Howard Henry’s letter to the Editor on Saturday 17 January. Howard, I was OC Operations to airlift fare-paying Democratic Party electors from Auckland to Rarotonga during the Cook Islands General Elections in 1978.
Inspiring column
Wednesday 21 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Regarding the Church Talk column in last Friday’s Cook Islands News:
Rarotonga 'disaster' unfolding
Wednesday 21 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Where were the photos and stories about the biggest flood in 30-40 years?
Island workers inspire poetry
Tuesday 20 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
This poem was penned by a visitor to Rarotonga who was impressed with work of the people who keep this island running smoothly.
Stop pestering us about pension tax
Tuesday 20 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Yes those people at MFEM are still pestering New Zealand pensioners.
Playing the waiting game
Tuesday 20 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In the Cook Islands News publication for Friday 16 January Prime Minister Henry Puna indicated that a possible coalition deal with the Demos is an attractive option.
No more torment please
Tuesday 20 January 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I salute Teina Bishop and Wilkie Rasmussen for agreeing that under a Demo-One Cook Islands Party coalition government all the pensioners of this country will avoid having to pay tax on their hard-earned savings and any allowances.
Smoke Signals: Time for someone to check allegation facts
Tuesday 20 January 2015 | Published in Smoke Signals
The PM is wrong when he said in CINews that ‘If the court thought the allegations were that serious, they would have referred the case to the police.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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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