Opinion
'God is very much involved with our petty politics'
Saturday 13 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,The letter in your column by Les Priest on Wednesday 10 September ‘Setting the record straight’ I find the remarks and comments made by Mr Priest, insulting and degrading the person of God and nothing short of a mockery.
Opinion sought on MMR's 'secret' deal-making
Friday 12 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
“Does the Law Society embrace this new, income-maximization approach, to law enforcement?”
Kata: Fisheries fines....
Thursday 11 September 2014 | Published in Kata
Cheaper petrol prices?
Thursday 11 September 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller quoting, "no one is going to take the step to electrical powered vehicles" says he did.
What more do you want?
Thursday 11 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,What Does Dennis Tunui Not Want?
One Cook Islands untouchable?
Thursday 11 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I briefly scanned over George Turia’s aunga from one day last week, and I feel for the guy;
Natural power for the northern group
Thursday 11 September 2014 | Published in Return to Pukapuka
The Northern Group Solar Project is finally set to begin.
Poor taste guys!
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals
On page two of Tuesday’s paper you have a photo of the police officer who is facing charges over an incident last year in which a young man died on the road and under the headline of road safety campaign. An old Aitutaki phraseology?A smoke signaller responds to the question raised by another reader concerned […]
Kata: Petition time...
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Kata
'We are not at liberty to disclose the details'
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I refer to your front page article “Anger over non-disclosure of fishing fine” dated August 18, 2014 - in respect of our media release of the same dated 16th August 2014.
Community service for crimes is a joke
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Community service a leisurely stroll down the beach smokingjoke
'Old people don't do stunts'
Wednesday 10 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,With both party leader’s heads on the chopping block together with 5 others awaiting a high court decision to determine their future in politics the Justice Department is clogged up with petitions to deal with and working feverishly to untangle an inevitable boo-boo that always crop up when things are not done properly and done in a hurry.
'We must build up rather than tear down'
Tuesday 9 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I was delighted to read the letter from "Enua" in your September 5 issue. For those who don't know the circumstances, I'd written a short piece in the Herald wondering if we might not want to set aside party politics, individual egos, and narrow points of view to work together to tackle the problems our nation faces. A growing number of Cook Islanders believe many of the problems that were critical at our founding are still without satisfactory resolution after 50 years of self-government. The letter in the Herald was a call "to set aside our egos and, through vigorous and honest debate, arrive at a national consensus on a new path". Like many of your readers, I think we can do much, much better. Enua's letter to you was a response to that Herald piece.I confess that when I wrote my Herald letter I had wanted to put examples in it to show how opportunism, illogical attacks, big-man politics, irrational thinking and emotional appeals have impaired all of us. In the end, I decided not to do that: I didn't want the letter to be about any person or party or event, but rather to be a strictly-neutral call for collaboration and new energy. But I needn't have worried whether or not people could find an immediate example.You see, Enua's letter is perfect: a perfect example of the failure to rise above personalities, narrow interests, and political parties, and above all a failure to put the welfare of the people and nation first. If we are to meet to our potential as a people, we must do precisely the opposite of what Enua has written. Each of us must reach within for positive, logical contributions we can make. We must reach for ways to be creative, intelligent, collaborative problem-solvers. We must work together. We must build up rather than tear down. As I said, we owe Enua a debt of thanks. Every time we get all cocky and start to think we have our problems solved, let's ask him to write another letter.Yours with amusement, James Beer
'Stop marching on parliament to draw attention'
Tuesday 9 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,Firstly, may I respond to the letter of 5 September by the tupapaku calling himself C.I.A. and headed “How can you quote being Christian-minded?”
Paranoiac leadership issues within government, CIP Caucus?
Tuesday 9 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,The political fiasco and petty squabbling behaviour prevalent within the Cook Islands Government in the months prior to the 2014 General Election, was primarily due to paranoiac leadership issues within not only Government, but also the Cook Islands Party Caucus, as well as Governments relentless and aggressive drive to implement unpopular policies which eventually led to its downfall.
Kata Te Marae Ora (Ministry of health) lauch smoke free homes initiative...
Tuesday 9 September 2014 | Published in Kata
Kata: Oldie but a goodie
Monday 8 September 2014 | Published in Kata
'We will never visit again'
Monday 8 September 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,We have just flown home from our sixth visit to the Cook Islands.
No good with Maori either!
Monday 8 September 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller says that whoever is responsible for putting words on the new digital police sign is no good with English and no good with Maori either. We road users are addressed as “E mea ma”. Also seen the other day: Auraka e akaoro viviki, ka u kia ne? Can someone enlighten us as […]
Kata: Funding for schools?
Saturday 6 September 2014 | Published in Kata
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