Opinion
'Racist outburst has no place in our small Island community'
Wednesday 29 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I would like to comment on the letter from Thomas Wynn on October 24.
'Such bigotry is neither just nor warranted'
Wednesday 29 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,Before settling in the Cook Islands I used to think that papa’a was a term of endearment used when referring to the non-indigenous population of the Cook Islands.
Kata: Cop stops...
Tuesday 28 October 2014 | Published in Kata
Marama would be proud
Saturday 25 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the kind and helpful people that have assisted me with the discovery of "our friend" Marama.
'Government still bullying'
Saturday 25 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,It is with sadness once again that this so called Government is still bullying us NZ pensioners – te akaroa i teia tu.
Smoker and Doc offloaded
Saturday 25 October 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals
A MAN about to depart Rarotonga for Auckland for medical reasons was caught smoking in a rear toilet of the aircraft and was offloaded with his bags along with a doctor who was travelling with him.
It takes little to bring joy to a child
Saturday 25 October 2014 | Published in Virtues in Paradise
My HUSBAND Dan and I have fallen in love. Yes with each other, but now there is someone new in our hearts.
Kata: Preferential treatment for MPs?
Friday 24 October 2014 | Published in Kata
Scratch buying quiz answers
Friday 24 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I just wanted to say that the recent Creative Centre Quiz Night held at the RSA was one of the best quiz nights I have attended (and this is echoed by several other people who were there).
'Thank God we have a strong democratic judicial system'
Friday 24 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,Public comments by Minister Mark Brown on September 6 appears to have shot him in the foot.
Sailing more important than suicide prevention?
Friday 24 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,I am writing because I am absolutely incensed when I read that sailing, got 34k from the Social Impact Fund and Suicide Prevention through Rotary Rarotonga received 10k so as we can continue the media campaign for just another 6 months.
An ostrich approach to rubbish dumping?
Thursday 23 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,Get your reporters and cameramen to the site of the old recycling depot where the diggers have been moving steel and metal into piles and trucking it out to who knows where.
'Made in China' deal?
Thursday 23 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,For those who want to know about the fishing quota for the Chinese, go down to the wharf when their boat comes in.
Kata: The CI Politics theme park ride....
Wednesday 22 October 2014 | Published in Kata
No fan-fare for pension refund
Wednesday 22 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, A landmark event is happening at the Revenue Management Division (RMD) office in Avarua.
The most disciplined team won
Wednesday 22 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,Firstly, I congratulate and thank Mike Henry for generously providing photos and news update to your paper during the last two weeks of the Mauke Manea Games.
SMOKIES: Not a toss for nappy dumping
Tuesday 21 October 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller writes, we were gobsmacked on Sunday afternoon while enjoying our pristine beach in Aroa, when a dirty nappy came flying over a bush and onto the sand!
Action is required, not talk
Tuesday 21 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,With the upcoming by-election, the people of Mitiaro are unexpectedly in a position to determine the make- up of the government.
'We should be mature enough to do better than what we are demonstrating'
Monday 20 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Former Parliamentary Clerk Tupuna Rakanui weighs into the debate on parliamentary process following controversial events at the last sitting.
'The law has been enacted and we are now moving towards administering it'
Monday 20 October 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor,It is timely to provide an update on the status of the New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) and income tax in light of the amendment which was passed by Parliament on 8 October 2014, exempting NZS payments as assessable income for income tax purposes up until 31 December 2012
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