Opinion

More agriculture support needed

Tuesday 29 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In recent years there has been a significant decline in the growing of local produce such as tomatoes, capsicum, cucumbers, cabbages and beans.

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Who chartered the Manihiki flight?

Tuesday 29 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We read, from the Clerk of Parliament John Tangi, confirmation that there was a charter flight to Manihiki to pick up Henry Puna and the Rakahanga candidate which probably cost the country around $22,000.

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Puna has mandate from his caucus

Tuesday 29 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In reading the open forum of your newspaper 28/07/2014, I could not help but be dismayed at the emotive outbursts of letter writer 'Eagle Eyes', targeting Mr Henry Puna, (incumbent Prime Minister).

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Kata: Purse seining

Tuesday 29 July 2014 | Published in Kata

Kata

You call that a parade?

Tuesday 29 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Call that a float parade? Every year you think it can't get worse, but no, this year's was worse than last years!

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New school a 'waste of money'

Monday 28 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Building a new school at Nikao to accommodate the present Nikao and Avatea Schools is sheer waste of public money.

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Time for Puna to go

Monday 28 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am not one that writes about politics or high-horse politicians that run the country.

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Leaders should support environment

Monday 28 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your recent articles on the Lagoon Day, and educating our country on the importance of looking after our natural environment.

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Smokies: Funding election petitions

Monday 28 July 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals

Did you know the losing Demo candidates in Atiu have apparently called on the people of Tengatangi-Areora-Ngatiarua and Teenui-Mapumai to front up with $10,000 from each constituency to pay for the candidate’s petitions?

Smoke Signals

Creating a paradise of love

Saturday 26 July 2014 | Published in Virtues in Paradise

Our wedding anniversary is this week, so love is on my mind. Love is easy to fall into, harder to sustain. Seasoned love is edged with inevitable disappointments and annoyances. Yet faithfulness is good as gold.

Virtues in Paradise

Kata: Dog control

Saturday 26 July 2014 | Published in Kata

Kata

Political reform: Drop foreign voters

Saturday 26 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, May I respond to your article of July 23 headed “Final results highlight need for electoral reform” by saying that the wonderful thing about being an armchair political commentator is one can see the wood from the trees that political animals can’t.

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Meitaki for a great Lagoon Day

Saturday 26 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I'd love to say meitaki ra to everyone who helped to make Lagoon Day an awesome success.

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Cart before the horse with water project

Friday 25 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The main public road that circles Rarotonga is some 10 metres in width.

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A basic flaw in our electoral system

Thursday 24 July 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I was interested to read John M Scott and Tim Tepaki’s views on political and economic reforms. In order to achieve either of the two reforms, we would need to correct the basic flaw in our electoral system.

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