Opinion

Give credit where credit is due

Friday 28 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to a letter in your column on Wednesday March 26, 2014 where the writer ranted and raved with unfair and unreasonable criticisms of the Government and calling for new leadership and a new party.

Kata: Political reform

Thursday 27 March 2014 | Published in Kata

VAT too important for 'guillotine' type debate

Thursday 27 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, One wonders whether the same cynical approach the Government has demonstrated towards political reform is now attending its approach to legislating the VAT increase.

Time for a new government

Thursday 27 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The recent independent report confirming the Cook Islands has one of the highest price levels for petroleum products in the entire Pacific speaks volumes of a CIP-led administration that has done little to bring about real change for the betterment of the people of this country.

Spraying is indiscriminate

Thursday 27 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The indiscriminate spraying of pesticides by trucks down roads in Rarotonga is nothing more than a pathetic attempt by Government to create the illusion that they are “doing something”.

Proposed increase well canvassed

Thursday 27 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Government announced in 2012 that it would undertake a total review of our taxation system in response to new information and growing concerns about the burden of taxation.

Students seeking host families

Thursday 27 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My name is Jennifer and I am Head of Maori at Lynfield College in Auckland, New Zealand.

Share O3b bandwidth

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Now Rarotonga has O3b – but what has changed for the generic little business? Telecom is sitting on several 100Mbits/s link, without sharing it.

Internet 'throttle' under development

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A correspondent to your paper yesterday asked why Telecom does not “throttle” internet speeds when customers’ monthly data allowances have been used up.

Kata: High-speed internet

Tuesday 25 March 2014 | Published in Kata

Internet speed should drop when data cap reached

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Quote from CI News Sat 22/3/14 regarding internet data usage: “In every other country of the world, it’s 100% customer responsibility. Here we have put all these options in place for customers to monitor themselves.”

Salvation not in churches – only in Jesus

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Kia Orana in the name of Jesus. I believed that all who support the LDS and JW are cults organisation.

Kata: Executive decisions

Monday 24 March 2014 | Published in Kata

What happened to 'Kia Orana' greeting?

Saturday 22 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We have travelled from Canada to Raro for several years now. We come to Raro because of the people, the friendly culture and your beautiful island.

Kata: Foreign fishing interests

Saturday 22 March 2014 | Published in Kata

Hard road to get a pension

Saturday 22 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Nearly eight years ago now my wife, a Cook Islander, decided to come back home to live.

Give tourists free travel insurance

Saturday 22 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As a Cook Islander (an Aitutaki resident) now living in Australia I’m dumbfounded about the crime spree going on in Rarotonga.

Trustworthiness not a lemon

Saturday 22 March 2014 | Published in Virtues in Paradise

My husband has a weakness for Meyer lemons, the big juicy ones. He makes quarts of lemonade from them and, to my delight, gets his Vitamin C that way.

Shark sanctuary does not affect locals

Friday 21 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Shark Protection Regulations established in 2012 under the Marine Resources Act are not designed to have any effect on the behavior of local coastal fishermen. The regulations are focused on the pelagic fishery where sharks are targeted and exploited for their fins.

Mixing business with pleasure always messy

Friday 21 March 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Mixing private and personal vacations with unplanned sideline official business becomes a very messy affair – but not to Cabinet Minister Mark Brown and Prime Minister Henry Puna it seems.