Opinion

Due diligence on construction

Friday 21 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, In the Te Mato Vai Draft Master Plan, I think the consultants have given us the “roadmap” to build a quality system up to New Zealand and international standards – all we have to do is follow it .

Time to take matters in our own hands?

Friday 21 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, When and where do crime stoppers meet? There might have to be the majority of us good people on the Island joining them to meet! We will not live in fear! The Cook Islands is one of the only safe places left in the world where we don’t get mugged walking down the streets, but this seems to be changing increasingly.

Kata - February 21, 2014

Friday 21 February 2014 | Published in Kata

Akateretere anga tau, no te au apinga angaanga e te au rave angaanga

Friday 21 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Ki te Etita, I roto ite parani maata ote Mato Vai, toku manako, kua akaari mai te taunga akamarama ite mapu katoa, kia anga ia tetai akateretereanga tau tikai, aite atu kite turanga o Nu Tireni e te au basileia I vao ake.

Please get it right!

Friday 21 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, I just wanted to point out that the letter written in Maori by Anaru in Ruaau has alot of grammatical error in it or typos.

Akatereana tau e te papu tikai

Thursday 20 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

E te Etita, E akakaiou anga tikai te akakoroanga ote Mato Vai ki runga ia tatou e ta tatou anau ki mua.

No soft porn please

Thursday 20 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, I was really pleased last week to read that the paper would no longer be publishing letters that were personally attacking individuals.

Need for due diligence

Thursday 20 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Te Mato Vai is a very expensive project that commits us, and our children, to significant debt.

Why sell a country's cash cow?

Thursday 20 February 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Why would our government consider selling its share in Telecom Cook Islands when it returns a healthy dividend of $2 million yearly?” a smoke signaller asks.

Kata - February 20, 2014

Thursday 20 February 2014 | Published in Kata

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Akaari mai i te moni!!

Wednesday 19 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

E moni maata tikai te ka pou ki runga ite angaanga ote Mato Vai, e ko te numero ta tatou I kite I roto ite parani maata, e te au komakoma anga a te Kavamani ki te iti Tangata, kare te reira e akaari mai ana I tetai akairo marama e te papu tiaki, no runga ite akapou anga moni.

Show me the money!!

Wednesday 19 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, Te Mato Vai is a very expensive project and the figures we see in the Te Mato Vai Master Plan and the Government “consultations” don’t give as a clear idea of the actual cost – so here is another way to look at it: PHASE ONE – the Chinese “done deal”!! The ring mains are to cost $23,161,000 – with interest that comes to over $28 million and the repayment will be over $1.41 million every year for the next 20 years.

NZ Ministerial meeting offers chance to reset agenda

Wednesday 19 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I note in CI News (Mon 17), that at the forthcoming joint meeting with NZ ministers in Aitutaki, the topic of eligibility criteria for people living in the Cooks to receive NZ superannuation will be a major issue of discussion.

Still no sign of refund

Wednesday 19 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear editor, When is the Government refunding those pensioners who had their bank accounts raided without consultation which is utterly stupid? My wife received a letter from the MFEM to give them authority to deduct the amount $3014 which is quite stupid.

Kata - February 19, 2014

Wednesday 19 February 2014 | Published in Kata

'Keep your hands off our assets'

Tuesday 18 February 2014 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Well done to the Business Trade Investment Board chairman George Pitt for standing up to Telecommunications minister Mark Brown on its dealings with selling Telecom Cook Islands to Digicel,” a smoke signaller writes in response to yesterday’s front page CI News article ‘BTIB takes hard line on Digicel’.

No to TMV monument

Tuesday 18 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, When we had the public consultations there was no mention of a monument to be erected to commemorate the launch of the Te Mato Vai project – a project that has already been identified by the people of the Cook Islands as being badly flawed.

Te vai – koai te ka tu, koai te ka ngere?

Tuesday 18 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Me oti te angaanga, ka rauka tetai vai meitaki tikai noku, Kare ainei? Kare e anoano roa i ate reira.

Will this project make CIP a one-term government?

Tuesday 18 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Is Richard Neves telling the truth or lying though his teeth? Was there ever an independent survey carried out to determine how much support is there in the community for Te Mato Vai? While there is always support to improve our water supply on Rarotonga the public meetings recently held in the Vakas clearly showed that there is a lot of concern in the community with Te Mato Vai.

The water: Who gets it – and who doesn't?

Tuesday 18 February 2014 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, “When the project is finished, I will have a constant water supply, won’t I?” Not necessarily! Page 26 of the Te Mato Vai Master Plan defines the level of service as a minimum of 10 metres residual head below the 30 metre contour – and that’s only in non-drought conditions.