Opinion
Taxing my corned beef
Thursday 10 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I have a family member wanting me to go to Australia to work.
Explain proposed tax reforms
Thursday 10 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, “We should not be fearful of robust discussion around policy issues which affect the country.” Thus spoke Richard Neves.
Grey Power members 'freeloading'
Wednesday 9 October 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Grey Power are already off their rockers,” a smoke signaller texts to 188.
Kata - October 9, 2013
Wednesday 9 October 2013 | Published in Kata
Related article(s): Opposition against proposed EU fishing agreement
'We can develop a sustainable fishery'
Wednesday 9 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The letter by the leader of the opposition and spokesperson on marine issues, Wilkie Rassmussen entitled ‘More transparency needed from MMR’ (October 7) has raised issues which call for a response.
Potholes like craters in the road
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I take my hat off to the old papa who, over the weekend, decided to cart sand and fill the huge, crater-like potholes on the main road opposite the CICC church in Ngatangiia that had been neglected for weeks by the MOIP road gang.
Your honesty is number one
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, At approximately 9.30am on Thursday October 3 I went to the bank of the Cook Islands (BCI) Avarua to deposit some money into my savings account.
Look at our core values
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, The waning work ethic of some of today’s new generation of indigenous Cook Islanders is very disappointing.
Do the math
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Something people who are miffed about waiting in line for their driver’s licence can do is purchase a 5 year licence.
Taxing our savings
Tuesday 8 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Remember Mark Brown’s unpopular piggy bank tax (aka withholding tax)? He said it would last for just two years so it should have been removed in September but that didn’t happen and it’s now due to be dropped in January.
More transparency needed from MMR
Monday 7 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, It can be tempting when annual licence fees of $8 million are dangled in front of government to allow the four (possibly seven) European Union superseiners into Cook Islands waters.
An economy of two halves
Monday 7 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, We have an economy of two halves: the dying economies of the outer islands where people suffer in silence and depend on hand-outs from Rarotonga for their sustenance, and the tourism-led cash economy of Rarotonga, again of two halves, with those who’ve become cashless (mainly of indigenous extraction) and are fleeing the country like refugees and those who remain cash rich (mainly of foreign extraction) and don’t care about indigenous depopulation.
Super seiners for new MMR office?
Monday 7 October 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller writes: “Word is that the marine resources secretary Ben Ponia is banging the purse seine drum so he can sign off on an agreement with the European Union for some very large Spanish ‘super’ purse seiners to come in here and fish, and he intends to go to Europe this month to sign it.
Kata - October 7, 2013
Monday 7 October 2013 | Published in Kata
Related article(s): New tips on power bills
Collector wanted for Lotus replica
Saturday 5 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
A collector’s dream – a white Lotus 7 replica is up for grabs.
Team 'simply the best'
Saturday 5 October 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
Wednesday’s smoke signal ‘League locals stay home’ drew a couple of swift responses to TXT188: “Here we go again.
Ban FADs for purse seine fishing
Saturday 5 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In response to the Ministry of Marine Resources press release on Wednesday, October 2 (Assert rights to skipjack fishery: MMR): This release correctly stated that a major challenge for purse seine fleets is the by-catch of bigeye tuna, which gather around fish aggregate devices (FADs) where skipjack congregate.
CITC 'greening' is leading by example
Saturday 5 October 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Te Ipukarea Society Inc wishes to congratulate CITC for their ‘greening’ initiatives - a company really leading by example.
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