Opinion

Kata - August 29, 2013

Thursday 29 August 2013 | Published in Kata

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No tax deductions

Thursday 29 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

To answer ‘Greying but grateful’ (Grey Power lacking real grey matter, August 27) I have been receiving my NZ pension for the last nine years here in the Cook Islands without any tax being deducted.

Thank you Esther Honey

Thursday 29 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My family and I were recently on holiday for 10 days on your beautiful island.

Paata for police chiefs

Thursday 29 August 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Could we please get it straight that the paata is meant for ariki or very high ranking diplomats,” a smoke signaller texts to 188 in response to Tuesday’s front page photo and article on the opening of the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Conference in Puaikura.

Public, landowner support is needed

Wednesday 28 August 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“When is the community going to be consulted relating to the grandiose water project?” a smoke signaller asks in a text to 188.

Kata - August 28, 2013

Wednesday 28 August 2013 | Published in Kata

'Purse seining should be banned'

Wednesday 28 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I urge more Cook Islanders to write and demand that MMR and the government come clean about their talks with the European Union (EU) with regards to purse seine fishing.

Looking after our elderly

Wednesday 28 August 2013 | Published in Raro on my mind

The archetypical Polynesian community is a special thing.

Kata - August 27, 2013

Tuesday 27 August 2013 | Published in Kata

Another perspective on island dogs

Tuesday 27 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As practice manager at the Esther Honey Foundation clinic, I have a very different perspective on our island dogs than those views expressed in the two recent letters of complaint.

Grey Power lacking real grey matter

Tuesday 27 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

In Friday’s August 23 CI News it was reported that ‘Grey Power reiterates vow’.

Opposition's duty to question

Monday 26 August 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: “The Prime Minister’s double standards do not stack up at all; here he is defending anti corruption efforts.

Who exactly is aiding who?

Monday 26 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Reading the letter by the writer calling himself ‘Not a Kiwi’ (A wave of anti-papaa sentiment in Rarotonga?) on 23 August, and comment by a smoke signaller under ‘NZ Aid’ on the same day, I wondered how stupid these clowns were.

Purse seining could be detrimental

Monday 26 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I was extremely pleased to read ‘PM cautious on EU deal’ in Saturday’s (August 24) edition of CI News.

Wheelie bins for all

Monday 26 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Auckland City Council renews their wheelie bins every couple of years.

Jumping into Lake Baikal

Saturday 24 August 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“What’s the chance of Lake Baikal in Russia getting onto Prime Minister Henry Puna’s ‘top 100 places to visit in 2014’ list?” quipped a smoke signaller in response to Norman George’s comment that the Cook Islands Party could “go jump in the deepest lake in the world”.

Kata - August 24, 2013

Saturday 24 August 2013 | Published in Kata

Fishing for more answers

Saturday 24 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Editor, I do not wish to engage in a public spat with Marine Resources secretary Ben Ponia through your newspaper except to make a few more comments in response to his letter of Thursday August 22 (‘MMRs output speaks for itself’).

Believing fabrications of corruption

Saturday 24 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to the letter by Johnathan Rowe from New Zealand’s High Commission on August 21 (New Zealand aid clarified), who responded to my letter of 19 August and clarified NZ aid, which is appreciated.

Honest and hard working

Saturday 24 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We are very sad to read about the termination of Tupuna Rakanui’s employment as clerk of parliament.