Opinion

PM 'doesn't care, never here'

Friday 16 August 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“I agree with comments made by the leader of the Opposition Wilkie Rasmussen on the non-stop travelling by the Prime Minister and his poor leadership of government,” a smoke signaller writes in response to Tuesday’s front page article ‘Call for PM to stand down’.

Not a letter for print

Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am surprised that you printed a letter to the editor ascribed to me without firstly getting it from me and without obtaining my approval to put it in your newspaper.

Ripped off in the Cooks?

Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I think it’s about time for NZ people to stop getting ripped off in the Cooks.

Kata - August 15, 2013

Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Kata

Dog owners the guilty ones

Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to add my voice of complaint to that of Sue Cooper who was a recent visitor with a nasty experience of local dogs.

Grey Power plans to march on

Thursday 15 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, With the sitting of Parliament postponed to next month, we the Grey Power have eased off our preparations to march to Parliament to show our displeasure at the governments’ decision to tax and backdate it two years.

Purse seine fleets 'predators'

Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I read with shock horror the news of the European Union (EU) trying to get access for their purse seine fleets to Cook Islands waters.

'A demo wearing a different coat'

Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, For the record, I want to clarify the background relating to Cook Islands Party (CIP) candidate Kaota Tuariki’s desertion of the Democratic Party.

Clarification needed on pension changes

Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Congratulations on fantastic Maeva Nui celebrations.

Language the foundation of culture

Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Raro on my mind

While celebrations associated with Te Maeva Nui, Constitution Day, and Cook Islands Language Week might seem like exorbitant expenses in a time of economic downturn, I think many of us can agree they’re justified.

What about motorbikes

Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I agree that overseas driver licences should allow visitors to drive on our roads without the need for a Cook Islands licence.

Kata - August 14, 2013

Wednesday 14 August 2013 | Published in Kata

Northern group solar tenders

Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes on the northern group solar project: “Word in top public service corridors from the renewable energy division was that all tenders were way above the funds provided.

PERCA still 'toothless tiger'

Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Having served two terms on the Public Expenditure Review Committee and Audit (PERCA) I feel that the public have the right to know why the committee is often regarded as not doing enough to investigate alleged misuse of public funds.

Kata - August 13, 2013

Tuesday 13 August 2013 | Published in Kata

Roaming dogs on the increase

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We have just returned home to New Zealand after a wonderful stay in your beautiful piece of paradise.

Driving in Pukapuka

Monday 12 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I can’t wait to use my New Zealand driver’s licence on Pukapuka when I visit in a couple years’ time.

Kata - August 10, 2013

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Kata

Policy only a half measure

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Hearty congratulations to those of ‘The Lost Tribe’ who will benefit from NZ’s intended policy change in regards to the portability of NZ superannuation to locals and expats living in the Cooks.

Time to accept licenced drivers

Saturday 10 August 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In regards to the Cook Islands driver’s licensing, as an Australian living in the Brisbane metropolis with a population of about 2.5 million, I find it appalling that a small island nation with a smaller population than the suburb within which I reside does not recognize the validity of an Australian driver’s license.