Opinion

Minimise corruption

Thursday 18 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I read with interest the letter by Mr Tylor (Transparency and corruption) and the article entitled "Questions raised over Bounty sale" and it would appear that transparency is sadly lacking.

Where is the love and respect?

Thursday 18 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Toku ingoa ko Metua e 82 oko mataiti.

Kata - July 17, 2013

Wednesday 17 July 2013 | Published in Kata

Meeting 'a sense of exclusion'

Wednesday 17 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It was with great sadness and a sense of exclusion that I read an article from another news publication on the Cook Islands Traditional Leaders iriirianga kapua (meeting), held this year.

Shattering the silence

Wednesday 17 July 2013 | Published in Raro on my mind

In my effort to devote a column to each of the Film Raro productions, I’ve been privileged to watch and write about five outstanding films – films that evoke the sounds and smells of the Cook Islands, highlight the beauty of her people, and peer into sociological holes in her cultural fabric.

The best four dollar fish

Tuesday 16 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Reading the headline in Saturday’s CINews and call by some smokie for the Bishop (Hon Teina Bishop) to be replaced as Minister for MMR, I think local fishermen lobbyists insult the intelligence of the silent majority of Cook Islanders.

A visitor's perspective on crime

Tuesday 16 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am deeply saddened to hear of the recent loss of three young lives in your beautiful country.

Lost in translation

Tuesday 16 July 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Are we going to have Chinese teachers here too?” a smoke signaller asks in a text to 188.

Kata - July 16, 2013

Tuesday 16 July 2013 | Published in Kata

Transparency and corruption

Tuesday 16 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Last year I wrote to CINews about how I believed minister Teina Bishop was diverting public moneys for his Golden Circle canned Tuna project, without going through the safeguards set out in the Public Moneys Act.

'Attitude plays the biggest role'

Monday 15 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, First of all, my deepest condolences to those families that have recently just lost their loved ones.

Keeping up

Monday 15 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, What an extraordinary thing to say.

Kata - July 15, 2013

Monday 15 July 2013 | Published in Kata

Call for new fisheries minister

Saturday 13 July 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: “With the complete loss of faith in the Ministry of Marine Resources and minister as evidenced by the reams of documents being passed around the island depicting everything from alleged treating to conflicts of interest, and as there has to be a portfolio shuffle soon, could we ask our Prime Minister to begin the process right away by changing the minister of fisheries, thus defusing the whole issue.

Stop playing passing the buck

Saturday 13 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor We seem to be playing the game “pass the buck”.

Kata - July 13, 2013

Saturday 13 July 2013 | Published in Kata

You can't ban everything

Friday 12 July 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Not long ago there was a call for a ban on large 4x4 vehicles because they were too big for our roads,” a smoke signaller notes.

Tax haven or Christian nation?

Friday 12 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I want to thank Nicky Hager for choosing the Cook Islands and the risk he took to come here to share with our people his knowledge on the research he and members of the ICIJ has done and continues to work through, on tax havens or the offshore financial industry.

Keep it simple

Friday 12 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The article ‘Two survivors blood tested’ (July 11), gave me a sinking feeling regarding our police investigations.

'Police have to play their role'

Friday 12 July 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Through your newspaper can I ask the Police Commissioner when was the last time police operated a check point in Avarua on the weekend after midnight? It seems to me that these specific activities have fizzled out in recent months.