Opinion

Kata - May 9, 2013

Thursday 9 May 2013 | Published in Kata

Safe cycling on Raro

Thursday 9 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to express my and other cyclists thanks for the lanes which allow us to walk and cycle in safety on the newish road by the airport runway.

Short line in a big sea for tourism

Thursday 9 May 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Kia orana, and congrats to all the ‘new’ and ‘old’ Cook Islands Tourism Corporation board members!” writes a smoke signaller in response to yesterday’s p7 article ‘Tourism board members appointed’.

Who is the mimi man?

Wednesday 8 May 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Your statement in Tuesday’s paper is a bit far fetched,” a smoke signaller writes in response to yesterday’s smokie ‘Supporting gay rights’.

Political games for political gain

Wednesday 8 May 2013 | Published in Raro on my mind

Is the political game the same, no matter the players or the field on which it’s played? I wonder.

Kata - May 8, 2013

Wednesday 8 May 2013 | Published in Kata

Community uses Aitutaki fishing club

Wednesday 8 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am writing to correct a few comments in the letter to your paper ‘Alcohol won it over water’ May 7.

Panthers imports slick, sharp and strong

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Congratulations to the Panthers for an outstanding game on home turf against the feisty and at times fisty Sea Eagles.

Who gave students drugs?

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: “Thanks to New Zealand Maori school teacher Nicky Kerr for her letter to the editor of Monday (Punished for the rest of their lives).

Questions and answers on tax

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In regards to Les Priest’s letter (An insult to senior citizens, April 29) -- if double-dipping means collecting a foreign government payment and also the Cook Islands pension simultaneously, then the answers to the two questions in his last paragraph are yes and yes.

Kata - May 7, 2013

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Kata

Uniting family and tribe

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In response to ‘Pa Ariki was the judge and jury’ (May 3) and its references to practices in the 18th century - before people launch into tirades about other people’s manners, they should ask themselves what constitutes ‘manners’ and then discriminate between what is considered correct or unacceptable social behaviour.

Travel costs claim a smoke screen

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I refer to statements made in your Smoke Signals column last Friday under the heading ‘travel cost not lower’, by the poor bastard who either has no name or doesn’t have the balls to name himself.

Alcohol won it over water!

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I just spent a week in Aitutaki recently, and I was taken aback by a deep feeling of being reattached to my roots.

A tribute to Maori Rangatira

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I want to pay personal tributes to a friend, a true Rangatira, Parekura Horomia, and the late Arapeta Tahana.

CIRL's double standards exposed

Tuesday 7 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am a Panthers and Bulldogs supporter as both my sons play for their respective clubs and I would not want any club to be penalized unjustly and treated with prejudice by the CIRL executives.

An insult to Ngati Makea

Monday 6 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, May I through your column make reference to Mr Ross Holmes’ controversial article in the Cook Islands Herald April 24 regarding the Makea Nui Ariki title.

Punished for the rest of their lives

Monday 6 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write this letter in response to the CI News article ‘Students expelled for drug use’ March 26.

Side swipe

Monday 6 May 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In response to the letter ‘Essential services are fragmented’, May 2 -- like the Esther Honey Foundation, the CISPCA is a volunteer society which relies totally on donations and is also surprized how we became a part of this letter.