Opinion

'None of us was near his backpack'

Wednesday 24 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

Responding to yesterday’s smokie ‘A few can ‘spoil it’,’ [“$400 was taken from a friend’s wallet at a popular tourist attraction at Muri Beach”] a smoke signaller writes: “I was with the person who claimed his money was stolen.

'The end of the human world'

Wednesday 24 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Bible teaches that God created man and woman, male and female, Adam and Eve, brought them together, they conceived, produced and kept reproducing, became fruitful and multiplied and brought forth a world of human civilizations.

Kata - April 23, 2013

Tuesday 23 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Reckless on Raro's roads

Tuesday 23 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

After reading in yesterday’s CI News about the 11 year old who fell off the back of a pick-up truck, a smoke signaller writes: “Just at the weekend I saw two female tourists on a bike with a toddler straddled in between them; a toddler seated in front of a local rider on a motorbike; watched as a police truck swerved head on towards an idiot overtaking a line of cars – at night; and on Sunday spotted four young fellas riding slowly, two abreast, right in front of a busload of tourists off the cruise liner.

'Take their points'

Tuesday 23 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I want to highlight another reason why the Cook Islands Rugby League 1 year stand down rule is dumb– because it doesn’t just apply to the premier grade! This dumb rule applies to the whole club, yes, every age grade in every club – did the scientists on the CIRL board really think about what they were doing? Did they specify in the rules this only applies to the premier grade – no they didn’t.

Kata - April 22, 2013

Monday 22 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Is double-dipping legal?

Monday 22 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Re the current Pension debate, I have two questions which I’m sure Mr Neves (MFEM) can answer: 1.

'Yesterday's news will not sell'

Saturday 20 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As I listened to Niky Hager on Matariki radio – I couldn’t help but think of Dr Who the time traveler, but more on that later.

Letting the big fish get away?

Saturday 20 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Sir, With all this talk from MFEM about taxing pensions and now offshore finance places being used to get out of tax, I was wondering.

Kata - April 20, 2013

Saturday 20 April 2013 | Published in Kata

We're not the 'little people'!

Saturday 20 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: “There is currently a disturbing trend for those people in positions of power, including the prime minister, to describe some citizens of the Cook Islanders as the ‘little people’.

The problem of outward migration

Friday 19 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Clearly, Mr Worthington likes to get lost in pointless arguments (They have larger reefs than ours, April 15th) and instead of proposing solutions he attacks my ’status’ by relegating my opinion to ’secondary’ - but not so secondary that it was not enough to prompt him to put pen to paper again.

Rattling and vibrating

Friday 19 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, How long must the driving public of this country have to put up with the unsealed roading in Tupapa before they are re-sealed? It’s OK for the PM and his cabinet ministers who, when in country, zoom along in their modern, GA tax-funded plush vehicles over the dug up roads without a care in the world and not feeling any bumps.

Discontinued the practice

Friday 19 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Please allow me to make one clarification to your article in today’s (April 17) edition (Diplomatic bags taken ‘seriously’).

CIP govt 'already sacked'

Friday 19 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

In response to Tepapaura Hunt’s letter to the editor on Wednesday ‘The real crux of the matter’, a smoke signaller writes: “Te akakite nei koe i te tika e Mama Tepapaura.

Diplomatic bag a pie in the sky story

Thursday 18 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It was good insight reading Jim Gosselin’s comments in yesterday’s (April 17) paper clarifying the function of a diplomatic pouch.

Nothing but a big bag of air

Thursday 18 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, To ‘Reality check please’ (‘Punishment outweighs the crime, April 17) and ‘Secretary, Scott’s Support Team’ (‘A negative picture’ April 16), I would like to say that this American, Arlander, has committed a crime in the Cook Islands and was rightfully found guilty.

Kata - April 18, 2013

Thursday 18 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Fish figures 'don't add up'

Thursday 18 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

Responding to Tuesday’s front page article ‘Quotas to be imposed on future tuna catches’ a smoke signaller writes: “One local Cook Islands’ owned vessel that is smaller than the Chinese vessels and is fishing in the same area as the Chinese, averaged approx 600 tonnes per year for many years.

Searching for stories of hope in tragedy

Wednesday 17 April 2013 | Published in Raro on my mind

By now the world knows tragedy exploded in Boston this week.