Opinion

The result of overfishing

Wednesday 17 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I have been staying with my mother for the last 10 weeks in Orewa, just north of Auckland.

Punishment outweighs the crime

Wednesday 17 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Probably like a great majority of the folks in this country who are not ultra-conservative, religious zealots or don’t have a stone-age mentality, I am both appalled and outraged that an individual who was recently found guilty of selling a few grams of marijuana has been forced to rot in jail for four months before the judge hands down his sentence in August.

Return to paradise?

Wednesday 17 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It would be nice to have a film on my beautiful, unspoilt, unhurried, unsophiscated little island of Aitutaki.

The real crux of the matter

Wednesday 17 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My husband and I returned to the Cook Islands in 2001.

Kata - April 17, 2013

Wednesday 17 April 2013 | Published in Kata

'Can anyone see the danger?'

Tuesday 16 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In response to Charles Carlson’s clarification of the rules for international rugby league players in Saturday’s (April 13) paper -- could someone please explain to Charles the local overseas players are not seeking to represent the Cook Islands or at the Pacific Games, therefore the criteria he refers to are completely irrelevant.

'A negative picture'

Tuesday 16 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, More than one article to slander a good person who happened to sell a few ‘tinnies’ is really going overboard.

Pension deductions 'avoid shock'

Tuesday 16 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

An 80 year old pensioner writes: “The far more credible New Zealand pay as you earn (PAYE) pension tax system, which automatically deducts tax on advice of Work and Income New Zealand, is simple and acceptable to most pensioners there.

Kata - April 16, 2013

Tuesday 16 April 2013 | Published in Kata

'So what's their beef?'

Monday 15 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, According to the 2011 census figures, the average annual gross income of all Cook Islands residents was $15,028.

Free services

Monday 15 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In response to the smoke signal ‘Home visits’ (April 10), Te Vaerua caregivers wish to make their position and services clear.

Kata - April 15, 2013

Monday 15 April 2013 | Published in Kata

They have larger reefs than ours

Monday 15 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, First I would like to applaud all letters to the editor by individuals who sign their name thus relegating unsigned letter writers secondary status.

Upgraded Avatiu port value for money?

Monday 15 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to make comment on the new Avatiu wharf.

Bulldogs 'rightfully made a stand'

Saturday 13 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In response to yesterday’s CI News sports news article ‘Bulldogs face nervous wait’ the general public need to know that the Bulldogs have been in a fight with the Rugby League Association because one of their rules is discriminatory against immigrant workers that have come to the Cook Islands to work.

A draconian solution to depopulation

Saturday 13 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Teanaroa Paka Worthington in his letter (We have to make a choice, April 8) appears to imply that we should consider as a means to preserve our culture, limitations on the freedom of travel of Cook Islanders, namely a termination of their status as New Zealand citizens.

Seabed minerals 'tit for tat'

Saturday 13 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: Although the Cook Islands Herald (10 April) suitably admonished, chastised and ridiculed Paul Lynch [Seabed Minerals commissioner] for his stance over the Chinese visitors, the matter remains that they overturned press freedoms in agreeing to his request that the “little people” need not decide whether newsworthy material is of any interest.

Kata - April 13, 2013

Saturday 13 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Kata - April 12, 2013

Friday 12 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Volleyball season fuels Pukapuka

Friday 12 April 2013 | Published in Return to Pukapuka

The last two weeks in Pukapuka have become volleyball season.