Opinion

Kata - April 11, 2013

Thursday 11 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Refund old tank owners

Thursday 11 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Did you know readers are already bored with Leader of the Opposition, Wilkie Rasmussen?” a smoke signaller writes.

A lack of respect

Thursday 11 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to support Kate Hawkins’ letter (Fools in Paradise, April 10) about the rubbish left at the Nukupure sports field.

New pipes, same pressure

Wednesday 10 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: “Irony of the week: The waterline contractors in Avarua using garden hoses dribbling water to wet the backfill going into the trenches before compaction.

Kata - April 10, 2013

Wednesday 10 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Hanging at the end of the rope

Wednesday 10 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Reading through a couple of letters in your newspaper on Monday April 8 regarding the taxing of our NZ paid pension has inspired me to raise my disapproval of this CIP government.

What is the precautionary approach?

Wednesday 10 April 2013 | Published in Raro on my mind

Deep-sea mining is not a new-fangled idea in the Cook Islands, but local and global developments are making it an increasingly relevant topic of conversation.

Call a meeting for NZ pensioners

Wednesday 10 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Since my arrival from overseas three nights ago, I’ve had some elderly people who receive NZ pensions here in the Cook Islands tell me that the government is taxing their pension – te akaroa i teia tu.

Fools in Paradise?

Wednesday 10 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My husband, two children and I have just enjoyed our fifth visit to Rarotonga, staying every time in the Muri area.

Government's 'sinister, dark, sad side'

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“Teuira Ka’s letter brings out a more sinister, dark and sad side of government,” a smoke signaller writes in response to Ka’s letter to the editor yesterday ‘CIP govt carnival must end’.

Kata - April 9, 2013

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Kata

Fed up with beach parties

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, My family was awoken around 1.30am on Sunday (April 7) by red flashing lights coming from outside on the main road in Nikao where police officers were trying to clear a roadside brawl.

'We want to rise from our mistakes'

Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am not surprised but disappointed at how quickly people judge others when they make mistakes.

Bailing out from a silent war'

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The first thing that springs to mind about the tsunami of tax haven data leaks spilling out around the globe is that of all the countries named so far; British Virgin Islands, Isle of Man, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, New Zealand and the Cook Islands, we the Cook Islands- have the highest level of exposure.

Finance centre damage control

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: “The front page of Saturday’s paper has the Financial Services Development Authority saying “anyone forming a trust, companyin the Cook Islands must provide full disclosure about who is involved with the entity and where the money has come from”.

Disappointed at lack of consultation

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to correct items in Saturday’s article on the theft of information affecting the international financial services industry of the Cook Islands: 1.

CIP govt carnival must end

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The latest tax blitz before the tsunami of “structure melt-down” by this CIP government must be the beginning of the end for this political party.

A BTIB problem?

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I was reading the BTIB Business Gazette of August which says that ‘as per the directive by the Minister on 13 August to register Huanan Fishery Cook Islands Co Ltd as a foreign enterprise.’ Can you tell me if it’s the same minister that wants to buy a hotel at Ootu in Aitutaki? Some people of Araura enua say that they want the Kiwis to have it, but there seems to be a problem.

'We have to make a choice'

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Recently there has been a lot of debate concerning emigration and immigration in our country, but these two issues are a by-product of larger questions.

Salute to seniors

Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, As we age, we can be ignored, patronised, denied essential services, abused, forced and more often forgotten.