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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Kata
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”.
Saturday 6 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, On Thursday March 28 during the CISNOC annual award presentation at the Edgewater Resort Hotel, I, Tutai O Ngametua Toru was one of the four inductees, to the Cook Islands Hall of Fame for 2012.
Saturday 6 April 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, You have to wonder about the quality of some of the senior public servants in this country.
Saturday 6 April 2013 | Published in Kata
Saturday 6 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“The smoke signal asking where was destination Cook Islands for the maiden voyage to Rarotonga of the cruise ship Marina on Wednesday missed a vital clue,” texts a smoke signaller.
Friday 5 April 2013 | Published in Kata
Friday 5 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“The Prime Minister’s department pa enua governance unit calls a spade a spade!” a smoke signaller writes.
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