Opinion

Kata - February 23, 2013

Saturday 23 February 2013 | Published in Kata

Myths about Pukapuka

Saturday 23 February 2013 | Published in Return to Pukapuka

Freelance journalist Amelia Borofsky is a regular contributor to Cook Islands News. Borofsky is based in Pukapuka where she spent her formative years when her father was stationed there as an anthropologist for the University of Hawaii.

Customers 'expect more'

Saturday 23 February 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller who read a business article on the BBC’s website feels there are some good lessons to learn from a tax issue that has been making headlines in the United Kingdom.

Snail mail from Raro?

Saturday 23 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I was very surprised, while staying with an old friend in Auckland, to find letters I wrote and posted separately to him on January 10, 14, 16 and 21, all postmarked February 13 and arriving together on February 20! Does this mean Post Office waits until it has enough mail to warrant a shipment? Nothing will spoil my memories of a wonderful (fourth) trip to Raro, but next time I will not try so hard to write a postcard every day to my children in the US and UK.

Rudeness 'should not be tolerated'

Saturday 23 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Last week we read about a Cook Island lady’s experience at the airport when she was bringing flowers into the country, ‘Visitor humiliated’ at airport’ February 18.

Disrupted by booze buses

Saturday 23 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I like a cold beer as much as the next guy, but I’m with PJ (‘Fun bus noise nuisance’, February 21).

Kata - February 22, 2013

Friday 22 February 2013 | Published in Kata

Empower ownership of development

Friday 22 February 2013 | Published in Return to Pukapuka

Freelance journalist Amelia Borofsky is a regular contributor to Cook Islands News.

Turning a blind eye

Friday 22 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It is alarming that we see and hear every day of more of our people and families leaving our shores for NZ or Australia.

Kata - February 21, 2013

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Kata

House gets to the point

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

Matariki FM breakfast show host William ‘The Don’ Framhein had an interesting question for Finance Minister Mark Brown yesterday.

Fun bus noise nuisance

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Your front page article of last Saturday February 16, of another new fun bus to the pub crawl scene would have not made happy reading to many people in Rarotonga.

Avatea promotes leadership

Thursday 21 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Avatea School prefects were told that not only do they carry the title during schools hours but all day, every day including weekends.

'Go and plant it'

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Your smoke signaller really lives as though they are from the dark ages, wouldn’t you agree? What is unbelievable about transport fuel costs, sweat and labour to make a maire ei? What else is there? There is no other expense on the producer’s part -- that is the truth.

Locals given priority?

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The carefully construed dribble from the country’s Public Service Commissioner in response to concerns raised about the recruitment of an expatriate to a position in the public service is most worrying.

Pothole problem

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Last week I saw a vehicle narrowly miss injuring a small child as it squeezed into the road entrance at Takitumu primary school then veered sharply to avoid a growing number of huge pot holes that have sprouted up due to last year’s heavy rains.

Fiji not suspended

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Please allow me to correct one point made in Monday’s press, ‘Fiji situation monitored by Cooks’.

Obesity plagues the Pacific

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Raro on my mind

Non-communicable disease has reached epidemic proportions in our island paradise.

Kata - February 20, 2013

Wednesday 20 February 2013 | Published in Kata

What's the cost of Colagate?

Tuesday 19 February 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I won’t put my name to this letter and my reasons for this will be obvious to most readers.