Opinion

'Why Norman George is still CIP'

Thursday 10 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Norman George’s claim for the record is false and as usual with him inflammatory.

'Put up or shut up' says Bishop

Thursday 10 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Would Reuben Tylor please “put up .

Fishery in serious decline

Thursday 10 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write in support of Mr Reuben Tylor’s letter to the editor this week.

Telecom answers

Thursday 10 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Please consider the following scenarios based on actual experiences.

Kata - January 10, 2013

Thursday 10 January 2013 | Published in Kata

Golden Tuna project cost $450, not $400,000

Wednesday 9 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, What a great way to start the New Year with a letter to the editor from Reuben Tylor exercising his expression of “free speech”.

'I am a Demo'

Wednesday 9 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, This is for the record.

Will we ever grow up?

Wednesday 9 January 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller, responding to yesterday’s smokie ‘Looking for what’s best for the country’, writes: “I was impressed with the writer as I thought all Cook Islanders were nave, often accepting, without questioning, overseas expert advice.

Kata - January 9, 2013

Wednesday 9 January 2013 | Published in Kata

No tuna in 10 trips in 2 months

Tuesday 8 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I first wrote to this newspaper 18 months ago telling of my concern at the damage being done by foreign boats to our fishing resource.

Political staff are blowing it

Tuesday 8 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, A recent article concerning “...the growing legions of political staffers has led increasingly to poor policy that hurts the nation economically....” featured prominently in one of Australia’s largest newspapers.

Looking for what's best for the country

Tuesday 8 January 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: “An example of a project by so-called overseas experts was the Asian Development Bank functional review of ministries.

Kata - January 8, 2013

Tuesday 8 January 2013 | Published in Kata

Direct your complaints to the right people

Monday 7 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It is a concern when the prime minister announces that he “is satisfied with the integrity of due process” (CINews, 29/12/2012) in relation to the termination of my employment.

Kata - January 5, 2013

Saturday 5 January 2013 | Published in Kata

Taking exception to misguided opinion

Saturday 5 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I must take exception to the misguided opinion by smoke signaler ‘Fly in experts’ on January 3 unless you can explain which part of our cultural sensitivity has to do with, engineering, logistics, project design and finance when you are spending someone else’s aid money? Especially when on the opposite page our auditor reports – $45,000 unaccounted for in constituency fund; only one school provided audited statements from the eight schools requested; CIIC did not return $ 79,000 of unspent funds; MFEM over funded the environment fund by $62,000 etc, and we still cannot balance the country’s books from 2009.

A new tax income threshold?

Saturday 5 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Most public servants take home pay well below $37,000 and struggle to feed and clothe an average household of three adults and three children.

Kata - January 4, 2013

Friday 4 January 2013 | Published in Kata

Don't look, they're kissing

Thursday 3 January 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

“A recent edition of Cook Islands News included a letter from a local parent complaining of television shows portraying nudity and sexuality,” a smoke signaller writes.