Opinion

Concern over doctor's words

Saturday 26 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am writing with concern with regards to the article ‘Sad death not meningitis, said doctor’.

Big waves, big air!

Saturday 26 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The recent batch of heavy rain and wind didn’t faze a number of Rarotonga’s best bodyboarders, who all united for a competition earlier this week.

Be a minister, see the world

Friday 25 January 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: “The prime minister and his Cabinet colleagues must get the Air New Zealand most travelled award for being the most travelled bunch of government officials on the planet.

COLA designed as safeguard for livelihoods

Friday 25 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Your recent news articles and letters to the editor regarding the elimination of pay increases for public servants perhaps needs further clarifying.

Seabed transparency

Friday 25 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I note in one of your recent regional articles an issue relating to a new initiative for transparency in Pacific mining operations.

Cooks silenced by American Samoa

Friday 25 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

The Cook Islands’ path to the OFC Under 17 Championship hangs by a thread after a 0-3 defeat to American Samoa on Wednesday.

Kata - January 25, 2013

Friday 25 January 2013 | Published in Kata

COLA, it's the real thing

Thursday 24 January 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals

KEEP the smokies rolling in! Smoke Signals and interesting island photos will be accepted by email (smokesignals@cookislandsnews.com), or text to 188 or a phone call to the newsroom on 22-999.

COLA 'a form of welfare policy'

Thursday 24 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In reply to the response from the Leader of the Opposition about COLA, the intention of my observation was simply to point out the principles of pricing in the market place which eventually led to the question of COLA.

Kata - January 24, 2013

Thursday 24 January 2013 | Published in Kata

Let COLA keep working

Thursday 24 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Was Wilkie Rasmussen right in Monday’s front page story? Would compensation tied to merit discriminate against some government workers? Oh, I can understand Wilkie’s argument, to be sure.

'We know who we are'

Wednesday 23 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Mr Editor, I respond to Ngatokorua Ata Piakura seeking the truth of the history surrounding Ngati Pa of Takitumu.

COLA in current form obselete

Wednesday 23 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Kia orana e tama, COLA in its current form is archaic and should be amended.

Kata - January 23, 2013

Wednesday 23 January 2013 | Published in Kata

Spreading the aloha in LA

Wednesday 23 January 2013 | Published in Raro on my mind

I’m closing my eyes, absorbing the fullness of this sound, receiving the music of this Hawaiian with his slack-key guitar, this artist telling the stories of the secret valleys and the stately mountains of Hawai’i Nei, the stories of the people who knew those trees and those peaks.

COLA fair for public servants

Wednesday 23 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am very disappointed in the rather casual response by the Minister of Finance, Honourable Mark Brown about my initial comments on the cost of living adjustments (COLA) scheme.

COLA keeps the engine running

Tuesday 22 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Adjusting the cost of living is a relatively straight forward matter for any government.

Ministerial travel costs questioned

Tuesday 22 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In the absence of a Parliament sitting, I wish to raise questions of extreme importance and urgency in the public interest concerning a ministerial travel budget blowout.

School road needs work

Tuesday 22 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In preparation for the beginning of this year’s back to school for all the kiddies at Takitumu Primary school next week, it is my fervent hope that the Matavera MP, Kiriau Turepu, will do something about the dreadful condition of the road that leads to the school from the main road.

2 smiles

Tuesday 22 January 2013 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Young twins Uhain-Ngaru and Haize-Hau (pictured) show off their best smiles while having a dip in a tub.