Opinion
Elect PM
Wednesday 31 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to bring out into the public arena the issue of the election of the prime minister of the Cook Islands.
Kata - October 31, 2012
Wednesday 31 October 2012 | Published in Kata
Import players for Annual 7s arrive October 31
Six Sevens questions
Wednesday 31 October 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller emails across some questions about the Sevens in Heaven tournament which takes place in Rarotonga tomorrow, Friday and Saturday: “First of all, how come Titikaveka has two teams – I thought each village was only allowed 1 team? How many local players are in the Teimurimotia team? Are they a local team, or overseas players with local benchwarmers? I hope not. Is B for Bacon and is he even playing? It’s confusing for a Titikaveka supporter – I didn’t know about this until today’s paper! But I will support Bacon’s team if he is A or B; just let me know and can I wear my bulldogs singlet. Also, what happened to the girls’ teams – they gave us the most laughs and best games!” SS: This is not a quiz, but all the answers are within stories in the Sevens in Heaven supplement in today’s CINews.
Kata - October 30, 2012
Tuesday 30 October 2012 | Published in Kata
Electorate numbers down October 30
Thanks and praise to fire fighters
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, To the dedicated MEN and WOMEN of the Puaikura Volunteer Fire Brigade and Takitumu and Airport Fire Service:
Wrong message
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In the U14 football game last Saturday between Tupapa and Nikao, a player was harshly tackled from behind and ended up landing shoulder first into the dirt drawing an uproar from the majority of spectators, but a carry-on call was called by the ref Lai resulting in another incident occurring not long after that.
What value going green?
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, What value is going green to Cook Islands people?
Ministers on power trips
Monday 29 October 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
“It’s true!” a smoke signaller writes. “Te Aponga charges for substations and cables at costs so high that in some cases, not all, it forces people to leave their ipukarea. But don’t count on the CEO responding with the truth – that he can’t manage to run the power station as a standalone entity, even if it’s a monopoly– because PM Henry Puna and his Finance Minister Mark Brown need every cent to maintain their overseas trips and big government budgets. Big budgets to produce more and more environmental or energy paper policies so they can handshake and be photographed with every global leader and hope that they remember them. What for? Because they will be left with not a single legacy in their own country worth remembering except the type that people would most like to forget, like sovereign debt and empty homes. Instead, CEO Apii Timoti will respond that costs are going up and Te Aponga is facing hardship. Anything other than the truth and he’ll be looking for a new job. But spare a thought for those who can’t leave. Those who have no choice. They would have to borrow more money to get that substation built so Puna and Brown get an overseas trip on an interest free loan to Te Aponga.”
Power charges repel people
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, Can Te Aponga Uira tell the reading public why they have a policy of making some new power users pay for a substation at the cost of $30,000, in order for these folk to get access to something most people take for granted – electricity – and TAU gets to own the substation afterwards? This is morally wrong on so many levels.
Righting a wrong
Thursday 25 October 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
A man phoned the newsroom yesterday to say: “Twenty five dollars reparation to his girlfriend after assaulting her? You’d hope he took her out for a pretty nice dinner plus buys her chocolates and flowers for a year to make up for that one. Don’t know about you, but $25 seems pretty stingy to me.”
Kata - October 24, 2012
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Kata
Ministry of Education looking for teachers October 24
Rehearing not correct
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, In reporting on our successful appeal to the Privy Council in Tuesday’s edition your reporter is in error when she declares that ours was an appeal for a rehearing and that the matter has been sent back to the Court of Appeal for that purpose.
A coalition government on the cards
Wednesday 24 October 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals
Waiting for surge “Well it’s good to hear that the ‘Film Raro’ challenge will provide millions of dollars worth of publicity for Cook Islands tourism but one wonders if that might or might not translate into increased tourist arrivals,” a smoke signaller writes after reading Monday’s page 7 article ‘Hollywood actors support film challenge’. “It’s been some weeks since we got ‘millions of dollars worth’ of publicity from having US Secretary of State Mrs Clinton’s dog and pony show dominate media around the world – can someone in the know tell us if we have yet seen the expected tidal wave of visitors from the Northern Hemisphere, or even a ripple in the water to indicate the wave is on the way?”
Kata - October 23, 2012
Tuesday 23 October 2012 | Published in Kata
Enrique Salamao, one of Australia’s top male Zumba Education Specialists, is coming to Rarotonga. 12101801
Kata - October 20, 2012
Saturday 20 October 2012 | Published in Kata
Overseas scientist streses maganese urgency October 20
Te Mire Tama: pride in our culture and custom
Saturday 20 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I wish to convey my heartfelt appreciation for the excellent ‘Te Mire Tama’ programme on Thursday evening at the national auditorium. This kind of activity assured me that our nation is heading the right path in encouraging our children to take pride in our culture and custom and most importantly our ‘heritage’.
Call for full transparency
Saturday 20 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, I read with interest the extremely well written article by your outstanding journalist Rachel Reeves which appeared in yesterday’s paper headed “Call for greater fisheries transparency”.
One of the best experiences of our lives
Friday 19 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, For those people that don’t know us, our names are Johanna and Marc ‘Mareko’ from Germany and we just finished an internship at Island Hopper Vacation.
For the love of netball
Thursday 18 October 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor, As a diehard netball fan, I want to take this opportunity to take my hat off to the national netball team – you ladies did us proud!
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