Opinion

Go loco registered owner blows steam

Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write with outraged surprise and curiosity as the owner of the only steam locomotive within several hundred kilometres of this island, and the registered user of the username “goloco” at Telecom Cook Islands, to note – in what appears to be a blatant example of “passing off” on page 6 of yesterday’s […]

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China pursues CI Governmentium

Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The CSIRO has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. It is called Governmentium (Gv). It has one neutron, 23 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 309. These 309 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast […]

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Political 'sidetracking' attempt failed

Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Minister of Finance’s and the Prime Minister’s statements in CINews on February 23 really showed the financial incompetence, the lack of acceptance of the CISNOC history and politicians’ attempts to sidetrack the public and sports codes over the CISNOC affair. We had Minister Brown saying “to ensure the financial management is brought […]

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Is this another of those deals?

Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals

“So, Air New Zealand wants the Cook Islands to subsidise its increased fuel costs on the Los Angeles and Sydney routes?”a smoke signaller writes. “One wonders how it is recovering its increased fuel costs on its other routes? How is any other airline recovering its increased fuel costs, or any other increased costs? One would […]

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Kata - February 29, 2012

Wednesday 29 February 2012 | Published in Kata

Kata

Go loco!

Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I thought this parable below would be fitting for the CISNOC and what is happening with our country: Henry Puna is my Shepherd I shall not want He leadeth me beside still offices and an incompetent CISNOC He restoreth my doubt in the CIP Party He annointeth my vote with overseas travel While […]

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Deal disadvantages subsidy payers

Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The points made by the CEO and Chairperson of the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation to justify the continuation and increase in subsidy to Air NZ for the Los Angeles and Sydney routes are all valid. However, equally valid are other points that have not been covered and should have been explored. Why has […]

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Avatiu rock wall 'dangerous'

Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Your letter writer who called the new rock wall at Avatiu useless did not get it quite right. It is in fact both illegal and dangerous. Many people have been asking about this so I make the following points: (1) When he was told the Japanese JIKA report recommended a rock wall for […]

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Kata - February 22, 2012

Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Kata

Kata

Promote Rarotonga as 'a stopover'

Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Smoke Signals

“This massive subsidy to Air New Zealand [$12.5 million] is certainly a talking point in the Cook Islands where the people are finding it hard to come to terms with such a sum to attract tourists,” a smoke signaller writes. “From Sydney to Rarotonga seems a reasonably sensible subsidy given the population of Australia and […]

Smoke Signals

Kata - February 28, 2012

Tuesday 28 February 2012 | Published in Kata

Kata

CISNOC has robbed us

Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It is interesting (and sad) to note in recent newspaper articles about how disappointing and depressing it is to be robbed by your own people, when a lot of people including our own system, don’t get it that the same trait has happened where CISNOC has robbed the local athletes of funding that […]

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Kata - February 27, 2012

Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Kata

Kata

4 dropouts in 16 minutes

Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, There is no perceived slow connection. If your Skype drops out because of an internet connection fault, is this perceived or real? Come on TCI, come clean and explain this, you cannot keep adding more connections to the same outlet and expect the speed to remain the same. Would you get four dropouts […]

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Get them to lay a fibre-optic cable

Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Firstly, a comment on the article ‘$55m offer for exploration’ in relation to a Canadian mining company’s application for an exploratory seabed licence in the Cooks. In the interests of the continuing developments of our telecommunications services, while they are at it, why do the Ministers of Telecommunications and Deep-Sea Mining not negotiate […]

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Out of sight, more in mind

Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am writing regarding the article ‘Volunteer dreams in Pukapuka’ published on 15/2/12. The article does not exaggerate the needs of Niua School. I have served the Ministry of Education for 44 years. I worked as a science teacher at Niua School for the last 20 years. Since 1992, I tried to get […]

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Looking for solutions

Monday 27 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am writing in regards to the article I wrote ‘Volunteer dreams in Pukapuka’ about Niua School that appeared in the Cook Islands News. I want to be very clear that the principal and the staff of the school did not know about the article nor were they involved in any part of […]

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Smile at our visitors

Saturday 25 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Visitors do seem to be fewer but it is the off peak season after all and perhaps we just notice them more because so many of our own people have left our shores. The Air NZ subsidy debate is a difficult one, because on the one hand, the taxpayers via the government are […]

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Not so cultural

Saturday 25 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Where has the “cultural” in Punanga Nui cultural market gone? In support of Just Wondering (February 16) I would like to add that government should remember that Punanga Nui market was initially funded by NZODA as a hand-up for Maori people with small businesses – not as a profit-making scheme for government. While […]

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Disclaimer: check your acronyms!

Saturday 25 February 2012 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The following letter is a disclaimer and we implore you Mr Editor to print this to save the reputation of our organisation for what is a terrible case of mistaken identity. On Thursday you ran a disrespectful letter from the Peoples Popular Front of Judea (“PPFJ”) which pillaried Mark Brown, Henry Puna and […]

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