Opinion

When the fish is gone, we have no future

Wednesday 14 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In April 2009 I wrote a letter about restricting the issuance of fishing licenses due to a rapid decline in fishing stocks worldwide. I read in todays news (Monday December 12) that government has issued more licenses to outsiders. More alarmingly the advisors chosen to be advisories are part of a very big […]

Lower the stall fee

Tuesday 13 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Nukupure Park market night did ok on the night, however I would like to comment. Is this a money making venture for the BTIB board or is it to help those in the lower income bracket? What do we get out of the $50 stall fee which is very steep for most […]

Kata - December 12, 2011

Monday 12 December 2011 | Published in Kata

Korea eyes our trillion dollar resource

Monday 12 December 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals

Whats with the Koreans? a smoke signaller asks in response to Mondays front page CI News article Brown talks up global partnerships in Korea, and p11 article Korea, Cooks building relationship. We now have Mark Brown [finance minister] aligning and making partnership with the Koreans and our nodules office engaging and Tom Marsters [deputy prime […]

Scotts smell should not be tolerated

Monday 12 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I do not live in the tapere of Muri in the village of Ngatangiia. Nonetheless I am outraged that Scotts Egg Farm is allowed, year after year after year, to continue to operate in such a way that this farm churns out the most awful, nauseating smell. How this government and previous administrations […]

Kata - December 10, 2011

Saturday 10 December 2011 | Published in Kata

Do real research

Saturday 10 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I havent written about fishing for some time because MMR reached an agreement with the Fishing Association two months ago to carry out some basic research. Included in this were the review of their existing catch records, a survey of local fishermen who are complaining about their decline in catch of tuna, and […]

Please leave BTIB alone

Friday 9 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Im just writing to support BTIB in organising the market days and night market that was held recently during the Vaka Eiva. This is in response to the letter by Disgraced. BTIB had done a great job in helping this event also in support of the Takuvaine/Tutakimoa market days. I find there is […]

Do it the Wale way - respectfully

Friday 9 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I read with interest your article regarding the NZ Pukapuka Community going to court in the Wednesday 7 edition of Cook Islands News. It states that Nuku Rapana is using the so called draft constitution that he drafted in August this year for a mandate that his position of president of the Pukapuka […]

Kata - December 9, 2011

Thursday 8 December 2011 | Published in Kata

Kata - December 8, 2011

Thursday 8 December 2011 | Published in Kata

Kata - December 7, 2011

Wednesday 7 December 2011 | Published in Kata

Blinded by the Chinese dollar

Wednesday 7 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Whilst our Pacific neighbours have wisely closed off their fishing territories to foreign entities to preserve stocks and allow for a sustainable future for their countries here our ignorant government continues to pursue the short term gain of Chinese dollars blinded by the fact that they will eventually rape our ocean. Purse seine […]

Right decision would have been to postpone

Wednesday 7 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I read with interest Tupapa president John Paul Wilsons reply to Avids Supporters letter and noted that CIFA approved one game be postponed and not both. The decision by CIFA on which match or game(s) should be postponed is unruling and the request by Tupapa (JP) should never have been allowed at the […]

Market Watch

Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals

The smoke signaller who sent in the snippet about the departure tax coupon mentioned last week on auction at trademe.co.nz, has sold for the princely sum of $3.50. He reports on the listing for auction of a popular Cook Islands souvenir: On TradeMe there was a $3 Cook Islands currency note in new condition with […]

Kata - December 6, 2011

Tuesday 6 December 2011 | Published in Kata

Inquiry needed into soccer boycott

Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The move by Titikaveka Premier Mens team to boycott Tuesdays match against Tupapa is admirable and a first of its kind in the Cook Islands soccer competition. Usually if its in the interest of the game, its straight forward, but this does not appear to be, our island players at best of times […]

Dont blame BTIB for ill-timing

Monday 5 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write in response to the letter by Disgraced in the newspaper of Friday December 2, complaining about the recent Trade Days organized by BTIB during the Vaka Eiva. Disgraced and his family had caught the bus into town to arrive at the site where the Trade Days were held at midday to […]

What crap!

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, What a load of crap! I am referring to the visitor from the USA who attended the Vaka Eiva Trade Day Being a true-blue local and a stall vendor on the day, I sold food from 9am to 3pm, like all the other 15 stalls that were there. I take my hat off […]

Much ado about nothing

Saturday 3 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, In your online paper dated November 16, it shows you devoted a total of 15 articles to a young NZ man named Zac Guildford. Eight of the articles were placed in Top Stories. It is then repeated seven times in the General News section. Despite common knowledge that Zac is an All Black […]