Opinion

Scott accusation is downright insulting

Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I find it downright insulting that Scotts Farm has the nerve to accuse your newspaper of being irresponsible when all these years it is clearly evident that Scotts Farm has, time and time again, demonstrated to be totally irresponsible by not preventing the horrible stench from its egg farm affecting the entire neighbourhood. […]

More than just smells

Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am just wondering if all the brouhaha about smells from Scotts fowl operation has more sinister and/or other motives than just smells. When you consider that the farm was there long before certain accommodation units and private properties were built close by, with the knowledge of the builders that they were likely […]

Scott comment reserved

Thursday 22 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, You say I have declined to comment on recent letters. That is only partly true. So far you have published six letters attacking our operation but only the last three did you successfully communicate any invitation to comment. There have been so many exaggerations, provocations and untruths that I thought that I would […]

Too offensive to overlook

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, We have returned to your beautiful island every year since 1997 for very obvious reasons. Its beauty, the gentle and friendly people, the amazing blue lagoon keep pulling us back. Although we have encountered this problem on many of our previous visits, we now feel compelled to comment on the overpowering stench of […]

It's for aristocracy

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It’s ironic a minister of an elected government should consider it important to set aside a day for the aristocracy in this country, ie Ui Ariki Day. These are people who are born to their positions: an anomaly in any democracy. These people aren’t elected by the public of this country, so why […]

A disgrace!

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Well people what a political disgrace it was The quiet President and the noisy people and the Rosie They said they had taken the money of the sports and they wont pay it back The Olympic people are supporting the people who took the money The Government said they would pay the bailout […]

CISNOC what a financial disaster!

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The long awaited financial report from CISNOC has finally been prepared and shows a deficit of $140,143 before government loans, and a deficit of $306,143 taking into account the amounts owed to government. In other words CISNOC owes $306,143 more than it has. What a financial disaster! Furthermore the term deposit of $160,000 […]

Hoping the harbour is solid as a rock

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am sure I, like many on the island, have been wondering what the contractor for the Avatiu wharf is going to do with all the rocks they are stockpiling at the western end of the port. I have been told that this part of about a third of the harbour front is […]

Kata - December 21, 2011

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Kata

Why are we reforming again?

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, This is my appeal to the Government of the Cook Islands to reconsider the public sector reform currently being ushered through by ADB. This is not the first time that the Cook Islands have undergone economic reform. We vividly remember the 1995/6 reform which forced many Cook Islands families out of their islands […]

New supplier, higher price

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: I walked into CITC stoked to see my Dove Energise soap was back on the shelf and was then horrified to see that CITC has increased its price to $6.40 from $3.90 for the two-pack. How on earth do you justify that kind of price increase, CITC? Going from a very […]

Questions for lawyer and police

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, After reading the article Jury acquits convicted criminal in your edition of Thursday December 15, and if the article is in fact correct, I am concerned about justice for the victim and the safety of the community at large. As a member of the general public I do have questions about this particular […]

Inform people of risks and benefits

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I write in regards to this weeks article on Henry Puna, Kevin Iro, Abu Dhabi and a clown fish named Nemo. Last time I checked lobbyists like Kevin Iro usually wine and dine government officials with lunch and drinks but I suppose when youve got personal business interests, contractual aspirations for yourself and […]

Stench a national issue

Wednesday 21 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I would like to join others in conveying dismay and utter disgust in regards to the awful smell permeating from Scotts farm all these years and getting worse as time goes by. A special congratulations to Mann Short who has the courage and conviction to be proactive in getting this stench problem addressed. […]

Someone should put a match to it

Tuesday 20 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, This chicken farm thing, someone should simply put a match to it! Obviously no action has happened, is happening, or is going to happen. Ever! I had to re-locate my business due to the sickening evil smell. A smell like somebody has died and been left to rot. When I came back to […]

Thank you, Rarotonga, for an amazing Vaka Eiva

Tuesday 20 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, This is overdue as we have had to take time to stop shivering upon returning to Canada and a chilly winter! The Jericho Outrigger paddlers, from Vancouver BC, wanted to thank everyone on Rarotonga for the amazing event of Vaka Eiva. There are far too many people to name individuals (starting with Victoria […]

Kata - December 20, 2011

Tuesday 20 December 2011 | Published in Kata

Globetrotting attitude change needed

Tuesday 20 December 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: I see many good programmes on CITV sponsored by the Prime Ministers Department, many being about climate change and renewable energy. The Iti tangata of the Cook Islands can learn a lot from these programmes its just a real pity that the Prime Minister himself is never here to watch and […]

What is police practice for complaints?

Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Listening to the song E Ara by Alex Tell made me write this letter. I am a Cook Islands Maori and male living in New Zealand. However during the first two weeks of November I was holidaying in Rarotonga, a time I will never forget because the night of November 10 was the […]

Kata - December 19, 2011

Monday 19 December 2011 | Published in Kata