Opinion

Ministry backs bright sparks

Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor I would like to share my views concerning a letter to the editor Why am I too young for a stall? in the Thursday, October 13 edition of Cook Islands News. As the enterprise and financial literacy advisor at the Ministry of Education, I would like to fully support our young entrepreneur, Teherenui […]

Logging fish catch a step in the right direction

Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Some good news. I went to a meeting arranged between MMR and Cook Islands Fishing Association to talk specifically about why the tuna stocks around Raro are depleted. I think the meeting made some progress at the end but it wasnt easy, and there were some real surprises. The problem at the beginning was MMR […]

Food doesnt determine the condition of the heart

Tuesday 18 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I note some of the responses surrounding the clean and unclean animal situation have not particularly answered Bills query. I suspect Bill does not really care about the Biblical truth but rather is trying to stir. However, the query is an interesting one. We know that the word of God is infallible and […]

Kata - October 17, 2011

Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Kata

All answers to be found in the Bible

Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I am writing to you in response to Bill Caruthers letter in your newspaper of October 11th entitled God Hates Prawns. Firstly I am happy to learn Bill does read the Bible and I would like to thank Bill for expressing his views and for directing the two questions to church ministers, pastors, […]

Carry on nibbling on prawns

Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Hoseas letter about God hating prawns does not make sense. He says originally man had a vegan diet. In other words man did not kill and eat rats, rabbits (delicious), locusts, mynah birds and other creatures. All these mentioned easily multiply and wipe out completely crops like wheat, fruit and other plants man […]

Tenants treated like worthless squatters

Monday 17 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The letter (Saturday, October 15) by CICC legal advisor Mr Iaveta Short is a lie, misleading and a ploy to regain public support for its handling of the Tepuka affair. I will again clarify the tenants position. Mr Short states that we the tenants object to paying land rent, think the land should […]

Just get him a visa

Saturday 15 October 2011 | Published in Smoke Signals

A smoke signaller writes: Most people would know that you are not just given any countrys citizenship or passports, so why is this being used as an excuse not to send Andrew Iroa off to New Zealand for medical assistance, when he has been a tax payer in the Cook Islands for a number of […]

Kata - October 15, 2011

Saturday 15 October 2011 | Published in Kata

Future in good hands

Saturday 15 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, I want to congratulate the Mire Tama contestants on an outstanding performance when participating in the Mire Tama held in the National Auditorium last night. The show itself was an outstanding success and the organisers and all who made it possible such as the sponsors are to be congratulated. But the stars of […]

CICC legal advisor comments on Tepuka saga

Saturday 15 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The action by Elena Tavioni presumably on behalf of the Ngati Makea has not been generated by the recent application by the CICC to enforce the payment of annual rental by some of the land tenants at Tepuka. We have heard the rumblings by some as long as five years ago when the […]

Kata - October 14, 2011

Friday 14 October 2011 | Published in Kata

Kata - October 13, 2011

Thursday 13 October 2011 | Published in Kata

Some cases too hard

Thursday 13 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Fantastic to see that the prime minister has publicly acknowledged that the police department has done such a great job in recent months, leading the world when it comes to battling both petty crime and traffic violations. I therefore guess it is a no brainer that the sparkling performance of the police department […]

Why am I too young for a stall?

Thursday 13 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, On Monday I called BTIB to inquire about a stall at the Youth market advertised by BTIB to encourage youth entrepreneurship. I managed to reserve a spot for my stall. Today my dad told me that he had heard on the radio that the youth market was only for those aged 15 to […]

Kata - October 12, 2011

Wednesday 12 October 2011 | Published in Kata

Why is government dithering?

Wednesday 12 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Why is this government dithering about Andrew Iroa? While they lavish themselves and indulge in quest tumble overseas travel at the drop of the hat at taxpayers expense, a young man in the prime of his life is suffering. So what if he was born in Fiji? Where is the spirit of the […]

Cost of living adjustment urgent

Wednesday 12 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, If there is one important piece of work that the outgoing Public Service Commissioner has refused to address during his tenure, that would have to be the cost of living adjustment. Over the past five years the cost of almost every item sold in stores throughout the country has increased considerably. Worse still, […]

Kata - October 11, 2011

Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Kata

God hates prawns

Tuesday 11 October 2011 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, While perusing my Bible the other day I came upon the rather alarming passage relating to my diet and that of many others in the Cook Islands. In Leviticus 11 God says: 11:9 These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in […]