Smoke Signals
Why not fly the US flag?
Thursday 17 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
FLYING FLAGS. TO the writer about the removal of US flags - who I believe is a Kiwi, has PR and very lucky to live here in the Cook Islands - why not fly the US flag?
Cost is freight-ening!
Wednesday 16 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
NOW THAT WE have more than adequate shipping service to the outer islands with the arrival of Taio Shipping’s extra boat and also the barge, one would expect a cheaper freight service.
Sevens series on its last legs
Monday 14 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
THE RUGBY Sevens party is over and, for sure, the game is dying. Just look at the number of import players that fill teams.
Boozy rugby players again
Friday 11 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
LAST YEAR TABUSORO players crashed a car and left the island.
THE RUGBY SEVENS
Tuesday 8 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“THE RUGBY SEVENS in Heaven of last week had some very disappointing features, like public safety.
Take another look at those calculations...
Monday 7 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“I HAVE NO particular view on the merits of the airline subsidies (not having done the maths) but yesterday’s anonymous writer may need to do their maths again,” a smoke signaller says.
We need better pay to afford those licences
Friday 4 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
“IT’S GOOD TO see that the cost of a Cook Islands driver’s licence has been raised to the same level that motorists pay in Australia and New Zealand,” a smoke signaller says.
So just who's the boss?
Thursday 3 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
SUNDAY CHECKPOINT “IT'S A SIGHT I haven’t seen before on a Sunday, but it was great to see the police mount a checkpoint just past the airport last weekend,” a smoke signaller says.
WHERE WAS SECURITY?
Wednesday 2 November 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
Regarding THE BREAK and enter of one of the huts at the Punanga Nui market over the weekend, I am just curious to know where was the taxpayer-funded security? And then, despite the heavy floodlights surrounding the area, surely movement around the place is evident?
Drug tests needed
Monday 31 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
CAN WE PLEASE Institute random drug checks for our “honourable” Members of Parliament?
Pay police more
Friday 28 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
I one hundred per cent agree with the smoke signaller who said our police officers deserve a wage increase. I hear they get paid peanuts and it is barely a liveable income. Why are our police severely underpaid and withheld from a well-deserving, and fully justifiable income? And not to forget the police are in need of much better resources, especially after last week’s incident.
SIMPLE SOLUTION
Thursday 27 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
A SMOKE SIGNALLER says a trigger lock is the best possible solution to curb the issue with guns.
Time has arrived for fresh look at police funding
Tuesday 25 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
AFTER LAST WEEK’S tragic event with the police being called into the most dangerous of incidents. I think it is time for the government to address the issue of police funding,
Police deserve praise
Thursday 20 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
Some of the comments about the police made on social media after Tuesday’s tragic shootings were ill-informed, obscene and in some cases, downright stupid, a smoke signaller says.
Hair raising price for cuts
Wednesday 19 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
WHILE OVERSEAS ON holiday I went in for a haircut and, surprisingly, it cost me $8 for a clean cut. Back home on Rarotonga, it’s a different story.
Rubbish trucks live up to name
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
A FEW months ago, as we were discussing rubbish recycling, I commented to work colleagues that it was my opinion that trucks collecting rubbish “bled” rubbish back onto the sides of the roads as there seemed to be more rubbish on the sides of the roads after they had been thru' than before.
They built their hard drives big, way back then...
Monday 17 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
THIS IS WHAT a 5mB hard drive looked back in 1956. Today, a portable hard-drive that fits in your back pocket can hold two terabytes, about 400,000 times more space than the first hard drive. And it can cost less than $60.
Definition of 'sugary'
Friday 14 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
seems rather randomTHIS SIGNALLER UNDERSTANDS that levies were originally put on sugary drinks in an effort them more expensive and hopefully less attempting to buy.
Great ideas on water issues
Thursday 13 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
TEMU OKOTAI HAS raised some issues in relation to Te Mato Vai. He recommends more water tanks for homes in order to increase storage capacity.
WHO GETS PM'S AIRPOINTS?
Wednesday 12 October 2016 | Published in Smoke Signals
A SMOKE SIGNALLER wants to know who gets to keep the frequent flier air-mile points that the prime minister must be racking up during his regular trips overseas?