Wednesday 10 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller writes: “Irony of the week: The waterline contractors in Avarua using garden hoses dribbling water to wet the backfill going into the trenches before compaction.
Tuesday 9 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Teuira Ka’s letter brings out a more sinister, dark and sad side of government,” a smoke signaller writes in response to Ka’s letter to the editor yesterday ‘CIP govt carnival must end’.
Monday 8 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller writes: “The front page of Saturday’s paper has the Financial Services Development Authority saying “anyone forming a trust, companyin the Cook Islands must provide full disclosure about who is involved with the entity and where the money has come from”.
Saturday 6 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“The smoke signal asking where was destination Cook Islands for the maiden voyage to Rarotonga of the cruise ship Marina on Wednesday missed a vital clue,” texts a smoke signaller.
Friday 5 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“The Prime Minister’s department pa enua governance unit calls a spade a spade!” a smoke signaller writes.
Thursday 4 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“So we have this massive cruise ship anchor off Rarotonga on Wednesday with over a thousand passengers and what was on offer for them?” a smoke signaller asks.
Wednesday 3 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“The prime minister’s drive for renewable energy is commended, but not at the expense of the current living standards that our people are facing,” a smoke signaller writes.
Tuesday 2 April 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Let’s all get on the bandwagon and revert to the age-old and worldwide response when a team doesn’t perform as we all had hoped they would – SACK the coach,” a smoke signaller writes.
Thursday 28 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
As Leader of the Opposition I want to categorically say that I and the Democratic Party members of parliament support the tax review.
Thursday 28 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“It was great to read that the two lawyers on the front of Saturday’s paper, during their admission to the bar, “promised to conduct themselves honestly”,” a smoke signaller writes.
Tuesday 26 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
As the project to lay new water pipes along and across the main road in Avarua continues, a smoke signaller dusts off their keyboard to write: “On Friday morning last, just before rush hour, a water truck wet down the dry dirt on the road in Tupapa and all the homeowners, merchants, cafe and restaurant operators breathed a big sigh of relief thinking, ‘Someone really does give a sh*t’.
Friday 22 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“As soon as finance minister Mark Brown finishes his tax review he goes after the little people at the Punanga Nui market,” a smoke signaller writes.
Thursday 21 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller says finance secretary Richard Neves and the Revenue Management Division of MFEM should stop worrying about gathering tax from Punanga Nui market vendors.
Tuesday 19 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Perhaps someone in charge of the reclamation work in Avarua can explain why, moments after the job was ’done’, a good portion was dug up again so that a quite massive storm drain could be installed? Can it be as simple as the designers just did not have the slightest idea what they were doing and no one noticed they had forgotten to deal with the storm drain? Bigger questions: what is this costing and who is paying?” A smoke signaller writes: “I have been reading in the paper about those claiming to be the only kopu ariki of Ngati Makea, which is the Rangi Makea, Upokotokoa, Mere, and Sadaraka, and all these are descendants of Makea Tinirau.
Saturday 16 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller writes: “Justice Williams in the High Court on Friday refrained from jailing a young Cook Islander who submitted that cannabis was used by his grandparent as a traditional herbal treatment.
Friday 15 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
After reading Wednesday’s front page article ‘Switch off for Earth Hour’ next week, a smoke signaller quipped: “We probably won’t have to switch off at all – Te Aponga seems to be doing that for us in recent days!”
Thursday 14 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Our John Carter [New Zealand’s High Commissioner] is a walking miracle man,” a smoke signaller writes.
Tuesday 12 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
A smoke signaller writes: “There’s lots of talk about the tourist numbers and how they spend money while on holiday.
Saturday 9 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
Responding to yesterday’s opinion piece ‘The government is imploding’ by Opposition leader Wilkie Rasmussen, a smoke signaller writes: “Wilkie is right, the present government seems to be in disarray, traveling around the world, fantasising about billions of dollars in income from selling little rocks from the bottom of the sea when it can’t even hire a dogcatcher for Rarotonga.
Friday 8 March 2013 | Published in Smoke Signals
“Temu Okotai has got it right about the selection of members on the advisory board of the Seabed Minerals Authority,” a smoke signaller writes in response to Okotai’s letter to the editor ‘North on seabed board?’ on Monday.