Letters to the Editor – Cook Islands News https://www.cookislandsnews.com Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:23:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Letter: 53rd AGM of the Are Ariki https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-53rd-agm-of-the-are-ariki/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-53rd-agm-of-the-are-ariki https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-53rd-agm-of-the-are-ariki/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:23:48 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273228 Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to the article published on Tuesday, 15th October 2024, titled “PM Proposes Cook Islands Passport at the Ariki Meeting”.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-53rd-agm-of-the-are-ariki/feed/ 0 Letter: A plea for a warmer welcome https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-a-plea-for-a-warmer-welcome/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-a-plea-for-a-warmer-welcome https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-a-plea-for-a-warmer-welcome/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:21:43 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273226 Dear Editor,
I am a small accommodation business operator, and I feel compelled to write in response to a wave of recent complaints from guests.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-a-plea-for-a-warmer-welcome/feed/ 0 Letter: NGOs: We’re the real Davids https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-ngos-were-the-real-davids/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-ngos-were-the-real-davids https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-ngos-were-the-real-davids/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:40:21 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273173 Dear Editor,
In response to the anonymous letter from “Get Real” (Cook Islands News, October 10), and the suggestion that the NGOs are the Goliath in this seabed mining scenario, this is frankly ridiculous.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-ngos-were-the-real-davids/feed/ 0 Letter: Urgent legal reforms needed https://www.cookislandsnews.com/uncategorised/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-urgent-legal-reforms-needed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-urgent-legal-reforms-needed https://www.cookislandsnews.com/uncategorised/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-urgent-legal-reforms-needed/#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:23:33 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273138 Dear Editor,
I write to salute and acknowledge the opinion article by Thomas Wynne in the Cook Islands News on 12 October 2024.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/uncategorised/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-urgent-legal-reforms-needed/feed/ 0 Letter: Social licence for deep sea mining https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-social-licence-for-deep-sea-mining/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-social-licence-for-deep-sea-mining https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-social-licence-for-deep-sea-mining/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:37:36 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273043 Dear Editor,
I hear Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) saying they have Social Licence to push ahead with seabed mining. In other words, they’re saying that our society has approved their actions and plans going forward.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-social-licence-for-deep-sea-mining/feed/ 0 Letter: Deep sea riches https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-deep-sea-riches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-deep-sea-riches https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-deep-sea-riches/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:14:40 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273016 In response to the letter by “Eyes on Judas,” I noticed a lot of anger in the biblical themes used to express the danger of SBM (Seabed Mining). I would like to offer a different biblical perspective.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-deep-sea-riches/feed/ 0 Letter: Purpose-built youth centre https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-purpose-built-youth-centre/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-purpose-built-youth-centre https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-purpose-built-youth-centre/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:13:39 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=273014 Dear Editor,
Minister for Youth Vaine “Mac” Mokoroa, in this writer’s view, needs to place his passport in the office safe and leave it there until there is established on Rarotonga, the first purpose-built youth centre.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-purpose-built-youth-centre/feed/ 0 Letter: Where’s the recognition? https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-wheres-the-recognition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-wheres-the-recognition https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-wheres-the-recognition/#respond Thu, 10 Oct 2024 02:47:25 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272986 Dear Editor,
Last week our Cook Islands Robotics team arrived home from competing in Greece at the First Global Robotic competions, to no official welcome, or fanfare, no recognition from Government entities.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-wheres-the-recognition/feed/ 0 Letter: ‘Beware of false prophets’ https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-beware-of-false-prophets/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-beware-of-false-prophets https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-beware-of-false-prophets/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2024 20:44:21 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272952 Dear Editor,
Deep sea mining (DSM) is a controversial topic in our country at present.

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]]> https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-beware-of-false-prophets/feed/ 0 Letter: Inmate work release https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-inmate-work-release/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-inmate-work-release https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/letter-inmate-work-release/#respond Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:17:35 +0000 https://www.cookislandsnews.com/?p=272927 The conviction and sentencing of the child rapist must give the public and parents of school-aged children some comfort.

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