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Cook Islands PB COOK ISLANDS HERALD20 May 2015 $2 (incl VAT) Goldmine Models, Glover & Ritia in spectacular jewellery from Goldmine Cakes for all ocassions! Edgewater Cakes Enquiries call us on 25435 extn 7010 Sunset BarBQs at the Shipwreck Hut Saturday Seafood menu with Jake Numanga on the Ukulele 6pm Tuesday Sunset BBQ with Garth Young on Piano 6pm Thursday Sunset Cocktails with Rudy Aquino 5.30pm-7.30pm Reservations required 22 166 Aroa Beachside Inn, Betela Great Food, Great Entertainment Always the best selection, best price & best service at Goldmine! POWERBALL RESULTS Drawn:14/5/15 Draw num: 991 PB TATTSLOTTO RESULTS Drawn:16/5/15 Draw num: 3529 1.6GHz CPU - 512MB - 7” 800x480 5 Point Capacitive Screen Shock Proof Portable SUPP: WiFi - 4GB Memory - Android 4.2 - Micro SD Card Slot Hard Drives Front & Rear Cameras - Includes FREE cover & screen protector 500GB $138 OZLOTTO RESULTS Save $50 WAS Drawn: 19/5/15 Draw num: 1109 Next draw: 1TB $189 NOW SUPP: 2TB $309 Fits up to a 32GB Micro SD card Cook islands Herald 20 May 2015 Political COmmentary 2 DPM Heather must be dumped as Minister of Culture and House of Ariki upporters of the Deputy Prime Minister Teariki SHeather who have come to his defence against critical media reports claim he is a hard working person and they are right, this fact is not and has never been in dispute. Teariki Heather unashamedly is a hard working individual who without reservation promotes that virtue himself when and where ever he proudly can compare himself with others he discredits. Yes, Teariki Heather works very hard at undermining the leader of the Cook Islands Party the Prime Minister Henry Puna, Heather is working very hard in more ways than one to replace Puna in both those positions. Heather works very hard engaging in dirty politicking to be crowned as the CIP leader and the PM. Yes, Heather works hard at using his position as the Minister of Infrastructure Cook Islands (ICI) honing his self enrichment skills and conflict of interest PM Henry Puna and DPM Teariki Heather rebuttals to be a recipient of the Islands Constitution. We can now due to the vindictive bullying of intake land owners who multimillion dollar Te Mato Vai reveal the DPM has no regard for tactics Heather dumps on those have now become hostile and (TMV) contracts. the sanctity and integrity of the who have the courage to defy defiant against him. They said Yes Heather worked very hard nation’s Constitution which is him, the well known traditional some of the landowners have a to get a $290,000 compensation elevated above all legal references leader said “Heather can do suppressed anger brewing away for his family’s land acquired we use in the governance of the what he likes in the confines of that wouldn’t take much more to by the Demo government for Country. his political realm, he can engage become explosive. the waste management site in The fundamental rights and in his brand of dirty disloyalty to As the Minister of the HOA Arorangi. Heather certainly works protection of individuals is dispose of the PM and the Leader and Culture Heather has shown hard for himself but will he do the enshrined in the Constitution of the CIP Henry Puna but the little empathy for those he was same for other families when the (PART IVA FUNDAMENTAL moment he defiles the integrity supposed to be serving and government wants their land? HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS) and sanctity of our Constitution whose rights he is meant to be Right now Heather is working yet is ignored by Heather. It is he is committing an inexcusable protecting, instead he arrogantly very hard to grab private land PART IVB CUSTOM 66A Custom violation against every single lords over them, “He should without compensation for (4) that has riled a prominent Cook Islander.” not be allowed to continue with TMV’s stage two. He is working Traditional leader who is calling The traditional leader who these Ministries.” hard to ignore any constructive for Heather to be stripped of is well respected by his peers 66A Custom (4) says For the negotiating process to achieve a being the Minister of the HOA said Heather had become purpose of this Constitution, win win outcome with intake land and as the Minister of Culture. obsessed with power and has the opinion of the Arona Mana owners in the spirit of the Cook Wishing to remain anonymous become arrogantly disrespectful Continued next page PB Cook islands Herald 20 May 2015 Political COmmentary 3 of the island or vaka to which a custom, tradition or value relates, as to matters to and concerning custom, tradition, usage or the existence, extent or application of custom, shall be final and conclusive and shall not be questioned in any court of law. The DPM has made it forcibly clear to the HOA he has the power to take private land for the TMV project stage two without having to compensate the land owners. When HOA representatives challenged their Minister’s statement he silenced them by threatening to review their budget. The Constitution House of Ariki members makes reference to the opinion of the Arona Mana not the whims consultation meetings because a new comer novice politician from the Demos to sign up to form and fancies of the Minister. in June 2013 Cabinet agreed TMV Nooroa Baker by a slim majority but a new government. Numbers Further reference to the would be a user pay out come as had those he had alleged to have count for nothing if the execution Constitution section 40 No required by the NZ government bribed for votes had the courage is flawed and for certain Heather property to be taken compulsory who were committing $15 million to give evidence in a Petition has no one aligned with him who without compensation, is to TMV. hearing would have seen the end can think strategically. conveniently over looked by In the Cook Islands Government of Heather’s political ambitions. Heather is impatient which is Heather who makes reference Budget Estimates 2012/2013 It is no secret Heather claims characteristic of political misfits to the colonial Rarotonga Water Book 3 Capital Plan under a to have seven other MPs who and with Parliament likely to Ordinance, a pre Independence section called Rarotonga Water are willing to support him in a reconvene on 26 June 2014 a legislation which he wants to Upgrade on page 14 it states leadership challenge against failed challenge will see the amend to give him greater powers The increased operational costs Puna, with the two One Cook kamikaze end of the hypocrite to access privately owned land. associated with the supply of Islands he needs three or four bully. - George Pitt For Heather to propagate his improved water quality are power to acquire intake land is planned to be sustained by invested in the Rarotonga Water introducing user pay charges once SWITCH ON WITH Ordinance of 1960 is a reflection water quality reaches “potable” of his deluded comprehension in (drinking water) standard. This the context of the Constitution income is estimated at $1.5 Te Aponga Uira being the supreme reference million per year from 2015/16. point of our democracy. The For TMV to have operational 5 ways to pay your consequence of Heather’s integrity in stage two Heather Constitution trampling must cannot be allowed to compromise be severe and swift as it is an the sanctity of the Constitution. power insult and offence to every Cook With no expected China Islander. contractor involved we are freed Prior to Parliament being from their influences over the dissolved in early 2014, when operational processes which will Norman George put the question bring a transparent dimension to to Heather in Parliament about the project’s second stage. compensation for acquired The blame for stage two land for TMV, Heather made it commencement delays which explicitly clear there will be no will be substantial fall at Heathers compensation as it would just feet, he alone is responsible for increase the cost of the $60 million the looming fiasco and drawn out project. Heather also added that legal tussle the CIP government while he was conducting the are going to become entangled public consultations land owners in. Heather’s oversized ego has agreed to surrender their land made his terminating mistake; without compensation. he has trample on the integrity of Paying for your power bill has never been easier. That claim cannot be the Constitution. validated by Heather because Teariki Heather is a political • On-line banking through Westpac and ANZ. he deliberately misled and lied misfit who idolises himself • Pay over the counter at all 3 banks – Westpac, during public consultations as the Prime Minister of the ANZ and BCI. stating there would be no charge Cook Islands in waiting. Highly • Direct credit from your wages. for the household consumption of unpopular on Rarotonga • TT payments if you are overseas. water. To show he had mana and Heather’s Party support base is • Pay at our office in Tutakimoa. desperate to please his Chinese in the Outer Islands where he has masters by starting the project on crafted a patriarchal image that is Take advantage of our convenient payment time (February 2014) knowingly benevolent of them. options today. Heather lied in the public Heather held his seat against www.teaponga.com Cook islands Herald 20 May 2015 OPINION 4 Letter to the Editor Genealogies in Ross Holmes book challenged ear Sir fact that it was with Gudgeon’s papers unsubstantiated has not deterred Mr For those who have bought does not give it any additional status.
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