Articles by Utopia Support

Renowned poet who took words for a walk

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Features

SATURDAY 22: Cook Islands-born poet Alistair Te Ariki Campbell passed away in Wellington on Sunday at the age of 84. Campbell, born in Penrhyn, was a renowned poet, playwright and novelist. He was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005. His funeral was held earlier this week at St Mark’s […]

Home grown uni grads

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Features

SATURDAY 22: Delivering on accelerated in-country programmes has been a key focus in the Cook Islands by the University of the South Pacific. In addressing yesterday’s graduation at the Are Karioi Nui, USP vice-chancellor professor Rajesh Chandra said that these programmes allowed students to complete their degree while continuing to live and work in-country. “The […]

Wednesday 26: Road death stats table invalid

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The inclusion of the Cook Islands road death statistic in the WHO table is a classic example of using statistics in the manner of a drunk using a lamppost – for support rather than illumination. We should not even be in that table because we cannot supply a figure of deaths per 100,000. […]

Monday 24: It's admirable, but

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, It’s admirable what Gordon Sawtell is doing to advocate better conditions for prisoners. It’s hard to do things at the prison if there are no resou-rces and the political will is not there. But I think it is a bit low of him to criticise the appointment of past superintendents, most of whom […]

Thursday 20: DPM must prioritise funds for prison

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, There is an awareness among the general public of the need to upgrade the Arorangi Prison. Many people are asking when this can be achieved. Some people are interested from a moral point of view and others because of the threat it poses during an escape such as the wild rumour of the […]

Grand Final Results

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Wednesday's Results

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Grand Final Draw

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Finals march tonight

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: The World Youth Netball Championships will come to a close today after the grand finals of the championships between New Zealand and Australia. The grand final match will start at 6pm with the closing ceremony to follow at 7.30pm. The public and invited guests are asked to be at the Telecom Sports Arena […]

Samoa blitz Barbados

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: Samoa hit the court running yesterday and left Barbados in their dust as they showed the Caribbean girls their winning Pacific netball style to take out the match 51-39. Samoa not only showed a more polished attacking game but they also upped their defensive tactics to win all four quarters of the match […]

World rankings

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

2005 1 NEW ZEALAND 2 ENGLAND 3 AUSTRALIA 4 JAMAICA 5 SOUTH AFRICA 6 NORTHERN IRELAND 7 SAMOA 8 TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 9 BOTSWANA 10 COOK ISLANDS 11 WALES 12 SCOTLAND 13 FIJI 14 MALAYSIA 15 CANADA 16 USA 17 ST. LUCIA 18 BARBADOS 19 ANTIGUA & BARBUDA 20 BERMUDA 1 AUSTRALIA 2 NEW ZEALAND […]

PNG players treated

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 22: The Papua New Guinea netball team experienced a little bit of home in Rarotonga last weekend as the PNG community held a dinner for them. Around 20 people gathered at the Pulu family’s home in Takuvaine to meet the team and provide a traditional mumu (umu). Adi Uluibia, Fiji born but PNG raised, […]

Emile Kairua from mine host to marketing

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 22: August 14 is a significant date in the life of Emile Kairua Jnr. Firstly it’s his birthday. He signed up as the Edgewater Resort & Spa’s sales and marketing manager on that day in 2006. He then took on the job as general manager on the same day a year later. And just […]

Matariki Wilson's dream team…

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Saturday 22: No doubt many netball fans have picked their own ‘dream team’ after watching 70 high quality netball games at the 2009 World Youth Netball Championships. I don’t claim to be a netball expert – just a huge fan – but I’d love to see this team take on the Aussies. On my reserves […]

Sunshine Girls take bronze

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Jamaica took out the bronze medal at the World Youth Netball Championships after a dramatic 48-42 win over England last night. After a slow first quarter (11-all) Jamaica brought on goal shooter Romelda Aiken – something that was part of the plan, according to coach C’Lloyd Walker. “It was part of the game plan. We […]

Malawi play, dance for joy

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

There was disappointment in the Cook Islands camp yesterday as they were shown up by the energetic Malawi players who made them pay for their mistakes in the early stages of the 5th and 6th placing match. Malawi regained the upper hand in the match after a slow start to win all four quarters and […]

High excitement in 7-8th playoff

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

The PLAYOFF for 7th and 8th positions at the World Youth Netball Championships really set the scene on the final day of the tournament. “You won’t get a final as exciting as this game,” said South African coach Duduzile Msane after her side beat Northern Ireland 43-41 in a nailbiting match yesterday. The side from […]

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

The 2009 World Youth Netball Championships final between New Zealand and Australia was literally decided upon in the first quarter. New Zealand made the errors. Australia capitalised, and raced out to a 21-5 lead in the first 15 minutes. “We made too many errors, lost some confidence and found it hard to regain it,” said […]

Malaysia tops PNG

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: Malaysia coach Aminah Asaari is pleased with her team’s placing at the World Youth Netball Championships, even if they did drop one place in rankings. Malaysia beat Papua New Guinea (62-34) yesterday in the playoff for 15th and 16th, after leading right from the start. Asaari said that they had come to improve […]

Tail enders battle it out

Wednesday 26 August 2009 | Published in Netball

Thursday 20: Scotland, USA, Papua New Guinea and Botswana played their final netball games yesterday morning to find out their final placings of the World Youth Netball Championships. On court one, Scotland faced a tenacious USA team who refused to give up throughout the match. Luckily for Scotland they were able to establish a clear […]