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Ship will move fast: Ports boss
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Local
News that Pacific Schooners Ltd is moving to settle its debts with creditors and prepare the Tiare Taporo for a voyage next month will be welcomed by the Ports Authority, which has been forced to deal with having the vessel in port since around August last year.
A win for captain courageous
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in League
The Kangaroos have celebrated Cameron Smith’s 50th match in green and gold with a crushing 30-12 win over a Kiwis side that had been described pre-game as one of the best New Zealand squads of all time. Australia’s methodical dismantling of the second-best team on the planet is an ominous warning to their rivals ahead of this year’s World Cup. The win – their 100th over New Zealand – might have come at a cost with centre Josh Dugan taken to hospital for scans on a possible facial fracture after a sickening head clash with Russell Packer midway through the second half. It was a night of missed opportunities for the Kiwis who ran for more metres than their opposition but were left to rue several poor options in attack on a chilly night in the nation’s capital. New Zealand had all the early running and had several opportunities to pin the Kangaroos deep in their own end, but Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and then Jordan Rapana sent two attacking kicks dead in the first seven minutes to let Australia off the hook. It’s those minor mistakes that have hurt the Kiwis on the international stage and Australia showed them how it’s done with Cooper Cronk and Valentine Holmes procuring repeat sets, before Johnathan Thurston’s pinpoint kick found a flying Dugan for the first points of the night. An Andrew Fifita error from the kick-off opened the door for an immediate reply, and while Shaun Johnson managed to force a line dropout with an angled grubber, the Kiwis halfback went from hero to villain in the space of 60 seconds as his cut-out pass was intercepted by Blake Ferguson who raced 95 metres to extend the lead. Despite the early setbacks, the visitors maintained their territorial dominance but were denied twice on consecutive plays when Tuivasa-Sheck was held up and then Rapana had his effort rubbed out for a forward pass. They would prove to be costly misses as the Kangaroos marched downfield on the back of a big break by Sam Thaiday whose bullocking run allowed Will Chambers to take advantage of a scattered defensive line to score a simple try out of dummy-half. A fourth try looked imminent when Matt Gillett broke through some flimsy defence and found a seemingly unmarked Ferguson on his outside in support, but some desperate defence forced the winger into touch. There would be no denying the Aussies however as the Kangaroos extended the margin four minutes before the break when Tyson Frizell reacted first to a Thurston grubber that ricocheted off the posts and sat up for the big man to score. The Kangaroos picked up from where they left off with tackling machine Jake Trbojevic crashing over four minutes into the second half to push the lead out to 30. Australia’s brick wall defensive line was finally breached in the 56th minute when veteran Simon Mannering marked his return to the national side with a try to get his side on the board. A typically tireless tackle by Mannering then forced Ferguson into touch five metres out from his own line, and from the ensuing scrum, Tuivasa-Sheck showed enough speed to get on the outside of Thurston to cross for his 10th Test try. - NRL.com Kangaroos 30 (Josh Dugan, Blake Ferguson, Will Chambers, Tyson Frizell, Jake Trbojevic tries; Johnathan Thurston 5 goals) def. Kiwis 12 (Simon Mannering, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck tries; Jordan Kahu 2 goals) at GIO Stadium. Half-time: 24-0. Crowd: 18,535.
Back to school – and they're loving it
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Local
Schools across the island began their first week of Term 2 on Monday and while they certainly enjoyed their holiday, Apii Nikao students say they are “stoked” to be back learning again.
Visitors lend valuable helping hand
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Hot on the Rock
Te Vaerua Rehabilitation Service is hosting a visit from three visiting specialists who are aiming to provide help for the disabled community during their annual visit.
Demo Party eyes future pension changes
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Local
This new Saturday column is written by Tina Browne, leader of the Democratic Party. CI News does not support any political party and the writer’s opinions are her own.
How to plan a sustainable life
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Opinion
The last of the four principles in A Pace of Grace is “Plan a Sustainable Life”.
A matter of rights and responsibilities
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Opinion
In a time when a person’s rights seem to be the overriding narrative, there has been a case in New Zealand where a person in jail for murder has petitioned the government for his right to donate sperm and to donate his organs.
Mercury news gives food for thought
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Local
This weekly column is supplied by Te Ipukarea Society. It deals with environmental and conservation issues of interest to the Cook Islands.
Time to get dancing back to its place of pride
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It was with disappointment I viewed the advertisements on TV telling us that the next Dancer of the Year segment was to be conducted at a hotel bar.
'I'm not anti-New Zealand' – Tepaki
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Following the publication of my letter in CI News on May 2 headed, “Demos embrace wrong country: Tepaki”, Demo friends have reminded me that they support the Merchant of Paradise (MOP) project to take the economy out of recession and aid dependency and raise our economic status on par with fellow New Zealanders, so our people can come home.
Nowhere to stay but prison...
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Local
The lack of suitable accommodation on Rarotonga for young people released from prison was highlighted in the High Court on Thursday when a plea for somewhere to live was made on behalf of an offender.
Solutions in the works for PSL
Monday 8 May 2017 | Published in Local
An end may be in sight to the problems dogging Pacific Schooners Ltd, operators of the vessel Tiare Taporo,
Tereora College back with bowl title
Friday 5 May 2017 | Published in Rugby Union
The Tereora College 1st XV team arrived home to Rarotonga on Wednesday this week after competing in the Pacific Cup Rugby High School Championship in Hawaii.
PNG expect fired up Kukis
Friday 5 May 2017 | Published in League
Papua New Guinea back-rower Rhyse Martin expects a fired-up Cook Islands outfit after the minnow nation missed qualification for the upcoming 2017 Rugby League World Cup in October last year.
Resurrection – a leap into new life
Friday 5 May 2017 | Published in Church Talk
A common thread that weaves through the Easter stories is the disciples’ inability to recognise Jesus when he appeared.
Some questions about Anzac Day
Friday 5 May 2017 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I am writing this letter to express my disappointment with both the protocol and the programme set for the recent Anzac Dawn Service held on April 25.
Smoke signal seen as smear on Ponia
Friday 5 May 2017 | Published in Smoke Signals
On Monday CI News published a letter from Teina Rongo which said he had applied for the position of senior marine ecologist with MMR.
Special visit recalls war exploits
Friday 5 May 2017 | Published in Local
Among the many extra people who came to this year’s ANZAC commemorations from New Zealand last month, were 12 members of the Auckland Branch of the Maori Battalion Association.
Working towards a detoxified future
Friday 5 May 2017 | Published in Local
Representatives from Cook Islands this week joined their counterparts from Samoa, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Tonga and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) at the joint Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva.
Cook Islanders in NZ honour our war effort
Friday 5 May 2017 | Published in Local
The 500 Cook Islands soldiers who volunteered to fight in World War One were remembered by many Cook Islanders who attended the Anzac dawn service in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 25 this year.
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