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Stage set for shield challenge final

Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in League

Stripped Eels out of shield challenge final Premier men’s rugby league games will be played this Thursday ahead of Easter weekend.

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Fast-paced action at five-a-side football

Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Football

Securing top positions in the annual five-a-side football competition will be the focus for open men’s teams who will take to the field this afternoon for some fast and furious games.

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Counting real pipeline costs

Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, TOA petroleum and Air Rarotonga's article (March 24) in favour of an over-the-reef fuel pipeline project, is no more than a trick played on the public to convince us that there are great economic benefits.


PM seeks aid with Te Maeva Nui transport

Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Politics

Prime Minister Henry Puna has reached out to French Polynesia, New Zealand, and Samoa for help with transport of people from the Pa Enua to Rarotonga for this year’s Te Maeva Nui celebrations.

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Huge tuna could be record for Aitutaki

Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Outer Islands

After a long delay the tuna fishing season is finally underway at Aitutaki.

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Purse seining objectors get it wrong

Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Rarotonga residents will recognise the familiar cycle of objections and responses every time the purse seine issue is headlined by your newspaper.


Park talks excuse doesn't add up

Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor Regarding Liz Koteka Wright’s comment in last Saturday’s Cook Islands News about the Marae Moana Steering Committee holding public consultations on every one of the Pa Enua except Pukapuka and Nassau due to transportation difficulties, one would have to ask how her boss the Hon Henry Puna PM, managed to get to both those islands recently.


Where's all the science?

Wednesday 1 April 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, The Prime Minister and Minister for Fisheries, Hon Henry Puna, and the Secretary of Marine Resources, Ben Ponia, have repeatedly told the public that development of the purse seine fishery needs to be guided by science.


Vaipae-Tautu vote today

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Outer Islands

Vaipae-Tautu voters will cast their votes in Aitutaki today, not only to choose their own leader, but have a say in the future of the Cook Islands government.

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Students race clock in tyre-changing contest

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Local

The Cook Islands Tertiary Training Institute hosted what is believed to be the first ever tyre-changing competition in Rarotonga last Thursday.

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Australian visitor in quick-stop talks

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Politics

Prime Minister Henry Puna will talk regional development with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop during her quick stop in Rarotonga today.

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Maritime sector thrown a lifesaver

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Local

The New Zealand Aid Programme yesterday entered into a new partnership with the Cook Islands Government to provide $450,000 for maritime safety initiatives in the Cook Islands.

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Rain fails to dampen Easter hunt fun

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Local

It was like a scene from a Disney movie on Saturday as 14 teams (pictured above) raced around Avarua with a Rotaract Club member in tow, on the hunt for their Easter eggs.

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Te Mato Vai talks go down a rocky road

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, This letter is to provide an informal update on the Te Mato Vai project discussions with landowners.


Celebrating sporting success

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Local

Newly-appointed Minister of Sports Albert Nicholas spent Sunday night celebrating the success of local athletes at the annual sports awards.

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Golden oldies lace up for mini festival

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Rugby Union

Three days of fun, friendship and fraternity are on the cards for golden oldies rugby festival, with the 5th Cook Islands Mini Festival to be held from May 4 to 7.

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Downpour adds to record month for rain

Tuesday 31 March 2015 | Published in Weather

A massive downpour which pummelled Rarotonga on Friday evening brought 27.4 millimetres of rain between 7pm and midnight.


Bishop and Ponia investigations drag on

Monday 30 March 2015 | Published in Politics

Police say they will not leave ‘any stones unturned’ in the investigation into Aitutaki MP Teina Bishop, which has dragged on for nearly two years.

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Youth scoop top awards

Monday 30 March 2015 | Published in Local

Youth athletes won top honours at last night’s annual Cook Islands Sports and National Olympics Committee’s sports awards.

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Small schools win big at soccer

Monday 30 March 2015 | Published in Football

More than 200 football-loving kids from nine primary schools showed great sportsmanship at last Thursday’s one-day football festival sponsored by CITC and Coca Cola.

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