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Police seek second driver involved in Avarua car crash
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Crime, Local, National
Cook Islands Police are seeking a person who fled from a car crash in Avarua on Thursday morning.
Historic assault case thrown out after five years
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Court, Crime, National
An assault case stretching back five years has been thrown out of court following lengthy correspondence between the defence and the victim.
Tahiti and Aussie prove their strength in handball tournament
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Handball, Sports
Before the final day of the Men's IHF Trophy Oceania, the winners of both youth and junior tournaments had already been determined.
Live it, Love it: Netball in Paradise is a wrap!
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Netball, Sports
Netball in Paradise wrapped up on Thursday this week with the last of the games played at the Ngatangiia Matavera netball courts in the morning.
Former Tereora College students reunite, reminisce
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Features, Local, National
Tereora College students from the 1950s and 1960s reconnected with one another sharing an evening of laughter, songs and nostalgia, indulging in enjoyable recollections of their past at the country’s national college.
‘Study hard and do your best’
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Education, National
Apii Avarua’s dux of the year Teiva Nanai is pictured with her younger Year 5 brother Avaikibo – who won an award for the most outstanding student in his class – and their proud parents Teeiau and Teava Nanai.
Back home after a ‘surreal’ four years as high commissioner
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Local, National
Elizabeth Wright-Koteka is back in Rarotonga after a busy four years as our country’s High Commissioner to New Zealand. She talks to Cook Islands News journalist Matthew Littlewood about her time in that role.
Last week before football finals
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Football, Sports
It’s one more week before the finals in the Premier Men’s Football competition.
Expo offers Antarctic experience to islanders
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Education, National, Outer Islands
Being able to step from the sweltering sandy climate of the Cook Islands into the freezing environs of the Antarctic will be a novelty for the community of Aitutaki.
Conservation successes in the Cook Islands
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Environment, Local, National
The delightful little kākerōri, or Rarotonga flycatcher, has been brought back from the brink of extinction in a Cook Islands conservation success story.
Wiki hopes to follow in father’s footsteps
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Rugby league, Sports
Cook Islander Mackenzie Wiki has been signed up to the Canberra Raiders squad for the NRLW Premiership, and it’s been called a boon for Rugby League in the Cook Islands.
JP: ‘This matter has become really, really messy’
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Court, Crime, National
A Justice of the Peace has expressed frustration as a case stretching back close to two years is dragging on.
Retiring Chief Justice on his time here, suggestions for law reform
Saturday 10 December 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Court, Features, Local, National
Retiring Chief Justice Sir Hugh Williams KNZM, KC has spoken with Cook Islands News and shares some insight into our judiciary.
Race still on for Oceania handball crown
Friday 9 December 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Handball, Sports
Tahiti has stepped up in making their mark at the International Handball Federation Oceania Trophy Tournament on Rarotonga.
Accused denied festive booze as strict bail conditions continue
Friday 9 December 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Court, Crime, National
A man facing intent to injure charges has asked the courts if he can consume alcohol over the festive season despite bail conditions stipulating he can’t.
LETTER TO EDITOR: Homosexual Law reform remains in limbo
Friday 9 December 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion
‘Science shows us that people are born LGBTQ+’
Swimming Legend ‘Thorpedo’ Visits
Friday 9 December 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in
Ian “Thorpedo” Thorpe, a legendary Australian Olympic Gold medallist and World Champion Swimmer, now retired, gives high fives to school kids in the Cook Islands Aquatics Federation (CIAF) programme at the Social Centre beach.
Current discharge system ‘not sustainable’ - report
Friday 9 December 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Environment, National
A report into the discharge of sludge into the Avana and Turangi streams says the current situation is “not sustainable”.
Swimming pool in pipeline for Raro
Friday 9 December 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Sports, Swimming
The assumption is made that in the Pacific Islands, the people know how to swim, but most don’t, they grow up collecting seafood in the sea and just hanging out in the water.
Ambassador returns to ‘contact sport’ of diplomacy in the Cook Islands
Thursday 8 December 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in Local, National, Sports
The European Union’s ambassador to the Pacific says even small nations such as the Cook Islands have a role to play in world diplomacy. Sujiro Seam is in the Cook Islands this week to present his letters of credence to the King’s Representative Sir Tom Marsters.
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