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Ex-England rugby forward eyes switch to Fiji

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Fiji, Regional

Former England rugby international and Number 8 Nathan Hughes has announced his availability to play for his country of birth, Fiji.

US Army Commander apologises to Marshall Islands

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Marshall Islands, Regional

US Army Commander Col. Thomas Pugsley offered his personal apology to the people of the Marshall Islands for last week's "breakdown of established protocols" for Army repatriation groups arriving at the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll.

Kata: Vaccine Certificate

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Tea-keys seal top spot after day two of Beach Games competition

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Other Sports, Sports

Day two of the Beach Games 2022 handball competition saw another round of entertaining matches.

Stevens ready for Raro event

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Badminton, Sports

New Zealand-based Sue Stevens ready to take on Oceania Masters in Paradise after finishing chemotherapy.

Inmate referred to New Zealand for further tests

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Crime, National

An Arorangi Prison inmate, who is understood to be in serious medical condition, is being referred to New Zealand for high level tests “to rule out any undetected sickness”.

Iconic café closes down

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Business, National

A landmark eatery on Rarotonga has closed its doors amid a long-standing land dispute.

LETTERS: Solving labour shortage problem

Wednesday 12 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, maybe an agreement of higher wages for an agreed period, to then be reduced back to normal with an incentive programme to increase the wage back to the higher rate agreed upon (No immediate fix for local labour shortage, January 10, 2022).

French Polynesia Covid-19 numbers on the rise again

Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in French Polynesia, Regional

There has been a surge in Covid-19 cases in French Polynesia, with 179 new cases reported over the last five days.

Post-cyclone: Fiji public urged to clean up amid 'LTDD' warning

Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Fiji, Regional

Fiji's government has warned of a rise in diseases with the potential to prove deadlier than Tropical Cyclone Cody which hit the country on Monday.

Kata: Prisoners

Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

League eyes exciting year after 9s success

Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Rugby league, Sports

Cook Islands Rugby League Association was ‘very impressed’ with the standard of competition at last weekend’s Nines in Paradise tournament.

Beach Games’ thrills and spills

Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Sports, Volleyball

Beach handball kicked off the Cook Islands Beach Games 2022 with fun, sand and spills yesterday afternoon at the Nikao beach courts.

LETTERS: Losing our Covid free status

Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, Let’s think this through for a second (Reduced health clinics when border reopens, January 6, 2022).

Church agrees to allow unvaxed members to attend Sunday services

Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Economy, National

Unvaccinated members of the Avarua CICC (Cook Islands Christian Church) are overjoyed at the decision of its committee to allow them to continue to attend church services when the country’s border reopens this Thursday.

Concerns raised over inmate’s health

Tuesday 11 January 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Crime, National

Authorities remain tight lipped about the status of an Arorangi Prison inmate who is understood to be in serious medical condition.

Duo set to ignite faith in Cooks tourism industry

Saturday 8 January 2022 | Written by Alana Musselle | Published in Features, Go Local

In a time of Covid-induced economic uncertainty, two good friends and business partners are taking a leap of faith to get Rarotonga’s new and unique tourism marketing agency back up and running in lead up to next week’s border reopening.

The story of Tapuaetai

Friday 7 January 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Entertainment, Features

Driven by the passion to share historic Aitutaki stories in a ‘modern way’, a proud Cook Islander has written a book to inspire others to rekindle their memories of the stories they used to hear in their young days back on the island.

Bangladesh wallop New Zealand in historic test match win

Tuesday 4 January 2022 | Written by Rahul Patil | Published in Cricket, Sports

Day 5: New Zealand 1st Innings 328 all out (Conway 122, Young 52, Nicholls 75, Shoriful 3/69, Mehidy 3/86,) vs Bangladesh 1st Innings 458 all out (Joy 70*, Shanto 64, Mominul 88, Das 86, Mehidy 47, Boult 4/85, Wagner 3/101) New Zealand 2nd innings 169 all out (Young 69, Taylor 40, Ebadot 6/46, Taskin 3/36) Bangladesh 2nd innings 40/2 (Shanto 17, Mominul 13*). Report by Rahul Patil from the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui – NZ.

KATA: Tree cutting

Friday 26 November 2021 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Kata, Opinion