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Aitutaki hosts ‘Paru’ Fishing Competition

Wednesday 9 March 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Fishing, Sports

Aitutaki Fishermen have hosted the 2022 Platinum 1000 ‘Paru’ Fishing competition last week.

Cooks record 33 Covid-19 cases

Wednesday 9 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Health, National

The country has recorded 33 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday beating the previous record by 11.

Kata: Gender Bias

Tuesday 8 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

The world has stopped spinning

Tuesday 8 March 2022 | Written by Rahul Patil | Published in Features, In Depth

As the world comes to terms with the sudden death of arguably the best spinner to have ever played the game of cricket, Rahul Patil writes about a gifted genius who genuinely tried his best to make a difference in people’s lives by giving way more than what he received.

Baudinet’s Pacific Oceania team falls short

Tuesday 8 March 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in Sports, Tennis

Despite their valiant efforts, top tennis player Brett Baudinet and his Pacific Oceania team bombed out of the first round of the World Group II playoff over the weekend.

Queen’s Baton Relay completes Rarotonga run

Tuesday 8 March 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Commonwealth Games, Sports

The Cook Islands leg of the Queen’s Baton Relay concluded yesterday.

LETTERS: Actions speak louder than words

Tuesday 8 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, to those commenting on the visiting Mexican artist and what seems to this writer to be very inviting artwork on the sea wall at Nikao, the last time I looked at a world map Mexico fronts on the same Pacific Ocean as does the sea wall.

Fire destroys Titikaveka home

Tuesday 8 March 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Local, National

A Rarotonga mother of six has been hailed a hero after rushing into a blazing inferno to rescue her son.

Aitutaki records first Covid-19 case

Tuesday 8 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Health, National

Aitutaki recorded its first Covid-19 case – one of the nine new cases detected yesterday – bringing the total number of Omicron variant cases to 141.

What does the IPCC climate report mean for the Pacific

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Pacific Islands, Regional

The United Nations chief scientific agency on climate change released its latest report on Monday.

Macron secures 91 special electors in French Polynesia

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in French Polynesia, Regional

The French president Emmanuel Macron has secured the endorsement of 91 special electors in French Polynesia to help register as a candidate in next month's presidential election.

Kata: Covid-19

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Queen’s Baton journey continues throughout Cooks

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Local, National

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Baton for the Commonwealth Games will spend an hour from 9am to 10am at the Punanga Nui Market for anyone who wants to take a closer look.

Queen’s Baton officially welcomed

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Commonwealth Games, Sports

A small official ceremony for the arrival of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Baton for the Commonwealth Games to the Cook Islands was held at the Queen’s Representatives Residence in Titikaveka over the weekend.

Ministry of Health confirms additional isolation facilities

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Health, National

Tourist accommodation in Aitutaki and Rarotonga will be turned into Covid-19 isolation facilities if the Ministry of Health is in need.

Cooks embrace underdog tag

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

As the only unranked nation attending the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ OFC preliminary competition, Cook Islands head coach Alan Taylor says he’s happy for his squad to remain under the radar ahead of their attempt to qualify through as Oceania’s representative for the intercontinental play-off.

Break the bias

Monday 7 March 2022 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in Opinion

The mixed messages girls grow up with are relentless - don’t mess with bad boys, find yourself a nice boy.

A prayer for Ukraine

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend

Far from the ruins of the war, people in Rarotonga rally together to support Ukraine following the invasion from Russian forces.

‘Ka mua, ka muri’: Walking backwards into the future

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in On the Street, Opinion

When western thinking arrived in what would soon be called the Cook Islands in 1903, Missionary advanced the way we saw the world, the way we saw ourselves and the way we saw time had already begun to unfold as we unravelled all our traditional knowledge, customs and ways of knowing and put them in a box handed to us by our colonisers with the word “etene” on it.

The ongoing costs of Covid-19 pandemic

Saturday 5 March 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Features, Weekend

Cook Islands continues counting the cost of Covid-19 with increasing numbers entering quarantine.