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Black Wolves, Spice Queenz emerge victors

Monday 17 January 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Other Sports, Sports

Black Wolves from Tupapa retained the Cook Islands Beach Games beach football title on Saturday.

2022 is the year to find your voice

Monday 17 January 2022 | Written by Ruta Tangiiau Mave | Published in On the Street, Opinion

The good news is 2021 did bring out the vocalisation of people who took their democratic right to the streets and marched and protested the decisions of the governments trying to protect them, writes Ruta Mave.

Tropical depression brings gale-force winds and heavy swells

Monday 17 January 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Environment, National

Yesterday’s strong winds and high seas caused by a tropical depression near Mauke caught residents of Rarotonga and other southern group islands by surprise and the Met Office says more damaging winds and rain are expected this week.

Reported crashes drop, 'record number' fined

Saturday 15 January 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Crime, National

Reported motor vehicle crashes during December have dropped significantly on Rarotonga in recent years.

Defending champs on track

Saturday 15 January 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Football, Sports

Defending men’s champions Black Wolves remain on track in the 2022 Cook Islands Beach Games beach football competition.

What does prison say about our society?

Saturday 15 January 2022 | Written by Thomas Tarurongo Wynne | Published in Opinion

Our society is one where we see people through the lens of what we believe they deserve and what we also believe they do not, writes Thomas Tarurongo Wynne.

Cops raid Aitutaki properties in big cannabis bust

Saturday 15 January 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Crime, National

A commercial sized cannabis operation has been busted on Aitutaki following a year-long investigation, resulting in eight people arrested and charged.

Emotional reopening to Cook Islands

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Zealand, Regional

Some families are reuniting, some are celebrating and others are making fresh starts as the Cook Islands travel bubble reopens with New Zealand today

Underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai erupts again

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional, Tonga

Underwater volcano Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai has erupted again sending ash, steam and gas 20 kilometres into the air.

Flosse accuses France of causing his 'political death'

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in French Polynesia, Regional

French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse says he is in mourning because the French state has signed his political death by banning him from political office for five years for abusing public funds.

Kata: Preventative Medicine

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: ‘Prison life is not luxurious’

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

Dear Editor, in response to Jacqueline Ngatai-Cowan’s letter in CI News January 8, 2022. Firstly, I want to thank her for her concerns regarding her partner’s situation at Arorangi Prison and his medical condition.

Handball impressed with beach comp

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Other Sports, Sports

The 2022 Beach Games got off to a perfect start with an impressive three-day beach handball competition that concluded on Wednesday followed by the beach football competition yesterday.

Jailed for breaching multiple court orders

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by Al Williams | Published in Court, National

A man facing a raft of domestic related charges has been jailed for more than two months following mounting frustration in court.

Family members and vaccinated travelers arrive in Rarotonga

Friday 14 January 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in National, Tourism

The arrival terminal at the Rarotonga international airport was a flurry of activity yesterday afternoon for the first flight to mark the border reopening from Auckland, with masked tourism operators and families waiting to welcome guests and their loved ones back.

Covid-19 Fiji: 7 more deaths, 417 new cases in the community

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Fiji, Regional

Fiji has reported seven more deaths and 417 new cases of Covid-19 in the community.

Cook Islands reopens border with vaccinated New Zealanders

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Zealand, Regional

The Cook Islands has reopened its borders to fully vaccinated New Zealanders, but with less fanfare and more trepidation than last year's kick-off.

Cooks versus Tonga in OFC preliminary match

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

The match schedule has been confirmed for March’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 OFC preliminary competition, which will be staged in Qatar.

Kata: Masking up

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Tea-keys claim Beach Games’ first gold medal

Thursday 13 January 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Other Sports, Sports

The Tea-keys finished the beach handball competition at the Cook Islands Beach Games 2022 unbeaten, claiming the annual event’s first gold medal.