Regional
T20 'daunting'
Wednesday 22 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The cricketing community is buzzing about its first foray into Twenty-20 cricket. The shorter format of the game is sure to provide entertainment but also plenty of headaches for captains. Fielding restrictions in the first six overs of an innings is guaranteed to provide spectators with entertaining big hits but spare a thought for the […]
Hope rising for gender agenda
Wednesday 22 August 2012 | Published in Regional
This story appeared in Islands Business, a regional publication distributed in 22 island countries, this month. Written by Cook Islander Lisa Williams-Lahari, the story explores the changing landscape of Cook Islands politics as more women step up to the challenge of leading the country. Following the disappointment of the 2010 elections for those hoping to […]
Focus on protecting ocean island states
Wednesday 22 August 2012 | Published in Regional
While ”Large Ocean-Island States – the Pacific Challenge“ is the theme for next week’s 43nd Pacific Islands Forum in the Cook Islands, the region’s two key powers, China and the United States, will be jockeying for supremacy. When Prime Minister Henry Puna spoke on behalf of the Cook Islands while expressing gratitude as the host […]
News on Scoop
Wednesday 22 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Pacific Scoop, a news service edited by Auckland University of Technology’s Pacific Media Centre, will be diligently tracking Forum news and posting it online. The service will be posting all Cook Islands News’ coverage of next week’s Pacific Islands Forum to its website, alongside content generated by other media. Already Pacific Scoop has begun publishing […]
Football referees gear up for season
Tuesday 21 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Football Association referees have received their Lotto Score Sportwear gear ahead of the 2012 Rarotonga Football season kicking off tomorrow. The uniform sets were bought at a discounted price through the Cook Islands Football Association with all the match officials and assistant officials raving about their new look for the 2012 season. A […]
Midweek rugby at 2 island venues
Tuesday 21 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The BCI Stadium and Nukupure Park in Ngatangiia are the two venues to catch the rugby union action this week as clubs play out their games postponed from the weekend. At the BCI Stadium this afternoon the Avatiu Eels and Takuvaine Reds senior A team will go head to head in what should be a […]
Time for repairs and reflection
Tuesday 21 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Marumaru Atua is now at Vuda Point, Fiji, joined by our friends on Fiji’s Uto Ni Yalo, as well as the vaka Hine Moana. Since saying goodbye to watch captain and resident blogger Alex in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, we have also bid farewell to many of our dear friends from the fleet of Te Mana […]
Panthers snatch win on fulltime
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The Tupapa Panthers team’s patience and consistent pressure held them in good stead against the powerful Arorangi Cowboys who dominated Saturday’s main match. But when it counted, the Panthers showed their championship quality to snatch the game from the Cowboys 23-22 at Raemaru Park right on the final hooter. The Panthers’ winning try came via […]
Leadership change 'good'
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The feisty Avatiu-Nikao Cricket Club have made significant changes ahead of the Computer Man Twenty-20 Competition. A switch of captain will see Melody Melota take over the reins from Hamish Weir. Melota has had a meteoric rise since his return from New Zealand, including selection into this year’s International Cricket Council East Asia Pacific elite […]
Junior tennis reps resurrect themselves
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands junior tennis team representatives resurrected themselves in the second week of the Oceania Junior Closed Championships in Fiji. Team manager Tangi Amataiti says the Tamarua Payne and Lillian Maui both played some exceptional tennis, says Amataiti. ”They pushed themselves hard.“ The pair were up against some very classy Australian players in a […]
100 Forum flags flying
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands images – of marine life, a breaching whale, costumed dancers Matthew Pierre and Silas Tuaputa, and the view from a vaka – have been printed on larger-than-life-sized banners and flags, which will be positioned around Rarotonga and strung on 100 flagpoles this week. Banners will be stationed around the airport, the National Auditorium […]
'Transformative change' required for economy
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Regional
The Cook Islands features as a case study in an article recently published in Pacific Islands Brief about economic growth and development in the Pacific Islands. Using Barbados and the Maldives as examples, the authors make the point that the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati and Samoa have a good deal to learn. Written by Ron […]
Spouses programme part of the Forum
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Regional
It is not only the leaders of the Pacific nations who will get to enjoy the upcoming Pacific Forum. A spouses programme, hosted and organised by Mrs Akaiti Puna, wife of the prime minister, will take place during the forum to ensure that a real slice of Cook Islands life can be experienced by all […]
New police vehicles arrive ahead of Forum
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Police inspector Tere Patia (left), senior sergeant Cy Kaivananga and senior sergeant Ruta Tane show off three of six new vehicles police have received to increase their visibility in the community and to provide adequate security support for the Pacific Leaders Forum. As well as the two Suzuki trial motorbikes and a used police car […]
Quit the abuse
Monday 20 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Rugby Union (CIRU) officials are clamping down on verbal abuse by rugby fans on referees and match officials. Not only is abusing the referee from the sideline a bad example to young children, it ruins the game for everyone else. Last weekend there was an incident at a game where after constant verbal […]
King's boys play dual sports
Saturday 18 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands junior golf protges Teariki Smith (16) and Tony Turua (17), pictured below, swapped their golf clubs for rugby boots to represent their school King’s College on the rugby field. King’s College teams play in the Auckland Secondary Schools championships which has its finals in two weeks time. Both Smith and Turua also play […]
Cowboys and Panthers fight for second
Saturday 18 August 2012 | Published in Regional
This week’s CITC main match of the week between the Arorangi Cowboys and Tupapa Panthers is going to be a bruising encounter, as the two teams square off as joint second place getters on the senior A grade points table. Today’s game is crucial for both sides as the season inches into the business end […]
Special things about everyday life
Saturday 18 August 2012 | Published in Regional
What’s special about my everyday life The special thing about my everyday life is having my family and friends around me, the ones who love me most, even when I go I have my friends to help me every step of the way. Sometimes my friends and I fight over things but at the end […]
New fishing club supports tradition
Saturday 18 August 2012 | Published in Regional
It might only be in its infancy, but a new fishing club in Aitutaki has already offered its support to revive an age-old Cook Islands tradition. The Taukavai Game Fishing Club’s name is a shortened version of the three Aitutaki villages Tautu, Vaipeka and Vaipae and is the second fishing club on the island after […]
6 Kiwi cops bolster Cooks
Saturday 18 August 2012 | Published in Regional
Police commissioner Maara Tetava says it will be six New Zealand police who will provide additional security during this month’s Pacific Islands Forum. Tetava says they will be sworn in as temporary Cook Islands officers. He says most of the six officers are with the Specialist Search Unit. ”What they do is they work with […]
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