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Health minister salutes Sir Terepai
Thursday 12 July 2012 | Published in Regional
At yesterday’s health conference health minister Nandi Glassie paid tribute to Sir Terepai Maoate, who he said made health in the Cook Islands a personal and political priority. He credits Sir Terepai’s persistence for his own personal decision to return to the Cook Islands. ”Back in 2001 in February I received a phone call from […]
Wheelblack Mii turns his life around
Thursday 12 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Once upon a time 38-year-old Mii Pepe would just sit at home getting stressed, drinking and smoking heavily, relying on his mates to get him around. Today he is preparing to head to Korea as part of the Wheelblacks to qualify for the Para-Olympics in London two weeks after the Olympics. Pepe believes he is […]
Sonny Karati wins Michigan Shootout
Thursday 12 July 2012 | Published in Regional
The Michigan Motors Shootout recently contested at the Rarotonga Golf Club provided all the spectator excitement it had promised with shootouts being involved for six out of the nine holes. The dramas started on the first hole played. This was on the par three seventh hole with the pin at a fairly friendly position. Only […]
'Tribute to a great Cook Islander'
Thursday 12 July 2012 | Published in Regional
In honour of the late Sir Terepai Maoate, Dr Joe Williams spoke at length about prostate cancer at yesterday’s annual health conference. Introduced by session chair Dr Teariki ‘Kiki’ Maoate as a ”giant“ in the Cook Islands – one who hardly warrants an introduction – Dr Williams told the conference that Sir Terepai had specifically […]
Brown pays respects
Wednesday 11 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Auckland Mayor Len Brown has extended his condolences to the Cook Islands people on the death of their former Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate. Sir Terepai, who served as prime minister from 1999 to 2002, passed away on Monday. ”My thoughts are with the Cook Islands communities both in Auckland and abroad. We have a […]
Banner shows national support for Helema
Wednesday 11 July 2012 | Published in Regional
National sailor and Manihiki ‘pearl’ Helema Williams will be carrying the weight of the nation on her shoulders when she, along with seven fellow Cook Islands athletes, represents the Cook Islands at the London Olympics at the end of the month. Williams, who has been also nominated as the nation’s flag bearer for the opening […]
National sevens team named
Wednesday 11 July 2012 | Published in Regional
A squad of 12 women rugby players has been selected this week to represent the Cook Islands at the Oceania Women’s Championships in Fiji to be held on August 3 and 4. The event, which is the Oceania regional qualifier for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2013 in Russia, will see nine of the top teams […]
Herne Bay take out the squash
Wednesday 11 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Rarotonga Squash Club members gather in court one for a photoshoot after the club’s monthly competition last week sponsored by Cook Islands Steel. In total 24 players laced up and took to the court for the competition which was won by visiting A1 ranked Auckland player Rachel McLeod. The skilled and fit players from the […]
Sir Terepai loses battle with cancer
Tuesday 10 July 2012 | Published in Regional
The country today mourns the loss of former prime minister Sir Terepai Tuamure Maoate. The late Sir Terepai died, aged 77, in Rarotonga yesterday after fighting a long battle with prostate cancer. A medical doctor by profession, he was vocal about his illness and used his story to inspire Cook Islands men to make prostate […]
Panthers slay Cowboys
Monday 9 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Defending club rugby champions the Tupapa Panthers remain unbeaten after slaying the Cowboys 33-17 in the weekend’s top of the table clash at Victoria Park. In a highly entertaining 8-try match it was the experienced heads of the Panthers ultra-busy number 8 Kore Herrmann and ‘electric’ utility back Turori Matutu that lead the way for […]
Ella's on course
Saturday 7 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands slalom canoeist Ella Nicholas is brimming with excitement as she goes through final preparations for the London Olympics. Nicholas, who is the only one of the eight Cook Islands athletes who properly qualified for the Olympics, has spent the past week training in London. She is currently back in Pau, France, where she […]
Tennis tourney for little stars
Saturday 7 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Mini tennis stars will converge at the Nikao Tennis Centre courts today for the ANZ stars competitions in the under 7 and under 11 age grade. Games serve off at 10 o’clock this morning. Last Saturday the under 8 and under 10 ANZ stars competition drew over 20 future tennis stars to the courts for […]
Top teams Panthers and Cowboys clash
Saturday 7 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Today’s main game of the CITC club rugby competition is a top of the table clash between the Tupapa Panthers and Arorangi Cowboys. Both teams play contrasting styles of rugby – the Cowboys play a more forward-orientated 10-man rugby while the Panthers enjoy the free-spirited expansive 15-man game. After round two, reigning champions the Panthers […]
Parry and Palmer win first cross-country race
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Regional
The first race in the five-week cross country series was held at Tereora last Thursday with a good number of athletes racing. While the front runners stuck together for the first couple of laps, Bryn Parry took off from the field to take a clear lead and win the men’s race in a time of […]
Lux and Duke lead from front
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Fast paced rugby was the order of the day when golden oldies rugby players gathered at the Swamp on Friday for their regular meet. Captained by Lux Matapuku, the Red team through OB scored almost immediately after some brilliant backline moves. Motivational captain Dentist Duke spurred the Blue team on and Sonny Bill with speedy […]
Utanga prepares for Olympic challenge
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Olympic canoe sprinter Josh Utanga is preparing for the race of his life when he competes at the London Olympics later this month. The 24-year-old Australian based canoeist received a wild card entry into the Olympics after the International Canoeing Federation (ICF) and the London organising committee awarded the Cook Islands a K1 […]
3 athletes excel at Oceania champs
Thursday 5 July 2012 | Published in Regional
One gold medal, two silvers and a new personal best sprint time are the achievements of three Cook Islands athletes who competed at the Oceania Athletics Championships last week in Australia. Sprinters Patricia Taea and Patrick Tuara, who are both preparing for the London Olympics, impressed Olympic Games officials at the event with their track […]
Cowboys duel with Panthers this week
Tuesday 3 July 2012 | Published in Regional
The Arorangi Cowboys and Tupapa Panthers have emerged as the early leaders of the 2012 rugby union season – both winning their first two games of the season convincingly. However, this Saturday one of the two clubs will establish themselves as the early overall leader of the tournament when they go head to head at […]
Helema's Olympic campaign intensifies
Tuesday 3 July 2012 | Published in Regional
The past week has been a busy and demanding week for Olympic sailor Helema Williams, her training partner Taua Elisa Henry and coach Ben Paton. With the Olympic event only 29 days away, the carefully constructed training programme preparing her for the big event is progressing well with this last week being the hard out […]
Ngatangiia Dragons smash Eels
Monday 2 July 2012 | Published in Regional
The Takuvaine Reds senior A grade had no answers for the visiting Arorangi Cowboys who bulldozed their way over the Reds on Saturday to convincingly win the match up 33-8 in the weekend’s main game. As expected – a dominant Cowboys tight five led by the front rowers Timi ‘Shadow’ Tunui, cousins David and Katini […]
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