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Youth athletics competition re-scheduled for today
Wednesday 3 March 2010 | Published in Regional
Last week’s postponed youth athletics competition will be held today at the BCI Stadium in Nikao. The athletics meet will run every fortnight as a lead up to the International Athletics Day commemoration on May 12. Today’s competition will include five track and field events for athletes in the under 18, under 16, under 14 […]
Calling all Mangaians
Wednesday 3 March 2010 | Published in Regional
Registrations are now open to all Mangaians interested in being part of the third bi-annual Mangaia Tri Series Games. The sports codes to be contested during the competition are cricket, darts, golf, netball, oe vaka, rugby, soccer, table tennis, tennis, touch and volleyball. At present social games are held every Friday at the Avatea school […]
Masters athletes prepare
Wednesday 3 March 2010 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands masters athletes will continue with their regular track and field meetings at the BCI Stadium this afternoon from 5pm. These Wednesday meetings are to help the athletes who are preparing for the Oceania Masters Athletics Champs to be staged in Tahiti in early July. Tahiti formerly had a synthetic track similar to the […]
Sun and tempers flare
Wednesday 3 March 2010 | Published in Regional
Sun showers made for slippery touch rugby games on Monday afternoon among teams in the open me’s and women’s competition. The top two women’s teams the Vixens and FBI ladies went head to head but neither side could break their 2-all tie. The TSL Rookies ran circles around their northern group sisters Rama to win […]
Red Cross reconnects families during evacuation
Tuesday 2 March 2010 | Published in Regional
About 1270 Aitutaki residents and visitors registered with Red Cross at seven relief centres during Saturday’s early morning tsunami warning evacuation. The registration process was part of Red Cross’ Restoring Family Links programme, which aims to help worried family and friends find news of their loved ones during a disaster, as well as assisting the […]
Aitutaki faces fuel shortage
Monday 1 March 2010 | Published in Regional
The island of Aitutaki could face fuel and cooking gas shortages after the cargo ship Southern Phoenix returned to New Zealand on Saturday carrying cargo for the island. The Southern Phoenix had spent a week sitting outside the reef in Aitutaki with rough seas hampering attempts to offload the ship. Aitutaki mayor Tai Herman said […]
Wairarapa community backs cyclone appeal
Monday 1 March 2010 | Published in Regional
Pacific Islanders living in Wairarapa have thrown their weight behind a regional appeal to help cyclone victims in Aitutaki. Riversdale woman Sylvia Scott last week launched the Aitutaki Cyclone Appeal after Cyclone Pat devastated the island on February 11. Scott said the Salvation Army in Masterton had donated essentials to the appeal that are to […]
Top 2 face off
Monday 1 March 2010 | Published in Regional
Today’s open men’s and women’s touch competition has very interesting match ups with the top two women’s team the Vixens and FBI first up tonight. These two young and feisty sides have been the standout teams in the women’s competition and today’s match is going to be a must see. Playing on the adjacent field […]
Sharks maul Doggies
Monday 1 March 2010 | Published in Regional
Saturday morning’s tsunami warnings caused the cancellation of the two planned rugby league games on Rarotonga. The cancelled games were the double header showdown between the Arorangi Bears and Ngatangiia-Matavera Sea Eagles, and the Avatiu Eels and Tupapa-Maraerenga Panthers. However, on Friday afternoon, a fantastic game of rugby league was played on Aitutaki between the […]
Southern Phoenix still waiting to offload
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
The Aitutaki Ports Authority hopes to offload the remaining cargo from the Southern Phoenix today if sea conditions are favourable. The Southern Phoenix has been sitting in Aitutaki since Monday with just 15 of the 30 containers for the island offloaded on Monday. Several attempts have been made to unload the ship and if this […]
Principal takes school 'home'
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Cyclone Pat may have demolished the Seventh Day Adventist’s Tekaaroa School on Aitutaki,but that wasn’t a good enough reason for school principal Naomi Henry to stop educating. In fact, the devoted teacher opened up her home in Amuri to continue teaching her students while fellow SDA parishioner John Vano opened his home for the older […]
Aitutaki baby not called Pat!
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Aitutaki island’s newest arrival – a beautiful baby girl – will definitely not be called Pat, Patricia or Patty! Amuri village residents Melelino Vaevae and Quinton Schofield delivered their third child together on Tuesday morning in the car park of the Aitutaki hospital. News of first baby born on Aitutaki since the island was devastated […]
Tent living the last resort
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Around 20 dome tents have been erected on the island of Aitutaki for families who lost their homes during cyclone Pat on February 10. The tents, part of the Red Cross emergency kit, were erected by the New Zealand Army who’ve been stationed on the island for nearly two weeks. While a handful of families […]
New plants already sprouting
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Agriculture staff on Aitutaki were the only people glad to see the rain this week as they continued to sow thousands of vegetable and fruit seeds. Head of agriculture on Aitutaki, Fred Charlie, said that their planting project is well on the way and in a week’s time they will divvy out the germinated vegetable […]
Araura teachers offer guidance
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Araura College students spent their first days back at school this week talking about their experiences during cyclone Pat. Prior to the school reopening, teachers met with Tereora College guidance councillor Sarah Milne who coached the teachers on how to identify signs of trauma and depression among their students. Araura College principal Enoa Raea told […]
Squash does the business
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Cook Islands Squash is looking forward to a very competitive business house competition with six teams already registered for the annual event. The competition, to be played over two nights a week, will start on Monday and Tuesday March 7-8. The competition, which will run for the next two months, is for teams of six […]
Recovery plan still coming
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Finance minister Wilkie Rasmussen says government should have a recovery plan for Aitutaki in place early next week. “It’s the timing factor. Everyone wants it to happen yesterday but we have to be realistic,” he said yesterday. He admits government has been under a lot of pressure to fast track the plan as it has […]
Hercules pick-up
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
The Air Force C-130 Hercules is scheduled to land in Aitutaki today to pick up the defence force team that has been stationed on the island for the past two weeks. Air Force squadron leader Kaveriri Tamariki told Cook Islands News yesterday that the contingency plan was for the Hercules to make one more trip […]
Composers comp delayed
Saturday 27 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Te Mire Atu 2010 composer’s competition night has been pushed back to the end of March with many of the island’s songwriters getting in behind the Aitutaki relief effort. The competition was originally scheduled for Thursday March 4 and will now be held at the National Auditorium on Wednesday March 31. Te Mire Atu coordinator […]
Hot local bread back
Friday 26 February 2010 | Published in Regional
Mama Rima Mata (right) shows off the freshly baked bread ‘fingers’ she will take home to her family in the village of Amuri. The popular Aquila Bakery on Aitutaki lost its roof during cyclone Pat on February 10 and had to stop baking while the building was repaired. Bakeries on Rarotonga stepped up and showed […]
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