The Cook Islands National Council of Women (CINCW) welcomed New Zealand’s new high commissioner to the Cook Islands, Catherine Graham, at their office in Takuvaine yesterday.
The sudden resignation of Tonga’s former prime minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni had left a temporary gap in the leadership of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), but Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown remains confident that the situation will soon stabilise.
Two regional Olympians headline a 10-strong Pacific contingent competing at the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Poland this weekend.
A busy racing schedule against some of Oceania’s best canoe sprinters has seen local K1 paddler Andre Tutaka-George improved his times and held his own.
Year seven and eight students will be swapping their school uniforms for their school colours tomorrow, today where they will battle for top honours in the 2014 Rarotonga Senior Primary School Football Tournament.
Cook Islands Olympic salmon canoeist Ella Nicholas edged out younger sister Jane to make the final of the Oceania Championships in an International Canoe Federation ICF ranking race in Sydney at the weekend.
League battles today will be at Raemaru Park and Tupapa field with two tough match ups in store for fans.
Aitutaki rugby player Frederick Harrison (pictured) is making a name for himself in the rugby circles in Finland where he now has four caps for representing Finland in international rugby.
Cook Islands Olympic canoe slalom athlete Ella Nicholas is lining up for the Oceania Championships in Penrith, Sydney, this weekend.
Legal issues are the last snag preventing Cook Islands-flagged ship Tiare Taporo from sailing to Rarotonga.
Outer islands junior rugby is set to get a boost with the donation of playing jerseys thanks to the Rongokea family of Arorangi and the Harlequins Rugby Club in Blenheim.
Aitutaki lads and rugby sevens high performance members Hugh Henry and Teu Paerau have been selected to attend the IRB Oceania sevens academy in Canberra, Australia at the end of the month.
Village Festivals are back again in 2014 starting off at Victoria Park, Tupapa tomorrow Wednesday 19th February 2.30pm – 3.30pm where Just Play soccer will team up with rugby, cricket, netball, athletics and rugby league to deliver fun activities and games for all children aged 5-13 years old in and around the Tupapa area.
The Takuvaine Warriors may have gone down 36-6 to the Avatiu Eels at the weekend but the team from the Happy Valley still have the opportunity to get into the top four of the inaugural Navy Epati Memorial Cup.
Import players from Fiji are already a talking point among rugby league clubs and supporters on the island and proving to be a handful for their opponents and more are on their way to the island.
More than 500 international athletes will converge on Rarotonga in June for the Oceania Athletics Championships.
No love will be shared in this week’s Valentine’s Day rugby league clash between the Aitutaki Sharks and Tupapa Panthers.
Primary school students are polishing up their football skills in readiness for the 2014 Primary School Round Cup set to kick off next month.
From swimming at Avarua harbour to Olympic pools, it’s clear 14-year-old Temaruata Strickland is excited to take the plunge and represent the Cook Islands.
Excitement is brewing within the greater rugby family as the Cook Islands prepares for the one-off rugby team match against Fiji in June.
Cook Islands Olympic slalom canoeist Ella Nicholas is off to Dubai to paddle in the desert! Al Ain is in the middle of a bone-dry desert and on most weekdays many top international canoeists and Olympic medallists from around the world can be found paddling through the rapids at the Wadi Adventure.
Rarotonga junior sailors have impressed their Kiwi peers and coach with their fantastic sailing skills and tenacity at the recent Auckland Championship regatta.
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