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Pacific
Cook Islands National Council of Women welcomes NZ High Commissioner
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.
PM Brown confident in Pacific Islands Forum leadership despite political change in Tonga
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.
Superpowers focus on Rarotonga
Some of the world’s most prominent superpowers could converge on the little island of Rarotonga next week. The Pacific Islands Forum could be the impetus for the United States, China and Russia to be in the same place at the same time. US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is making global headlines this week, as […]
Football referees gear up for season
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
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
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 […]
Quit the abuse
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 […]
Panthers snatch win on fulltime
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
King's boys play dual sports
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Powerful diplomacy to play out
China and the United States are both preparing to send powerful delegations to the Pacific Islands Forum. Observers say as China increases its influence in Asia and the Pacific, the United States is also keen to assert its presence in the region. For the first time the US is planning to send its secretary of […]
Volunteers to show pride
Volunteer taxi drivers and liaison officers recruited for the upcoming Pacific Leaders Forum are being motivated to do their best for the Cook Islands. Meeting coordinator Francis Topa-Fariu told the group at the Red Cross Centre on Thursday night that their final information booklet will be distributed on Tuesday. ”You are the two groups of […]
Ake takes Tamariki Sports to Atiu
The ANZ Tamariki Sports Programme is heading to Atiu where programme leader Ake Hosea-Winterflood will conduct athletics and swimming lessons for the kids on the island. Hosea, who is originally from Atiu, is thrilled to be returning to her home island to give back to the community. This week the sport enthusiast picked up equipment, […]
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