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Pacific
Tahiti sailors win 2024 Regatta in Raro
Sailors from Tahiti edged over Rarotonga, proving to be very competitive taking out first place in both the Lasers and the Optimist classes, winning the 2024 sailing challenge overall trophy.
Former PM Puna first Cook Islander elected to East-West Center Board
Former Cook Islands prime minister and secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, has been confirmed as the first Cook Islander appointed to the East-West Center Board of Governors based in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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 […]
Arorangi women seek silverware
Three weeks out and the island’s most prepared women’s cricket team is excited about the season. Arorangi women’s cricket team manager Sabine Janneck says that the Arorangi women’s team have been training intensively for the past two months. Janneck is also thrilled with the increase in new players to the team, especially the young players […]
Cowboys retain under 16 trophy
The Arorangi Cowboys under 16 rugby team showed why they are the Powerade trophy champions after comprehensively beating the Titikaveka Bulls 37-7 on Wednesday to retain the trophy. The Cowboys dominated all facets of the game and a try to outstanding Cowboys utility player Dennis Rangi just before the half time break seemed to knock […]
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, […]
Ella prepares for World Cup
While most Olympians are now taking a well deserved rest after the London games, Cook Islands slalom canoeist Ella Nicholas is preparing for more races at the World Cup. Before representing the Cooks at the London Olympics, Nicholas was ranked 83 from 217 athletes after her race results early in 2012. Only 21 countries qualified […]
Brown bolts
Golden Oldies rugby players will lace up for their next bruising encounter this Friday at the Nikao field. Last week, Mickey and Wills captained the two golden oldies rugby teams that played at Tupapa. Minister Brown, fresh from the Olympics with a standing start quicker than Usain Bolt, opened the scoring after a triple cut […]
Levi forges new boundaries
In just his first season with the One Tree Hill College first 15, Cook Islands teenager Levi McKinley-Sadaraka has gone from newbie to the team’s co-captain. The 17-year-old son of local businessman and Cook Islands Rugby Union president Chris McKinley and Lisa Sadaraka is a product of the Arorangi sports club enrolled into the school […]
Talent scouts look for more
Talented young Cook Islands rugby players in the South Island of New Zealand are becoming a force to be reckoned with on the rugby field and are being selected into various clubs across the Canterbury plains. Jag Love and Daniel Mato, who both received the first rugby scholarship to attend Rangiora High School just outside […]
Olympians welcomed home
After 35 hours of flying and a stopover in New Zealand, four of the Cook Islands’ London Olympians were formally welcomed home yesterday. There was hardly any standing room at the arrivals section of Rarotonga Airport as people presented the four Olympians with eis, embraces and messages of encouragement. Having arrived on flight NZ46, the […]
Look to Rio
Sports minister Mark Brown told athletes to set their eyes on the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in four years time after welcoming Team Cook Islands at Rarotonga Airport yesterday. Brown, who journeyed with the team to witness the London Olympics’ opening ceremony, said it was a ”special day“ to welcome the team home at the […]
NCI coach, CEO resign
Following its first national prizegiving and in anticipation of trips to Wales and Scotland, Netball Cook Islands considers now an appropriate time to make some big changes. ”Firstly, Margaret Foster has felt a very distant coach and the lack of funds for joint team training has proved too difficult with the task she had,“ NCI […]
Parry gains Oceania cross-country experience
Bryn Parry, the sole Cook Islands representative at the recent Oceania cross-country Champs in Hamilton, said the experience was ”challenging but enjoyable“. Resplendent in the Cook Islands colours of green, yellow and white, Parry gave it his all in the boggy underfoot conditions despite problems with blisters from wearing borrowed spikes. The race doubled as […]
Improving Bulls provide intrigue
They last challenged for the right to play in the opening game of the season, but the Under 16 Titikaveka Bulls will be hoping the similarities end there when they play the Arorangi Cowboys in the final Powerade Challenge of the season. The Bulls had a rude awakening in the opening challenge with a 5-77 […]
Encouraging efforts at T & F Champs augur well for future development
Steve Plowman, a protg of world-renowned New Zealand coach Arthur Lydiard, and a veteran coach of elite runners in New Zealand, Europe and the USA, is currently residing in the Cook Islands and took the opportunity to run his eye over the local talent at the recent Cook Islands National Track and Field Championships. He […]
CI rugby talent gears up
Expect to see the Cook Islands flair in the upcoming New Zealand ITM Cup and Heartland rugby competition, which kicks off on August 23. New Zealand-based Cook Islands players are gearing up to represent their provincial clubs. Ex-All Black Rene Ranger will run out for the Northland ITM team while prop Alex Woonton is set […]
Welcome our heroes home
Fans still wanting to catch a dose of the Olympic spirit are encouraged to welcome home members of Team Cook Islands from the London showcase when they arrive this afternoon. Flagbearers from the opening and closing ceremonies, sailor Helema Williams and weightlifter Luisa Peters respectively, will arrive home on flight NZ46 along with sprinters Patricia […]
Dragons continue to burn rivals
The Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons continue to dominate the CITC club rugby competition after giving the Avatiu Eels a lesson in consistency at the weekend to win the match up 11-8. The Dragons headed in to the match as the competition leaders ahead of the second placed Eels and proved why they head the table. With their […]
Dragons burn sluggish Eels
The Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons didn’t muck around at the Swamp on Saturday when they turned up pumped and ready to take on their hosts in the CITC main match of the week. The Dragons looked the better of the two sides from the very start in the low scoring affair and were deserved winners of the […]
Reuben's remarkable race
PAPEETE – A remarkable race by oe vaka national champion Reuben Dearlove won him a coveted podium place among Tahiti’s elite paddlers at the 34km Super Aito open ocean race on Saturday. The 37-year-old Rarotonga athlete smashed his personal goal of making the top 50 in the race for Tahiti’s top 100 outrigger professionals. He […]
London Olympics winds down
The glory and fanfare of the closing ceremony shone from London to the world as the countdown to the next Olympics in Brazil for four years’ time began. Spectators were treated to a feast of fun-themed pop music, including hits from Jessie J, George Michael, the Beatles and the Spice Girls, who especially reunited for […]
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