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Pacific
Fears for families as Vanuatu reels from deadly earthquake
The devastating 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Vanuatu on Monday, claiming the lives of at least 14 people and injuring more than 200, has sent shockwaves around the world, with Ni-Vanuatuans residing in Rarotonga praying for the safety of their loved ones at home.
Emotional groundbreaking for Fale Niue
The Niue Community and Friends Inc, Society were overwhelmed to finally host their Groundbreaking ceremony for their Fale Niue Kūki ʻĀirani hostel in Tupapa.
Coach eager for first Tri Series win
Cook Islands Resident XIII coach Albert Nicholas says he has high hopes the team can springboard off a strong domestic rugby league season to break its Cook Islands Tri Series drought. The resident team has never won a Tri Series yet, the honours always going to the New Zealand or Australian Cook Islanders teams. But […]
CI haka a big hit in Noumea
Songs, traditional dance and fireworks rang in the 14th Pacific Games in Noumea on Saturday night at a packed out Stade Numa Dely. Team Cook Islands athletes and officials followed Samoa, the last host of the Pacific Games in 2007, out on to the Numa Dely stadium and were greeted with roaring cheers from the […]
Women paddlers win first medal
Team Cook Islands athletes and officials sprung into life yesterday (Monday NC time) for the first official day of sports at the Pacific Games in Noumea. Oe vaka paddlers were up with the birds for their first sprint races in the V6 1500m and 500m races. The womens V6 500m squad were the first to […]
Late tries save Dragons
A late flurry of tries saved the Ngatangiia-Matavera Dragons on Saturday from going down to the Tupapa Panthers in a mostly unconvincing win for the ladder leaders. Neither team was able to string together a good section of play for the first three-quarters of the match, the game pockmarked with unforced errors and penalties being […]
Miller sweeps awards
The best of Cook Islands cricket was celebrated on Friday night as the cricketing fraternity took a look at its achievements on and off the field for season 2010-11. Glenn (Hori) Miller was named as the Cook Islands international player of the year and went home with a swag of medals and trophies for his […]
Runathon brings in $1200 for triathlete A final runathon has brought in an extra $1200 in funding to see off Cook Islands triathlete Rangi Apera on her way to the Pacific Games.
The fundraiser event was held in conjunction with a recreational half marathon at Tikioki during the weekend to help pay the way of Apera and her manager Apii Napa. A huge number of family and supporters turned out, with teams from Aperas family running the race for her, and Napa herself running the entire race, […]
Sailors ready for action all next week
Team Cook Islands sailors are settled in and researching the competition area in New Caledonia for the Pacific Games to gain as much knowledge as possible before start of competition on Monday. With a long competition ahead of them, a quick look at weather forecasts for the games period appears to indicate a range of […]
Athletes settle into Noumea village
The majority of Team Cook Islands athletes and officials are now in the athletes village in Noumea settling in for what is going to be two hectic weeks of Pacific Games competition. Theres been little time for athletes to sight-see as they get familiar with the newly built village complex at the University of New […]
New whistleblower
Netball cook islands (NCI) has a newly capped regional umpire in its ranks, with Luciana Matenga officially earning her Oceania regional umpires badge. The NCI development officer and national representative player is currently umpiring at the Upper North Island secondary schools tournament at Mt Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand. Under the supervision of NCI umpire coordinator […]
Stand-up paddling takes off
Stand-up paddling enthusiast Charlotte Piho says she was overwhelmed by the interest from both locals and visitors in the Cook Islands first-ever stand-up paddling races. Piho organised Walk on Water Week, which involved a number of paddleboard races at Muri lagoon and pitted islands, locals, visitors and kids against one another in the spirit of […]
Panthers season on the line
The finals series has begun for the Tupapa Panthers. Currently sitting fourth with 17 points on the table, the Panthers face a make or break match this weekend. Winning would mean the team maintains its good standing on the table and put them on track to keep their top four position. Losing may see the […]
Pera puts in PB before Pacific Games
Jet-setting weightlifter Sirla Pera has returned to Rarotonga from competition in China with new personal best lifts under the belt or over it as the case may be just days before he is set to compete in the South Pacific Games. Pera, one of three weightlifters to represent the Cook Islands at the New Caledonia […]
CITV to air all 48 games
Cook Islands Television has signed a contract with Fiji Television and its local Sky Pacific operation for the rights to broadcast all 48 games of the Rugby World Cup series. Jeane Matenga of CITV says she secured broadcasting rights two weeks ago, but because of strict contractual obligations she has been unable to advertise the […]
Club 15s competition back on
Club rugby union teams will return to full strength this weekend with the club 15s competition now heading into the business end of the season. For the past two weeks, clubs have been playing out the final two weeks of the pre-season sevens tournament which wrapped up at the weekend with Tupapa crowned the 2011 […]
Mum backs up Dad and the 2 kids
Mum and sports enthusiast Teina Taulu farewelled her family heading to the Pacific Games in New Caledonia this week with a mixture of excitement and sadness. Her husband John and two kids John Jnr (17) and Emilene (19) are part of the oe vaka contingent racing at the Pacific Games and if she had better […]
Fijians like look of Cook Islands-PNG team
A Fijian company is floating ideas to possibly see the Cook Islands combine with other Pacific island nations for a regional rugby union competition. The Fiji Times reported earlier this week that the company behind an inaugural two-match rugby series between Fiji and Tonga is looking to expand the series to include more nations in […]
Team Cook Islands on their way to Noumea
As excited local athletes bound for the Pacific Games in New Caledonia prepared for departure on Tuesday evening they were reminded that they werent going on holiday. Minister of sport Mark Brown and Team Cook Islands chef de mission George George reminded the team of athletes that were heading for battle. Kare teia i te […]
Last run before Noumea
The Cook Islands Triathlon Association will run its recreational half marathon this Saturday morning from the tri site in Tikioki. The run will be staged at 7am over what has been described as a social course and the timing of the race will also mean less traffic on the road. The 21.1km course will take […]
Sole triathlete has a clear goal
Sole Team Cook Islands triathlete Rangi Apera only has one thing on her mind to perform to the best of her ability at the Pacific Games triathlon competition. The multi talented athlete has had huge support from the Cook Islands Triathlon Association and fellow triathletes Kelly Pick, Vanessa Palmer and Roland Neururer who were all […]
Akes kids squeal with delight
Squeals of excitement greeted sports enthusiast and coach Ake Hosea-Winterflood when she turned up to St Josephs Primary School yesterday to deliver her ANZ Tamariki Sports programme. Hosea is on a mission to mould healthy Cookie kids and this time round she is delivering a fun filled athletics programme for Rarotonga primary school kids. She […]
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