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Polynesian leader’s group senior officials gather to progress Polynesian cooperation

Senior Officials of the Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG) met in French Polynesia last week to advance discussions on formalising governance arrangements through the development of a PLG Charter.

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First Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) Council Meeting in Cook Islands

Council members of the Pacific Aviation Safety Office (PASO) from 16 Pacific States gathered in the Cook Islands for the first time for the fourth PASO Council Meeting on November 4-6.

Awesome action at Aitutaki volleyball

High-flying spikes, diving digs and plenty of smiles and laughs, were all the rage at the Cook Islands News Aitutaki 4×4 Easter volleyball tournament at Araura College. With 16 games running at once it was an action-packed afternoon as teams from the under 13 grade right up to the golden oldies mama division fought it […]

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Easter tennis

Work off your Easter egg indulgence and join the Easter Tennis Tournament today at the national tennis centre in Nikao. The tournament will serve off at 1pm and all are welcome to take part in this fun doubles competition where players will get a minimum of three games. Entry fee to take part in the […]

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Islands play off for football honours

The finals of the National Youth Football Championship will take place this afternoon at the CIFA complex in Matavera. The action starts at 1pm with Atiu and Mangaia to playoff for the 3rd and 4th placing in the under 16 girls category. This match will be followed by Mauke and Mitiaro who play for the […]

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Mongoose turn out for Easter

Blackrock Apii Potiki will benefit from Easter Mondays Mongoose golden oldies charity cricket match which will be held at the Nikao field. The charity cricket match will be between the financial members of the Mongoose golden oldies club and ex university and Grammar school students. In fact, Mongoose manager of special events Tamuera Crocombe says […]

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Ladies excel in Computer Man

Last Saturdays Computer Man Tournament at the Rarotonga Golf Club drew a large field of 95 players. Although only a small percentage of players were ladies, those who played featured exceptionally well in the prizes. Out of the 10 prize winners, 6 were ladies. On a day where the course was damp enough for clean […]

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Paddlemaking workshop planned

Though outrigger canoeing is a wildly popular sport in the Cook Islands, the paddle-making industry has yet to really get off the ground. From a consumers perspective, there is not much choice in terms of locally-made paddles and a lack of competition means higher prices for imports. Members of the Cook Islands Canoeing Association and […]

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Volleyball at Vaimaanga

The king and queen of the courts social beach volleyball tournament will be held on Easter Monday as part of the beach volleyball revival. The tournament will be held at the Totokoitu beach courts in Vaimaanga situated in between the YWAM centre and old Totokoitu agriculture research centre. The tournament will be a mixed tournament […]

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Fight in the dog seen on court

Basketball teams take a break from games tonight to allow for netballers to hold their national trials at the Telecom Sports Arena. But week six of the main basketball season started with the Devlins rocking hard against Yachties Hotties. The Devlins were too much for the Yachtie Hotties with scoring machine Swedelia Taivairanga benefiting from […]

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Beach volleyball makes comeback

Beach volleyball is set to take off again on Rarotonga with the confirmation that a purpose built beach volleyball court will be constructed in Nikao next to the national tennis courts. On Monday a special ceremony was held at Nikao to turn the first sod on what will become two international sized courts on the […]

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Volleyball women ready for action

The national womens indoor volleyball squad has been holding a series of intense training sessions at the Telecom Sports Arena with the mens squad putting the girls through their paces. The squad, whove been in training since August, will depart Rarotonga on Thursday to take part in the South Pacific Challenge in Auckland starting on […]

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Sea Eagles beat Sharks

The Ngatangiia Sea Eagles, Arorangi Bears and Tupapa Panthers were the winners of last weeks round of rugby league games. On Friday, the Ngatangiia Sea Eagles travelled to Aitutaki to meet the Sharks and a closely fought match was seen. But it was the Sea Eagles that had the edge over their hosts to win […]

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Tua pep talks local boxers

Seven entertaining boxing matches were seen at Saturday nights fight night with the arrival of Samoan heavyweight boxer David Tua really sparking the boxers into action in the Banana Court boxing ring. While Tua didnt have a rumble in the ring on the night he did sign two boxing gloves that will be auctioned off […]

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Whirlwind Tua tour

Inspiring, impressive and easy-going are some of the words locals have described world number 2 heavyweight boxer David Tua. Tua returned to New Zealand on Sunday after a whirlwind tour of Rarotonga at the weekend where he was the guest speaker at the annual sports awards. For many people Tua impressed with his humility and […]

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Arorangi romps in

The Arorangi premier netball grade caused headaches for Takuvaine at the TSA on Saturday to go on and comfortably win the match 63-36. A new look Arorangi team definitely turned out to win this week as Takuvaine continue to firm up their player positions on court. Meanwhile a fantastic game was seen between Avatiu and […]

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Neururer wins his first Tin Man

The temperature was perfect for the 29th annual Tin Man Triathlon held on Saturday with the rain in the morning and cloud cover making it quite cool for racers. Twenty individuals and 11 teams fronted up to tackle the 1200m swim, 31km (around the island cycle) and 10km run. The lagoon looked calm, but had […]

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Goals galore at national champs

The Cook Islands Football complex was packed with hundreds of players and supporters on Saturday to watch the first of the National Youth Soccer Championship games. Although the sun was nowhere to be seen, the tournament kicked off without a hitch as every team was eager to play. The first round of the 2011 National […]

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Sailors scoop 7 awards

National sailors took out seven of the major awards at last night’s Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee sports awards. Sportsman of the Year went to Manihiki sailor Taua Eliza who won a second award on the night taking out the Purapura games sportsman of the year award as well. Sportswoman of the year […]

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Warriors play Panthers

With two premier league games player yesterday – the only premier game on today is between the Takuvaine Warriors and the Tupapa Panthers. This game will be played at the BCI Stadium where the Warriors need to bring their A game as Tupapa seem to have found their form in what has been a slow […]

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Livefree makes $1800

Members of the Livefree Outrigger Club are celebrating a successful fundraising event, which has generated $1800 for their campaign to compete at this year’s Vaka Eiva international paddling festival in November. The club organised a quiz night at the Banana Court in Avarua, which comprised 11 teams each with between four and eight members. Teams […]

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New courts for beach volleyball

Beach volleyball will stake out a permanent base when it officially takes possession of a 2000 square metre site for new courts on Monday. Cook Islands Volleyball is leasing a piece of vacant land next to the tennis courts and opposite the Social Centre in Nikao. Organiser Hugh Graham says there will be a ceremony […]

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