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Pacific
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.
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.
Tua to attend local fight night
Samoan heavyweight boxer David ‘Tuamanator’ Tua will cast an expert eye over local boxers tomorrow when he attends the fight night at the Banana Court. The Tuamanator is not expected to fight – but he will certainly be cheering on the local boxers and perhaps sharing some pointers with the fighters. Tua will be asked […]
Kia orana, Tuamanator
Samoan heavyweight boxer David ‘Tuamanator’ Tua arrived on the rock yesterday and will be the guest speaker at tonight’s annual sports awards at the Aroa Nui hall in Arorangi. Tua arrived without fanfare to be met by a delegation from the Cook Islands Sports and Olympic Committee and from the Samoan community. When she adorned […]
Urlich 'on fire' at Prime Foods golf
Jacqueline Urlich was on fire and really burned up the golf course last Saturday to be the easy winner of the inaugural Prime Foods golf tournament at the Rarotonga Golf Club. Playing off a handicap of 22, she carded an 80 off the stick for a score of +11 in this bogey competition. She may […]
Zumba for volleyball
Zumba yourself into shape with Franky Browne and help support the national women’s indoor volleyball team. A Zumba fundraiser has been organised for today at the Telecom Sports Arena to help raise funds for the national women’s squad who are attending the South Pacific Challenge tournament in Auckland next week. Tickets are $5 per person […]
Eagles fly to Shark grounds
The refreshed and rested Ngatangiia Sea Eagles premier rugby league grade will fly to Aitutaki this week to play the Aitutaki Sharks at Vaipae sports field. The Sea Eagles will want a high scoring game against the Sharks as they currently sit in second place behind the Avatiu Eels – but only on point’s difference. […]
Dayna goes back to school
Tereora College has welcomed former student Dayna Napa back to the school – this time in a teaching capacity. Napa (21) attended the secondary school in 2006 when she completed year 12. The young Rarotongan, whose father is Arorangi resident Alex Napa, is in her fourth and last year of a teaching degree at Canterbury […]
Volleyballers in Pacific challenge
The Cook Islands women’s indoor volleyball team departs shortly for the South Pacific Challenge (SPC) in Auckland next week. The team has been training since August and will compete at the SPC from April 25 to 30 at the Otara Recreational centre. Local based players are Moari Halston, Nana Manuela-Emile, Tairi Herrmann, Tepaeru Herrmann, Elena […]
Going for gold
All-round Cook Islands athlete Matthew Mokoroa has his heart set on going for gold again at the World Transplant Games. The Grey Lynn resident picked up a gold medal for shot put at the 2009 games on the Gold Coast, along with silvers for long jump, table tennis and 10 pin bowling. But Matthew, who […]
Big tri 4 weeks away
The annual International Triathlon will be held on Saturday May 7 and athletes wanting to take up the challenge are reminded that the closing date for registrations is April 15. No late entries will be accepted as changes have been made to improve running the event – namely an electronic timing system. This new system […]
29th Tin Man on this Saturday
This Saturday is the Triathlon Association’s 29th annual Tin Man Triathlon to be held at the Tikioki Tri Site starting at the regular time of 3pm. This is the last big club race before the Air New Zealand International Triathlon on Saturday May 7. The Tin Man distance is a gruelling 1200m swim, 31km (round […]
3 on 13 at the top
This Tuesday marks week 6 of the Cook Islands Basketball Main Season, and also the start of round two of the men’s competition. After week 5 some interesting stats emerged in the men’s grade including 3 teams at the top of the men’s league that have 13 points apiece. The competition is wide open, but […]
'Legacies' stay with sports codes
Equipment purchased for the 2009 Pacific Mini Games will remain with relevant sports codes and organisations, Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) president Sir Geoffrey Henry says. He addressed the issue at the committee’s annual general meeting held at Takuvaine last week. Henry told CISNOC members and affiliates that the legacies left over […]
Runaway wins and a draw
The Tupapa Panthers and Avatiu Eels premier rugby league grades registered runaway wins at the weekend against their opponents. On Friday the Eels were just too strong for the Bulldogs as they ran away with the win 32-12. At Victoria Park the Tupapa Panthers may have finally found their form as they triumphed over the […]
Titikaveka Pearls unstoppable
Game two of the second round of the club netball season saw a number of high scoring games at the Telecom Sports Arena in Nikao. In the premier grade – defending champions Titikaveka Pearls were unstoppable against Arorangi, storming home to a 70-40 win. The Avatiu Dragonflies had a huge game against Takuvaine, thrashing their […]
Bears meet Panthers
The only premier rugby league match on today is between the Arorangi Bears and Tupapa Panthers but plenty of age grade action will be seen at Victoria Park and the Swamp. Games start at 12.30pm at Victoria Park in Tupapa with the under 13 grade taking to the field first. The Bears and Panthers premier […]
Transplant athlete off to Sweden
Fourteen-year-old Cook Islander Matthew Mokoroa has never let the fact that he has had a liver transplant stop him from doing the things he enjoys. At the top of his list of loves is sports – in particular running and rugby league. The young man, who along with his mother Annie Heather, had to move […]
Avatea top boys, Avarua top girls
Fun, excitement, cheering and laughter was heard echoing throughout the CIFA soccer grounds on Thursday as the children representing the 10 primary schools on Rarotonga battled it out on the pitch for the 2011 primary school soccer honours. The weather was perfect on the day for the games as the youngsters ran a whirl for […]
Bulldogs face Eels
Titikaveka field is where all the rugby league action will be today when the Bulldogs host the Avatiu Eels. The first game of the day is at 4pm between the clubs’ under 19 grades followed by the reserve grade at 5pm. On Friday the under 16 grade will open up the day’s games at Titikaveka […]
Off to bowl at junior worlds
A year after being introduced to the game of lawn bowls through the Tereora College physical education programme, 18-year-old Kathleen Mataio is off to the Junior World Cup in Australia to represent the Cook Islands. Mataio explains that during the college’s lawn bowls programme, physical education teacher Alan Syme encouraged the youngster to take up […]
Cooks beat Indonesia
The Telecom Cook Islands national cricket squad registered their first win at the ICC East Asia Pacific Division 2 Trophy tournament in Samoa against Indonesia on Tuesday. The match was played on day two of the tournament in scorching conditions at the Tuanaimato Oval. After their earlier losses to Tonga, Samoa and the Philippines, the […]
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