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CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
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6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
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21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
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8 October 2024
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5 October 2024
Tourism contribution set to surpass half-billion dollar mark
25 September 2024
Parliament Clerk sparks outrage over deep sea mining statement
23 September 2024
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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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Te Uki Ou sail-off
Eight weeks of sailing will culminate in a mini sailing competition for Te Uki Ou School senior students. Students from rooms 1, 2 and 3 will get to show off their sailing skills and techniques to the rest of the school on Friday April 15 – the last day of school before holidays. Under the […]
Prime Foods backs new golf tourney
Last Saturday was a normal club sweep day at Rarotonga Golf Club which produced really good golf from a lot of players. It seems like some are finding their form just in time for the inaugural Prime Foods Golf Tournament which will be held this Saturday with plenty of great prizes, sponsored by Prime Foods, […]
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 […]
Shirt designs not approved
Dear Editor, The Cook Islands Rugby Union has not contracted Matai Sports to produce any type of rugby merchandise so we too were equally surprised to see the Cook Islands Rugby Union’s official logo (designed specifically for rugby union) ~ the green and gold tangaroa face ~ being used on the ‘Supporters Gear’ in question. […]
Clash of the Philos
Week 5 of Cook Islands Basketball’s main season will see Yachtie Hotties working hard to move up against Eke Girls at 5.30pm today. A-Town Galz will be looking to secure top of the league against the Devlins at 6.20pm. If Yachtie Hotties and A-Town Galz lose tonight – the comp will be wide open, with […]
Sharks rise up at home
Aitutaki Sharks, Avatiu Eels and Ngatangiia Sea Eagles were the weekend’s rugby league winners with the Sharks stunning the Panthers with a 26-24 defeat. On home soil, the Sharks meant business from the get go dealing the first surprise to the Panthers with two quick tries to lead the game 10-0 just 10 minutes into […]
Reserve grade competitive
While the Takuvaine premier grade club collected easy points from a default win against Ngatangiia on Saturday – Avatiu made hard work of their 62-46 win against Arorangi and Titikaveka adapted well with the absence of top player and defender Luciana Matenga to beat a valiant Tupapa side 58-47. Equally competitive and fun games were […]
Kenya too strong for Cooks
The national rugby sevens squad were unable to hold off an energetic Kenyan team 19-12 in their first match at the Adelaide Sevens in Australia yesterday. The predominantly local based squad got off to a magic start with local face of rugby sevens Conrad Piri of the Tupapa club showing his speed to dot down […]
It's Potiki time
The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic ‘Potiki Sports’ programme for kids continues today at the Princess Anne hall at Tereora College with more basketball and volleyball fun for kids. The junior sports development programme for kids aged 5 to 13 will run for 5 more weeks on Saturday mornings starting at 9 o’clock. Basics […]
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