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Pacific
Australia and Cook Islands to sign MoU, strengthen maritime security partnership
Cook Islands and Australia are in the process of finalising an enhanced Pacific Maritime Security Program (PMSP) Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen Australia’s support for Te Kukupa II operations and bolster regional security efforts.
Australia commits to ongoing collaboration with Cooks on transnational crime threats
Australian High Commissioner to the Cook Islands, Phoebe Smith is confident that through the Te Kukupa II maritime patrol vessel, Cook Islands with the support from Australia can tackle transnational crimes such as drug trafficking.
Vikings thrash TSL Schnapper
The BCI Stadium will be the place to catch the mixed touch rugby action as teams prepare for round two of the competition. Last week the Vikings thrashed opponents the TSL Schnapper 11-3. Westpac also registered a comprehensive 9-3 win against the Educationalists and the Kamikaze dominated their game against Nukutere College to win 6-2. […]
Playing for pride
The Avatiu Motor Centre Eels women’s players come from all walks of life – but they share a common love for rugby. And they are not afraid to get down and dirty in the Avatiu swamp mud with the boys during training. The team is a mix of young up and coming speedsters and ‘mature’ […]
Thanks to St Joe's
Team Cook Islands paid a special visit yesterday to their biggest supporters – St Joseph’s Primary School. A day out from the first Team Cook Islands competition at the Commonwealth Games in India, the chef de mission called a meeting and shared out personalised ‘good luck’ cards received from grade two students at the Catholic […]
Titikaveka face Sokattak
The Titikaveka soccer squad will be making the trip to Nikao today to face the Nikao Sokattak on their home soil. Kicking off first will be the under 15 girls at 4.15pm and Titikaveka will no doubt make their presence felt. Following the under 15 girls match will be the premier men’s match which will […]
Cowboys make late cut
The Arorangi Cowboys is the latest team to be included in the Sevens in Heaven three-day tournament starting on Thursday, November 4. The Cowboys were able to sneak into the tournament after international team the West’s Roosters made a last minute withdrawal from the tournament. The number of teams in the tournament remains at a […]
Four new records
The master’s athletics concluded an enjoyable annual championship last Tuesday afternoon with an exciting 4 x 100m mixed relay. The champs started last Saturday afternoon in light rain with the hammer throw event, a 3000m walk, the triple jump and the 60m sprints. On Monday afternoon the throwers were again busy with the shot put […]
Turtles back Aitutaki into 7s
The Aitutaki sevens squad will be one of the teams to watch out for over the three-day Sevens in Heaven tournament. And they will certainly be hard to miss on the field in their gold jerseys featuring stunning tribal designs and of course their Aitutaki flavour of sevens will also be a stand out feature. […]
Arorangi beat Matavera
Arorangi beat Matavera in the Lotto Premier Men’s main match on Saturday. Arorangi’s 2-1 win surprised the Matavera players and supporters. Arorangi’s first goal came in a way of a penalty in the box and took the opportunity to slot their first goal through Temana Pennycook. Both sides attacked at their ends of the goal […]
Big 7s win!
2 wins for 3rd overall in Asia Pacific Sevens The first ever Cook Islands women’s rugby team will return home this week with the Plate from their debut event at the Asia Pacific Women’s Sevens tournament in Borneo. The Cooks beat crowd favourite Singapore in the plate play off 10-5 to win the plate and […]
Old sailors turn out for opening
The Vaka Sailing Championships were held on Saturday – the first major regatta after the previous weekend’s Open Day at the sailing club in Muri. The Open Day kicked off with a prayer from Mama Tere, a welcome from Anne Tierney, Commodore of Rarotonga Sailing Club, who introduced Patron Bob Boyd to formally open the […]
Hashers do the Melbourne Cup
Hash House Harriers celebrates their Melbourne Cup run this evening. Dress up in your best or worst hat and parade the hash walk. The venue is Hillside Hash House on the hospital hill. Come a little earlier to join the sweepstakes. A short run starts at 5.30pm followed by the cup viewing. Kids can also […]
Victory for Redbacks
Apii Mamanu’s Arorangi Red Backs cricket squad have won the Computer Man Round Robin Championships in professional style. The squad was unbeaten in all 9 rounds of the Computer Man Round Robin Championships. The Red Backs have come into their own this season with a strong recruitment drive and months of pre season training and […]
Arorangi face eager Matavera
In the main Lotto Premier Men’s soccer match today, Arorangi will face an eager Matavera side at the Raemaru Park. Matavera no doubt will amp up their game to take the three points however Arorangi may surprise Matavera after Arorangi drew with Titikaveka last week to keep their confidence and momentum alive. Matavera have kept […]
Pool guns shoot it out
The RSA Pulse pool table tournament will wrap up this afternoon in what should be a highly exciting grand final. The winners of last fortnight’s singles competition and last weekend’s mixed pairs tournament will square off for the pool table master title. Seventeen mixed pairs hit the tables last weekend with Nane and Nas to […]
Flag footie arrives in Raro
Canterbury ‘flag footie’ coordinator Steve Cate (left) and CISA tutor Bilsy Gukisuva demonstrate some of the rules of the new sport to the academy students. Cate is on the island to introduce the non tackle sport of flag footie, which has taken Australia and New Zealand by storm, to Rarotongan athletes. He has come at […]
Nikao host Avatiu
Soccer rivals Nikao and Avatiu usually produce a riveting and competitive game and today’s match should be no different. Nikao should start as favourites to take the three points, however they would be foolish to underestimate the Avatiu side. Avatiu have shown in their previous two games this season that they are capable of upsetting […]
Smash hit by Avatiu
The Avatiu-Nikao men’s cricket team caused a huge upset on Tuesday when they rolled into Muri and snatched up the mid-week Cookie Sadaraka trophy. Avatiu won the toss and elected to play to their strength and bowl first. Muri got off to a steady start with Bobby Hunter and Space Raumea putting on 32 runs […]
Aitutaki sailors start campaign
Racing started in Aitutaki for the Cook Islands National Championships for optimists and 4.7m lasers on Tuesday October 14. The Aitutaki Lagoon turned on a great racing breeze of up to 17 knots on average with choppy seas which unfortunately proved too much early on for the younger lighter skippers! It’s true you can’t please […]
Eliza sails in Perth
A gruelling Emerging Nations Camp comes to a climax in Australia this week when 20 athletes from 11 nations bring Olympic class sailing to the Perth waterfront. Cook Islands national sailor Taua Eliza has just completed the 21-day intense sailing training and coaching camp and will put his new skills to the test in the […]
7s tickets now on sale
Tickets to the 2010 Cook Islands international Sevens in Heaven presented by CITC are now on sale at the ANZ Bank. The event will be held from November Thursday to Saturday November 4-6. The daily entry fee is $7 per adult and $3 for children which can be paid at the gate or 3-day passes […]
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