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Pacific
Cook Islands diaspora embrace digital innovation to preserve Te Reo Māori
Two passionate Cook Islanders living in New Zealand have embarked on an ambitious project aimed at protecting and revitalising the Cook Islands language for future generations.
Govt consultations in NZ for Cook Islanders
The Cook Islands Government, led by Prime Minister Mark Brown, is preparing to engage with Cook Islands communities across Aotearoa New Zealand from November 18 to 22 in a week-long diaspora consultation.
Volleyball on
The Vonnias Corporate Mixed 6 on 6 Volleyball League heads into round two this evening at the Telecom Sports Arena in Nikao. Last week saw the launch of the competition with some fantastic and high scoring games seen. And based on that, this evening’s competition is expected to sizzle with some high flying spikes and […]
Challenge trophy goes west
The under 16 Powerade Challenge Cup has gone west – the Wild West that is! The Arorangi Cowboys under 16 put up a strong fight against the Tupapa Panthers who has dominated the challenge since winning it outright last year. But they met their match yesterday while the Cowboys rode into town, scored one try […]
Karati, Marsters take titles
The last two weeks have seen some hot competition at the Rarotonga Golf Club. On July 31, the final round of the Stroke Championship was held, with some players improving out of sight and others falling by the wayside. In the senior men’s division, the three front runners all carded a 73 off the stick […]
Bodybuilding on Raro
Around 70 bodybuilders from across the Asia Pacific region will gather on Rarotonga at the end of the month for the 4th International Asia Pacific Body Building and Fitness Championships. The event will be held on August 28 at the National Auditorium in Avarua. This show will bring a range of athletes from the Asia […]
Road series keeps running
The second road series race, like last week, again had 11 athletes, some of the regulars and some new ones. For those that had done the previous weeks, only one did not improve significantly. It seems with no wind present, this may have been the reason. Roland Neururer had a great run with Scott Howley […]
Nicholas eyes world champs
Cook Islands’ canoe slalom paddler Ella Nicholas is preparing for the World Championships in Slovenia in September. Nicholas, who is currently studying medicine at Otago University in New Zealand, has had a tough build-up to this year’s event. Suffering glandular fever late last year, she has taken many months to fully recover. She will leave […]
UK team here
Touring UK rugby team from Birdale School spent yesterday exploring Rarotonga and today they will get a taste of island rugby. The team is set to take on a combined Titikaveka and Ngatangiia under 17 team at the Muri field in Ngatangiia. The visiting team is only on the island for a short break but […]
Course aims to train the trainers
Local sports coaches and administrators have been training this week to become community educators as part of the Oceania Sports Education Programme’s (OSEP) community trainer’s course. OSEP coordinator Sainimili Talatoka and presenter Gaberieli Qoro have been taking local sports enthusiast through their passes at the Telecom Sports Arena as part of the weeklong programme. Talatoka […]
Great start for volleyball
The Vonnia’s Corporate mixed 6 on 6 volleyball tournament spiked off to a fantastic start on Friday with 24 teams taking to the courts at the Telecom Sports Arena. Before teams could show off their skills, CISNOC secretary general Rosie Blake, Vonnia’s representative Olivia Heather and Cook Islands Volleyball Association vice president and champion beach […]
Youth Olympians head to Singapore
Carry the nation’s flag with honour and perform at your best. These were some of the words of encouragement conveyed to the Cook Islands Youth Olympic team that departed our shores yesterday for Singapore. The youth Olympic team of 18 athletes and seven officials will represent the country at the first ever Youth Olympics in […]
Young Panthers ready to pounce
The Tupapa Panthers under 16 squad continue to grow stronger with each challenge and today they will face the talented Cowboys under 16 team in this week’s Powerade mid week challenge. The Panthers have yet to let go of the week cup which they have consistently defended at each challenge. But the boys from the […]
Setting sail
National sailors Aquila Tatira and Teau Mackenzie, pictured here with their coach and national sailing champion Junior Charlie, will be packing their bags for a trip of a lifetime. The sailors, along with the national handball team, will be departing today for the Youth Olympics in Singapore. While the national handball team have been training […]
Oldies test touring side
The Takitumu golden oldies team hosted last week’s games at a firm and fast Muri field where the touring side played the rest. Ake managed four good tries with her fitness and speed. Not many were back chatting Simi or Arthur this week and the players enjoyed an excellent game of fun GO rugby. Tok […]
Sports medicine workshop to continue
The sports medicine workshop that opened yesterday continues today at the Sinai Hall in Avarua. After the opening ceremony of the four-day workshop – sport medicine experts Dr Chris Milne and David Zuger got straight into the hands on workshop. Yesterday, the pair talked about examination techniques plus proper procedures for dealing with head injuries […]
Ticket pieces produce windfall
Sports enthusiast Rheima Bishop (centre) was sent diving head first into her rubbish bin after she received a phone call that she had won the Avatiu-Nikao Mongoose Golden Oldies 300 club raffle major prize. Yesterday Rheima received the major prize of $2500 from Mongoose president George George (right) and the golden oldies rugby team’s tour […]
Young talent shows at sevens
Today is the final game day of the inaugural CITC Constitution Cup sevens tournament and will separate the men from the boys. All winners will progress to the cup section and the losers will contest the plate with each team to play a minimum of two games today. The stand out factor of this tournament […]
Local U19s too strong
The two local under 19 netball teams were just too strong for visiting English netball teams from Bradford Girls Grammar. To be fair to the visitors, they were on Rarotonga for a break after a three-week netball tour of New Zealand and were perhaps more keen to play in the sun and surf than play […]
Volleyball spikes off
This afternoon sees the start of the 10-week Vonnias Corporate Mixed 6 volleyball league at the Telecom Sports Arena at 4.30pm. A special opening ceremony will be held for the event at 4.30pm followed by the first spike off at 5pm. A total of 24 teams have registered for this exciting tournament with three games […]
Medical training
The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) will be hosting a four-day sports medicine workshop starting on Monday August 9 at the AOG hall in Takuvaine. The workshop is for all national sports federations to expand their knowledge on sports medicine including preparing athletes for events, effectively managing injuries sustained on the field […]
Goldies on Sydney build-up
The Sharks golden oldies rugby field was firm last week but the weather was drizzly throughout the game, which kept the players cool in a fast and fun game. It was the first of a ‘Sydney tourists versus the Rest’ game so that we may know each other’s play before the opening game where the […]
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