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Solid and Hazardous Waste Bill referred to Parliament committee
10 December 2024
DPM defends CIIC finance and travel policies
6 December 2024
Cook Islands has its first mosque
14 November 2024
CI Muslim opens up about her faith and journey
16 November 2024
RAC to address mosque legality
19 November 2024
I don’t expect much change: PM Brown on US Elections
6 November 2024
Fifth weekly Sydney flight to Rarotonga announced
23 October 2024
CIIC directors seek $350,000 in damages over defamatory claims
21 October 2024
Man found guilty of rape, burglary
24 September 2024
Tenants face water bill burden
8 October 2024
Concerns over Minister’s role in inmate work releases: PAC
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
Deep sea dilemma: Cook Islanders weigh the cost of mineral riches
21 September 2024
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7 September 2024
Cook Islands deep sea mining poll sparks controversy
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MCI rejects ‘dark fleet’ label
3 August 2024
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Prime Minister defends $659,000 MPs travel bill
23 August 2024
Taxpayers foot $659,000 bill for MPs travel and allowance
22 August 2024
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
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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.
Bodybuilder Alison strong-arms cancer
Top Shape Gym is pumped and ready to host next Saturday’s 4th International Asia Pacific Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships at the national auditorium. Gym owner Puai Wichman is keen to use the event to inspire Cook Islanders to aim higher and stride over their hurdles just like Wanganui bodybuilder Alison Richards. Here, Glenn Watson of […]
Sparks will fly
After last week’s table-turning start to round two of the CITC club rugby season, this week’s match ups are sure to spring some more surprises. Last week saw all first round winners fail to repeat their season start performances. The Avatiu Eels were comprehensively thrashed by the Arorangi Cowboys 34-7 while the Ngatangiia Dragons struggled […]
Come & Play football wraps up
Cook Islands Football Association will wrap up a successful Come & Play programme, for this year, tomorrow (Saturday). This programme ran for seven weeks attracting around 150 children between the ages of 5 and 13 on Saturdays. The response has been overwhelming from the young children and parents who have been turning up at the […]
CI team competing well
Team Cook Islands at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore are in good spirits and competing well at this early stage of the event. Swimmer Aaron Brown has swum in his first men’s 50m freestyle heat and placed second with a time of 26.70 seconds. His sister Celeste was scheduled to compete in the women’s […]
Water work
The Cook Islands contingent is in good spirits in Singapore, which is hosting the inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG) from August 14 to 26. The Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games have some 5000 athletes and officials from the 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), along with estimated 1900 media representatives, 20,000 local and international volunteers, and […]
High scores at volleyball
High scoring games are becoming the norm of the inaugural Vonnia’s Corporate mixed 6 on 6 volleyball league played every Friday at the Telecom Sports Arena. Last Friday saw round two games played where Vonnia’s Vikings registered the rounds highest score with 111 points against Te Aponga Sparkz who despite spikes raining on them, competed […]
U19 heads for Oceania tourney
The Cook Islands under 19 rugby squad are in full-on training for the upcoming Oceania Rugby Unions (FORU) tournament to be held in Apia, Samoa between August 23 and September 3. The Oceania U19s Championship will be contested by Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu and American Samoa. Not only will the tournament […]
Fight night packs punch
Saturday, August 28 is set to be the biggest Fight Night of the year and is expected to be a knock-out event. The Cook Islands Sports Association (CISA) is joining forces with the Cook Islands Amateur Boxing Association for one night of action packed boxing at the Telecom Sports Arena in aid of Cook Islands […]
Old foes lock horns today
Today’s week seven CITC ‘main match’ will feature the heavyweight clash between arch rivals and leading teams the Avatiu Eels and Arorangi Cowboys to be played at Raemaru Park. And whenever these two old foes lock horns, sparks are sure to fly. When they met in week two of the competition it was the slippery […]
Rugby action returns today
The CITC club rugby season kicks into action again today and tomorrow with round seven of the competition. Today the Titikaveka Bulls under 13 grade will get the ball rolling when they host their counterparts, the Tupapa Panthers. This game starts at 4.15pm and will be followed by the Senior B clash between these two […]
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 […]
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