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Swimmer cherishes Comm Games experience

Monday 8 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Commonwealth Games, Sports

Cook Islands swimmer Kirsten Andrea Fisher-Marsters, who represented the country at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, United Kingdom, shares her experience with thecoconet.tv. The Commonwealth Games will conclude with the closing ceremony early this morning.

LETTERS: Lack of flights to Raro

Monday 8 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, oh well, you want to play with Air New Zealand, now you have to comply with their demands.

Tributes flow for fallen kapa haka icon

Monday 8 August 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Culture, National

The body of Te Arawa kapa haka stalwart Sally-Ann Roberts (Ngāti Hinemihi, Ngāti Pikiao, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāpuhi) was repatriated back to Aotearoa New Zealand yesterday.

Call to conserve water as island enters dry period

Monday 8 August 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Environment, National

To Tatou Vai water authority is asking people to conserve water as Rarotonga enters a three-month drought spell.

Kata: Demo party

Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

Te Leo Wale - One of the most unusual languages in the world

Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Sian Solomon | Published in Features, Weekend

The dialect of Pukapuka, which is one of the world’s most unusual languages, is spoken by around only 200 people in Rarotonga.

Cooks manage top five finish

Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Sports, Tennis

Cook Islands Tennis represented the country at the Nations Cup Tennis Tournament in Lautoka, Fiji this week finishing fourth and fifth in men’s and women’s divisions respectively.

Sokattak lose Champions League opener

Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Football, Sports

Nikao Sokattak went down to Fiji’s Rewa FC 1-3 in their opening game of the OFC Champions League 2022 at Ngahue Reserve in Auckland.

Blue lagoons for the Middle East

Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Caleb Fotheringham | Published in Features, Weekend

Cook Islands’ first Australian High Commissioner is trading blue lagoons and warm weather for the extreme temperatures of the Middle East.

Songs of hope

Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Culture, National

The National Auditorium came alive this week with powerful songs of the Gospel and Vairakau Maori (traditional remedies) echoing through the hall.

LETTERS: Families battle over land

Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, the families treat other family members like they are trying to steal the land when it’s your family right to have a share.

Mangaia’s Covid-19 cases wane

Saturday 6 August 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in National, Outer Islands

The outbreak of Covid-19 in Mangaia appears to have reached its peak, according to Te Marae Ora.

Backlash after Solomons' govt reins in public broadcaster

Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in Regional, Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands' government has prompted anger by ordering the censorship of the national broadcaster.

MP's bill could right the wrong of a 'racist law'

Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by RNZ | Published in New Zealand, Regional

New Zealand Green Party MP Teanau Tuiono is promoting a private member's bill he hopes will remove a "racist law" introduced in 1982.

Kata: Politics

Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Kata, Opinion

LETTERS: ‘Increase the number of MPs’

Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by Supplied | Published in Opinion

Dear Editor, once upon a time, I sided with the majority of those who supported the 1998 Commission of Political Review’s recommendation that the number of MPs should be reduced in parliament.

Ladies triple teams our last medal hope

Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by CI News Staff | Published in Commonwealth Games, Sports

The national bowls Ladies Triples was last night Cook Islands’ only hope for a medal at the Commonwealth Games.

‘Super Browns’ side CIP in coalition talks

Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by Matthew Littlewood | Published in National, Politics

The governing Cook Islands Party is all but confirmed to retain power after receiving support from the re-elected Independent Members of Parliament (MPs) from Atiu.

Celebrating 57 years of self-governance

Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by Melina Etches | Published in Culture, National

Dignitaries, members of the public, Te Maeva Nui dance groups and visitors gathered at the National Auditorium yesterday to mark the Constitution Day – 57 years of self-governance from New Zealand.

Tahiti flights scheduled for August 13

Friday 5 August 2022 | Written by Rashneel Kumar | Published in National, Travel

The official commercial airlink between Cook Islands and French Polynesia (Tahiti) will get underway with an inaugural flight from Rarotonga (RAR) to Pape’ete (PPT), on Saturday, August 13.