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Pacific
Service and sacrifice: Puna keeps an ‘open mind’
Former Cook Islands prime minister Henry Puna, who ends his term as Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General later this month, is planning to retire to his island home of Manihiki. But the 73-year-old is keeping an open mind and hasn’t ruled out a return to local political scene just yet. Losirene Lacanivalu reports.
Home detention for New Caledonia unrest ringleaders, Tiktok banned
The presumed ringleaders of the unrest in New Caledonia have been placed in home detention and the social network TikTok has been banned as French security forces struggle to restore law and order.
Volleyball at Vaimaanga
The king and queen of the courts social beach volleyball tournament will be held on Easter Monday as part of the beach volleyball revival. The tournament will be held at the Totokoitu beach courts in Vaimaanga situated in between the YWAM centre and old Totokoitu agriculture research centre. The tournament will be a mixed tournament […]
Volleyball women ready for action
The national womens indoor volleyball squad has been holding a series of intense training sessions at the Telecom Sports Arena with the mens squad putting the girls through their paces. The squad, whove been in training since August, will depart Rarotonga on Thursday to take part in the South Pacific Challenge in Auckland starting on […]
Fight in the dog seen on court
Basketball teams take a break from games tonight to allow for netballers to hold their national trials at the Telecom Sports Arena. But week six of the main basketball season started with the Devlins rocking hard against Yachties Hotties. The Devlins were too much for the Yachtie Hotties with scoring machine Swedelia Taivairanga benefiting from […]
Beach volleyball makes comeback
Beach volleyball is set to take off again on Rarotonga with the confirmation that a purpose built beach volleyball court will be constructed in Nikao next to the national tennis courts. On Monday a special ceremony was held at Nikao to turn the first sod on what will become two international sized courts on the […]
Sea Eagles beat Sharks
The Ngatangiia Sea Eagles, Arorangi Bears and Tupapa Panthers were the winners of last weeks round of rugby league games. On Friday, the Ngatangiia Sea Eagles travelled to Aitutaki to meet the Sharks and a closely fought match was seen. But it was the Sea Eagles that had the edge over their hosts to win […]
Tua pep talks local boxers
Seven entertaining boxing matches were seen at Saturday nights fight night with the arrival of Samoan heavyweight boxer David Tua really sparking the boxers into action in the Banana Court boxing ring. While Tua didnt have a rumble in the ring on the night he did sign two boxing gloves that will be auctioned off […]
Whirlwind Tua tour
Inspiring, impressive and easy-going are some of the words locals have described world number 2 heavyweight boxer David Tua. Tua returned to New Zealand on Sunday after a whirlwind tour of Rarotonga at the weekend where he was the guest speaker at the annual sports awards. For many people Tua impressed with his humility and […]
Goals galore at national champs
The Cook Islands Football complex was packed with hundreds of players and supporters on Saturday to watch the first of the National Youth Soccer Championship games. Although the sun was nowhere to be seen, the tournament kicked off without a hitch as every team was eager to play. The first round of the 2011 National […]
Arorangi romps in
The Arorangi premier netball grade caused headaches for Takuvaine at the TSA on Saturday to go on and comfortably win the match 63-36. A new look Arorangi team definitely turned out to win this week as Takuvaine continue to firm up their player positions on court. Meanwhile a fantastic game was seen between Avatiu and […]
Neururer wins his first Tin Man
The temperature was perfect for the 29th annual Tin Man Triathlon held on Saturday with the rain in the morning and cloud cover making it quite cool for racers. Twenty individuals and 11 teams fronted up to tackle the 1200m swim, 31km (around the island cycle) and 10km run. The lagoon looked calm, but had […]
Sailors scoop 7 awards
National sailors took out seven of the major awards at last night’s Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee sports awards. Sportsman of the Year went to Manihiki sailor Taua Eliza who won a second award on the night taking out the Purapura games sportsman of the year award as well. Sportswoman of the year […]
Warriors play Panthers
With two premier league games player yesterday – the only premier game on today is between the Takuvaine Warriors and the Tupapa Panthers. This game will be played at the BCI Stadium where the Warriors need to bring their A game as Tupapa seem to have found their form in what has been a slow […]
Livefree makes $1800
Members of the Livefree Outrigger Club are celebrating a successful fundraising event, which has generated $1800 for their campaign to compete at this year’s Vaka Eiva international paddling festival in November. The club organised a quiz night at the Banana Court in Avarua, which comprised 11 teams each with between four and eight members. Teams […]
New courts for beach volleyball
Beach volleyball will stake out a permanent base when it officially takes possession of a 2000 square metre site for new courts on Monday. Cook Islands Volleyball is leasing a piece of vacant land next to the tennis courts and opposite the Social Centre in Nikao. Organiser Hugh Graham says there will be a ceremony […]
Tua to attend local fight night
Samoan heavyweight boxer David ‘Tuamanator’ Tua will cast an expert eye over local boxers tomorrow when he attends the fight night at the Banana Court. The Tuamanator is not expected to fight – but he will certainly be cheering on the local boxers and perhaps sharing some pointers with the fighters. Tua will be asked […]
Kia orana, Tuamanator
Samoan heavyweight boxer David ‘Tuamanator’ Tua arrived on the rock yesterday and will be the guest speaker at tonight’s annual sports awards at the Aroa Nui hall in Arorangi. Tua arrived without fanfare to be met by a delegation from the Cook Islands Sports and Olympic Committee and from the Samoan community. When she adorned […]
Urlich 'on fire' at Prime Foods golf
Jacqueline Urlich was on fire and really burned up the golf course last Saturday to be the easy winner of the inaugural Prime Foods golf tournament at the Rarotonga Golf Club. Playing off a handicap of 22, she carded an 80 off the stick for a score of +11 in this bogey competition. She may […]
Dayna goes back to school
Tereora College has welcomed former student Dayna Napa back to the school – this time in a teaching capacity. Napa (21) attended the secondary school in 2006 when she completed year 12. The young Rarotongan, whose father is Arorangi resident Alex Napa, is in her fourth and last year of a teaching degree at Canterbury […]
Volleyballers in Pacific challenge
The Cook Islands women’s indoor volleyball team departs shortly for the South Pacific Challenge (SPC) in Auckland next week. The team has been training since August and will compete at the SPC from April 25 to 30 at the Otara Recreational centre. Local based players are Moari Halston, Nana Manuela-Emile, Tairi Herrmann, Tepaeru Herrmann, Elena […]
Zumba for volleyball
Zumba yourself into shape with Franky Browne and help support the national women’s indoor volleyball team. A Zumba fundraiser has been organised for today at the Telecom Sports Arena to help raise funds for the national women’s squad who are attending the South Pacific Challenge tournament in Auckland next week. Tickets are $5 per person […]
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