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Local MPs discuss challenges with NZ Speaker Parliamentary delegation
Cook Islands parliamentarians engaged in open discussions with Aotearoa New Zealand’s Speaker of the House of Representatives Gerry Brownlee and his delegation at Parliament House yesterday morning.
New Caledonian pro-independence activist issues dire warning to France
A pro-independence activist in New Caledonia is warning France to immediately halt planned constitution amendments or face "war".
Tavana All Stars formed
The newly established Avana Cricket Club – the Tavana All Stars – are excited about the upcoming start to the cricket season after four weeks of recruiting and training. The club’s emphasis is on junior development and so far they’ve been able to recruit keen youngsters ready to take on the challenge. The Tavana All […]
UK schoolboys too slick and fast
Touring British rugby team Epsom College were just too slick for the local combined teams on Thursday in both the under 16 and under 18 games. In the first match between the visiting under 16 squad and the combined Takuvaine and Arorangi team, the visitors’ composure lead them to a 12-0 advantage at the half […]
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 […]
Guns blazing at volleyball
Team tactics and set moves will be the highlight of tonight’s round three of the Vonnia’s Corporate 6 on 6 volleyball league at the Telecom Sports Arena. Although the league is a ‘social’ event with emphasis on fun – some teams just can’t help but pull out their big guns and come out firing, which […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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