More Top Stories
Solar power battery repairs ‘could take up to 12 months’
15 April 2024
Police shortage leads to drop in checkpoints
9 April 2024
Sarakura declared new Penrhyn MP
16 March 2024
Govt says $1.3m invested in Lady Samoa charter
22 February 2024
Mass milkfish die-off in Penrhyn raises concerns
3 April 2024
Regulator defends Starlink users
9 April 2024
Aitutaki’s heritage preserved in new anthology
4 January 2024
Avatiu Eels retain Nines title
8 January 2024
Beddoes crowned top athlete
8 January 2024
NRL player Dargan dies in Aitutaki motorcycle crash
24 December 2023
‘Please heed the signs’: resident makes plea to tourists
20 December 2023
Cook Islands set to play in new World Series
10 October 2023
Corruption report exposes ‘bribe and sexual favours’
17 January 2023
Corruption in the Cook Islands?
21 January 2023
Moana target 2025 World Cup
11 November 2022
Pacific
Prolonged drought impacting food, water across Micronesia
Extreme droughts in the Western Pacific region are expected to persist over the next three months.
Solomon Islands PM retains seat, vote counting continues
Solomon Islands’ pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has retained his seat in the national election, according to local media reports, but it will take days to know if his party has won enough support to form the next government.
Bulls and Reds clash at Happy Valley
This week’s CITC rugby main match of the week between the Titikaveka Bulls and the Takuvaine Reds will be all about getting the train back on the tracks. The Bulls began their 2010 season with a bang and when they met the Reds in the first round, they were comprehensive 32-14 winners. However, they will […]
Come and Play booming
The Cook Islands Football Association’s complex has been buzzing with excitement for the last three Saturday mornings as young and keen footballers flock there for the ‘Come and Play’ programme. The programme is in its fourth week and has been attracting 150-plus children from the ages of five to 13. The programme will run for […]
Mangaia prepares for Manea Games
The island of Mangaia is gearing up to host the 2011 Manea Games. The island was the first host of the zone games in 1997 and last week the islands Aronga Mana, Island Council and sports association formally accepted the challenge to host the sports event. At the end of the 2009 Manea Games in […]
Tennis juniors in Fiji
Kiana Sword-Tua (above) is the only under 12 Cook Islands tennis player at the Pacific Oceania Junior Championships in Lautoka, Fiji. Sword-Tua is in Fiji with fellow squad members Roland Neururer, Jake Bergman (under 14 boys), Tayla Beddoes (under 14 girls), Alex Beddoes (under 18 boys), and Tamarua Payne (under 14 boys) and Elias Tukaroa. […]
7s tourney a national trial
The inaugural CITC Constitution Sevens Tournament to be played between August 4 and 7 will be a preliminary national sevens trial. After missing out on the international sevens circuit last year, the Cook Islands Rugby Union will begin this seasons campaign with a clean slate. This means that every Cook Islands sevens player – both […]
Future tennis stars identified
After a day of tennis lessons with coach Malcolm Kajer, around 20 first time players were confidently hitting tennis balls around the Nikao tennis courts on Tuesday. It was the first day of the school holiday tennis programme and already Kajer has identified future Cook Islands tennis stars. In fact, Kajer was confident that a […]
Avatiu Eels top rugby standings
The Avatiu Eels Senior A grade are the current leaders in the CITC club rugby season after winning all five of their encounters so far this season. The Eels are on 17 points closely followed by the Arorangi Cowboys on 16 points. The Titikaveka Bulls are lurking in third place with 14 points while the […]
Road series starts
The buildup road series for the Round Rarotonga Road Race, scheduled for September 25, starts today. A few keen athletes turned up for an introductory 3km and 5km run last week. This week’s race will start and finish from the same place, outside the Kafe Kokonati, Matavera. The distances available will be 5km or 8km. […]
Masters continue athletics
Buoyed by the successes in Tahiti at the Oceana Masters Champs earlier in the month the Cook Islands masters athletes will continue their weekly meeting at the BCI Stadium each Wednesday from today. Last week the team gathered at the BCI Stadium to discuss the Champs in Tahiti and to plan for future events. The […]
Fun day at volleyball
The newly revived Cook Islands Volleyball Association (CIVA) held a fun one-day mixed volleyball competition at the Telecom Sports Arena on Monday. Five enthusiastic teams registered for the competition and found out the feeling of playing the sport they love in a purpose built sport arena. And despite the low numbers, there was plenty of […]
Fun was the big winner
Avarua and Avatea Primary Schools once again dominated this year’s inter primary schools rugby and netball tournament . The tournament was played at the BCI Stadium and Tereora National courts where all participating schools had fun. We bring you more photos from the fun rugby and netball day last week for Rarotonga kids. – MW […]
Juniors show signs of brilliance
Saturday’s sun, slight breeze and small swells provided easy conditions for race two in the junior division mid distance open ocean oe vaka race series. Crews managed to record good times with Te Tupu o Te Manava under 19 recording the fastest time and Te Tupu o Te Manava under 16 boys edging out the […]
Holiday sports action
Keep the kids active and out of trouble these school holidays with cricket and tennis. The popular 88FM and Avarua Bakery kids holiday cricket programme smashes off today at the Nikao field. The programme will run again on Thursday and on Tuesday and Thursday next week. The programme starts at 9am and for those parents […]
Stirring challenge to bowlers
The national lawn bowls championships got off to a festive start on Saturday with a parade through Avarua township. Just over 100 bowlers paraded through town lead by the Cook Islands Bowling Association development squad. Teams from Australia and New Zealand including a New Zealand Aitutaki side have come to Rarotonga to compete against Rarotonga […]
Volleyball on Monday
Due to huge demand, the newly revived Cook Islands Volleyball Association has organised a one-day mixed six volleyball tournament this Monday. The tournament will spike into action at 9am and will run all day at the Telecom Sports Arena. The association this week announced its direction for the 2010 volleyball year which was to start […]
Clash of the giants
Can the Dragons fry the Eels or will the elusive Eels give them the slip? The Swamp in Avatiu will host today’s main match between the Eels and the Ngatangiia Dragons. Both teams have been severely tested in the first round of games but they both deserve to be in first and second place in […]
Under 13s get ball rolling
The Arorangi under 13s will host their country brothers from Titikaveka today at the Arorangi field to kick start week five of the CITC rugby union season. This game will kick off at 4.15pm followed by the Senior B clash between the Cowboys and Bulls at 5pm. Tomorrow the Cowboys will host the remaining Bull […]
Friday rally for Mangaia
Mangaia islanders based on Rarotonga are meeting at 5.30pm every Friday at the Avatea School grounds to prepare for the third biannual Mangaia Tri-Series Games to be hosted by Auckland between December 24 and January 8. The Cook Islands Mangaia group are the current holders of the Jim Marurai Champions Trophy and the weekly training […]
Baby Panthers maul Dragons
Wednesday’s under 16 Powerade Challenge rugby match between the Tupapa Panthers and Ngatangiia Dragons was a game of two very different halves. The Panthers got on the board early in the game to lead 12-0 at the half time break. They must have been given a real good talking to as the side went into […]
Tennis juniors off to Fiji
Local junior tennis players are gearing up to represent the country at the Pacific Oceania Championships next week in Lautoka, Fiji. The junior players selected for the championships in Fiji were stand-out competitors at the recent East Pacific Qualifying event in Rarotonga. The squad will depart our shores this weekend for the two week tennis […]
« Previous 1 … 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 … 389 Next »