A group of 32 visitors from Rimatara in French Polynesia has arrived on Atiu for a cultural exchange program.
Cook Islands Minister for Health, Agriculture and Internal Affairs Rose Toki Brown and her staff are currently attending the Early Childhood Development (ECD) Forum in Apia, Samoa.
National sports award guest speaker and former All Blacks flanker Josh Kronfeld will run drills with Cook Islands Sports Academy students today before sharing some words of wisdom at tonight’s sports awards. Kronfeld along with his wife Bronwyn and 18-month-old son Cassius were hosted to lunch by members of the Cook Islands Rugby Union association […]
It will be all hands on deck today as Rarotonga hosts the Cook Islands’ leg of the Queen’s Baton world relay. The baton arrived on our shores last night to a turou at the Rarotonga airport. The baton is on its way around the island this morning after the relay began at the BCI Stadium […]
Judges charged which determining just which athletes and sports associations receive the top honours at this year’s national sports awards have had a tough time making their decisions. There is a high calibre list of nominees for this year’s main awards with all sports codes recognising the achievements of their athletes over the 2009 sporting […]
Don’t let the dust settle on your shoes the cross country running series is starting today. There will be six races in the cross country series which is a build up to the Round Rarotonga Road Race week starting on July 15. The cross country series will wrap up on June 24 with the national […]
With this year’s sports awards one of the largest in its history, tickets for the event are selling fast. There were suggestions that there may not be enough tickets for sports codes to be able to take their teams to the awards because of an excess number of VIP guests. However, Cook Islands Sports and […]
Funds were approved last month by international soccer body FIFA for the Cook Islands Football Association to construct a new administration building and gym facilities. A signing ceremony was held with FIFA’s Glen Turner, CIFA’s president Lee Harmon and local suppliers to seal the deal. This is CIFA’s fourth ‘goal project’, initiated by FIFA about […]
Preparations for the arrival of the Queen’s Baton for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games are well on the way. The baton will arrive late on Friday, May 21 and a traditional Cook Islands turou on the tarmac is being planned. The baton is currently on a relay around the world prior to the beginning of […]
While the highlight of the rugby league grand finals was the premier grade clash between the Eels and the Panthers – it was the junior grades that really created that ‘grand finals’ atmosphere. First up at the grand finals was the baby Panthers versus the Baby Bears. The Bears looked liked they would take the […]
Avatiu Eels rugby league supporters and players will be singing ‘we are the champions’ for a long time to come after winning the 2010 rugby league championships 28-16 against defending champions the Tupapa Panthers at the weekend. Not only did the premier grade win the coveted trophy, they earned bragging rights to sing whatever they […]
The Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee have been inundated with nominations for this year’s sports awards to be held on Tuesday, May 25. CISNOC sports manager Robert Graham says that in the 12 years he has worked for the national sports body he has never seen such a huge response to the call […]
With Anzac Day falling on a Sunday this year, the Air New Zealand Anzac golf tournament was extended to be played over two Saturdays. This was only fitting for such a prestigious tournament. On the first Saturday, April 24, Vengi Hagai played a blistering game to come in with a +11 for this bogey competition. […]
This Saturday there will be a golf Ambrose fundraising effort at the Rarotonga Golf Club to assist its sister club in Aitutaki to renovate its club house which was damaged earlier this year by Cyclone Pat. Former members of the Aitutaki Golf Club such asf Haimona Brown, Ned Howard, James Herman, Campbell Cecil, Daniel Webb […]
The Cook Islands Taekwon Do students arrived home last week with an impressive 45 medal haul from the Star Series tournament in Auckland. Here is some of the action from the tournament. 45 medal haul for taekwon do, page 14
The Pacific Divers five-a-side soccer side is fourth on the points table and they are vying for third placing as the competition nears the knockout stage. Despite the eagerness of the Pacific Divers to reach that third spot, they are in contention with the Virgin Ave team currently third and four points ahead of Pacific […]
The Computer Man golf tournament held on April 10 was an extremely close battle for prizes with only two strokes separating the top ten placings. The scorers had to work harder than usual to separate the winners, nearly all on a count back. This tournament was a nett competition, which is often very hard for […]
The 2010 rugby league grand final this week is going to be a thriller between the Avatiu Eels and the Tupapa Panthers – who booked their final spot by thrashing the Arorangi Bears 42-12 in Saturday’s semi-final. The Panthers premier league grade was just too classy for the Bears and after scoring 22 points just […]
The White Puta five-a-side soccer team managed to keep the Black Puta at bay until the final whistle with 1-1 draw. An own goal by a White Puta player gave Black Puta the lead in the first half only to have the White Puta level the score seconds later. A fast paced game was played […]
On Saturday the Avatiu Dragonflies’ premier netball side won a nail-biting 43-42 clash against Takuvaine. Here is some of the action photos from the clash. Dragonflies swoop to first win, page 14
Cook Islands weightlifter Sirla Pera lifted his way to two silver medals at the Oceania Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships in Fiji. Pera and solo female lifter Luisa Peters both won two silver medals each at the championships. Pera lifted a total weight of 236kg (106kg snatch and 130kg clean and jerk) in the men’s […]
Avatea Primary School year six students have spent the week writing stories and poems about their mums. Here are some of the stories from the year six students. My mum Mothers offer the world for her sons and daughters and they are even like the rarest diamond to her. By Dean Archer Year six Toku […]
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