A teenager from New Zealand tragically died in his sleep during a family vacation in Rarotonga, leaving his family heartbroken and seeking support for repatriation costs.
Members of the New Zealand Defence Force’s (NZDF) Youth Development Unit (YDU) have returned back from a rewarding deployment aimed at helping the Cook Islands Police and Prison and Probation Services support vulnerable Pasifika youth.
Monday 27: There were close premier netball games seen at the weekend with the Avatiu side winning their first game of the season by beating second-placed Tupapa 43-39. With 15-year-old Lillian Maui at centre, and Edith Nicholas and Mariana Ngaputa working hard in defence, the Avatiu side led right from the start and thoroughly deserved […]
Saturday 25: The last workout before next weekend’s international triathlon event will be held at Tikioki today at 3pm. The distances are an 800m swim, either an 8km or 16 km cycle and either a 2, 4 or 5km run. Any visitors who have already arrived on Rarotonga for next weekend’s event are welcome to […]
Saturday 25: The village of Nikao will become the centre of sports development in the Cook Islands when the new Olympic House is built. A special foundation stone laying ceremony was held at the Tepuka site on the western side of the new multi indoor sports complex yesterday where the cornerstones, or toka tiava, of […]
Friday 24: The Aitutaki Sharks have won their second match by default this season after the Titikaveka Bulldogs failed to show up for their scheduled rugby league game on the island on Wednesday. Cook Islands Rugby League Association president Charles Carlson says it’s disappointing that the Bulldogs management have let their players down. Carlson claims […]
Wednesday 22: The 2009 Sails Restaurant sprint championship title has gone to Te Tupu o Te Manava Canoe Club with (58 points) ahead of Ngakau Toa Vaka (52 points) in second place and Club Live Free (28 points) in third place. Last Saturday’s 14 races covered the V1 250m, V6 500m, 1000m, and 1500m finals […]
Wednesday 22: The St Kentigern College 1st XV squad capped off their Cook Islands tour with another win against the Cook Islands Sports Academy team 17-7 on Monday afternoon. There was plenty of support for both teams with the St Kent’s team getting a little more attention thanks to the five local players in the […]
Tuesday 21: The Pacific Oceania Davis Cup team has qualified for play in the Asia/Oceania group 2 next year after beating host country Syria in the group three competition at the weekend. Wins by Michael Leong and the doubles pair of Brett Baudinet and Cyril Jacobe saw the team home, 2-1 against Syria. The Pacific […]
Monday 20: Tupapa, Titikaveka and Takuvaine all registered wins in the premier netball competition at the weekend. Ngatangiia just couldn’t contain Tupapa on their home court as they walked away winners by just seven points (51-44). Out at Titikaveka, the home team continued its unbeaten run with a 56-45 victory over the winless Avatiu side. […]
Monday 20: The St Kentigerns first XV squad will be on a high after winning their second tour match, 33-5, against an Aitutaki selection last Friday. St Kent’s will go into their third and final match today against the Cook Islands Sports Academy, in a pretty confident mood obviously intent to end their tour on […]
Monday 20: A large crowed of over 500 gather to watch a local side take on St Kent’s 1st XV rugby team in Aitutaki. As Aitutaki has not played age grade rugby for two seasons, preparation was limited to just two training sessions. The side was made up of local Cook Islands Sports Academy boys […]
Saturday 18: Newly formed Te Aorangi taekwon-do club will have a car wash fundraiser in front of the Aroa Nui hall in Arorangi today to help the club purchase new equipment. They will also be selling sausage sizzles, and steak and mushroom rolls. The club is currently having an orientation for new members at the […]
Saturday 18: PAPE’ETE, April 16 – French Polynesia’s government is moving to prepare a bid to host the 2019 Pacific Games. The French Pacific country’s cabinet meeting was briefed this week about the advantages of such bid, in terms of exposure, permanent sports infrastructures and an expected boost to the ailing tourism industry. During the […]
Friday 17: A decent crowd of supporters braved the wet conditions on Wednesday to witness a good wet-weather rugby by the St Kentigerns College 1st XV in its victory over the Cook Islands Sports Academy team at Titikaveka. The 20-0 score line was not a true indication as to how the match was played out, […]
Friday 17: A two week table tennis coaching and player training development programme will wrap up on Monday with some fantastic results seen so far. The development programme is being coordinated by Oceania Table Tennis Federation development officer Scott Houston from Australia. Houston says he has been very impressed with the skills he has seen […]
Thursday 16: After the week-long Cook Islands Games, Aitutaki has emerged as the overall winner of the event after winning 16 gold medals, 11 silver, 7 bronze for a total of 34 medals. Vaka Te Au O Tonga was a close second with 12 gold medals and a total of 30 medals while Vaka Takitumu […]
Thursday 9: With the weather being as great as it has been over the past few days, the Muri lagoon is the place to be today for the second day of the Cook Islands sailing competition. The Cook Islands Games boxing competition tonight is expected to be a thriller with six female and five male […]
Thursday 9: Sailing got off to a great start in Rarotonga at Muri lagoon yesterday with a gentle breeze. First out of the blocks was the 4.7 laser class with two flights of six boats and full entries from the best 12 young sailors in the Cooks. Israel Miles of Vaka Takitumu, who has recently […]
Wednesday 15: From the Cook Islands Games sevens rugby tournament held at Easter weekend, a squad has been selected in the Pacific Mini Games train-on squad which is to be coached by Vaivase Samania. The squad is: Aitutaki – Messine Manpori, Alex Roa, Teu Paerau, Mati Messine, Loni Vanilla, Itu Davey; Puaikura – Tariu Tairea, […]
Wednesday 15: The Saint Kentigern College first fifteen rugby squad will play their first of three matches today against the Cook Islands Sports Academy squad. The college team includes five Cook Islands players – Sema Robati, Adam Tangata, Denis Heather, Ben Tautu and Mark Tuaati. St Kent’s head coach Grant Truman says that the team’s […]
Tuesday 14: The Aitutaki rugby sevens team have proved that their inclusion in the Cook Islands Games sevens competition was not a waste of time as they took out the gold medal of the event. After losing to Takitumu in pool play (12-21), Aitutaki’s overall team fitness and X-factor ensured that they turned the tables […]