Solomon Islands' pro-China leader, Manasseh Sogavare, has withdrawn from the race to be the next prime minister following the country’s national election.
Kiribati MPs have voted to accept a recommendation from a tribunal that Kiribati High Court judge, David Lambourne be removed.
Wednesday 1: All Rarotonga primary schools will rip into rugby soon thanks to the donation of ‘ripper rugby’ gear to all schools presented to school principals by Cook Islands Rugby Union chief executive officer Ben Koteka. The ripper rugby gear including ripper tags, belts, rugby balls and kicking tees have been provided, courtesy of the […]
Tuesday 31: The first three Chinese sports coaches and their interpreter arrived on the island at the weekend to help local athletes prepare for the September Pacific Mini Games. The three coaches are Dong Xuezhi of the Beijing Sport University, Li Shengyue of Qinghai Province and female coach and Chinese national hammer thrower Qiao Weiming. […]
Tuesday 31: Cook Islands Games competition managers met yesterday to finalise the competition schedule for the week-long games that start with an opening ceremony on Friday April 3 at Te Atukura Grounds. Minor changes have been made to a number of the 19 codes’ venues and competition days while the plans for the opening and […]
Monday 30: The Titikaveka netball premiers have continued their unbeaten run, after accounting for neighbours Ngatangiia/Matavera 76-34 at Muri on Saturday. Despite the rain on Saturday, games were still played in round seven of the Rarotonga netball competition. In other premier matches Tupapa held on to its second position on the premier table after defeating […]
Monday 30: Narrow 26-24 win by Eels, Bears beat Bulldogs 20-10 It was a thrilling premier rugby league game last Friday between the Avatiu/Nikao Eels and the Aitutaki Sharks as the Eels just managed to escape the Shark attack, winning 26-24. In the end it came down to kicking conversions which let the Eels off […]
Monday 30: Saturday’s 4th annual Women’s Triathlon, again sponsored by Island Car & Bike Hire, was a resounding success with a record field of 48 women taking part, and a majority tackling the 400m swim, 16km bike and 4km run individually. The weather threatened to dampen the afternoon with thunderous showers in the morning, but […]
Saturday 28 March: An old hand with proven organisational skills was recruited this week to the Pacific Mini Games organising team. ‘Tui’ Ngariki Short was the leading administrator as games organiser in 1985 and with his wife Cecilia he has jumped on board again to be part of the “wonderful Cook Islands experience”. “It’s very […]
Friday 27 March: The Cooks have been drawn in pool B with Australia, at this year’s World Youth Netball Championships in Rarotonga. Other teams in pool B are Malaysia, Wales and Vanuatu. For the August 11-21 championships, the unseeded Barbados, and Trinidad & Tobago will contest pool A with defending champions New Zealand, Northern Ireland, […]