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Calendar of Events 2004
JANUARY
Thu 1st New Years Day – Public Holiday
Fri 2nd Public Holiday
Wed 7th Open Singles Table Tennis begins - Rarotonga
Wed 14th Open Double Table Tennis begins - Rarotonga
Wed 21st – 24th Mar Open Teams Table Tennis Tournament –
Rarotonga
Sat 24th Euduro Triathlon - Rarotonga
Mon 26th – Fri 16th Apr School Term 1
TBC Tower Insurance Basketball Tournament - Rarotonga
JANUARY – MARCH
Touch Football Season – Open Competition on Fridays and Mixed Competition on Wednesdays
FEBRUARY
Sat 7th Euduro Triathlon - Rarotonga
Sat 14th Canoeing Sprints - Rarotonga
Sat 21st Corporate Triathlon – Rarotonga
Sat 28th Athletic Cook Islands (ACI) Awards Night - Rarotonga
Sat 28th Canoeing Sprints – Rarotonga
TBC Polynesian Basketball Tournament – Rarotonga
MARCH
Wed 10th National Sports Awards - Rarotonga
Sat 13th Canoeing Sprints – Rarotonga
Sat 13th Penrhyn Gospel Day (Public Holiday to be observed on
Monday 15th)
Wed 17th OMIA Craft & Fabric Arts Exhibition – Atiu
Thu 18th – Tue11th May Business House Squash Tournament - Rarotonga
Sat 20th Cook Islands Secondary Schools Triathlon
Championships – Rarotonga
Sat 27th Canoeing Sprints – Rarotonga
TBC Edgewater Basketball Tournament - Rarotonga
APRIL – JULY
  • Rugby Union – 2004 Domestic Season

  • 5 A-Side Soccer Competition starts and runs through to July.

  • Netball Season (Village Competitions)  

APRIL
Sat 3rd Canoeing Sprints - Rarotonga
Fri 9th Good Friday – Public Holiday
Sat 10th Tinman Triathlon - Rarotonga
Sun 11th Easter Sunday
Mon 12th Easter Monday – Public Holiday
Mon 12th Weetbix Triathlon - Rarotonga
Thu 15th 2004 Dancer of the Year Competition Begins –
Rarotonga Finals
Sat 17th Canoeing Sprints - Rarotonga
Mon 19th 2004 Dancer of the Year - Papaa’s (Expatriates)
Extravaganza Night
Mon 19th - Fri 30th School Holidays
Wed 21st Boiler Swim (Triathlon) - Rarotonga
Thu 22td 2004 Dancer of the Year - National Junior/Intermediate Finals 
Venue: National Culture Centre
Sat 24th Air New Zealand Rarotonga International Triathlon - Rarotonga
Sun 25th ANZAC Day
Mon 26th 2004 Dancer of the Year – Golden Oldies Finals
Tue 27th Round Raro Cycle (Triathlon) - Rarotonga
Thu 29th 2004 Dancer of the Year- National Open Finals
Venue: National Culture Centre
TBC Business House Basketball Competition - Rarotonga
TBC Primary Schools Basketball Tournament - Rarotonga
MAY
Sat 1st Canoeing Mid. Distance – Rarotonga
Mon 3rd – Fri 23rd July School Term 2
Wed 12th Table Tennis Open Singles – Rarotonga
Sat 8th Canoeing Mid. Distance – Rarotonga
Tue 11th World Day of Athletics
Wed 19th Table Tennis Open Doubles – Rarotonga
Tue 25th Olympic Fun Run – Rarotonga
Wed 26th – 28th Jul Table Tennis Winter Open Team – Rarotonga
Sat 29th Canoeing Mid. Distance – Rarotonga
TBC Air New Zealand Basketball Tournament
JUNE
Sat 5th  Kumete Bike Race (Triathlon) - Rarotonga
Mon 7th Queen’s Birthday – Public Holiday
Mon 7th Kumete Sports (Athletics & Triathlon) – Rarotonga
Sat 12th Canoeing Mid. Distance - Rarotonga
Sat 12th – Fri 18th Cook Islands Oceania Marsters Tournament –
Rarotonga
Mon 21st – Mon 28th Under 20s Oceania Youth Basketball Tournament -
Rarotonga
Sat 26th Canoeing Mid Distance - Rarotonga
JULY
Sat 10th Canoeing Mid. Distance – Rarotonga
Mon 12th – 16th Squash – Club Tournament
Sun 18th Mangaia Gospel Day – Public Holiday to be observed
on Mon 19th July – Mangaia
Tue 20th Atiu Gospel Day – Outer Island Public
Holiday - Atiu
Wed 21st  Mitiaro Gospel Day – Outer Island Public
Holiday - Mitiaro
23rd - 4th August Te Maeva Nui Celebrations – National Self
Governing Celebrations
Sat 24th Canoeing Mid. Distance – Rarotonga
Fri 23rd Drumming Competition – Tangi Kaara &
Float Parade
Venue: Punanganui Markets
  • Cook Islands Trading Corporation (CITC) Coca Cola Junior Drumming Competition – Tangi Kaara

  • Bergman & Sons Senior Drumming Competition – Tangi Kaara Float Parade from the Punanganui Markets to the National Culture Centre (Auditorium)

Sun 25th Rarotonga Gospel Day (To be observed on the Mon
26th)
Mon 26th Rarotonga Gospel Day Observed – Public Holiday
Mon 26th – Fri 6th Aug School Holidays
Wed 31st  Cook Islands Open Singles Table Tennis Champs –
Rarotonga
TBC Cook Islands Cross Country Athletics - Rarotonga
AUGUST
Wed 4th  Cook Islands National Self Governing
Commemorative Day – Public Holiday (Constitution
Day)
Wed 4th Cook Islands PEL Table Tennis Team Champs –
Rarotonga
Thu 5th – 23rd Sept Road Running Series (Every Thursday)
Sat 7th Canoeing Marathon - Rarotonga
Mon 9th – Fri 8th Oct School Term 3
Mon 9th – 13th Squash Club Tournament – Rarotonga
Wed 11th Table Tennis Open Singles Tournament – Rarotonga
Wed 18th Table Tennis Open Doubles – Rarotonga
Sat 21st  Canoeing Marathon - Rarotonga
Wed 25th – 8th Dec Summer Open Table Tennis Competition – Rarotonga
TBC Vaka Basketball Tournament – Rarotonga
TBC Basketball Junior Champs (13-17yrs) – Rarotonga
TBC College Basketball Competition – Rarotonga
TBC Cook Islands Boxing Champs – Rarotonga
TBC Cook Islands Games Boxing – Rarotonga
SEPTEMBER
Sat 4th Canoeing Marathon – Rarotonga
Sat 11th Westpac Half Marathon
Mon 13th – 17th National Squash Champs – Rarotonga
Sat 18th Canoeing Marathon – Rarotonga
Sat 18th 2004 Miss Cook Islands Pageant - Rarotonga
Sat 18th – 25th Rarotonga Open & Marsters Golf Tournament -
Rarotonga
Sat 25th Canoeing Marathon - Rarotonga
Thu 30th – Sat 9th Oct Week of Running
Thu 30th 5km Fun Run - Rarotonga
TBC  Canoe Regatta (Oe Vaka Singles) - Rarotonga
TBC Rima Nicholas Basketball Tournament – Rarotonga
SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER
Soccer/Football Domestic Season (11-a-side tournament)
OCTOBER
Tue 5th Rarotonga Primary Athletics - Rarotonga
Sat 2nd Edgewater Round Rarotonga Road Race – Sponsored
the Edgewater Resort (RRRR) - Rarotonga
Sun 3rd Prizegiving for the RRRR contestants - Rarotonga
Mon 4th Hash House Harriers Birthday Run - Rarotonga
Tue 5th T-Shirt Factory Round the Rock Relay – Rarotonga
Wed 6th Coco Bar Nutters Cross Island Run – Rarotonga
Thu 7th Round Aitutaki Road Race – Aitutaki
Thu 7th Atiu Vainetini Tivaivai Exhibition - Atiu
Fri 8th Anchor Secondary School Athletics Champs –
Rarotonga
Sat 9th Canoeing Marathon – Rarotonga
Sat 9th - Sat 16th 2004 Cook Islands Games – Rarotonga
Mon 11th  Raro H5 Birthday Run – Pareu Run & BBQ
Mon 11th – Fri 15th Oct School Holidays
Tue 12th – 13th Cook Islands Athletics Champs – Rarotonga
Tue 12th – 12th Nov  Tivaivai Exhibition – Rarotonga
Fri 15th – 19th Cook Islands Open Squash Tournament – Rarotonga
Mon 18th – Fri 10th Dec  School Term 4
Thu 21st – 27th  OAA Vets Athletics Champs – Rarotonga
Sat 23rd Canoeing Marathon – Rarotonga
Tue 26th National Gospel day – Public Holiday
Wed 27th Aitutaki Gospel Day – Outer Islands Public Holiday
NOVEMBER
Mon 1st Turama - All Souls Day
Sat 6th Canoeing Marathon – Rarotonga
Sat 13th – Mon 15th Cook Islands Telecom Rugby Sevens Tournament –
Rarotonga
Mon 15th – 19th Squash Club Tournament – Rarotonga
Wed 17th – Fri 19th TBC Australian Bone Fishing Tournament – Aitutaki
Fri 19th – Sat 27th Oe Vaka Festival (Canoeing)
Fri 19th Opening ceremony and registration
Sat 20th Round Rarotonga Relay OC-1 (Canoeing)
Sat 20th - Sat 27th Tiare Week Festival – Flower and Flora Competitions
& Miss Tiare Pageant – Rarotonga
Sat 20th Official Opening of the Tiare Week Festival
Venue: Punanganui Markets
Mon 22nd Best Flower Decorated Business Competition – Around
the island
Tue 23rd  Schools Ei or Lei (Flower neck eis and head eis)
Making Competition
Venue: National Culture Centre
Miss Tiare contestants’ first appearance
Venue: National Culture Centre
Tue 23rd 12km OC-6 Ironman (Canoeing)
Wed 24th Best Flower Decorated Schools Competition – around
the island
Thu 25th Miss Tiare Finale
Venue: National Culture Centre
Thu 25th 500m OC-6 Sprints (Canoeing)
Fri 26th Best Flower Decorated Government Departments –
around the island
Sat 27th Tiare (Flower) Decorated Floats
Will start from Panama (CITC Liquor Centre) through
town and ending at the National Culture Centre
Best Mama’s Muumuu or Island Floral gowns
competition Venue: National Culture Centre
Prize Giving Ceremony and Crowning of Miss Tiare
2004 -2005 / Maine Tiare 2003-2004
Sat 27th Round Rarotonga Relay OC-6 (Canoeing)
TBC Rugby Union Youth 7’s – Rarotonga
Nov – 2004 Touch Season Starts & Continues into the New Year
DECEMBER
Sat 4th Round Raro (Canoeing) Vaka Race – Rarotonga
Mon 6th – 10th Xmas Squash Tournament – Rarotonga
Wed 8th Pukapuka Gospel Day Observed – Outer Island Public
Holiday
Mon 13th School Holidays Begin
Fri 17th Atiu Tumunu Tutaka – Atiu (Inspections for all the
Local Homemade Brew Huts)
Sat 18th Round Raro (Canoeing) Vaka Race
Sat 25th Christmas Day (Public Holiday to be observed on Mon
27th)
Sun 26th Boxing Day (Public Holiday to be observed on Tue 28th)
Mon 27th Public Holiday
Tue 28th Public Holiday 
Club Touch Tournament – Boxing Day Special
TBC Canoe Regatta – Club Races

The Calendar of Events is provided by courtesy of Cook Islands Tourism Corporation.

Dates are subject to change without notice. Visitors are advised to confirm dates with Cook Islands Tourism Corporation on phone 29-435 or Email: headoffice@cook-islands.com




 
 
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