Peak council threatens to cancel Cook Islands Mini Games

Updated June 24, 2009 07:44:11

The Pacific Games Council has warned it may withdraw the right for the Cook Islands to host the Pacific Mini Games in September unless it addresses problems in the running of the local organising committee. The Council says that the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee, CISNOC, has not been given sufficient autonomy in the areas of finance and decision making. The council president, Vidhya Lakhan, has written to the Cook Islands government and CISNOC warning that the games could be cancelled.

Presenter: Helene Hofman
Speaker: Andrew Minogue, Pacific Games Council Executive Director