"Members of the Cook Islands Sports and National Olympic Committee (CISNOC) are disgusted and bemused at racial comments made this week by the organisations president and former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Henry.
He told Cook Islands Television, in an interview that aired on Wednesday evening, that mainly papaa members voted in support of a motion for CISNOCs executives to resign.
The vote took place at a special general meeting of CISNOC in Takuvaines AOG church hall on Tuesday evening.
In total 19 representatives of national sports federations and island sports associations voted for the executive board members to resign.
They included those voting on behalf of athletics, basketball, rugby league, squash, tennis, touch rugby, cycling, sailing, volleyball, rugby union, canoeing, boxing, table tennis, weight lifting, and cricket as well as the sports associations of SMangaia and Penrhyn.
On television, Sir Geoffrey stated he thought it was unfortunate that CISNOCs membership had played the race card, and that from where he was sitting that night it appeared those in favour of resignations were papaa (Caucasian), while those against the motion were Maori."
He told Cook Islands Television, in an interview that aired on Wednesday evening, that mainly papaa members voted in support of a motion for CISNOCs executives to resign.
The vote took place at a special general meeting of CISNOC in Takuvaines AOG church hall on Tuesday evening.
In total 19 representatives of national sports federations and island sports associations voted for the executive board members to resign.
They included those voting on behalf of athletics, basketball, rugby league, squash, tennis, touch rugby, cycling, sailing, volleyball, rugby union, canoeing, boxing, table tennis, weight lifting, and cricket as well as the sports associations of SMangaia and Penrhyn.
On television, Sir Geoffrey stated he thought it was unfortunate that CISNOCs membership had played the race card, and that from where he was sitting that night it appeared those in favour of resignations were papaa (Caucasian), while those against the motion were Maori."
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