The proposed merger matters for the people of the Cook Islands because it advances a commercial seabed minerals plan on…

GROW Aitutaki’s Te Taunga o te Moana “Learning by Doing” biodiversity awareness programme for Year 7 and 8 students from…

The Cook Islands is an ocean nation. Our culture, identity, food, and economy are deeply connected to the sea… life…

Takuvaʻine Valley is a place rich in biodiversity and a powerful example of cultural knowledge and the environment working together…

These largely unknown species typically nest along cliff edges or on the forest floor, hidden beneath ferns or within burrows…

Traveling through our beautiful Cook Islands today, it is easy to see the march of ‘progress.’ We have faster internet,…

Advances in technology and evolving supply chains are reducing the long-term reliance on ocean minerals for the green transition. Instead,…

A year-long investigation by Mongabay, in partnership with CNN, has uncovered troubling insights into China’s expanding deep-sea mining fleet, raising…

While the vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean physically separate our island countries, a recent regional gathering in Fiji has…

Have you ever wondered how invasive species make their way into a country? In the past, most arrived by ship,…

Efforts to protect vulnerable seabirds nesting on the ground in the upper high altitude ecosystems of the Takuvaine Valley have…

Volunteer Service Abroad (VSA) is a New Zealand-based NGO that partners with communities throughout the Pacific to support locally driven…