Category: News Articles

Petrel Monitoring Reveals suspicious subjects Petrels, and not the petrol that you put in your car, are in fact a medium sized seabird known for spending the majority of their…

The best place to go to see some boobies. Way back in 2006 the Atiu Island Trust requested Te Ipukarea Society to assist them in eradicating all the rats from…

Plastics Problem Impacting our health Te Ipukarea Society was recently represented by June Hosking at the 3 day Fiji National Symposium on Plastic Pollution Prevention, hosted by Fiji’s Pacific Islands…

Tracking the Ī’oi: Progress and an Update from the Field Since the last update, the Ī’oi Project, led by Te Ipukarea Society, has begun the next phase with the start…

Gearing up for Kākerōri Census Photo Credit – Bryan Shirota, captures grey Kākerōri, already banded. The Rarotongan Fly-Catcher, locally known as the Kākerōri, has had quite the history. It was…

Pā’ua Pressures Pā’ua, or Pasua, also known as the giant clam, is a treasured marine species throughout the Cook Islands for its beauty in showcasing an array of underwater colours. …

Life on the rocks! The recent Women in Science at sea biological research expedition (WISE) wrapped up earlier this week. Organised by the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority, a collective…

Muri Environment Expo: Celebrating Our Past, Shaping Our Future Muri Environment Care (MEC) is excited to be running the very first Muri Environment Expo, happening on the 2nd, 3rd, and…

Rat Free Takutea, on It’s way Stage one of the Takutea Rat Eradication Project has successfully concluded, with the feild team arriving back in Atiu and Rarotonga aboard the Marumaru…

Local Community Rallies Against Deep Seabed Mining The Sea Bed Minerals Authority {SBMA} Commissioner appears to be under the false impression that  foreign interests are interfering in our domestic issues…